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Back when Ollie's had these for $7.99, I grabbed all that I could! Still have several in the stash, built a couple of them. I hate the sunroof is molded into them, Here's one of them with tires from Scenes Unlimited

Not sure which tires you are looking for, but Fireball Modelworks and Scenes Unlimited have some great tires, as does Modelhaus Tires. All have great service and excellent product.

He said that back in January, which is it?

Yeah, don't need another Bronco kit and I already have the half cabs from Olson Bros, so the Bronco might be traded off. Surprised they went with the stock body and not the Baja with the rear wheel openings cut.

I have some resin wheels that I want to chrome, some just the rim and others the whole wheel. My question is what is the best way to do this? Should I .. A. Send them out for plating? B. Spray chrome paint from a rattle can? C. Airbrush Molotow or Alcad? D. Chrome BMF? E. Brush paint them with Testors Gloss Chrome enamel? Really want to do a good job so all comments are welcome, if you have a video or pix to share, even better!

Had never seen that before, very interesting. I do have a Jimmy Flintstone Dodge SUV based off the Dodge truck that is his version of a Suburban. Need to drag it out and build it one day soon.

Yes, the Bronco used the 170 & 200 CI L6 motor. The truck motor started out as a 240 and was later a 300 CI and used into the late 80's/mid 90's.

They are about the same price. If you buy the wedge, you can always trade off the wedge body for something you need. Same way with the Coke version, trade off the Coke machine if you don't want/need it.

Having hundreds of tires I will likely find something to replace them with, not too worried. Thanks for the picture and update Casey.

Makes sense, about the only new thing in this offering is the half cab. Wonder if that buggy will have the plastic tires?

I don't need another Bronco kit and I already have a couple of half cabs from Olson Bros., but I could be a buyer if it comes with the trailer and buggy! Not surprised they are still milking the tooling for another version.

Kris Morgan at Morgan Auto Detail has this bed conversion already done in resin if you want to go that route. Its a shame AMT chose that bed to replicate instead of the regular wheel base one.

That would make for a nice swap for one of my Revell Broncos. Thanks for the idea Casey!

Hit mine up today, grabbed a couple more kits to use as donors. Also used my 40% coupon for another Tamiya paint stand $15 sounds better than $25! The shelves were pretty well stocked and quite a bit of variety.

Check out Squads by Tony. He has all kinds of police/fire/emergency stuff. Great product and service.

Nice work on that rig and getting all the shiny bits looking good!

I noticed last Saturday that one of the HL near me had boxes of inventory to put away on the floors and in the aisles. I chatted with a store employee and they said that shipments were delayed due to the severe weather that the central and eastern US had been experiencing, thus the product on the floor. They try to not stock on Saturdays as they know it's one of their busiest days. The empty shelves at your store is probably a result of delayed shipments. That said, it will be interesting to see next week's ad and also if there is an adjustment to prices.

Yeah, It's like you have to watch every day and place an order once he shows it in stock before it's sold out. I sent him a message the other day, waiting to hear back.

Those are great, love the period correct paint schemes and different wheels/tires. I have a couple of Scouts to finish, including one similar to your white half cab.

Nice proportions on the body, the rest of the kit is rather cheesy, especially those plastic poorly molded tires. Monogram had some nice ideas back in the day, sadly they chose to go with poor execution and weak representations.

Fireball will have some drag radials and wider street tires. Scenes Unlimited is primarily truck tires now. Modelhaus will be vintage slicks. There are multiple Facebook pages dedicated to parts and specific types of models. If there is a specific set you are looking for, post it in the Wanted section here. Ron Olson offers 3D prints of many parts, worth a search.

Nice pair of wreckers, love the home made wheel lift, really cool!

The nice thing about Scenes Unlimited is that you choose wheel and tire types. Want some lugger tires for a 4x4? Want some highway treads? Want them a bit bigger? He has them all.

Probably the easiest way to make a push bumper is to layer the plastic to replicate the steel backing bumper and the rubber portion of it. Some push bumpers on these older wreckers were more sturdy that others but they were built from the same concept. You could use different shades of black to show the difference between the steel and rubber. Also, the Revell GMC Wrecker that was recently out has a nice push bumper, you could see if someone has an extra they'd be willing to trade to use/modify for your model.

To add to what Brian said (he and l live about 20 miles apart), its all about where you are painting. If you are in a garage, you can influence the conditions somewhat. Let us know where you are moving to and it will help us guide you. While the weather will be an adjustment, hope you like living here. Rarely gets to 100 degrees, but what I like to call "Gold Bond" weather takes some adjusting to.