vincen47

Superior craftsmanship, as expected. You do fine work.

Beautiful. What’s under the hood, or is it curbside?

Beautiful build. The paint scheme is gorgeous.

Great scratchbuilding! Your tremendous effort has paid off. A worthy tribute.

Like Brian, I’ve had a good experience ordering direct. I’ve placed a handful of orders in the past few years, most recently a few months ago. I’d say it has averaged about 4-5 weeks for a delivery. The conversion rate is really good right now, too.

I’ve used them to make sure big rig hoods behave. Sometimes they just don’t want to close properly or line up well with the cab, but a magnet or two will work wonders.

Yes, unfortunate Keystone isn’t in business anymore. But, Auslowe lists their Mack 6 spoke sets as 1/24. You can order direct or often catch them on the ‘bay. Also, Kit Form Services has them in 1/24.

Great work replicating an overlooked subject!

Lighting is fantastic! What a nice upgrade.

A good choice for a repeat. I enjoyed your first one. Any planned differences/upgrades?

Sweet paint job. I like the modified exhaust.

Excellent job on a kit you don’t see often, for sure.

Nice work. It’s a shame that of all of the van model releases over the years, no one ever did a proper “stock” conversion van as you’d often see on the roads in the 80’s and even into the 90’s - the “family vans” that evolved from the 70’s cruisin’ vans.

Like I said on the MTB forum, the weathering is spot-on. Perfect amount of dust and grime from the road. 5th wheel grease is awesome, too.

I can loan you a c1500 cab. Pm your address. I’d be happy to help get this going. I’m looking forward to your aerodyne dash as well.

A great build. Lots of detail and upgrades. Something to be proud of, regardless of the model contest results, for sure.

Beautiful model. I really enjoy the paint scheme.

Sorry, my comments including “what country do you think this is” are a couple of funny lines from the movie.

Looks like another fantastic kit from A&N. All of their products are some of the best quality, if not the best, offered in the aftermarket, with finer detail than any mainstream market offerings. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for - very high quality, extremely accurate, super detailed, unique subjects. Personally not into the Aussie trucks, but I’m looking forward to the next North American kit, whatever that will be.

Excellent job on an iconic car from an excellent movie. ”Excuse me, do you speak English?” ”What country do you think this is?”

Nice work. For anyone wanting to print stretch parts, this looks like the way to go, in my opinion. I like the tabs that fit inside the kit frame rail, and the overall strength is a huge plus. Are you printing extra crossmembers? I would think anyone buying a stretch kit would want extra crossmembers, too.

Tell us about those pedals. They look great, amongst so many other nice details.

I think there would be interest in these. I’d say they’d need to be longer than your typical kit, because otherwise, just use the kit. So, 14”+ would probably be the target. 16” would be real nice. I like the idea of a little front detail and/or profile where they narrow for the engine, then straight and plain all the way back, cut to the length you want. Rhino on EBay had some styrene rails available. I think they were 24”. I purchased a pair for a really long scratch built/kit bashed chassis project and another set to cut up for frame extensions because they matched the height of the Italeri Peterbilt 378 rails. I’d have to say that the market for frame extensions may be a little larger, as I think a completely scratch-built chassis and/or pair of frame rails is not as common as a basic stretch. MTB has some nice looking stretch sections for the Revell 359 and w900. Something like those for the Italeri kits, both the standard Freightliner frame and the Pete 378 could be popular. I haven’t purchased these yet, but I would feel better if they had a long tab that would fit inside the kit’s rails for a good inch or so for strength, rather than relying solely on 1/2 of the crossmember at the joint. Either way, whole lengths of frame rails or stretch sections, I would be interested, especially if they were stronger than the typical kit rails.

Maybe the Cummins was rebuilt in a shop that was out of tan but had a bunch of leftover DD green? Anything goes.

Oh, that seat is the best part. Great work.