Can-Con

Look, Dan, You know, as a Canadian, I couldn't care less about politics or religion posts. Especially US politics and religion. If you go through the thread, as I suspect, you already have, you'll be able to count my posts in it on one hand. It's the closing post that rubbed my rhubarb the wrong way. [actually, I have no rhubarb, I mowed the whole strip of it the previous owner had growing in the back yard when I bought the house]. IF it had been posted as you have above, that would have explained things a lot better and been more understandable. some of the other mods don't "communicate" as well as you do. Hey, being a mod on an internet forum is a crappy job, I know that , wouldn't do it myself. But I just found the whole "this is closed, you've all been warned, don't start another thread" after 2 years to be rather odd without some more explanation , as you've provided above as the rest of us are not privy to what's going on in the background, so to speak. Anyway, I really don't care that the thread is shut down myself. Just looking for the thought process , which you have provided.

Xingu locking down the "how about a laugh" thread.

Very sharp ! ?

I think that's just called getting older, Bill.?

Following that line of thinking,, wouldn't AMT have ceased to exist when Lesney bought them out in the '70s?

Fredericton N.B. Canada. That's actually EAST of Maine and I'm at about the same latitude line as the border between North and South Dakota.

For the '67 to '72 GM trucks, you take 12 MM from in front of the wheel opening and 6 MM from behind.

The thing is Bill, it's like the 1/1 world. There's people like us who'd gather the parts they like and build something unique and then there's those who'd rather just buy a kit, build it strait from the box and be done with it. I could say more but I think you're familiar with the concept. ? Sorry about the name mistake Bill. ?

Yea, kinda I guess. ? , , Not really something I'd be happy with myself. Looks like whoever did the program did it from memory,, but if it's good to you that's what matters.

You're not alone in having to strip and re-paint stuff. I've done several models where I've had to strip and re-paint 2 or 3 times before I'm satisfied with the paint. ,,and don't worry about not getting comments and feedback. I've had a lot of build threads where there's very few comments during the building process. ?

Took a couple days, about 6 hours in total to get the exhaust done up. Not happy with how low it hangs but to correct it I'd have to pull the engine and section some height out of the headers. I thought I had it figured out pretty well but when I but the cab on the frame, the engine and tranny held it up some in spite of me enlarging the transmission hump. I didn't make it large enough and didn't want to redo the interior floor so I ground some off the crossmember so the tranny sat a bit lower, which in turn made the headers lower. I also had to make a pair of mufflers as I couldn't find a matching pair in my stash. .But it's done now and the pipes are all painted.

Waiting for parts to dry on the pickup today so I finished up the foil on this one. Also, found my stash of red line tires yesterday so it's moving along a bit.

Thanks. The wheels were printed for me by a buddy of mine.

Can you post a pic of the front Les? From the pics, It looks like a '67/'68 to me but not a really good pic to see for sure.

The alcohol isn't much good for enamel. I've always used Easy Off with no problems. I don't think I'd use the Testors thinner or mineral spirits for stripping, might melt the plastic.

Pretty cool. I like the mods you've done.

Watched "The Creator" on Star last week. Kinda slow for a si-fi movie. I was expecting a fast paced action movie but that's not what it is. It had more of an Apocalypse now vibe but with AI and robots. Pretty good really. The acting and affects were good and it was an interesting story if you don't mind a slower pace. I'd recommend it if your looking for a more cerebral si-fi movie.

Jeff, have you compared the '65 engine to that one? From the ones I've seen the earlier kit engines look a bit smaller then the '65 up but don't have one for comparison. Also, I've been told the '63/'64 kit front bumper/park light parts are not quite the same as the '65 so it doesn't fit, but then again, I don't have one to compare. BUT, can't wait to see what you do with it as I'm a Riviera fan and have owned a couple in the past. [can't afford one now, they're too popular]

One of the guys on the Spotlight board said he bought 4 yesterday but had to go to 3 stores to find any.

Made some filler pieces and step foot wells to help hide the most glaring omission to these kits, the huge gap between the interior bucket and cab body. Hope to have it finished up in a sew more days.

Probably right Mike. I can wait though I think I have some other kits to keep me occupied until then. ?

That thing is just way too cool, Les. ?

Someone actually posted a video on Youtube that mentions that exact truck yesterday. It's at about 6:45 in the video.

Badger 350 here too. Simple , low parts count and easy to use and clean. A lot easier to use when your just learning then a dual action brush It's pretty well the only airbrush I use. You can usually get a set like shown for under 50 bucks. You can get a knock-off copy set like that for about 20 bucks.

They are interesting. I'm kinda into the retro-futurism vibe of the series and '50s/early '60s si-fi in general.