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Anyone here have one of these 1/24 Greenlight '64 Winnebago travel trailers? I'm just wondering how the 1/24 trailer would look with a 1/25 pickup. Sometimes the scale difference can be large and sometimes not.

You may be right David. My memory from 50 years ago remembers Ansen as being what I'd bought. I remember them being something I could afford anyway ?. The style, as you know, was really popular late '60's through the early 70's and there was likely a number of manufacturers that had similar.

I picked one up at HL yesterday and tried it out on some scrap. One thing I noticed right off was the tip was different than a Molotow of the same size. This one seems a bit harder and chiseled nicely. It measures about 2.5mm at the tip. Molotows 2mm is rounded and can be kind of fuzzy. I find I usually use the 2mm Molotow rather than the 1mm because it seems less likely to pool up where you don't want it to. Besides, it covers better IMO. First impression of the Gundam marker is good and it may take the place of the 2mm Molotow. We'll see. Gundam 2.5mm: Molotow 2mm:

At a minimum the price guide is a great compilation of what was available and when. You can generally also see if the kit had ever been reissued. While the prices listed are obviously a starting point it will help those just beginning to collect/build avoid paying way too much for kits listed on ebay as "rare" "super rare" or "ultra rare". We've all seen those on ebay and have to chuckle, but they're preying on the new, uninformed collectors. So, don't use the current guide for actually buying or selling, but rather for the info it provides. My take on this.

Amazing you brought up the fact you were rear-ended. I too, was rear-ended and like you it never exploded! For those too young to remember, Pintos were said to be prone to gas tank explosions when hit in the rear.

So I finally am getting around to building a car that means alot to me. As a 19 year old I brought this '72 Pinto coupe home on 12/31/1971 and it cost me just under $2k brand new with WW's, bumper guards, AM radio and floor mats. Cash, no loan. Do kids today pay cash today at 19? This wasn't my first car, but it was the first "new" car for me. The stock 1600cc OHV 4cyl was short lived as I swapped it out by June with a 2000cc OHC that I'd found from a station wagon in a local junkyard. Easy swap out for the anemic stock engine but the 2L had an automatic where my 1.6 came with a 4 speed. I was able to mate the two with a clutch from a Lotus powered Cortina which took some research pre-internet! From my memory (50 years ago) I remember I'd added a tubing header (I think it might have been a Hooker), slotted aluminum rims (I think Ansen's), D or E 60 series tires, aluminum intake with either a real small Holley 4bbl or a large Holley 2bbl. I had an exhaust pipe fabbed up to meet a Thrush (I think) side pipe. Not two, just one ?. A couple of pix from '72 show the car without my adding the lower black striping, fender USA flag sticker, and side pipe. One shows the original OHV cyl. The wedding pic is from the summer of '73 when we got married and show the dress up stuff I'd added by then. Color was Bright Lime and the interior was a darkish green and bright white. I'm starting with an AMT '71 Wonder Pony kit (real close to the '72 other than the seat pleating I think) and needed to source a side pipe, tires/rims (thanks to Steve aka Rodent), some engine parts, and the fender decals (which I made). The bumper guards needed to be made from scratch and needed to add the obligatory Sun tach that we all seemed to have. This won't be a show winner but I'll be happy with it. Primered with Tamiya white. The gray made the shade more green than I remember, but the white brought out more of the yellow I remember. The engine is in primer too. I know, I know, the tranny is an automatic but I never sweat the stuff I never see once it's in the display case. The 2.0 as far as I'm going to take it. It's close to what I remember and that's the main thing. The older I get, the less I spend time on detailing. Some will roll their eyes but I've been doing this long enough to know what I like, and don't like, doing when building ?. Struggled a bit with getting the firewall/dash/glass/interior to look to my liking. Finally got it where I was ok with it. Next up I'll start working on the bumper guards. Thanks!

Kind of a follow up... I just searched for a Winnebago trailer and found that there was a diecast 1:24 1964 Winnebago travel trailer made. Amazing, of all the trailers they could have chose they chose a '64. Downside to this is that it appears to be longer than the 15' trailer we had and it's 1:24 scale. Granted not all 1:24 stuff appears larger than 1:25 but I wouldn't want it to look out of scale. Plus, it might be fun to scratch build one. Obviously wouldn't look as good as the diecast but I can overlook that if I do it myself ?

Years ago, when I was into WWII armor building I subbed to FSM. Be nice to see that article if it was online. I have some ideas already how I'll approach building it. The topper and maybe the '64 sixteen foot Winnebago ? Thanks

PM sent Brian, thanks!

Was kind of thinking that's where I'd end up. I'm ok with projects like that if that's what it takes. If I feel full of it I might even try and tackle our '64 Winnebago too. That thing weighed a TON and really burdened the 307 on hills.

More good info.... thanks Steve. Our 1:1 had a step bumper and I'd like to try and replicate it (when I find a builder or a kit) if possible. Anyone make a resin piece I wonder? And then an aluminum topper too.... ?

Thanks Mark

I've been looking but was just wondering what kits were available. I'm pretty sure both MPC and AMT made a '69 pickup but I don't know anything further. Like variations of the kits or if Revell or Monogram made one.

What are my kit options for a 1/25 1969 Chevy C10 pickup?

Finally got one of my grail kits that I probably paid WAY too much for, but it's a grail after all, and that's what happens. I'm a sucker for '60's TV show stuff....

Welcome Steve!

The Doors at the Dane County Memorial Coliseum in November '68. To say there was a cloud of "smoke" obscuring the upper half of the arena wasn't a fabrication ?. At 16 years old this was a milestone for me.

Took my drivers test on my 16th birthday 10/23/68 at 8am in Madison, Wis. I took the test with mom and dad's year old '67 Impala 4dr. After the test I was allowed to drive to school in my '65 Olds F-85 that I'd bought with caddy money, chore money, and general savings. The Olds had a 4 speed so I decided to take the test with the parents 283/powerglide instead ?.

Welcome!

Same experience on my end too Mike... thanks!

Big congrats Steve!

Welcome Gary!

Welcome fellow Badger Raoul!

Lol!

I was thinking clone all the way too.