Aaronw

Spalding Trading and shipping has a few trailers available. http://www.stsmodeltrucks.com/index.html

I have a few shots of an 8V71, not the greatest but they might help. http://www.geocities.com/cnf_e32/details/motordetail.htm Ok, well now looking I guess I only have one not very good shot of an 8V71.

I can't speak for the Olds, but I have a '58 Dodge Powerwagon from SE Ltd and it is amazing. Thier resin isn't cheap but it is very nice.

Nice to see this one progressing, I remember seeing the grey primer shots, it looks good in orange.

Thanks, I'll be watching for one of these I have 2 of the dump trucks nice to have something similar but different. Would have replied sooner but was having some technical difficulties.

Except for being a tractor is this basically the same kit as the Autocar dumptruck?

Thanks for the help. I also ran across this site which was pretty helpful. http://www.stovebolt.com/

Debated between general and trucks, general won. Did the 1941-46, 47-54 use any engine other than the 235 I-6, in particular the larger 1 ton+ trucks using the same (similar) cab to the pickup. I have a couple of projects using the '41 and '50 Chevy pickup kits to medium duty cabs, but wasn't sure about the engine. Second question I have is the bed, would the pickup bed from the '50 3100 pickup be correct to convert a 55-57 Cameo to a stepside? I ended up with a couple of Cameos and want to build one as a stepside. I know there is a 55-57 stepside kit but since I have a bed from the '50 Chevy, it doesn't make sense to buy another kit if I don't have too. Thanks

That sounds reasonable, I didn't even think about using the top from something similar. I have both the Monogram '40 Ford and '50 Ford so its at least worth investigating. Thanks

Looks like you basically have the same set up I use. Glad you posted some pics because I just moved and I haven't been able to dig mine out of the garage yet.

I hate you :twisted: Actually I don't mind snipers ever since I started following the policy of bidding what I'm willing to bid then ignoring the auction until its over. Helps prevent my getting into bidding wars and spending more than I really want to. As far as the original post, I don't have any scientific facts to support or disprove the idea but I do seem to get the best deals on stuff that ends on weekends or early morning (before 8am pacific). I've just figured that people leave the house and get busy on the weekends where they don't have good computer access. Just because I've largely disciplined myself to make one bid at the price I will pay, doesn't mean that most have. I still see lots of people that make those $1 at a time increases and those are the ones you probably lose late at night and on weekends.

Ok, I found one on ebay that has photos, turns out its a '47 Ford http://cgi.ebay.com/1947-FORD-COE-FLATBED-...1QQcmdZViewItem Unfortunately it sounds like you all agree its going to be a pain to make a stock cab out of it. If it was already in resin I'd just go with that, however if I could modify it then cast it that would also be fine, I've cast cabs before and could come up with a couple of projects to make it worthwhile. Casting then modifying though doesn't seem worth the effort or money. I'll check out that diecast site, thanks for the link. Its cheap enough so I might pick one up in case I get into the mood to be really frustrated.

I ran across a diecast of a 40's Ford COE (although it might have been a Chevy, don't really remember now), not a bad looking diecast and it was 1/24. The only bad part was it is a custom and has a chopped top. I'm primarily interested in the cab but would want it stock, anyone have experience restoring a chopped top to stock? How much work would be involved? If it is a fairly reasonable project I will keep my eye out for another one, it wasn't very expensive. Thanks

I'm in Yosemite. The poor thing has been neglected the past several years, so I'm hoping to get a chance to give it some attention this year and take it out to play but I need to do some work on it before I'll take it on a long trip. The column shift just came apart so I'm taking that as a sign its time to swap in a floor shift, maybe upgrade to a 4 speed. It still has the original 6 which runs strong and I intend to keep, bit I need to do some carb work on it. I'd like to take it over to the East side of Sierras one of these days, there are some great old mining ghost towns and such to explore.

Thank you, I have never seen that kit. I will definately keep an eye out for it.

There are some out there, AMT / ERTL did several, at the least a tanker, van body, lowboy and I think a car carrier. Italeri also has done at least a van body and "heavy" tanker. Galaxie makes a series of 5th wheel and light duty trailers for cars & pickups. Unfortunately nobody does a real eliptical tanker, just round. Not sure how many of these are actually currently in production but I run across them fairly frequently at hobby shops and ebay.

Well I'm one of those lucky people who can walk to work, but this is my fun car, its been a work in progress for the past 13 or so years. It looks a little rough but its never left me stranded. 1969 Toyota FJ55 Land Cruiser Wagon

I'll try to get a pic over the weekend. It is actually pretty simple, I bought a paint pot at harbor freight for about $30, some air fittings and a plug (for where the paint was supposed to come out).

Probably not the best solution from a realistic standpoint but it is pretty easy to build the cab so you can lift it off the chassis exposing the motor.

MTFACO had one similar to that but it might have been slightly later, maybe early 70's. AITM will probably have it eventually after Dave updates the mold. I emailed him last year and he was hoping to have it available this year sometime. http://www.aitruckmodels.com/

There was a Chevy High Roller kit from Monogram you could use as the start, or maybe the AMT '84 GMC (was the Fall Guy kit). But either would take a lot of scratchbuilding. There are a couple of Topkick cabs in resin but all are newer than the one in your photo. There was a 1/18 diecast that would work, if you don't mind a bigger scale, it came out a year or 2 ago but I don't remember who made it.

AITM has a Dodge CNT900 http://www.aitruckmodels.com/ and Lindberg is supposed to be re-releasing the Dodge L-700 cabover soon.

The only modern Ford E250 I know of is a diecast. Johnny Lightning made a nice 1/25 Coke van. Only plastic kits of Ford vans I know of are of the 80's style and all are long out of production.

Try looking at some of the tutorials here and see if it helps. http://www.alumilite.com/index.php?page=info&type=HOWS

Are you talking about a 2 part mold?