OldTrucker

See him in Comanche Moon! He played his part to perfection!

Used a coat of Quick Shine on it so it is ready for decals.

Thought I would do something different. Haven't built a plane since the late 70s. It was this same kit. Not the best but good enough for me. 1/32scale Revell kit. Using after market decals.

Like you I will not speculate as to fault or cause. I just say what I observe. Just a horrible thing in both instances.

They were on their way back to Mexico after a charity sent the girl there to have life saving surgery. Something catastrophic happened on that plane. It was coming down in a fireball!

This is my first resin body conversion. Like you was unsure (still am) so much so I originally tried to trade it off. Needs a lot of cleanup yet and I still need to do a bit of research on working with a resin body.

Sweet! Nice combo!👍

Beautiful build. Brings back fond memories of my early years driving. Where did you get the 5 hole wheels?

Done except for the setup and headstock decal. The decal is in memory of our Grandson who passed in 2015 just shy of turning 4. I will eventually give it to his little sister.

Gone as far as I can until warm weather to do the cab. Modeled the engine after the REO gas V8 that was available at the time. Ganges could have been better. Just copied from the 60 Impala sheet on paper and glued to dash.

Sometimes a person doesn't have the ability to get the "right tools " so they have to make do with what they have available. I've been there and done that myself. Some might call it ingenuity!

Got these from my oldest son. He and his girl love flea markets and scored these sealed kits for 5 bucks for both! One has the golden wheels cut out of the box but still sealed! Don't know what I will do with them yet.

Sent two packages south, one to southern IL and the other south-Central Mo. Both went to the dist. center in Champaign that night and the IL one was in St Louis the next morning. The one to southern IL. got there the next day early enough to make delivery. The one to about 70 miles southwest of St Louis found its way to Chicago the night it was mailed and was in St Louis the next morning. Two hours later it was scanned out of St Louis, 10 hours later it was scanned into Chicago! 3 hours later scanned out of Chicago and 7 hours later scanned back into St Louis. and scanned out a hour later heading to destination. now two days saying headed to destination but late.

Mock up of cab mounted on hinges.

Working on a dash from scrap. Interior I've done aboutall I can do with re Dodge interior.

Was never impressed with Rics, that much, but Vox had some really cool designs back in the day and most sounded pretty solid!

Is maybe the government allowing Amazon and other delivery services do dry runs and maybe mapping out the areas?

Great color choice!😀

Chassis and wheels and tires done. Working on interior and trying to figure out an engine for it. Will be at a stand still soon waiting for warm weather to paint.

I've only seen one Burns guitar in all my 70+ years. A guy from a 60's retro band in Chicago was using one in the 1980s ! Slingerland, now you are talking! LoL My kit was a mish mash of anything I found decent and that was what I used until I gave it up!

I've had an assortment of brands over the tears, now mostly cheapies or kit guitars. I never had a real preference as each add their unique dynamics that lend to different style of music. Just about finished with a kit PJ Bass and a kit Tele and have an ES335 kit sitting in the wings waiting to be built.

Should be a fun build to watch. USPS is doing things that make no sense unless it is to discourage using the cheapest shipping. Anything sent priority gets here on time but if sent ground it gets 70 miles south at the sort center which usually means it will be here the next morning mail. Instead, I will get a notice on tracking that it is in transit but will be late and it takes two more days to get here.

Using the Lindberg Dodge L700.

Never seen that before Thanks!

Need one slick and any chrome I can find. Most of mine the chrome has disintegrated on. Also the Decals. Mine was an original kit that might have gotten a little too much sun in the past!