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Buying and building are two different hobbies, haha…

Is the dump box still chrome? Doesn’t look like it from the box art…

…..I heard about it today, which means I want it yesterday, so I can put it on a shelf and forget I have it…… in a nut shell , how I operate, haha….

You may have opened Pandora’s box …….

What pleased me today….., it wasn’t work, that was a freak show, but had golf league tonight, had a great relaxing time. one of the guys we played against collects old golf clubs…., and uses them on occasion, he had a bag full of hickory shaft clubs tonight, I was amazed at how well he got around the course with them. Had a great time out on the links tonight, and shot just a touch over bogie golf, just a very pleasant evening…..

Looking good ! Fair warning, these kits can get you thinking crazy things….

GM black rose metallic, also called edible berries…

I’m quite sure this happened cause the owner wanted his car to have its 15 minutes of fame, and rather than reschedule, and fix it’s obvious issues, he didn’t want to miss his chance to film/show his creation. It’s amazing how much carnage can be created by poor decisions about things that really don’t matter in the long run. I could go on for days about the idiocy of this whole situation, and would love to pepper my diatribe about it with lots of profanity for good measure….., but, we are all on the same wavelength on this, so add your favorite swear words in this reply where you see fit ?

How does one dump 200k in a car, put it on the road and NOT have full agreed value coverage? Now , you have the car on the road, so, like a normal person, you give it some easy shake down drives, you know, short low speed so you can feel if anything is amiss, so you find out your brakes suck and your throttle sticks, yet you keep driving it that way…….idiot doesn’t begin to describe it…….

Why is this not out of the box? You gotta show us all the bits….haha

Not sure how to articulate my thoughts on the price increase, bottom line is, MSRP is always way high ( as in X kit is coming down the pipeline, it’ll be $40), then it hits retailers , or pre order status and the advertised price is lower, and then if you’re lucky, you know a wholesale kit dealer, and the price is even lower. Cost always goes up as it goes thru the various middle men, I’m sure HL has a direct link to manufacturers, as such, no middle man, they buy at rock bottom due to volume, so can sell for $30, offer 40% off, and still make money. I work for a chevy dealer, mark up on parts is insane, so I have to assume the mark up game is the same in our plastic playground, not quite as high mind you, but there is plenty of mark up along the ‘pipeline’. And as to shipping costs, I know that’s gone up, but if you divide the increase over each piece stuffed in that shipping container, it can’t add that much per unit. Just my thoughts, your mileage may vary.

I had to make a copy of my 1:1?

I normally wet sand my primer coats, then if painting a solid color, I’ll wet sand that, then clear coat, and wet sand the clear between coats, then after I apply enough clear to achieve the shine I want, I wet sand the final coat and then use meguires 105 and 205 rubbing compound . I normally use 2000 grit paper.

Never understood the need to label music….. ( I get it’s a marketing thing, but….)

Congrats! That’s awesome !

Let’s not forget about the high voltage , I see a lot of people getting hurt /killed poking around under the hood…… ’hold my beer while I see what these orange cables do….’

……gonna be funny when we realize we left mars for here after we wrecked that planet………

Model roundup notes it as being on the boat at the port awaiting unloading last I looked, I had pre ordered one months ago.

First album I bought was Led Zeppelin 2, for some reason that was a game changer for me, eventually led me to a lot of other ‘non’ mainstream music.

I hope it comes with a body that isn’t all messed up from mold mis alignment.

They also have butyl (sp?) covered wire, although not sure if they have large enough diameter for headers.

Always a good time there, so glad it finally happened this year.

See you there, can’t wait!

What a knock out! That looks fabulous! The headlights give it suck a different look, great build.

Thanks so much everyone, much appreciated. I’ve got to get a few more of these trucks, they build so nice, and I have a lot more ideas for paint schemes.