mikemodeler

I would go with a bed cover on the Chevy and detail the bed on the GMC. These are coming along very nicely and will be nice to look at when you are done.

well, if the post office hasn't changed, I will get the November issue sometime in January, the December issue ??????

But G, if we all did that, what would you spend your time doing?

Donn, May you and kathie have a great Christmas and thank you for the wishes! i got my new DVD Friday so while everyone is out returning gifts or searching for bargains Monday, I will be watching my Donn Yost DVD and picking up some more tips! Mike

Most folks would have taken a hood ornament and drilled a hole in it and called it done! What you did was create something your son will cherish long after the car is gone, nice job there Pete! Merry Christmas

Mike, I ordered from Craig earlier this year and his service was fantastic! I sent him a check and I had my stuff within 10 days, something almost unheard of in the resin casting industry due to it being a sidejob for most of the businesses.The items I ordered were in stock and that was known at the time of order. I ordered an engine kit and some snowplow lights and the products were like kit parts, except better! I would order without hesitation again and I will as soon as some of his new items are ready for order. Mike

That kit was reissued a couple of years ago in yellow, might be easier to find if you are only in need of the truck and not the actual black kit.

Found some items to order but will wait until you have those hitches ready!

The Modelhaus wheel and tire set came from the 92 AMT ext. cab duallie kit with Goodyear Wrangler tires. Part No. is T-802 and sells for $13.00 set for the unplated type and T-802P ($15.00) for the plated type.

seems like I have missed a few days! I would like to thank those members whom I have conversed with via PM here. I like the fact that we can chat amongst ourselves, share some humor or stories and model related stuff, all without clogging up the forum pages. Not sure if any other forums offer that service, don't really care if they do, I will use MCM's!

Jim and everyone else that misses the culinary delights of Chicago- there is a website that offers many of the favorites from the Windy City and you can have them shipped overnight to your door. Lou Malnati's Pizza, Portillo's beef and hot dogs,Carson's ribs, Eli's cheesecakes- all ready to ship at TastesofChicago.com. My last trip home Jim I sent my clothes UPS and brought 8 pizzas and a cheesecake home in my carry on bag! Got some funny looks from the TSA but I was "The Man" when I got home ! I will be back after the first of the year to check on my parents and you can bet I will be bringing home some great food again!

Those appear to be copies of the wheels, tires and bed from the Monogram Ford F350 dually kit. The Modelhaus or Ma's Resins can probably get you the tires if that is what you are looking for.

I went real, some things just seemed real about the car and it's surroundings. The old fort in the background looks like Harry has been 'shopping again!

Put me down for 4 or 5, I don't have the time to master 1 let alone 5! Looks nice and I will be checking your website for availability!

Some good points and history lessons in this thread. Harry- the internet has impacted many businesses and it has been a double edged sword for everyone. I work for NAPA and we hear it all the time- "I found that exact same part online for X dollars cheaper, can you match it?" Think about that for a minute and see if you want to buy a set of brake pads online and save a few bucks. Afterall, it is only your brakes, right?! What if you have a problem or need to return them, they could either stiff you on the deal or charge a 25% restocking fee, then what have you saved? I was in a Hobbytown USA the other day and picked up the reissued Revell wrecker. It was $1.50 more than Tower Hobbies or Modelroundup was online. Our tax rate is 7.5% so it was still cheaper than online unless I wanted to spend $50 at Tower to get free shipping and no sales tax. Craig said it above, the days of no sales tax on the internet are numbered, the Feds will see to that! The other interesting part of being at Hobbytown the other day was a woman buying some R/C helicopter for her kid. She was going to buy the $59 ready to fly setup at Target but someone told her to stop by Hobbytown and check their stock. She ended up buying a $129 kit at Hobbytown after the owner explained how they had replacement parts in stock and could repair the copter on site while the Target version would probably not be serviceable. That is something that needs to be taken into consideration, how will you get a problem resolved? I will admit to buying online and at the LHS and those decisions usually come down to availability more than price.

My family shares those same sentiments Dwayne! Whenever we get back to Waukegan the first stop is at Quonset for a pizza. We can only get chain pizza here in Charlotte or that NY style pizza that is close but not quite the same! I, too, graduated in '82 but didn't leave for good until 2005.

Picked one up yesterday at the local Hobbytown USA, it was only a $1 more that what they are online at Modelroundup or Tower Hobbies so I bought it. I have to wait and open it on X-mas but I plan to bash it with an AMT Ford pickup kit from the '90's so I have some diversity in my planned fleet of wreckers. Not sure what I will do with the rest of the kit, might use it to build a beater diorama piece.

Today's shout out is for those forum members who do resin casting and I have purchased their products this year. They had great service and great products and I will be buying from them again as they have stuff of interest for me. I haven't used their products in any builds, but I'm a gonna!

Three subscription mags for me: MCM, Scale Auto and Hot Rod. Upon occasion I will pick up Fine Scale Modeler if there is something of interest. I will also pick up other 1:1 car mags if they catch my eye, especially if I am flying somewhere. Twice a year I fly from Charlotte to Seattle for business meetings so that means I drop about $20 each time on some reading materials for that 6 hour flight.

Very nice and looks real! Like G, I dig the plate and the overall style of this bike!

It has been said but what a beautiful job on that Hudson Lyle! Nice details and paint, looks perfect!

Don't bank on the Revell one being cheaper, in fact it will probably be more expensive if it makes it over to the States.

Despite being a basic kit, I plan to pick a couple of them up. One can never have enough wrecker bodies!

Todays' shoutout goes to all of the younger modelers (teenagers) who are enjoying this hobby as many of us did, but in a time before computers, cable TV, and video games. I applaud them for using their minds to create something that no video game or cable TV program can do and much like us older modelers, are looked at for playing with "toys". Hopefully enough of them will continue this hobby and keep it going so that another generation can enjoy it like we have.

Dr. Cranky is one of the better ones here at creating rust and weathered vehicles, drop him a line. He even wrote a book about it.