Can-Con

First pic, left is AMT '70s Ford pickup Right is AMT '65 Chevelle wagon/Elcamino Second pic, Left, MPC '75 Chevy Caprice [possibly '74] right, AMT '65 Buick Riviera

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. It makes all the trials that went with this build all worth it. ??

Um, hate to tell you this Mike but your valve covers are upside down. The wider side goes to the bottom.

Yea, what Mike said. , ,PLUS , , That e-bay grille is from a 1'24 Monogram kit. It won't fit the MPC pickup. Wrong scale and wrong front fenders and hood for it. It's be easier to just get the Revell/Monogram 1/24 scale kit to start with.

Greg hasn't been here on about a year and a 1/2. But I think he did finish it. His company name is "Holy Grail Resin". You might be able to get ahold of him through that name but li looks like a lot of the posts on the website for the last year are spam, I see it's on facebook too, might be the best way to get a hold of him.

Just finished reading your article, Adam. I'm kinda puzzled, you say you couldn't figure out what was going on with the body and decals. Don't know if you went back and read the comments in your original post on the subject but I believe everything was answered in that thread. Bed was not stock on the original show truck, Long wheelbase truck with the rear of the bed bobbed off, kit is a regular short wheelbase. Pics on box are of the show truck built by "California Stepside" for car shows and promotions. The kit probably represents the standard kit the company sold for the short wheelbase trucks that the kit was since it's first issue. "California Sunshine" wasn't just one show truck. It was what they called their aftermarket wide body package they sold for the Datsun trucks just as the sold aftermarket stepside beds for them. That said, I'd think the kit , while not the exact truck shown on the box, would more accurately represent a truck a customer would be able to build with the company's kit for a short wheelbase truck. Anyway, Just my opinion. , ,and here's a link to the original discussion.

I wasn't going to mention it Jeff but no, it was a '66 only thing on that series ['64-'66] of Thunderbirds. But, it's pretty easy to make it into the regular top by cutting a strait line from the top of the window to the mold line just behind the door parallel to the rear edge of the roof and adding a strip of thin plastic for the rain gutter. I think it still looks fine though.

AMT kit with printed wheels and an injected 409. Not perfect, I see a few mistakes but I'm pretty happy with it.

Looks great Gerald.

Does the resin hood clear your injection setup, Jeremy?

It's a good thought David but it's in the final stages now. Bumpers, mirrors and such. I'll just have to plan a bit further ahead next time. I'll just chalk it up to a "learning experience". ?

Here's a page from the brochure, Jeremy. Says the halo and canopy were available but I bet the dealer would put a full vinyl roof on if the buyer wanted it and was willing to pay for it. BTW, by '74, GTX was an option package on the Road Runner, not a separate trim level, you may already know that though.

Thanks Greg, that's the one. ?

Looking good. I kinda hope Round2 reissues that series. I had the '69 Chevelle when I was a kid and it seems to me that it looked better then their 1/25 kit.

A few years ago someone was building a '70s Ford pickup and corrected the bed from the extra long wheelbase to a regular one. I had the thread saved in my favorites but the link seems to have vanished and I can't find it again doing searches. I'm hoping whoever did the truck or someone who also has the page saved could post a link? Thanks.

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. ?