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Loctite medium thickness, Testor's red tube glue, Plastruct Weldene and Bondene, Tenax 7-R, Zap-A-Gap and standard Zap CA, and I used to use Ambroid Pro-Weld before it was discontinued.

And when he gets to Heaven To Saint Peter he will tell, "Another soldier reporting, sir, I've served my time in Hell."

Pictures in the other thread! All wrapped up.

So, here is my entry. It's a 1976 International Harvester Scout II. This was originally built by me around 2005 or so, and, needless to say, it was pretty gluey. So much so that it melted part of the roof in. When I first rediscovered it, I was planning on building it into a NASCAR truck from the time of the wing wars, but it got here when I found the thread. The frame was built with Evergreen I-beam. The rearend is from the Revell '94 Impala SS, and the frontend is from the Revell '77? Trans Am. Wheels from the AMT/ERTL Ford Flareside, and tires from the AMT Chevy Blazer. The tow bar is from a toy Jeep, and the ball itself is a piece of a parts tree, chucked in a Dremel and shaped with a file. The roof was chopped off behind the windshield frame and the gap between the body and interior tub was shimmed with Evergreen plastic and filled with Tamiya putty. On top of said fill was attached some Evergreen I-beam, same as used for the frame. The cab wall was made from sheet styrene and the rollbars were made from Evergreen rod. Driver's seat from a Revell Camaro, passenger seat from an ERTL International rig, steering wheel from an AMT '40 Ford (I believe) on a scratchbuilt column. Floor was carpeted with embossing powder. The engine is a 409 Chevy with tri-power carbs from what I surmise is an AMT Impala. The brake booster is from the Revell Impala that also coughed up the rear axle. The battery is from the Tamiya Lotus Super Seven, and it's resting on a (you guessed it) scratchbuilt battery tray. The plow is from the venerable Revell GMC kit, but it didn't have a... lifter arm thing. I don't know plows that well, but I know I has to lift by way of the motor, and the kit didn't even have a way to do that - I used a piece of a straight axle, a piece of scrap rod, and some chain to fix this oversight. The lights on the bar were in the kit but I think they were for the rollbar or something. Using these backdated the plow effectively enough to justify the heavy weathering applied. Some goosey wiring there... Anyways, I'm very happy with it. Thanks for the fun!

1941 or 1932.

x2, I've been so dialed into the "normal" scale, just like with HO scale trains, another interest of mine. I constantly pick up bits of interesting trash and flotsam with the goal of model building. "This looks like it could be a bottle for a model car or something..."

I'm waiting for snowfall for a good picture... I think I'll add some pictures to the thread tonight sans snow and then another later.

I don't do drugs, I am drugs.

Same place I got my Delahaye had that Monogram Rolls Royce convertible, I may have to get it.

Off-and-on driving our "new" Volvo, an '85 DL wagon.

A complete Heller Delahaye for $5.

Abandoning the Willys. Too much to engineer, purchase, fabricate... Toying with more details on the Scout. Snowplow from the Revell GMC kit, more junk, repainting the hood, little details here and there.

Very jealous - we had an '88 Coupe GT, Euro front end, turbo from a Nissan, full racing deal - stripped interior, full cage, seats with five-point harnesses. Ended up selling it when we were going on vacation to the UK. Story is the kid we sold it to blew the engine within a week.

Welcome. Assuming by the 207, you're in Maine.

One of the dream cars for the dream garage...

I've got one going too, same idea as that.

Dingus rich guy sees a model of his car and has to buy it.

The thread would be good.

Yep, me too.

Pretty dumb... but interesting dumb.

Well, the easy way certainly is the more popular one these days. Either take this long regimen of a normal painkiller, or take a short regimen of Vicodin. Guess what most people choose?

Sold the Atari and stuff yesterday. That means I'll have to buy more models! Also got a '60s record, a Capitol recording called "Big Sounds of The Sports Cars," with formula junior cars being in the front row.

Always a nice guy on here. Rest in peace, John, and I hope his family is doing well.

It's a '70 Chevelle.

Sheet and strip plastic. Easiest way, really. Time consuming, but rather easy.