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Anytime. Top heavy, yes, a bit, but the heaviest stuff such as the fridge, steel dinette frame & driver's side cabinets were at bedrail level or below. Still heavy overall, around an additional 800lbs to what was a half ton truck. Many of these rigs' owners put on rear air bags or overload springs to help out, some converted 'em to 3/4 ton.

They were '76 - '77s only. Brochure links: '76 Blazer Chalet / '76 GMC Jimmy Casa Grande / '77 Chev version / '77 GMC. For some odd reason, GM showed most of these without the front spare carrier, but to the best of my knowledge, all of these left the dealership with the spare on the front - there is no good place to store it inside the camper. Only one color combination (sort of) for the '76s, and 6 for the '77s.

To do the camper units for the Chalet / Casa Grande in proper factory stock fashion, you'd first have to figure out which of the 3 Blazer kits are scaled right in order to figure out what exact size you want to make the camper, and then you'd have to get measurements out the whazoo to get the whole thing right, which includes all the interior bits, and you'd have to also include a correct vintage '76-'77 Chevy / GMC grille. Then you'd have to do the stripe / logo decals, and that would involve clever measuring to make them go around the compound curves onto the back. Plus you'd need the rear bumper bracket extensions and the spare carrier for the front bumper. And then there's the decision of what to do about the pop-up roof - functional scissors lift? Static raised roof with stiff 'canvas' sides and a separate top-down roof panel? These would also need instructions on which paint to select for the assorted factory colors. I owned Chalet #1747 (had to sell it due to a lack of cash to keep it) and I'm the current caretaker of the old BlazerChalet website. Trust me on this, a camper unit to go with the MPC/Revell/Monogram kits would be a major kit effort. But I could probably steer you toward the nearest person I know of who owns one of these if you want to do the pile of measurements.

Sez Andy, the guy who confuses multi-cylinder engines into cars where sometimes 4 is enough. Gotta find pics of your 9/57 ... But I know you also had some other confusion with aero bits, a Porsche whaletail and a Valiant.

Wow. I had bookmarked this page quite a while back of his various designs for inspiration.

I resemble that remark! =) Thanks - Under Glass threads for BMW / Caddy here, the Lambo 300 here, and the Carrera CRX here. That's still a ton of fun for me, and I just love your trio combos. It is hard to commit design blasphemy while getting the proportions right.

Yes! Will be adding to the confusion with at least 3 projects I'm tinkering with. Stay tuned.

Some might say I was a bit confused back in the '90s.

You can say that again. I saw his Delta 88 in person at the GSL contest years back. Man, what a nice engine.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Resin-Cast-Fleetmaster-Uniroyal-Rear-End-Truck-Wheels-1-25-Scale/321589204660

https://calendar.ipmsusa3.org/event/modelzona-2017

That's the kind of crazy I like. Meanwhile, if Group 5 is related close enough, this is another design I bookmarked. The guy at DeviantArt does quite a few, if you rummage through his gallery.

My favorite is still Scott Colmer's 51 Fleetline/956 GTP from his old thread. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/17453-one-very-old-build-51-fleetline956-gtp-blend/

Wow. Never heard of the Automotion forum, utterly tragic on the deep-sixing of the photos. I tried various ways to see if the forum could be dug out of the Internet Archive, but no luck. I've learned elsewhere that stuff on the internet never exactly disappears, it just sometimes becomes exponentially harder to find in some cases. Perhaps guys with much more expertise might know of ways to dredge up the photos. Welcome to this forum, though!

This one: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/126688-source-for-good-gauge-decals/

Ya learn something every day. Or at least I do anyway. In the effort to find a photo of Hill's car .... ... I should have guessed folks would go and race these things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMtrlPGtc5E

I don't think Dirk Joseph is a member here, but someone knows where he's at, we could ask how he did the ghost flames on his chopper that was at this year's GSL contest. The photo at this link doesn't do it justice, they were really subtle flames on the upper surfaces that I didn't see at first.

Still don't know what it is. Suppose then it must be like chopping and sectioning an American Bantam, you'd end up with an oversize pedal car needing a major hole in the roof so you could sit in it.

No idea. Open to chopping the top and sectioning the body, though.

Yep, I had mistook those as errantly placed air cleaners even after I tried to alter the contrast of the photos. I had also forgotten that I'd bookmarked this MCM thread by Travis Medford for future reference to use in my own '31 Ford project. And I just found this other MCM one by Tom King on the Riley heads.

Didn't even know these existed until my pal Steve Catron in Santa Fe told me about them, and that there was someone on ebay selling 3D printed ones. Found the listing here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Frenzel-supercharger-1-25th-scale-for-Ford-flathead-models-high-resolution-3d-/202056240001

Spectacular work! Is any of that work done initially by computerized 3D routing techniques to at least achieve the basic rough form? Years ago when I showed that process to a traditional bas-relief carver of wax portraits that were used as patterns in sand-cast bronze plaques, he said he would love to use that process, where he could still utilize his traditional final work finishing skills while saving much time in getting to the rough shape.

Been lazy about getting it done, but for my obsolete iMac and its Firefox browser, I finally got around to installing a basic AdBlocker. Problem solved on balky page loading, so I blame it on some ads that wouldn't cooperate.

Exactly. I'm stuck with it now.

Has me baffled.