mikemodeler

Looks like the axles out of a GM truck, is that from a Revell kit?

That would have been my guess, thanks for sharing.

The Jeep CJ-7, the Bronco half cab, the '57 Bel Air, the 64 Impala and the 68 Firebird are all due out next month.

There is a 70ish IH 1100 pickup offered by Robert Burns (Too Many Projects on FB) that is a cab and bed. He also has some first gen Scouts. Zaina here on the forum offers some early '60's IH pickups that are 3D prints, a bit more detail than the above 1100 pickup.

I am in agreement on the bench seat and while we're at it, for many of the other trucks out there that were kitted with buckets. That Revell 64-66 C-10 grille has always bugged me. For the Dodge D100, check out Harts Parts Resins, he has some grille options for the Dodge pickups along with hoods. The Olson Bros had some nice tool boxes for pickups, maybe someone could expand upon them to include boxes for medium and heavy duty trucks?

I am in Charlotte and suffer the same fate. I have made Wes's Model Car Corner my go to shop for new issues like this. He's near Johnson City TN and it usually is a next day or 2 day ship time, depending on how fast the trucks are running. Here is the link: https://wesmodelcarcorner.myshopify.com/ He also has a FB page and posts information on it regularly as well as nearly every week he has a live show on Thursday nights where he opens up new releases and shows what is in the box as well as shares news and updates on kits and what is in the pipeline.

He came on the country music scene about the time my wife got me into country music and he was one of the entertainers I enjoyed. Sad to see him pass from such an awful type of cancer but he is at peace and no longer suffering. The band in heaven just got a little better.

I'm no expert but I will hazard a guess that the holidays and extra volume of mail and packages overwhelmed a system that was already struggling. I got Christmas cards into early January that had been mailed mid December so not surprised magazines were delayed.

IIRC, the truck has the 2wd front suspension in it so one could build it as an LRE, just need some decals. If nothing else, swap the suspension with the recent 78 Dodge long bed kit and you will have what you need to build it. On a side note, I have pre-ordered a couple of the Warlock kits but can see getting a couple more later. Conversions and replicating some old trucks I remember from my youth will keep me busy.

If you really want that blue but don't want to use Duplicolor, check out MCW as they have many factory colors to choose from. Nice work on this truck, I need to get cracking on mine.

Always enjoy watching your builds. They are clean, well executed and full of tips that are helpful. You always seem to pick the unique kits to build, which adds to the fun.

Being an all new tool and not having a sample on display, I would guess we will see this in the second half of this year. Kit development takes time and they are probably working to bring these show related kits out at the same time.

So I am not going to name the vendor, but had something happen to me that irked me. Was on an aftermarket website last fall and was interested in an item listed but said it was out of stock, add your email to notify you when it's back in stock. No way to pre-order it as that isn't their policy. No worries, kept checking to see if it was back in stock periodically as there was a bunch of other stuff I was wanting to order. Fast forward to this past Saturday when I got an email stating the said item was back in stock. It had a link to the website to check but I didn't see the email until yesterday as I spent half the day Saturday at the ER (long story) and didn't get back to the 'puter until yesterday. I went to check on the item and it showed "sold out" and a disclaimer saying that once it was sold out, there would be no more of them made. I emailed them and asked what gives and basically was told "Sorry, we sold out fast". Now they admitted that there was a large list of interested people that they emailed but didn't think they would sell out that fast. I'd think that if you had a large number of inquiries that it tells you people want it and maybe that is the number you make, or something close to it, no? Oh well, guess business is so good that they can have that attitude towards it, but so can I. Lesson learned.

Contact Zaina here on the forum, he prints the files of kits including a mid 80's GM crew cab. Nice stuff and excellent service.

Thank you Steve for the insight and explanation, as a modeler one can hope there are similar projects in the works that prove to be mutually beneficial. but the '60 was something I didn't even know I wanted. LOVE it when a manufacturer does that. Chuck took the words out of my mouth with his above quote.

Would be cool to know which kit that originated from, would love to build one myself. Wonder if anyone offered or offers those decals?

Cool car, I don't remember that kit but I did grab one of those at my local True Value Hardware store as a promotional item back in the '80s. It should be interesting to see what car Evernham will use for the resurrected IROC series.

They look like the poorly crafted Goodyear Wrangler R/Ts from the Revell Billy Carter pickup, Alley Rat pickup.

I would contact Kris at MAD, here are pictures of his 78 Chevy Pickup resin kit, mastered by Tom Ellifritt. You get the side trim, bench seat, correct grille and bumper, filler panel below the grille and a cab and bed that look like kit pieces, not clunky resin casting. I bought one from him and IIRC it was $70 plus shipping. It might be more but the Deserter kit will get you the tail lights, rear bumper, glass, drive train. You will either have to extend the kit frame or find one and of course the front 2wd suspension. This kit is NOT on his website, so email him or contact him here on the forum.

I probably have a set of the smaller Desert Dogs, do you need wheel backs and wheels with them too? I will get back to you once I check the stash.

Fireball Modelworks has some really nice 5 slot 8 lug wheels and also has some nice tires to go with them should you want them. https://fireballmodels.info/ Nice work on that Suburban.

Nice tribute and looks like you are on your way to getting it done. Just a note on that donor kit- it is 4wd and has the different front end (81-87 model years). Check with Kris Morgan at Morgan Auto Detail, he has resin 78 Chevy longbed kit that also includes the bench seat. Has the side trim molded in and the grille. You will need a donor chassis and the Deserter kit can be elongated or you can buy a long bed frame from Texas 3D Customs. You will still need to fabricate a front suspension and depending on how accurate you want it to be, there might be some 3D printed options.

Here is an option for the Revell kit: https://www.fabresinworks.com/newstore2020/product/1-25th-1967-camaro-hideaway-front-grill/ I cannot find anything on the AMT kits, at one time I think Modelhaus offered a grille but they are long out of business.

Which kit are you planning on using? There are some choices depending on which kit you use.

I'd be willing to bet that those kits will be late '24/early '25 considering they have so much already in the works. I do hope they decide to offer a wide range of kits from that tooling, long overdue!