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100% yes. I've never purchased a kit because of the box art, but I have decided NOT to purchase a kit because of the photos on the box.

Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac. In 15 years of doing truck and commercial sales, these are hands down the best tires I've run, and I have swapped these onto almost all of my trucks. Pretty quiet on pavement, great in the rain, excellent offroad, 10-ply, and they're winter rated. Really the best of all worlds.

Yeah, it's about 2 months from time of order to vehicle arrival. A little longer right now, because we're in the switchover to the 2025 model year. Order bank opened today and production starts in November. So the first '25s should be landing at dealers hopefully by Christmas.

lolz. I'm going to bed as soon as I get home from work today. I just feel beat. ?

Busy weekend. Friday was night one of the Metallica No Repeat Weekend concerts here in town. Pantera and Mammoth WVH opened. It was in our football stadium, and the weather was a beauty summer evening. Saturday, was raining and spent the day playing body shop. Took apart the Tahoe and got most of it back together. Sourced a new used hood, fender, bumper, bumper brackets, filler pieces, grille, lighting. Sanding, smoothed, and repainted everything that needed it. Had to hammer out the rad support to make it straight, and used the redneck straightening tool on the rad support/body mount on the front...tow rope and my truck, gave it a couple of yanks. Got the fender and the hood on, everything lined up perfectly. Bumper and lighting tonight. Although I dropped the grille and scratched it, so need to repaint it again. Still need to do a final polish and put the side trim and wheel arch trim back on. Sunday was night two of the Metallica weekend. Another full concert, with Metallica playing a completely different setlist. Again, weather was awesome. So tired this morning.

So order one. People complain about "having" to buy vehicles they don't want, but refuse to wait for a custom order. It won't cost you any more, and in most cases will cost you less. Typically, dealers don't stock what doesn't sell. As a Ford fleet manager, I can tell you that we (and other area dealers) stock crewcabs and only occasionally bring in the reg cab or Supercab trucks. And they will typically sit and we end up having to discount them to move them. We have a reg cab 2024 F150 here right now. Been here about 2 months. Was ordered in the same spec as the crewcab work trucks we stock, but just sits. Yet the crewcabs disappear. And this reg cab is what people around here claim to want. It's about as basic as it gets. Two doors, 8ft box, V8, 4X4, vinyl floors, no park assist or blind spot monitoring or 360 degree cameras or hands free cruise or power heated seats or any of the other electric add-ons. The only options are AT tires and steps. But we've sold at least a dozen crewcab trucks with the exact same optioning in the time this one has been here. And we get orders for similar crewcabs daily. It is super easy to order in a regular cab or a Supercab truck. In fact, if you order one, it WILL get build faster and arrive sooner than a Crewcab order placed at the exact same time, and it will save you money. But no one does. Anyway, back on topic... People gripe about the 4 door Charger, but forget that this existed for 5 years. Talk about keeping the Charger legacy alive. A 2.2L Hemi monster under that hood. Drives both front wheels.

Although I can appreciate the artistry, I really don't care about box art. Kits can come in a plain white box with black lettering for all I care. Having said that, crappy box art has deterred me from purchasing before. Look at some of those MPC or AMT kits; the ones that have photos of the finished model. If the model companies can't build a kit and make it look good, how am I going to do it? So I have passed on a couple of kits because of the finished box art.

And the 4 door classics have traditionally been much cheaper than the 2 doors, as they were seen as less desirable.

Scalemates has it. Free download in pdf. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/monogram-2605-turbo-trans-am--193533

Keep in mind that owner's manuals usually change in response to user issues. So that means that the previous, older generations tried drinking the contents of the battery and looked into the headlights.

Besides being available in both 2 and 4 door flavours, the new Charger will also have gas and electric engine/motor options.

The new Charger will be available in both 2 and 4 door varieties. Although they've only shown 2 door versions so far. Personally, I don't care. The number of doors makes no difference to me. Probably because obtaining a newer Charger has never been on my radar. I can say though that BMW's naming conventions and numbers of doors on their vehicles has driven me nuts for years. 3 Series was split into two models. So now the 3 Series is 4 door only and the 2 door version of the exact same car is a 4 series. Unless you get the 4 Series Gran Coupe, which is also a 4 door. And then the 5 Series is a 4 door, and the 6 Series is a 2 door. Again, unless you get a 6 Series Gran Coupe, and then you have a 4 door which is essentially based on the 5 series, also a 4 door.

This is very cool. I've wanted to try some sci-fi builds for quite some time now. This makes me want to do it even more.

The guy on the right could also be analyzing the full 2024 colour palette for most car manufacturers.

lolz ?

A couple of years ago, I acquired a kit in a trade here. Factory sealed kit, but when I opened it, the contents were from a different kit. Parts, instructions, decals...everything. It was a perfect, complete kit. It was just the wrong kit. Nice box though. Ended up trading it to someone else who would actually build it.

When I was in junior high and high school, we had a 1968 Fury III convertible. White with the black/white interior and white top. And then right before i turned 16, we sold it. So I never got to drive it. Or inherit it. Lolz. I'd love to find a kit of this one, but I don't think one exists. Maybe Johan? At the same time, we had a 1977 Fury sedan and a 1978 Fury Sport Suburban wagon.

I have a few hobbies that I don't have time for. Obviously building models. Guitar - I play, I hot rod, I build. I occasionally jam with friends. I don't play nearly as much as I should be playing, or want to be playing. Reading - I read a lot. Camping/hiking - Almost every weekend, once the lawn is mowed and other jobs are done, we're in the truck and taking off somewhere to go hiking or camping. Even if it's only for a single night. It's why I'm rarely here on the weekends. And my old 1999 Tahoe has now become my project vehicle. My son has been using it for getting back and forth to university, and it needs some help. An incident in an icy parkade means I get to learn how to do some body work. Plus, it's getting old and rust spots are forming. And I'll need to do some mechanical repairs; brakes, front end, rear suspension. We got the boy a new ride, and the Tahoe is now parked, so I'll be slowly teaching myself how to fix all the things.

Robbin Crosby vibes on that Jackson!

I think if someone likes it then they should do it.

The tiny engine in the EcoSport and some Focus. Parts aren't made in house, so waiting on suppliers. A few other fun recalls. Last summer, the Super Duty trucks had a stop sale recall. Incorrect tire pressure sticker on the driver's door jamb. I had three sold trucks that customers could not take delivery of. Last summer, Transit stop sale recall. Supplemental pages had to be put in the owner's manual. January 2024. Stop sale on the Medium Duty (F650/F750) trucks for a parking brake issue. Not fixed until mid-June. I had 6 trucks sitting, each with upfitting ranging from $20k for a fancy flat deck, to $50k for a cube body, to $75k for a reefer unit, to $175k for a 20ft aluminum service body package. Maverick now has an engine replacement recall too. And I've been waiting for vinyl floors for the E-series cutaway since December. I have a client that ordered some cutaways and didn't want the floor, now the upfitter building buses on them says they need the floor. Back order, no stock Canada, no stock USA. No ETA. At Ford quality, is job....4.

Hey Luna, I have a joke for you... I went to the zoo the other day. They only had one animal. A dog. It was a Shih Tzu. HaHaHaHaHaHa

I saw that title and thought we were in for an incredibly wild Jeep XJ build! Still, I can get behind any XJ project. I still miss my old 93 Sport.

I use Tamiya's Rubber Black. It's available in both jars and as a spray. Looks pretty good to me.

I prefer an engine, but at the end of the day it doesn't matter. I'll buy curbsides and full details. Once it's built, I almost never go under the hood or look at the chassis, so it doesn't really bother me if there isn't much to look at.