mikemodeler

Ron Olsen has a bunch of 3D files for wheels, maybe he has something you can use.

For the ramp beds, most likely the reason. For the warped hoods, they could open other kits if they wanted to, but then they are rendered un-sellable.

It will with some work, see the picture below. There is a lip inside the tire. The depth of the wheel can be sanded down to fit the tire.

I have those tires, they measure approximately .680 in rim diameter, 1.25 in height.

Many of them are copies of tires from model kits, with many of them being 1/25th scale. That being said, is there a particular tire you are looking at? I may have it and can measure for you.

Got another kit today from Robert Burns on FB (Too Many Projects). 1970ish IH 1100D pickup. Like many of his kits, no interior or chassis and the hood is molded shut. Looks pretty accurate and should go nicely with the first gen Scouts I have from him to finish building.

I have ordered resin stuff from people who were great at responding but their product was barely workable and I have ordered from people who were hard to communicate with but their product was top notch. No doubt it is frustrating, I work in sales and I try to respond immediately because I value my customers and their business. Not sure if he has a job on top of the resin business but if he does, I can understand why he's hard to track down. Hopefully you are like most of us and plenty to build in the meantime.

All I will say is that he does travel to shows and has a life beyond resin casting. Could be on vacation, might be sick, could be backed up in the shop casting kits, probably is a one man operation. Whatever his reason for not responding to you as quickly as you would like, I'm sure he will get to you eventually. Not sure what you are after but his quality is better than most and I found his service to be better than most too. Have to remember these are not big operations with staff to handle all of the work, he is likely the only one taking care of things and is doing the best he can. I got my stuff within two weeks of placing the order, as he said I would, which tells me he casts to order and works hard to stay on schedule. By chance, what email address did you send your message to?

Went last night to get a Molotow pen and figured the kits were picked over but surprisingly there were a few left. I grabbed a GMC Plow truck for me (chassis donor) and a 71 GTX for a friend.

You are doing that justice Brian, so glad you bought that and built it, exactly what I envisioned it to be. Anxious to see this one done.

I am sure with the supply chain issues and production shutdowns in China, the reason we haven't seen a lot of new stuff at HL is pretty clear. Now that things are normalizing we will hopefully see some new kits on the shelves, time will tell.

And then flood FB pages or eBay with the discounted models at MSRP!

Nice ride, I'm sure it's a fun cruiser. I passed on buying a 70 SS 396 Elky in 1982 for $1,500. Hate myself every time I see one, reminds me of what could have been.

I snagged this from Wes's Model Corner- fast shipping and only $39 plus shipping!

I am sure they are, could be swamped with orders and with the holiday weekend, maybe behind in answering emails. I have always had great service and I am sure you will get your product soon.

And guaranteed to be as warped as the original because they will not check it before sending it out.

I just heard Wes at Wes's Model Corner say he should have them this week.

I have an original Wild Hoss and a Model King version of the Bronco and they both have the Firestone tires in them. I too was disappointed when I opened the Model King version to find the Firestones but have enough parts kits and aftermarket tires to put almost anything on mine.

Nice truck!

Thankfully there are places like Fireball Modelworks with their offering of off road tires and hopefully Danny at Scenes Unlimited gets back up and running soon so we have his tires and wheels to choose from as well. Those Desert Dogs were in most 80's MPC truck kits as well as their Jeep CJ-5 kits and should be easily found.

To TransAm Mike's reply, here is an image of the bumpers from Harts Parts.. And if you want a conversion kit with the hood.....

Danny at Scenes Unlimited has had some health issues he has to deal with. He vows to get back to casting again when he is recovered and I don't doubt him.

Try sending a PM to Gluhead here on the forum, it's either Jim or Chris Olson. I think Chris is the man behind the company and in the past has had some health issues, might be the case again or simply overwhelmed with orders and life. I have ordered many times and it usually was about a 4-6 week wait, sometimes longer, for my stuff. It never disappointed, just took awhile to get to me.

I have ordered multiple times from Olson Bros and they do have great product. That said, some of the orders took a bit longer as they had health issues and supply issues getting resin which caused delays. Like many other resin companies, they have families, jobs and lives that sometimes slow them down. I always got my stuff, sometimes took awhile to arrive, but have always been pleased and got what I ordered. I believe one of them is a member here- Gluhead- so you might try sending him a PM to see if he can update you.

Here's the link to the Modelhaus Tires listing for the AMT Dually set. The above post is from back in the day and there has been some changes to the offering now that Chris Holthaus is running it. Lots of great stuff and great service. https://www.modelhaustires.com/collection/802