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Thank you all for the nice comments Not yet, but the modelclub switched meetingplace last year to the same premises as the local slot car club and they got a track that is 55 meter long with 8 tracks and is made for 1:24. They do use a lot of modelkits for slotcar racing and I'm very tempted to try it out. I figured it was something like that as there is provisions for batteries and a motor in the chassis and one can take the body of very easily.

And it shares everything exept the tires with the C900 kit

This is Tamiyas Snap-Loc Porsche 961, it was entered in the 1986 24 hour race and came in 7th total. https://www.porscheroadandrace.com/961-porsches-forgotten-jewel/ As it is a very simple kit of a Le Mans racer it was a perfect build to do while I was watching the race. I did manage to finish it (almost) in the 24 hours but have not had time before now to finish the last bits (I added som wash to the panelgaps and a slight weathering today) and take some phots of it. As you can see, not a lot of detail. The windows are mounted in the body from the factory and the headlights, turnsignals and taillights are all decals. It comes with masks to mask out the windows for painting. I see now that I need to touch up the doorhandles a littlebit. A great build for a 24 hour race and I think I can also be able to convert it in to a slotcar racer later as the floorpan is attached with some tabs on the sides and not glued in place.

Nice one that my friend, I got to get my hands on that kit aswell but I want to build it a little different

Really cool seeing this, it is one of my future projects (has been for many years now). I have been planning on building the brown/copper colored one. MWC is one of my favourite US comedy shows and Al Bundy is an all time hero for me. I still think it is strange to see Ed O'Neill in Modern Family and when I see Futurama I always hear Peggy instead of Leela

Building full-scale stuff with Lego is cool. When we travelled to the US 3 years ago we came across a full size lion in the Denver Zoo and last year I saw a full size caravan at Beaulieu, it even had eggs and bacon in the frying pan (all lego). And lets not forget about this:

Wow, I would love to have that on my wall (I need a bigger wall) Just think, one could look at that every day. Seeing it as half a body with no internals, would it count as a quarter of a real 250GTO, if so, would it then cost a quarter of the price of a real one aswell?

I'm very certain that I saw some picutres in a magazine a very long time ago of a truck almost like this in a junkyard somewhere. It was built to look like a full size cab-over with trucklike wheels and all. If one replaced the wheels (and axles and/or hubs) on the one above with something out of a 1-ton dually it would be perfect

Did Iacocca do that Dodge? I actually got that kit right infront om me at the moment. I got it as a "mystery-kit" at a show some years ago. It has no boxtop, just the normal brown-grey boxbottom without any logos or other writings on it and there is no instructions either but all the parts are in bags (except widnows and tires that are loose at the bottom of the box) and it appears complete. At the time I got it nobody knew what it was (including the seller and myself) but I did a little check on the parts an it looked to me like a late-80s or early 90s MPC or AMT/Ertl tooling and looking at the body I knew it had to be something from the 80s and I did see som Chrysler logos on the parts so I figures it was some 80s Chrysler product but never did any more research into it to find out exactly what it is. Now I do see what it is, looks to be a decent kit and that boxart on yours sure make it look like a really bad one. The RC2 era boxarts really suck

Ahh, so that's the one: I had no idea what it was as I never had a box for it and the underside only had the GM trademark and AMT /Ertl logo. My kids have played with it so it no longer exist in anything but loose parts. Not just 3 spokes but also 3 lugnuts

I think you may be very much on the money on that assumption Did they use those wheels on something else aswell? I'm fairly certain that I have had some AMT/Ertl promo of some GM Concept car with wheels that looks like that. In a different color and on another type of vehicle they could possibly work (I'm thinking of something european or asian hot hatchback or coupe from the 80s or maybe 90s). The idea of a lowered suspension in that kit make me want it even if I already have several of the stock versions.

Great one, made me laugh.

Ahh, I learned something new to day aswell then. Thank you But if one dropped in a smallblock (maybe from the Monogram Bronco?) could it then be passed of as a F150? Yes, we need more 8-lug wheels in 1:24/25 scale. I personally do know have several sets of 1:1 8-lug wheels. Bot 17" and 16" and with different offsets. AMT gave us the wrong number of lugnuts in the Chevy can and Monogram has given us the wrong number of lugnuts on the F250 but AMT really laid down the line with the 73-79 dentside F350 that has no lugnuts at all

Yes, I have that Merdeces Benz sedan. On the boxart (and on the poster above) it looks like a W180 (220 "ponton") or a W120 (180/190 "Ponton") https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W180 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W120/W121 But what it actually in the box looks more like cross between a W186 (300 "Adenauer" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W186 ) and something that could maybe be a mid40s Chevy or Ford. A total of 23 parts (that includes 4 wheels and 2 axles and a separate roof but no windowglass) makes it a true masterpiece of a kit. That Jaguar of yours actually looks a lot better even if it is very "off" in the proportions aswell.

You are not alone on the disappontment train on that one. I had it the same way. But as such, the boxart is not all that bad compared to other kits from the same time. They just put the wrong model on the box (or maybe in the box).

I did one, will post pictures of it later.

I don't know but I do think it is smaller than 1:24, a 420 Jag should surely be bigger than a BMW M1. But if it is the Airfix one or something else, I don't know.

That looks really good, like all the "junk in the trunk". I got several of this kit myself and I got to thinking now seeing yours. As it is an F250, should it not have had 8-lug wheels? I'm not an expert on this generation F-series but I see that other 3/4ton trucks usually have 8-lug wheels and this kit comes with 5-lug wheel, could it be that Monogram has misslabled/missrepresented it as an F250. It does have the F250 badges and as I say, I'm no expert so maybe the chassiscomponents are F250 bits but take a look at this picture: A 1990 F150 extracab (short bed) with wheels that make it look very similar to the Monogram kit.

Love the show, I bought the dvd box with all the seasons from the 70s plus the first couple of tv-movies from I thin 68 and 70. For the car, Hellers 1:43 kit is a good start. There is some 1:43 and 1:18 diecasts. The 403 convertible is quite a rare car in real life. I did see one for sale last year at Gallery Aaldering (in Holland) for (I think) 89 000€. They only made like 2100 or so of them over a period of 6 or 7 years and they made more than a million 403 sedans.

That's a perfect fit

Looks very good. One would think it has a flathead but one gets a surprise when the hood is up

I'm thinking it is a very easy fix. 4 bits of equal thinkness styrene between each end of the rear springs and the floorpan (maybe just 2mm is needed) and it is fixed. Another idea is to put something that looks heavy in the bed.

Very nice, I like the colors. Is it me or does this kit look a bit like it is sagging in the rear? I have seen the same with other builds aswell.

Cool, models of crashed cars is not a common thing to see and it gives the builder a new set of challenges.

I like it. Great to see something cool done with both the new beetle and the pt cruiser (that I belive seem to get equal amounts of hate from people around the world). That would be a cool looking car in real life aswell that would be a headturner on the streets.