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Good looking model, these look much better in "streetlegal" form than as a racer in my eyes

Great conversion, looks very much like something one could see in a magazine back then

That looks really nice, yes, you do need to finish it

Nice effort, it is better than what I can do with a computer these days. I was also thinking of the Volvo 1800ES but more as competition or inspiration. I was thinking of getting the back end to look more like a W123 wagon, thinner roofpillars at the back and a flat rear screen. The planned model project is the ESCI kit 450SLC and using the hard top from the Monogram W107 SL The C-pillar on the SLC is to big to make it look good as a wagon I think. The one that Russell linked to over here is actually base on the shorter SL: And it looks like they builder has used the hardtop and just moved it back: Then, let's not forget the Crayford built Condor:

In that case they are probably heading for New Zealand now as the GPS is showing them the shortest route too a McDonalds. Quite possibly so, if one imports a car to the country one can legally drive with foregin plates for one month I belive. ? I google TRUPACE and Pacer and found this: http://photos.montereyherald.com/2017/08/19/photos-concours-dlemons-in-seaside/#2 https://driving.ca/ford/auto-news/entertainment/behold-the-auto-freak-show-that-is-concours-dlemons https://www.blick.ch/auto/abgefahren/schrott-ist-hot-concours-dlemons-zitronen-auflauf-id7186542.html This looks to be the same car?

I have no picture but I met a AMC Pacer today, dark green with white roof. I think it had California plates om it that was TRUPACE. I wonder how that has ended up here in Norway.?

Thank you all. I'm also hoping for a reissue of a low level Utiline. Maybe round 2 could throw in the slant six from the Lindberg kits?

Hehe, yeah but that is not mine, it came up in a google search and it is a real full size one? . Maybe I should build a model out of it. I was thinking that this style may suit the old Monogram kit when the wheelopenings are too large. With bigger wheels they will be filled up better and a lowered suspension might take it away from that 70s streetmachine look. Or maybe one can go the other way?

I for one like the old 1:24 Monogram kits as they are all easy to assemble. Great slumpbusters and they have in general a cool look to them out of the box. Maybe not all correct and often a little lacking in details but I have other kits for that. Maybe one can get a cool looking result with this, what about some bigger size wheels in the modern resto-mod look? Get it very low to the ground and a snazy paint job.

Lots of cool design. I remeber taking part in the StylingSNAFUS thread on that other forum some 13-14 years back in time. I don't have Photoshop, had GIMP back in the day but I have forgotten how I did it. But maybe someone here is willing to help me out? Here is a What-if that I have planned and started on a bit in 1:24 scale: The Mercedes Benz C107 SLC, never such a big success as the smaller "Dallas-moped" R107 SL, but what if Mercedes did a wagon instead of a coupe, a 2-door sports coupe of sorts maybe? I have the Esci kit and started the conversion work some years ago but the project stalled. And here is another one that I have planned a have done a little work on in plastic, the first generation Bronco: A strange creation this, only one base body, one wheelbase and very few options. Only available as a half-cab pickup (seen over here) or the full-cab "wagon" (SUV?) and the rare roadster. Ford, a big company that only a couple of years prior to the Bronco had launched the Mustang, a car with an almost endless list of options. Later generation Broncos where based on the bigger F-series pickups and then they launched the Bronco II based on the smaller Ranger pickup platform. So what if there was a "Ranger" pickup in the 60s? Imagine the truck pictured over here with a longer wheelbase (108" instead of 92") and longer overhang at the back and maybe also available as a 2wd. Then one can take it further, Chevy had the Suburban and later Blazer, Dodge had the Town Panel and later Ramcharger but International-Harvester had a full range in the 60s with the pickups, Travellall and Scout. So what if Ford had made a longer wheelbase Bronco wagon? Same wheel base as the pickup (108") but with a full length roof. Available as both 2wd and 4wd. This is a project that I have done minimal work on in plastic. I got two Revell Bronco kits and have started to measure out and mark where to cut but have not cut any plastic yet. I'm also using the 2wd frame from the AMT 95 Ford Ranger with the twin I-beam suspension up front.

I first removed the kit chrome from the grille using sodium hydroxide and I painted the bare plastic grille with a two part "Chrome effect" that is less chrome and more aluminium in it's finish. I drilled out the headlights and replaced them with headlights of the same size from the scrapbox (not sure what kit they came from) I also added reflectors to the back of the lenses. I think they are custom headlights from some kit but they fit perfectly behind the lenses in the grille. I also painted a small black line around the lenses to make it look like separate parts like the fullscale versions are. One can also make headlightlenses from the kit part by first making a mold with silicone and then using laminating epoxy (that is clear) in the mold. I tried to do this but I have not had enough practice at it so I used the once from the scrap box instead. Thank you all very much?

Here is my latest finished model, the old MPC kit (this in the AMT/Ertl release of the Little Red Express from 2003). I started building on it last fall, wanted to finish it before the new release of the D100 kit hit the shelfes. As usual, things take time? I'm now calling it done. I built it as a standard D100 utiline, the color is similar to what one could get on these back in the day but it is a Ford Platinum Mettallic that was used on European Ford around 2005/06. I did at first want this to be a 74 model as I had a resin cast grille for that but I messed up the paint on that so I went for the 78 grille out of the box. I did drill out the headlights and found some suitable glass for it in my partsbox, also found som headlight bezels to go with it. The rear bumper is from the AMT 78 Ford pickup in the Big Foot issue. The driver is from the MPC 75 Dodge Dart, I also added some old magazines to the inside. This guy is reading and driving at the sametime maybe.... Looks like he has been off somewhere to get a "new" engine for his Cadillac project. It will probably run just fine? The truck was polished up and nice and shiny but the guy drove it on some dirt roads so it got a little dusty from that. The engine is strapped to the pallet but the pallet it not strapped to the bed, let's hope he does not need to do any emergency manouvers on his way home. There is no detailing under the hood as the engine is incorrect and the enginebay is lacking in details. I fixed up a singlepipe exhaust from scrap items and found a couple of leafsprings for the back but it still is too high with that big caddie motor in the back. The wheels are a mix and match from different kits. Rims are from the trailer in the Fireball 500 kit, tires are from a Jeep CJ5 and the hubcaps comes from Sheriff Roscos police car. The mirrors are from the kit but with new brackets that I made from brass rod. I also added chains to the tailgate. The Caddillac engine comes from a Lee 1958 Caddy kit, a horror kit that has been placed in the great plastic bin in the sky. I tried to shoot some pictures in the let's say not optimal lighting conditions, not the best but they will do for now. I notice now that I forgot to drill up the end of the exhaust pipe and add some black to it....oh well...maybe later?

For us that want to build the boxart truck on Moebius 4x4 70 using the Fireball conversion kit such as this exellent one: Then take a look at this one: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-ford-f-250-2/ A 69 F250 on sale on BAT: Lots of good photos showing a lot of details there.

Yes, another one of the greats have departed us. Strange coincidence. He is appearing in this one aswell:

Great job Chuck!! You have just built a model that I have had in my head for several years but still not built myself yet. I have wanted to build a bucket truck for years but I have had this idea of using a firetruck as a startingpoint.

I have to agree with the others, looks great and the stance and wheels fit perfectly on this one and the go-kart looks great aswell.

Very impressive looking truck, your skills are way beyond beginner now

Yes the GSP is very strange in calculating shippingprices. Sometimes one can find one small item (lets say something like a CD or DVD) that has a higher shipping price than a much bigger item (someting like big scale modelkits). The prices have also grown a lot in recent years. Back in 05 and 06 I could often get something like a 1:25 car kit (standard AMT or Revell sized) for maybe 15$ plus 10-15$ in shipping, but now it is more like 25-30$ for the kit and anywhere between $20 and $30 in shipping and if it is the GSP the shipping could be $50-60. Add to the equation that the exchange rates have changed. Back in 05/06 1 US Dollar was about 5 Kroner but now it is about 9 kroner. Back then I could get a 1:25 car kit in the mail for about $30 and that was about 150-180 kroner but today I would end up paying anywhere from $50 to $100 and that is like 500-900 kroner for one kit. But I got a colection of about 500-600 unbuilt kits so don't really need to buy anymore kits, but I still do

Great looking model, your conversion is very well done. I love these old Heller 1:43 kits, built a couple of of the 203s some years ago myself.

Maybe the Esci/Italeri kit will come to the rescue:

I agree, have been on Ebay since April 2005 and bought a lot of stuff their, model related and other things. Never really had any problems.

I am fairly certain that they have used parts of the same tooling to make a 4x4 (I have one that is called Bad Company HiLux) version aswell as the 4runner (HiLux SurfWide)

Yes, I started to build the Esci (Italeri release) back in 2007/08 but never finished the project. Today, the model is missing parts and has broken in several places: I want to get my hands on both kits and compare them.

At the risk of bombing the thread with stuff I will share this: One can sit here all night and look at Land Rover videos on youtube

Sounds like a lot of work carrying all the bits up the mountain. Must have been a really cool group effort. As I have already mentioned, I think it will be fun to compare this with the old Esci (now Italeri) series 2 two door. Italeri is reissuing that kit aswell soon so if only someone would find the tooling for the Monogram kit and get that out. Then we could have a great Land Rover mash up