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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.

Here's a couple more.

Ordered several sets, and they are set to arrive Wednesday. A.J.

When I did this, I had purchased a3.5"X10" pierce of tread plate material (a resin casting) from Jim Etter at American Industrial Models. It was perfect for this purpose, but was way too thick for use on the model trucks and fire apparatus. I also bought the cheapest (thinnest) store brand aluminum foil which was easier to form compared to the heavy duty Reynolds Wrap the wife had in the kitchen. Thinned Elmers glue was the go to adhesive. A.J.

I started doing this way back in the early '80's. Interesting enough, those models that I built back them still look great today. One thing I also did is to use the foil shiny side up for a polished aluminum look on some custom big rigs. I used thinned Elmer's glue as the adhesive. A.J.

My first model car was an AMT 1958 Buick Roadmaster hardtop that my dad bought me in July, 1958! Wish I still had it. A.J.

Cigar/cigarette lighters and ash trays.

Models By Dave already offers one in resin. A.J.

I've always had a love of things automotive since I was a tiny child. I started building model cars back in 1958 when I was 8 and my dad bought me an AMT 1958 Buick hardtop while we were at the local dime store. I'd been taking some of my toy cars and trucks apart, and putting them back together, with mixed results. My dad figured that taking something and just putting it together would be better. I started using old DuPont Duco cement, and it wasn't the best, but it allowed me to take my build models apart and rebuild them again, like I did with my toys. I went through the '60's building model cars and pickups, when the first big rig truck kit arrived on the scene in 1965, the IMC Dodge L700, and I got hooked on big rigs. I then added fire apparatus to my interests in the early '70's with the AMT American LaFrance Custom Pumper, Ladder Chief, and Snorkel arrived on the scene. And I'm still building today, having added resin, and now 3D printed conversions. I guess I just loved being creative and models allowed me to do that at a price much lower than a 1:1 car, truck, or fire truck.

Here's one I built years ago using the C600 stake truck and ALF pumper.

When I've had the Moltov come out silver, it's been a case of settling of the pigments. I've poured out the contents of the Moltov tube into a bottle, then used a paint brush to clean out the rest of the pigment from the tube and add it to the bottle as well. Then I THOROUGHLY mix it, and the put it back into the tube, and it was once again shiny. I used some the other day that I bought 3 years ago, at least, and it was fine. Just my experience. A.J.

I saw the coming '60 Ford F100 in person this morning at Warren, MI toy show. Very nice, and the cab and pickup box are separate pieces, and it appears that the front bumper and grille are separate pieces as well unlike the original. It was also hinted that different versions will be offered, but no specifics. I'll bet Round2 saw what Mobius was doing with their for Ford F100's and will follow a similar path. A '59 may also be offered as the cab is the same for '59-'60, while the '57-'58 cab was different in the forward part of the fenders. (The Modelhaus resin '57 Ford F100s show the differences, as well.) I for one will be a happy camper. I've used original '60 F100 cab for larger trucks like this fire pumper. A.J.

Interesting note, if you want a more detailed chassis to put under the 1960 Ford Pickup, I've used the one from AMT 1953 Ford F100. Of course the wheelbase would have to be lengthened for the long box used with the original AMT kit #1360, but you can use just the 1960 cab assembly and the 1953 short box Flareside box. Modelhaus used to offer just cab conversions for the '57 and '60 Ford F100 for just this purpose. The Modelhaus cabs would literally drop on the AMT '53 chassis and pickup box. A.J.

FYI - The Amazing Casting Resin, and their other products are made by Alumilite. It's a more consumer friendly brand name that was first promoted to non-modelers. https://www.alumilite.com/amazing/ A.J.

Nice build. A.J.

One thing to always think about when you see resin parts is that when you see something you like, want, or may want in the future, is to order it right away. Resin part suppliers come and go as real life is more important than the business life. Look at folks like Modelhaus who did this full time, but then decided to retire. Two years worth of orders poured in within a month's time putting off retirement until all of those orders were filled. And as usually happens, no one comes forward with the cash, or fortitude, to buy the business and take it over. FYI I still have some of the American Industrial Models castings unbuilt that I purchased from Jim Etter in the in early '80's. A.J.