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Put some Tamiya "racing white" in the side coves and sprayed the underhood bits, inside of the fenders and bed floor on the custom mixed apple green pearl. I plan to wait a couple days and spray the green on the rest of the bodywork.

Mike, that's actual mail fraud and if that letter was mailed in Canada they're looking at up to 10 years in the pen. The Canadian government takes that kind of thing very seriously. You can report it at this link ,, https://antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm

well, I know what the top ones are, Greg. I think the lower ones are from , ,

I got a potato. 😉

Came up fine for me with Chrome. No flags.

Link right in my post at the top of the page.

Looks pretty good but your passenger side valve cover is upside down. The 3 bolt side goes up, 2 bolt down. BTW, I have a 1/1 set of those hanging in my garage. 😁 Don't be afraid of the photoetch though. It's pretty easy to deal with. Just sand the back a bit to scuff it up and put it on with a drop of Tamiya [or other acrylic] clear thinned 50/50 with rubbing alcohol. The clear will completely disappear when it's dry.

Kit, have you considered the Ala Kart cowl from the AMT '29 roadster kit? I have to get back to this soon but I'm using one to convert an old Revell '30 sedan delivery to a '29. It actually was already converted when I got it but wasn't really very well done so I stripped it and an starting over. Probably should just get the Flintstone body but I like to use what I have already. Just a thought ,, another option out there.

Then you know about the spinoff, "Fish". I vaguely remember seeing an episode.

Yes, Short first brought the character to life on SCTV. Love the segment he did spoofing the original "The Nutty Professor" , "The Nutty Lab Assistant". It's on YouTube, I suggest you check it out. Super funny who he changes into but I won't ruin the surprise. 😉

Sounds like the ones in the AMT '62 Electra kit maybe?

OK, you make it look too easy, now I gotta do one. 😁😉

I don't know how well that would work, seeing the Monogram kit is 1/24 and the Revell kit being 1/25 and all.

BTY, Mark, [and anyone else interested] Canuck 3-D should have all their grilles to fit these trucks on the market now. Last time I looked the site said they'd be available on the 6th.

Looks like all you'd need would be smaller tires. It probably uses spacers for the lift so drop those, the light bar and whatever you call the tubes under the doors. Get a set of stock size tires and that's it. Those wagon wheels were even an available option on GM 4X4s in '85 I was really hoping for a set of stripe decals that separate the 2-tone you'd see them in a lot.

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IF it had a regular bed I'd love to take a run at the thing. I see some real possibilities for a really cool looking truck there.

These are in the street machine version of the AMT '71 Duster but as you can see, they're missing any lettering. I assume they're supposed to be "Mopar Performance" covers but never got the rest of the engraving. 🤨 That would have been in this kit,,

I remember Salvage 1 and Maximum Bob. Pretty good shows. A couple I remember well that didn't last too long were "Franklin & Bash" A "dramedy" law show. Very funny and clever. Loved the casting of a very anti drug judge they went us against on one episode. Another that we're started watching on You Tube last week was "Special Unit 2" KInda mash up of X-files and Ghostbusters but it only lasted about 17 or 19 episodes.

How's she goin' , Stu? Thanks. for the info. The video was very interesting. That would have been a right deadly engine for our Canadian made Beaumonts in the late '60s. "Commonwealth Cousins" and all that. 😉 I'm thinking I should track down a resin one for my next Beaumont build.

So, not to go off the rails too far but ,, I was just watching a short video on the Holden 308 V-8 on YouTube , Pretty cool. [and kinda sad] Does any of those kits have an accurate representation of that engine?

I really should finish this up, it's an F&F. I think it's the only one of these I've ever seen.

Well, it is an advent calendar so it makes sense it would be big. Are you gonna save it for next Christmas season, Jim? That would be fun. Largest one I ever had was one of these when I was a kid. Unfortunately the instructions were missing so?? Hey, I was a kid so I still had fun with it.

They do represent the same wheel but the AMT ones look much better to me.