mikemodeler

Do you mean Truck rally wheel? Scenes Unlimited offers a resin version of the GM truck rally wheel. He also sells some nice dually wheels and tires, much better that what is in that wrecker kit. I agree with Brian that the best 73-80 GM truck is the MPC 78 Chevy stepside, but that kit is hard to find and not cheap. It is a 2wd and builds nicely. The recent Revell 77 GMC pickup with snow plow is better than the wrecker but still has it's issues.

I will be watching this one.

Tower Hobbies has them in stock. $39.99 with free shipping. Modelroundup has it for $35.90 Megahobby has it for $36.86 RPP Hobby has it for $33.99 If you can make it to Hobby Lobby and they still have it, that would be your best bet.

Well, you still have time!

Nice job Brian, looks sweet and love the mods you did to it! You headed to Atlanta this weekend to the NNL?

Looks good from where I am sitting!

If you are going to build them, go for it! You might be able to trade them if you decide not to build them and there is always eBay!

Happy Birthday Harry! Continued wishes and prayers for a complete recovery and here's to many more birthdays in your future.

Dang it Revell! I have been trying to scale back the purchases and you keep bringing us new stuff! I see a couple of each of those kits in my future, thanks for sharing Gerry!

Considering the body mods made to the 1:1 F100, a 2n1 kit is probably out of the question. That said, until the kit is in our hands, not sure what all would have to be done to make one a stock vehicle, but I would suspect Revell does and a year or two from now we will see a stock version of the 56 F100.

Not surprised Bob! I am sure you will do it justice! Looking forward to attending your show after 11 years of trying. Been saving my lunch money and been donating platelets to get enough money for the swap meet! LOL~

Harry, You are so right! A friend of mine was at the celebration and he said there were a TON of young school age kids there, probably a reason for the large crowd and hopefully the lack of mischief ! I had already moved away when the Sox last won the WS, how do the two celebrations compare? (Arrests, crowd size, looting, etc)

Wouldn't be surprised to see a couple in Atlanta next weekend!

You are going to need a bit of a lift ! Nice, I have one to start this week.

If you have a Harbor Freight or Northern Tool store near you, check out their miscellaneous tool section, lots of things that might be used. I have an old adjustable length stand with alligator clips on the ends that comes in handy when painting. I also picked up some mini clamps at Sears, some with suction cup bases, to use for assembly and detail painting.

You are right about the players swinging at bad pitches Harry, but don't look now, the Cubs have forced a game 7! I can only imagine what Chicago will be like if they pull off the comeback and win game 7 tonight! And "next year" is here!

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope the folks at Moebius are listening and don't let us down!

Ah ha, I thought it looked familiar! I indeed have a few of them!

Where did that rear bumper come from? I would like to find some like that in chrome and paint.

I believe he used the long bed from the MPC 72 Chevy pickup as a reference to compare what he had to do to get the right length. I have a couple of beds and will be attempting this conversion this winter.

Charlie, The WHEELS scale out to 13", not the tires. If you look at the box art, the wheels appear to be small compared to the tires, probably one of the few complaints about this kit so far. Gregg- thanks for posting this, I already had one on order from Tower Hobbies and I think I might be ordering a couple more, not sure if I can wait until the NNL in Atlanta in 2 weeks!

Just saw the weather forecast for this week, afternoon highs in the upper 70's/lower 80's with low humidity- looks like it's time to bust out the paints and get some bodies painted for the winter!

Without divulging financial details, I suspect that the upfront costs were significant for you but the payoff is in the turnaround time. I wonder how long before more resin casters are following the timeline laid out here? Take a new kit release (like the Ford Bronco), imagine if someone had the ability and equipment mentioned above and by the end of next week we had the rear flares and front push bar to create the Oly off road racer? Seems to me like it would beat Revell to the punch if they were intending to offer that version but would definitely drive sales for the new issue!

I just ordered this kit from Tower Hobbies and they are having a special right now with no shipping on all orders over $25, so I found a few more things I think I can't live without and got my order in.

Check with Fireball Modelworks, I think Chief Joseph offers those door handles in resin, probably easier to shave those off and use resin ones.