Chuck Most
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If it were a little more beat up looking it would resemble a real one that used to lurk around my area.
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On 1/14/2024 at 8:51 PM, Scott Eriksen said:
Nice job,,, I have to get one of those C-cab Ford kits or should I say Budd cab Ford kits 😉 I worked on enough of them back in the day.
You were right the first time. It's a Ford cab. Budd stamped it, but Ford designed it and paid for the tooling. Any manufacturer who wished to use it needed approval from Ford.
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On 4/14/2024 at 9:41 PM, ybsluos said:
Chuck
I may be way off base, but I’m thinking that being as it is a AMT 53 your “Yellow Cat” graphics are a nod to Budd Andersen. (I probably misspelled his name).
In any case an amazing build as usual brother!
If he's the actual AMT Kat, I can't claim that was my intention. I just wanted to incorporate the Kat logo for whatever reason.
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I swear it's medicinal!
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My favorite thing about the tail end of Johan was the chrome sprues.
As has been mentioned, they would just run the parts in whatever colors they had handy. And since the plastic would be covered in chrome, sometimes they'd just throw whatever odd bucketfuls of colors that I imagine they'd swept off the floor.
If you ever strip the chrome on a later Johan part, be prepared for anything. It might be the same color as the raw plastic. Or not. Could be several colors. I've seen a few that were a treat of psychedelic swirls of color once the chrome came off. 🤣
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5 hours ago, Carmak said:
Chuck,
Your love of subjects with a load beds would point me towards recommending a Aussie phantom UTE build. I am not talking about an El Camino type build which typically has flowing stylish lines. Chrysler UTEs typically have a chopped off roof look as they were meant to work. I know There were never Aussie built B-bodies so this would be a phantom.
Bonus points if you use the Aussie only (non-slant) straight six.
Oh... Don't think for a second that basically that same idea HASN'T crossed my mind. 😁 I don't think there'd be much Australian about it, more like Chrysler wanting a cut of that sweet sweet Ranchero/El Camino market. I always thought it was odd that Chrysler didn't get into that market until the Rampage/Scamp.
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9 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:
Did I miss the month of May? Last time I looked it was still April...🤣
I don't think so. I got my M months mixed up.
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On 4/21/2024 at 12:06 AM, stavanzer said:
I see that this kit keeps getting pushed back farther and farther for availability for the next Run. One Noted Online Retailer has pushed the kit from "MId-April" to just "May" and three Days ago to simply "June"......
If you waited to get one, the re-order time keeps shifting. They must be completely sold out now. The '63's are getting thin on the ground, too.
These seem to be enormously popular kits.
I asked my local shop a couple months ago and they said their supplier was saying late March. Well, I think they blew that deadline. 🤣
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I slept on this kit until yesterday. It's a convertible, a muscle car, and a Chrysler product. Three things that normally don't grab me. Any combination of two sure, but not all three in one subject. 🤣 But I'm definitely getting a hardtop version whenever that materialized, as long as it still includes that trailer.
Anyway, I bought one just for the trailer. But the kit itself has got me thinking. I've been searching around online (with no luck so far) for a four door sedan body. Have it be a police car, or leave the R/T badging and do a what if '60s performance sedan.
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Jay's wheels and tires are always good. Those look perfect on this one. Awesome work on that bumper... looks like it's up to the job of pushing another vehicle and/or light demolition work. 😁
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Very nice! I used the same mirrors on the two I built. Weird how AMT provided those mirrors in the '92 and not in the kit they actually belong with. 🤣
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Kitbash of the old MPC Heavy Pedal kit and the AMT Ertl GMC Sportside. The wheels and tires are from Scenes Unlimited. The whole mess is hosed off in Krylon Sea Mist. Needs some cleanup on the side markers and some touchup on the grille but I might weather it later on. Guess we'll see what happens.
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All I'm going to say is...
Hey ... Lockheed? Might be an opportunity to get back into the airliner business. Jeez, tap into the retro zeitgeist and make a new L-1011.
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Sucks about the decals, that's been an on and off Round 2 decal problem for a while. I know this kit can be a bit of a challenge but it looks like you got a nice finished result. I'm definitely getting a couple anyway, mostly for the four wheel drive drivetrain doodads.
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I got the idea for this from a Dodge Caravan converted to a dump truck that went viral a few years ago. And a bunch of oddball conversions I remember from Farm Show magazine in the '80s and 90s. Not sure why I settled on the Nova but here we are. Base kit is the AMT Nova wagon, with a scratch built dump box. Apparently the brakes have at least been upgraded, suggested by the five lug wheels. Front wheels are from a 60s Corvair, while the rear wheels and tires are from a Revell first gen Bronco. For extra kitch i added some cab clearance lamps, West Coast mirrors, and a spotlight. I left all the trim in place and even used some C-channel strip for trim on the dump box. Paint is Tamiya Orange with a dull clearcoat over everything.
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49 minutes ago, Oldriginal86 said:
Nice job! Weathering is spot on. What are the wheels from? They look like Western Bullets or factory Jeep wheels.
They're the wheels that came with the Lindberg F150. There was an "off road" version of the kit with basically these wheels and tires and a rollbar.
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This one came to life in the Power By Ford Community Build. Basically it is an AMT '53 cab set up on a Lindberg 1997 F150 4x4 chassis. The engine was upgraded to Lightning specs with Revell parts. The bed is made up of Plastruct fencing, Evergreen strip and basswood. The hood ornament is a Miniart 1:35 scale pigeon. Paint is distressed Revell Matt Yellow. Door art was done by hand with a Gundam marker.
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Next time you see the '53 it'll be in Light Commercial Under Glass. 😁
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I think I mostly have the F100 flat bed dialed in. I also made up a bumper and used Jeep fog lights as taillights. The bed planks are actual strips of craft basswood.
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I started this back in 2011 or 2012 when the Moebius kits first came out. It sat around 95% finished until today. Why'd it take that long? No real reason other than I just wasn't "feeling it".
Base kit is the '71 Ranger XLT, with the engine and transmission from the Model King '69 Custom. The trim was removed and the '69 seat and door panels were used, to make the truck more closely resemble a base, no frills kind of truck.
It has Plastruct ladders, an old VCG Resins saddle toolbox, and a ladder rack made from Evergreen strip. I believe the hubcaps are old MBP Detail Products resin pieces. The distressed door graphics are the TV repair markings from a '90s reissue of the Revell '56 F100.
All of the paint and weathering was done over a decade ago, except for the rust streaking on the bed sides, which was done with Vallejo acrylics, and the tailgate lettering.
If I did it today it would no doubt look better, but it's nice to have an example of how far you've come to keep you in check, right?
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Started messing with the stake bed. The sides are sections from some Plastruct fencing. Not sure yet if I'm going with a wood or diamond plate floor.
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Nice job on a kit that can be a little sketchy as far as fit. 👍 I really wish there was a kit of the second generation Brat to go with it.
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That looks so much better than the kit version, not to mention it appears more practical. Fewer worries when approaching a low overpass now!
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14 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:
Thing is, there's nobody overseeing ground "fleet vehicles" like the FAA is supposed to.
And ground "fleet vehicle" mechanics aren't required to have extensive training and licenses like aviation mechanics are supposed to.
There was a time when shortcutting aviation maintenance procedures was a big deal if you were caught, and could get you shut down, grounded, out of business.
But both the FAA reps and the standards aviation mechanics are performing at have been deteriorating for decades.
When everyone was qualified and did his or her job reasonably well, everything worked pretty well...except for things like wings folding up on Electras when the spars fatigued earlier than predicted by the builders.
Today not so much. And I speak as someone who's seen it from the inside.
The laws and regs are all in place to insure against aviation "accidents" pretty effectively, but just like in a lot of other arenas today, if laws and regs aren't enforced for whatever reason, bad things happen.
And... That's why I didn't get into the laws/regulations part of things. They're so relaxed it's almost like not having any, so it seems. And then you arrive at the point where that 737 is basically being treated like the local NAPA store's Chevy Colorado that's running around on bald tires, has the same oil in the crankcase that it had last summer, and nobody's even sure if the headlights work because "we only make deliveries in the daytime, right".
And even when the FAA is onto something, they'll often look the other way for any number of reasons. If I remember that's basically how Chalk's International kept flying ancient Grumman Mallards into the early 2000s. The "FAA guy" who's job it was to look into their operations basically assumed "bah...these guys know what they're doing", meanwhile the mechanics are slathering epoxy on a plane suffering from major structural damage.
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Dodge L700 garbage truck?
in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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Late to the party but....
I've been poking around online because I be had a similar project in mind. I've found photos of exactly one on all of the Internet, from an episode of The Fall Guy.
Things I keep going back to.
1. I'm not 100% sure if it's a functioning garbage truck or just something a television studio threw together, but, well, it existed in full scale.
2. I'm also not 100% sure that's a Garwood 900 body. Sure does look close to me, though.
3. The Garwood 900 went into full production in 1972, while the L600/700 went out of production in 1971. Any combination probably would be a later refit, assuming there was ever more than one L700 in existence.
Still thinking about moving forward on the project though.