mikemodeler

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.

Norm offers that trailer in resin (#B-43) and is shown for $25. Nice recast of the kit part.

Randy- The SCMA has a show coming up in May, May 15th to be exact, in Simpsonville SC. It's about 90 minutes or so from the Charlotte airport near Greenville SC. Always a good show and I have sold kits there and done quite well. Might be something worth looking into if you have a bunch to sell.

Post your wants in the Wanted section, could be a modeler or two who are only interested in the car portion of the model kit and you can work a deal. I have traded away my surfboards otherwise I would offer them up to you!

Tower Hobbies has Tamiya paint and a quick check of their website shows that they 532 skus of Tamiya paint. Check them out as they run specials like free shipping or $15 off a $50 purchase. They also have Testors and other paint. Welcome back to the hobby and post up your work.

Nice work, love the lift and tires

Happy Hobby is still in business? Geez, that place looked like it was on it's way out 20 years ago when I last was in one, are they still on the west side of Milwaukee? They always jacked up the price of an OOP model the day before it was announced as being OOP!

You just missed a show in Spartanburg that would have been a good place to unload some kits. There is a show scheduled in May for Simpsonville SC (near Greenville) that you should be able to sell some kits at. As was mentioned, price them fairly and you will sell them. I have yet to sell on eBay due to the time factor you mentioned.

Nice work and details.

Thanks Tim for that update and insight. But you know that there is still a faction here that will dispute that with you and claim otherwise, sadly.

Ordered these from the Facebook page Wes's Model Corner. All three shipped to my door for $91. Will gladly do business with Wes again.

Maybe an email to their offices will reveal whether or not they will carry Tamiya or Revell (or someone else) paint?

If you haven't studied the history of the model companies, I suggest you do a little research and see their storied past. Several have come and gone while others have survived. Many private equity firms buy companies for various reasons, some to salvage what can be bought at a bargain, some because they see value and profit potential. Comparing brick and mortar retail operations to a plastic model making company is about as far off as one can get. As I said before, why speculate and claim the end is near when you can wait for the official company announcement later this week? Maybe you will hear positive news or you will hear negative news, but at least it will come from the company itself and not a bunch of internet opinions from various forum members.

Because speculating on things you have no knowledge of feeds the rumor mill and creates endless speculation. You alluded to there being financial issues with Round2 and yet have no evidence, which leads others to think they will go out of business. THAT does a huge disservice to all of the hard work the staff at Round2, Tom Lowe included, have done to bring us all kinds of new tools and re-issues we thought we might not ever see.

I had that kit and IIRC the body lines of the MPC Snap Blazer seemed to be more accurate, especially the front fenders and hood. The Revell snow plow is 1/24 scale, the MPC Blazer is 1/25, so the GMC Deserter pickup would be a better candidate for a donor.

Gee Tim, that almost sounds like we should wait and hear what the company has to say about this, doesn't it?!?!?!?!?!? Hey, we can all speculate what it going on with Round2, but why not wait for them to comment?

That the pickins are slim is an understatement.

The Blazer body is very nicely proportioned and looks good when finished. It would be nice to see this come out again, with a bit of work and some different tires, this builds nice and fills a void for Blazers of this era.

With the push for a $15 federal minimum wage, the price of kits would surely go up, so I don't see that as a likely scenario. Most manufacturing would take a hit and the price of goods and services would reflect that increase.

Given the popularity and longevity of the Star Trek and Star Wars brand and products, it's pretty evident why this investment firm did what they did. Tom Lowe seems to know how to run the company, give him some money to make some new stuff that will grow sales and they get their ROI.

Not sure if anyone has noticed, but more people are buying online and creating more work/shipments for all parcel delivery services (FedEx, UPS, USPS) so delays are to be expected. Add in the fact that the Postal Service has been chronically understaffed and they are going to have problems.

Please share with us where these LHS are at that sell kits comparable to Hobby Lobby with the discount, because I haven't seen any. I bought the recent Revell 76 Chevy stepside pickup at Hobby Lobby for $16 with the 40% off sale. I would gladly support a small owned business if it exists and try to when shopping online or in person.

Stopped in the HL in Indian Land SC today and they have kits @ 40% off this week.