iamsuperdan

Guys, let's keep it civil okay? Knock AMT or any other company all you want, but directly insulting members is a big no. Some of you should know better. Anyway... Although I'm not going to disagree with any of the OP's original points, I'm NOT going to say that AMT kits suck. Two reasons. First, they just require a little more work to get them looking good. You want a kit that goes together easily and clearly? Look to the Japanese brands. Tamiya and Fujimi will almost never cause headaches. However, this brings me to my second reason. AMT have subject matter than no one else does. You want to build a Kenworth 925? or a Pete 352? Your options are basically AMT or AMT. So with a little patience, a little extra work, and some google image searches, you can build some pretty nice stuff out of an AMT kit.

Crazy isn't it? December 20th, Great White North, and we can do stuff like this outside. My garage isn't heated, so I got some stuff quickly sprayed. Plus 4 here right now. I like the colour you chose!

Thanks for the offer, but it appears you and I have similar tastes! Already have most of those on CD! And a few on cassette!

For me, it's the tech in vehicles. It scares me that people are learning to drive by using backup cameras and park sensors instead of their own eyes. And now cars can park themselves, stay within the lanes on the highway, emergency brake, etc. People learning to drive now will end up being lost if they get into a slightly used car.

Sounds a lot like me! My dad was an audiophile, so access to equipment was never an issue. And when he upgraded, I got an upgrade! I kind of did the same thing with cassettes. I rarely brought prerecorded cassettes into my cars, but I made a ton of mixtapes. And I too took advantage of people dumping their collections! Found a lot of cassettes that way, now that people are switching to streaming, I'm snapping up CDs.

I don't understand why cassettes are making a comeback. The sound quality sucks compared to CD or vinyl, they're inconvenient in terms of playback/repeat/shuffle/etc, they wear out over time. I mean, I'm nostalgic for cassettes and what they represent in my life, but I'm not about to go our and start buying cassettes, when I can still get CDs. I do love the memories though. Opening a new cassette and finding a huge foldout with lyrics and liner notes and pictures and all the other stuff bands would put in there. I remember Anthrax had a hologram sticker included in the initial run of State Of Euphoria cassettes. Slayer's Season In The Abyss had a massive foldout that turned into a poster. Nonmeansno had an album named Wrong, and it included a membership card for the fan club. Can't do any of that with a a download or stream.

Big Rig Build Off. It's our little yearly competition for building a big rig. Sign up, build a truck over the course of the year, submit for voting, win the accolades of your peers.

Any time I get one of these emails telling me to log into my account, I delete them. Then just in case, I will go log into my account the usual way. No way am I clicking a link in an email. We do some pretty elaborate computer security things at work. We all had to take a three part course on phising, and attend a webinar. Not our IT department sends out phishing tests quite often, trying to fool us into clicking on clicks or replying to emails.

Not sure if it totally qualifies, but this Benz belongs to a friend of mine. Mostly stock. Except for the full air ride suspension of course.

The interiors are just as glorious!

Okay, well I guess if this now the official BRBO 2021 thread, I should post up my entry. And here it is. I have a couple of ideas for the paint, still undecided which direction. But I guess I have time to sort that out.

I listen to and own just about anything. Well over 30 years of buying, collecting, and listening to music. Still have boxes upon boxes of my old cassettes and CDs. And I'm still buying CDs. Before iTunes disappeared, you used to be able to see how much music you had, in terms of number of songs, and how many hours of music you had. If I was to start listening to all of my stuff from A to Z, I had around 450 days of music. Yikes. A couple of big exceptions though. I do not like country music. Cannot stand the stuff. And I am not a fan of modern R&B or Hip Hop. Andy of that stuff like Drake or Beyonce or whatever is a no go for me. Old school rap like Run DMC or Public Enemy are fine, but that modern stuff is just awful. I'm mainly a rock and metal guy, but enjoy all kinds of music. Jazz, blues, 80s pop, funk, disco, classical, etc. Having said that, looking at my current Spotify habits, and seeing what is in my truck right now, and I don't look quite so diverse! Currently in rotation: In Flames Leech Vy Pole There's A Light Nine Inch Nails Depeche Mode Enslaved McRocklin & Hutch Matthew Good Band Pop WIll Eat Itself Angels & Airwaves Oasis Danko Jones Deftones Faith No More

Thinking about it, Revell have done really nice snap kits before. The early 90s Caprice Taxi/Fire Chief car comes to mind. very well detailed, big parts count. So many options for building this one up. BTTF for sure, but I think I would try this one. 1978 Champagne Edition. Back in high school, a good friend of mine had the family van passed down to her. Spent a lot of time bombing around and roadtripping in that thing. And she still has it. Guessing it currently doesn't look as good as this one though.

It gets said a lot around here, but that engine could pass for the real thing. Your efforts and time spent are definitely paying off!

Although it is "just" a snap kit, I'd pick one up, purely because of the subject matter.

I had no idea Revell did a version of this one! Definitely watching this.

Except this is a prototype that hasn't been tested yet. All figures are hypothetical. I hope it's better than the previous Venom. I've been in one of those, and it was a seriously cobbled together car with a kit car vibe. This one looks really good though.

Well, it's not a well known song, but I suspect it will now become slightly more popular. Alice Cooper just released "Our Love Will Change The World." It's the lead single for his upcoming album of covers of Detroit music. And here's the original. Alice has been playing this song live for a while now. I kind of wonder though...why cover a song if you don't really put your own spin on it? I mean, I like it, but at this point, you might as well listen to the original.

How do you find Will Smith in the snow? Look for the fresh prints.

Although I don't own this kit, I had briefly considered it. But the MPC logo turned me away. These old repops are terrible kits. I have a couple of MPC Chargers, and they are some of the worst kits I've ever attempted. Nothing fits, more flash than actual parts, vague instructions. Looking forward though to seeing what you can make of this. I can already tell you have more patience than I do!

VERY interesting. The Rammstein tour truck & trailer is listed as 1:25, yet all of their other tour trucks are the 1:32 Kenworth.

I'd definitely be buyer if a Jeep XJ was ever released, by any manufacturer. I could see a couple oif those on my shelf. I think I'd most want to see some re-pops or re-tools of the GMT400 series of GM trucks. The C1500 454SS kit, the C3500 duallie snap kit, the C1500 long box reg cab. Could easily do anything from simple snap kits to full detail kits, and I think these would just make sense, when you look at how popular and common some of the previous generations of GM truck have been. If they could change that extended cab duallie snapper into a full detail K series crewcab, that would be even better.

Bay window camper would be very interesting. As long as it's a full kit, and not a Revell Easy Click version.

The seats look tedious, but when done right, as you've done, it's worth it. THere's a part of me that wants to find two more of these kit and build the Knight Bus from Harry Potter. My kids would dig that.

I was wondering about that multi-piece body and glue lines after painting. So it looks like there is no problem with building the body first, then just sliding it over the completed interior once painted. That's good news for sure. Good idea with the brass tubing as well. I've only just started researching and making notes on assembly for this one. Will hopefully be starting my build early in the new year.