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Over the years, I've use Tamiya Peal White. A.J.

I've built both the hearse and ambo. Here are some pics

Wouldn't it be cool if AMT reissued the 1957 Cameo, or took the street rod '55 Chevy step side and did a stock version step side as a '57. Just something to think about that shouldn't be that hard. A.J.

Something to consider is that the chassis under the 1960 F100 is the same as that under the '53 and '56 Ford F100. Dropping the 1960 cab and interior on a '53 or '56 chassis with the Flareside body from one of those kits would be pretty simple and more detailed that the one piece 1960 F100 chassis. I did that with a Modelhaus '57 Ford conversion (based off the 1960 cab) and it worked perfectly. A.J.

FYI - Steering wheel is upside down Horn ring is on the bottom so that it doesn't block speedometer. A.J.

Yep. I still have one of the double kits, and a separately boxed stake truck kit. They were relatively cheap, and I loves the white plastic that they were molded it. A.J.

I have a box just like that which has a complete, unbuilt '62 Ford F100, trailer, and putty! I put the decals, tires and glass parts in separate plastic snack size bags for same keeping. Bought it in '72 for $20.00! I never built it because I was able to get ahold of quite a few "glue bombs" that I simply disassembled (glue in '60's was mainly tube glue that popped right off the joints). The same goes for all of the other AMT '60-'63 Ford and Chevy Pickup that I've built. A.J.

I retired from Chrysler 18 years ago, and two of my areas or responsibility were owners manuals and service manuals. "Cautions" and "Warnings accounted for 40% of the content in the owners manuals, and 56% in the service manuals. Trial lawyers hated it, but our product liability attorneys required it.

Still have an original on the shelf that I haven't built yet. But I'll definitely buy a couple to swap the 4X4 components onto the D100 chassis. A.J.

I used the AMT '53 Ford chassis for mine, and a '58 Ford cab conversion from Modelhaus. Fit perfectly, and you could d the same with the new '60 F100 which will now have a separate cab. A.J.

With the '60 coming out having separate cab and bed, I'll not have an easy conversion to drop the '57 and '58 cab conversions I bought from Modelhaus years ago. I'll probably swap in the Y-block engine from the AMT of Revel '57 Ford car kits. I actually built a '58 some years ago and used the entire chassis and short box from the AMT '53 Ford F100 kit. It's like they were made for each other (which in real life they were nearly identical). A.J.

There are two sets of wheels in this kit; The five holes ones from the F100 trucks AND 6 of the 8 lug wheels on their own separate tree, for 4X2 or 4X4 versions, along with an 8 holes spare on yet another sprue. A.J.

Same here.

I had the same problem with the leakage under the nozzle the first time I used it. That's when I removed it and found out that it hadn't been seated all the way down. I cleaned the leakage off the top of the can and from the nozzle. Placed the nozzle back onto the stem poking up from the can, and with a cloth covering the nozzle, quickly pushed it down firmly when I head a little click. Problem solved! I've used it twice since with no leakage.

Not the movie vehicle, but I used the Magirus ladder for my version of a Chicago aerial from the neighborhood I grew up in. A.J.

Only the Shelby Charger is being released this month. Maybe they're holding back until December? A.J.

Remember that you can swap the 4X4 components between the War Lock and the D100 pickup so you can build a W100 full size pickup and a 2wd step side pickup. A.J.

Those are wheel covers over the black wheels. If you look closely, you can see the vent holes in the wheels. A.J.

Hopefully, they've removed to two vertical grid lines running on the side and rear windows from the original Ghostbusters release. The stock wheel covers and white wall tires look good. A couple of A-pillar spotlights would have been nice as well considering they tooled up a stock ambulance interior with cabinets and stretcher. A.J.

To avoid the caps sticking on any bottle paint, I always completely wipe out the inside of the cap as well at the top edges of the bottle that come in contact with the cap seal. I've done this for 55 years and have never had a problem with a cap sticking. A.J.

Maybe they'll reissue the Ford LNT Dump with snow plow, put some Morton Salt Decals in it and call it a "salt shaker" snow plow?

Challenger T/As were only hardtops. A.J.

I'd love this kit to be molded in white instead of yellow, or offer two version white or yellow as Round2 has done with some kits. A.J.

I used to work for Chrysler before retiring in July, 2008. Before retiring I got to go out to our Chelsea,MI proving ground and drive an early production 2009 Charger pursuit. The car had a 368 HP Hemi and I ran about 20 laps on the 4.75 mile, 6 lane high banked oval. After the first two laps, I just decided to hold my foot to the floor. The Charger went right up to the fifth lane and ran anywhere from 142 to 148 mph with 20 mph crosswinds. An engineer who was riding with me told me that I could let go of the steering wheel as we went into the turns, and the car would hold its line. It was amazing, but even more amazing was how quiet the Charger was. There was a definite exhaust rumble,, but other that the dashed lines on the pavement going by very fast, you had no idea of the speed. FYI. They had placed 200 ponds of ballast in the trunk to simulate the added weight of police equipment. To say the least, this was awesome experience. A.J.

There is a 3 hour show every Friday and Saturday evening on Reelz called OnPatrol live where they ride along with 8 or 9 different law enforcement agencies around the country. They show actual day-to-day activities of law enforcement. One of the current agencies that they ride with is the city of Hazen, AR. The chief there actually patrols with his officers and drives a fully marked Dodge Charger Super Bee. They took an all black Super Bee and added all of the police equipment from the light bar, front push bar, to radios. The vehicle still has the rear spoiler, front air dam and spoked black painted aluminum wheels. He has been in pursuits on the expressway where they showed his speed as high as 157 mph. He's stopped Challengers and Chargers that were clocked at over 140 mph when he joined, and ended the pursuits. I'm thinking of building a model similar this as it would be pretty simple to do. A.J.