mikemodeler

So glad to see an update and to be able to follow this build, was worried it was deleted. The level of detail and skills shown in this thread are outstanding, glad to see it back where it was. The scratchbuilt, resin cast, machined stuff in this build is mindblowing.

There was a long thread here by Scale Master on a Lola T-70 he was building as a street car, what happened to it? It had so many cool hand crafted items it was amazing to watch what he created by hand that looked like real parts! Anyone know if it's still on here?

I owned 3 1:1 S-10's , all square dimes- 82 base, no options; 88 4x4 fully loaded; 91 2wd tahoe trim. All were fun trucks and lots of memories. Nice work on those.

I have over a dozen of the Deserter kits waiting to be used as donors for various builds. I have a 60 Chevy, a 66 Chevy, a 72 Chevy with a resin short bed fleetside and a 72 Chevy Step Side short bed all going on the 4x4 chassis! I also have to lengthen a couple of the chassis for other projects including a resin long bed 80's Chevy that will get an Iceman grille. For 2wd versions, the 66 Chevy kit is most accurate and better detailed chassis.

I just checked the website, Joseph is NOT up and running, he is working on old orders first. He will advise when he is open for accepting orders.

I have this kit to build and am looking forward to building it someday soon. I worked at a BMW dealer 1980-83 and drove a few of these and they were fun. Nice work on this !

Nice, clean build, love the look and the tires make the model.

My parents had a 24 Indian Winnebago, lots of great trips and camping experiences in that beast! This looks great Tom, can't wait to see it done!

Another great work of art Charlie, as always very impressive on how you improve or make what you need for it to be accurate. Always enjoy your projects.

Depending on what type of tires and wheels you are looking for, another great source is Modelhaus Tires. Yes, Don's son has a business and offers up some really nice wheels and tires, great service and product.

Early on I believe it was scheduled for Q2 2022, maybe April, depends on shipping.

Did a trade with Sledsel, post office has delayed my end but I am confident it will get here. Very easy to deal with him and will likely be swapping some stuff again in the future.

Thanks Rob, that makes sense. I do remember Round 2 reissuing the C-600 box delivery truck recently with Pepsi decals, found it interesting given their penchant for Coke stuff.

I think we all know that Round 2 has slapped Coke decals on almost every kit that they have ready to mold and it's partly because of the Coke collector market, but has/is Revell ever ventured into that territory? I thought I saw somewhere recently that Revell is going to have some Coke kits this year, anyone else hear that? Curious as to what it would be and if they will have the accessories like the vending machines and bottles/cases like R2? Anybody got some information they can share? I would think if a company could issue a kit with Coke on it they would know it would sell because of it.

Looks like I can take that kit off my list for this year. Maybe Round 2 will surprise us with a reissue of the 81 Camaro kit?

A simple fix is using the exhaust from a Revell Nova kit- fits just fine and is NOT chambered! Looking forward to this kit, not that I need any more 69 Camaros, but at least this one has a different hood.

I have that Monogram Z, specifically bought it because it did not have the T-Tops. Hope the version they bring out doesn't have the T-Tops because I recall them having some fit issues.

If nothing else, I guess I do admire your relentless stubborn instance to be wrong nearly every time you post here. Because saying Ed Sexton isn't in a position of knowledge might be the dumbest thing I've ever seen said here - and that's saying something. Ya know, the funny thing is I can probably find a dozen instances of YOU posting incorrect information before you could find one thing I posted incorrectly. But you go on thinking you're right and the rest of us have it wrong, it's thinking like that that proves what many of us know.

Oh why not? What harm can come from that? There's a reason why second hand information isn't considered in most court cases and for good reason. And just because you talked to someone who works for a company and they relay information you take to be "insider knowledge" doesn't mean they are accurate or speaking from a position of actual knowledge.

Is the same kit that was at Ollie's for $19.99?

Gonna have to change my pre-order quantity as this looks better than I imagined it would. Thanks for sharing.

Took the wife's Nissan to the dealer for an oil change (They only charge $39.95 for Mobil 1 synthetic so why not?) and while I am walking around spot one of the redesigned 2022 Frontier pickups. Salesman walks up and says "Wanna take it for a test drive?" 5 minutes later we are out cruising around and it's a nice truck and I am actually considering buying a truck after not having one for 25 years. We go back inside and he gets my information and says without seeing my 2016 Accord, he will give me nearly what I paid for it in 2017! Crazy market but what the heck. Now the best part. He went on and on about how other dealers are marking vehicles up over MSRP because of no inventory, but not this dealership. However, they did add on $4,995 in "accessories" and when I pushed him about it, he said there was a lot of value added stuff like tinted windows, pinstriping, bed liner, wheel locks and the best- Nitrogen filled tires. I mentioned that all of those "accessories" didn't total but $700 at best and that I didn't want them. He replied- "That's the way we sell them, take it or leave it". Well, driving a paid for car is a lot better than lining the pockets of dealerships that are getting creative in dreaming up new revenue.

That is the kit grille. He opened up the backside to give it more detail.

In the Charlotte area the LHS that closed were small and the owners were older with no succession plan for the future of the store. In some cases it was rent being doubled that caused them to close up. They found out that the internet was the problem- people would buy their R/C stuff online and then bring it in to have the shop help fix it and expect it for free. Same was true for model kits but I always went in a bought something, even if it was just glue or paint, because they had stuff that HL or Michaels didn't.

I live in a hobby shop desert- closest thing we have to a LHS is a Hobby Town USA about 40 miles north of me in Mooresville. At one time they had a huge aisle of plastic, cars, trucks, military plus all kinds of paints and tools. Then a few years ago a Hobby Lobby opened a mile away and it changed their business. Any serious builder/buyer of kits would shop at HL when kits were 40% off compared to HTU's usual MSRP. In Charlotte where I live there are only Michael's and HL to shop locally for kits and supplies so I am an online shopper for the most part. If I need a donor kit and HL carries it, I am there when they are 40% off. Our hobby has changed and so has our buying habits. I have probably spent as much, if not more, on resin stuff this year as I have on kits, and that has come from online shopping. Being able to click on website and find whatever I could possibly imagine because someone has either cast it or created it with 3D printing has changed my hobby world. While it is easy for those that have a LHS to struggle to understand why those of us left with only HL shop there, many of us do remember when there were more hobby shops to shop at and spent time and money supporting those businesses. But as owners aged or passed and no one wanted to take over the business, it was inevitable that they would be gone.