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Just for clarity, I'm thinking Mike was referring to this kit, not the new tool '70. This for those who don't know about the older kit, I know you're familiar Tim.

Thought maybe you meant a crew cab. That would be pretty cool.

Sean, does the 2wd conversion come with the tranny crossmember? They're different then the 4X4 crossmembers as they don't have to mount the transfer case. I know the one on my original annual had a different one but I don't remember if it was a separate part or molded as part of the frame.

But, yea, I donno, the box illustration looks like a short bed with oversize tires to me. I think it matches the built-up shown pretty closely.

The H&Mc truck was a stepside. The fleetside bed came with the Fallguy truck.

The "woodie" package was available for a few years and Mike's model looks pretty accurate to that. Pretty sure there were a few aftermarket companies offering something similar too.

Sean, you wouldn't really be able to do an '81/'82 with that kit anyway, you'd need not only the grille but hood, fenders and bumpers, not to mention the cowl is also very different between the '73-'80 and '81-'87 pickups. But, yea, that bracing is aftermarket add-on stuff. Monogram put a lot of Hickey off road aftermarket parts in their 4X4 kits back in the '70s when that kit was tooled.

Definitely MPC 3rd gen F-body. No question.

I'd say super glue too. sounds like your skeptical about it being a Modelhaus body. I would be too as I've never seen anything done by Modelhaus that WASN'T top quality. Looks like the tail light trim is molded to the body? All the Modelhaus ones I've seen don't have that. Seems that now that they're out of business their kits have become like "original Vette 327s" transplanted to other cars back in the '70s and '80s, about 10 times more then ever were actually made.🙄😉

I'm seeing some talk about Asimov's "3 Laws" but no one has mentioned the 4th, which I think has become more relevant then ever considering the advances in AI. "Zeroth Law" "A robot may not injure humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm." Asimov was one of my favorite authors back in the '80s and '90s.

https://www.thelastdetail.com/1960-chevrolet-nomad-wagon-c-1352.htm This one is a Brookwood, not a Nomad but it would be the same. And I suspect Rick is right about the tire being on the side in the 3 seat cars. https://www.legendarymotorsllc.com/vehicles/291/1960-chevrolet-brookwood-station-wagon

Steve, if you wonder why the grille doesn't line up with the hood later, it's probably not the grille. Looks like you have the AMT kit there and I suspect the parts were designed to work with the Revell kits. The AMT kit's front end is way off compared to the Revell. And not a comment on you but I wish people would stop calling Beaumonts Pontiacs. I know they were sold at Pontiac dealers and everyone always called them Pontiacs but it's like calling an Edsel a "Ford Edsel". GM never called them Pontiacs in any literature and never had any Pontiac script or emblems on them. Sorry for the rant but it's just a pet peeve of mine. Pay no attention to the man behind the keyboard. 🤪

Humm, sedan chassis and a red gumball on the tail light tree , , Police car in the future?? [ just speculation, I know nothing]

Don't know what you think the age of the viewers is Luc, but this is DEFINITLY NOT a kids show. It's even too gory for my wife to watch with me, and she's a "farm girl" so definitely not a wimp.

This is a kinda kitbash of the new extended cab dooly, an old stepside box and a junk chassis from an older generation Chevy pickup. I'm using the modified old chassis as it's gonna be a simple curbside and I wanted it lower then I could easily get it with the dooly's chassis. The chassis had to be lengthened about 12 scale inches even though it was already from a long box truck. Had to trim off the mounting tabs from the box and fill some holes on the back of the cab that would otherwise show with the stepside box. Did a rolled pan in place of the back bumper. , , Stripped the grille and front bumper, removed the rub strip from the bumper and it's now all in primer Bonus shot of the wheels I'll be using on this one. Still have to add some dark grey detailing to the spoked yet.

Maybe he means he's looking for someone to do them for him as a favor? Personally, I'd rather have them done well then done cheap. , , but that's just me. 😉

I agree. How could they have pulled such a bonehead move. This makes the kit totally unbuildable. BTW, I just can't stand the fact that me feet get wet when I take a shower. I'm never gonna do that again until we have waterless sonic showers like on Star trek !! 🙄😉 , , ,OK, 12 hours later I think my little joke probably went a bit far, unfair to Chris. It's just that it looks to be such a nice kit for what it is. The number of ridges on a hubcap seems a bit trivial. I hope there's no hard feelings, none were meant.

A lot of the current Ford kits have hood lettering decals. The AMT '66 Mustang GT had 2 sets on the sheet. IIRC, all the Moebius Ford pickups have hood lettering decals etc. Also there are a lot of Model Car Garage PE sheets with the hood lettering. Doesn't have to be specifically for the '49 to have lettering that would work for that lettering.

Can anyone please explain to me what the big deal about the tires is? The kit isn't supposed to represent a factory stock truck so I'd imagine there's be thousands of Blazers equipped with tires that look very very similar to those kit tires. Just do what you'd do with a real truck if you didn't like the tires, get a different set. After all, it's a automotive model kit, not a jigsaw puzzle. You don't have to build it exactly like the picture on the box. 😉

Michael, you should keep in mind that Pontiac used several blues on their engines over the years and that may not be factory correct for whatever you're building. That Testors paint is only correct for '66 to '70. http://www.pontiacpower.org/enginecolor.htm

The current AMT 1/25 '66 Mustang GT also has a set. That kit actually comes with 4 different wheel options so you wouldn't have to worry about having a kit with no wheels.😉

I'm certainly no expert on those cars but it does look like the Fujimi kit has the longer wheelbase. incorrect for an R. I doubt anyone but true Porsche-files would be able to tell the difference. I didn't know there were two wheelbases until I read this thread.

Grade 7? We had to learn them in grade 5.

I think what they're talking about, Jeff, is for a time they had every back issue of the magazine right back to the first issue on the site and you could go through then page by page. That was taken down a while ago.