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  1. Roadrunner
    I've yet to do it intentionally, but I do find myself robbing parts from other kits for specific projects from time to time, mostly tires and wheels,... so far.
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    Thanks a bunch for your efforts, Dave.
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    Yea, the door looks really wacky.
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    This looks great, real nice job here.
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    This looks just excellent. I too think the outdoor shots look great, very nice indeed.
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    Nice looking truck. About the only thing I don't like about these kits is the complete absence of a sleeper interior, something I intend to correct on at least one of my kits, probably one of the 1:16 versions, as they're without sleeper interiors too.
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    Chassis is now as far along as I intend to take it, aside from scraping a few more relatively minor seams. If the lack of total clean-up hurts me in competition, so be it. Exhaust pipes will be added later, as I intend to paint them an aluminum color, or just use tubing, not real sure yet. Thoughts?
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    I never heard that before. I built the '59 kit when I was a kid, and I thought it fit just fine, but that was the original camper, supposedly the exact same one that's in the '65. I'll do whatever it takes to make it fit, as it's one of my big-time grail projects, model car wise.
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    I think perhaps it's just a bit too squared off. That's kind of the way it looks to me anyway. I may well go ahead and snatch one anyway.
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    You have quite a few kits there that I'd love to have.
  11. Roadrunner
    I've been considering that same kit, Scott, but the roof looks kind of weird to me. Is the kit actually correct in that regard?
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    I did exactly that; chased down a standard '59, then snatched the camper from the '65, so I'm all set to go, just need to work up the courage to actually do it. And you're absolutely right, the original kit, when I even run across one, sells for stupid money.
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    Another is this '57 Nomad, but without the flames, and perhaps different wheels as well (I'm no fan of chrome steelies). Other than that, I'd like to eventually do a couple of 30s cars, exactly as they appeared in the 30s.
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    My long term dream is to duplicate (within reason) the setting depicted on this AMT '59 El Camino box.
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    One of my biggest peeves here of late, is finding what I like in the way of wheels, then combining them with some corresponding tires that don't look like they belong on farm machinery. I must have 80 tires here, or more, and almost all of them are worthless.
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    Me too. I think this and a light blue flake (or metallic), might just work out well on the 1:16 '55 Chevy I'm planning to soon get.
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    Some mighty cool ideas here. Thanks, fellas. Odd perhaps, but I remember as a kid opening up empty spray bombs to get the metal ball inside, as they made great nose weights for model aircraft.
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    Just be aware that shipping for some items from Amazon can have rather lengthy delays right now.
  19. Roadrunner
    Oh yea, grease strips. My arteries probably look like automotive sludge.
  20. Roadrunner
    Available on Amazon (what isn't), along with a few others that I intend to eventually grab.
  21. Roadrunner
    If the dripped paint was lacquer on lacquer, I'd do what the others recommend. If it was enamel, just wipe it off with enamel brush cleaner, as that shouldn't affect the lacquer at all.
  22. Roadrunner
    Sadly, this seems an all too common theme with many car models. Good looking wheels that I really like, with correspondingly good tires, have been my biggest headache to date.
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    It's pretty awesome.
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    I mentioned elsewhere, but apparently not here, that I already received this kit as a Christmas gift in 2018, and the excellent book in 2019.
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    True enough, but they're horribly stinky paints. I'm not sure either if they'd work out OK on polystyrene kits, though that might be something to try some spoon tests on.
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