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Oh yeah, more than once......

Great looking box art build!

Looking good Jim, I like your line of thinking on this build.

Had to open the box and paw thru it, lol. I managed to get the cab glued together.

If you compare the two sides of the top of the quarter panels, you can see the odd taper of the passenger side, this also makes the center portion of the trunk lid look odd. His is an older issue, I compared it to my 2012 issue and it’s the same .

The trunk opening panel lines and the trunk ‘sheet metal’ on this thing are quite wonky as well. A buddy of mine just pointed this out to me on the kit he’s building, once you see it, it’s pretty bad.

Looking good so far, you’re really making some quick progress. Color combo is going to look sweet.

You pick some of the coolest projects! This is going to be an awesome build .

This is going to be cool, can’t wait to see this one come together.

Looking forward to this build, they are great looking rigs.

Glad to see you jump in Gary?

Wanted to do something a bit different, so picked this combo. Will be a bit before I actually start it, want to get a few car builds off the bench first .

Fabulous fleet this year, well done!

That’s pretty slick, well done!

On the two I’ve built, once it’s crammed in there, it seems to stay put.

Great looking group of builds, the 55 is my favorite.

Yes, these AMT rig kits can be challenging, but do actually build up very nice with a bit of patience. As far as pins to locate things on these kits , those that remain are useless due to age of the molds, as the pin/hole are not quite where they should be anymore. It’s 50 year old molds, us guys that build them understand it takes a bit more work than usual to make them nice. If you’re looking for a more precise fitting big rig kit, check out Italeri, they offer some US rigs that build up very nice, parts are crisp, fit well, and usually have no flash. They are multi part cabs, but the fit is very good. Downside is the price, but it is what it is I suppose.

.....idiocracy......

Lot of cool looking choices for 2021, I think I’m going to do this combo,

All I heard in that video was they had a big rig in development that was going to knock our socks off, no mention of new tool or anything. now, having said that, given the fact that there are a lot of movie tie ins to a lot of the releases, maybe we will get lucky and it will be a version of optimus prime from the transformers movies?

May have to go Euro this time around.....

Well, you know I’m in, gotta scour the stash to see what floats my boat....

I can tell you that space was a premium on my 1:1 55 fairlane , the headers themselves fit fine, they are shorties, but the exhaust pipe itself on the drivers side had barely enough room to fit between all the stuff on that side.

That Coronado kit was so bad that after putting together a few of the parts, it got boxed back up and put on the shelf......., total disappointment....., even after knowing the origins and age ......, be quicker to scratch build one out of wood...., and probably look better.....

I’ve used the revell 67 chevelle pro street chassis or parts of it under a few different builds. With a little slicing and dicing it’ll fit almost anything.