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I always loved this photo. Shame to throw away a perfectly good crank, rods and pistons, lol. Jeff

Very cool . I too, like tractor pulling and have built all of the pulling kits put out by AMT back in the day. Wish they would re-issue those kits besides the Meister Brau tractor kit. Great job on your tractor. Jeff

Ok, I've tried to let this hot topic go. But something in the article got me thinking. It's said that Toyota is being criticized for not phasing out internal combustion engine vehicles and going all electric. My question is, where are people living in underdeveloped countries going to buy vehicles? Seriously, I don't see many charging stations being built in places that don't even have electricity. Think about Central and South American countries, or sub Saharan Africa where they have plenty of gas and diesel powered vehicles, but no RELIABLE electric service. There will be a need for ICE powered vehicles for a very long time and I think ANY auto manufacturer who is going all in on electric power is going to be in for a market share hit in the future. The market is still there. I'm not debating the whole ICE vs EV subject. I just think some people live in fantasy land. Jeff

Great build and diorama. Nice, clean, fast looking truck. Jeff

Beautiful, just beautiful! I totally forgot about your build. Thanks for sharing. Jeff

I'm not going to get into the whole ev-ice debate. I just want to say...WOW! I may, in the future, be able to buy a new Scout?!?! ? I'm in heaven! Little disappointed that VW is bringing it out, but what the heck, Jeeps are now Italian. ? Jeff

Just came across this thread and your work looks amazing. Just a couple of suggestions, how about an accurate engine for the AMT International Scout kit. I have a couple of pics I pulled off of the internet for reference. I'd have to pull out my Scout shop manual to see if it has the dimensions for it. Also, I've been trying to find hubcaps that would match the stock ones off of my real world Scout so I could model it. Here's a pic of my real hubcaps for reference. Thanks for any help for us IH fans. Jeff

Great looking BUFF. I too built alot of airplane kits when I was a kid. I hung them all up from my bedroom ceiling with fishing line. I must have had at least 20, all 1/48 scale. My biggest was a Testors AC-130 gunship. Thing was huge! One day, I came home to find a pile of parts on the floor that used to be the AC-130. Apparently the fishing line gave way. Well, my mom got mad that I left the pile on the floor for a couple of days and threw it out. I'm still sore about that one even after 35 years, lol. I still have most of them in boxes on the attic. Hmmm, now I'm gonna hafta go digging around upstairs, for old times sake. Can't wait to see your other planes built. Jeff

https://youtu.be/XECqZcIO1fU Hands down Iron Maiden Live After Death. The amount of energy they put out is amazing. Beautiful sets. Takes me back to my college days. Jeff

I picked up a diecast 2021 Bronco from Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago. Haven't had it out of the box yet to check it's "kitbashability" yet. If they can do a diecast, they can make a styrene kit also. Jeff

Yes! I go to the Goods Store in Quarryville PA about every other month. Its a throwback to an older era of true department stores. I like to get my shoes there because they always have my size in stock. The prices are a little high, but I'll gladly pay it for the nice, family friendly atmosphere. The model selection isn't aways the best, but they usually have a nice selection of the newest semi truck kits which I've seem to be collecting over the past several years for some reason. Guess I'm a sucker for nice box art, and I always wanted them when I was a kid and couldn't afford them, lol. Be forwarned, like Hobby Lobby, they're closed on Sundays. If your in the area, try them out. Jeff

Nice looking Jeep. I have one of those kits on my shelf to build a '92 Jeep I used to have. Congrats on your find. Jeff

Great Bronco. Those colors look great together. I really like what you did with that. Jeff

Nice Scout. Looks just like the box art. I always liked that color combo and you did a good job on it. Jeff

Great build. It does look like a factory color. When I built mine, the suspension was fidgety and hard to get together. The body and chassis were straight though. Nice job. Jeff

Nice work on that conversion. The color looks great too. Good job. Jeff

Darn it, now I want an airbrush that looks like that and lights up like it too. They planned this, lol. Jeff

I'm sure Pepsi would love to see Coke's logo on a garbage truck. Jeff

SOCK MONKEY!!!! lol. Great looking Rambler. I loved that show too. I watch it on the retro channels now. You did a great job on the restoration. Jeff

Thanks for the replies. The stripes are the same as on the yellow Scout in ranma's post, just in white instead of black. I'm very familiar with Microscale decals from my model railroading days. I might even have those multi size stripe decals in white in my decal stash. Thanks for the tip, I'll have to start digging now. I might have bought one of those Sunbeam Tiger kits just to put away for a rainy day. Going to have to look for that also. Thanks for the great info guys. Jeff

Thanks, we used to call it the "zebra" car,lol. When my dad had it repainted, he didn't spend the extra money to have the stripes put back on. Just painted dark brown. Yes, those are the stock hubcaps that came with the Scout. I still have them, as seen in the pic below. The rest of the Scout is slowly returning to mother nature, sadly. I'm trying to find something similar in 1/25 scale to use for my stock Scout build. Can't quite find anything close to them to use. Thanks, Jeff

Here's the stripes I'd like to see someone make in decal form. This is how my Scout came from the factory. Jeff

The different grills for the model Scouts are the one year only 1976, which was the model kit molded in orange, the 1977-1979 one molded in yellow and red (offroad version), and the vertical bar one in the SS kit. And I did find it strange that they only included one of each emblem on the decal sheet and no marker light decals, like in the SS kit repop. Guess I'll have to ues an extra set from the SS kit. Jeff

Ahh.... nirvana! Thanks for the photos and story. Jeff

I see what you did! ? i started going over the lyrics you have and thought " that's not right ". I know, I've had that song drilled into my head from driving to all the car shows I used to go to. Jeff