iamsuperdan

Nice! I sent ideas in.

You nailed the conversion. Dimensions are just right.

Very cool idea!

Interesting relevant side note. Yesterday, FCA announced the new Charger Daytona and Challenger T/A. The launch colours? Orange, yellow, and green. Loud colours. As it should be.

I work in the industry, and it's not the manufacturers. Most car makers have a wide colour palette. However, dealers order what sells, and a bright red truck or a yellow car will typically sit on the lot for quite a while. The only cars somewhat immune are "fun" cars like the Mustang or Challenger, or cheap tiny cars favoured by the elderly or certain other demographics, like the Chevy Spark or Hyundai Accent. People have become boring and safe. Another factor that plays in is resale. When I worked for Porsche, 6 of every 10 cars we sold were silver. Of the remaining 4, 3 would be black. Everyone was concerned about resale in a few years. I used to give people BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH about it. Are you ordering for you or for someone else? then get what you want. It's a Porsche, people will buy SMurf blue or Camry beige. Doesn't matter. It's the same with life in general now. Try to find coloured appliances. Look at guitars. Most people will go with blacks, whites, or maybe a sunburst. Screw all that. Yes my daily driver is white, but also I've had two purple cars in the last two years. My project truck is red. I have guitars that are pink, Smurf Blue, neon green, and orange. My phone is green and my stapler is red. Life's too short for boring choices.

I'm going to try to remember to take pics next time I sit to work on this. Trailer is pretty much done. Just need to add the marker lights and apply decals. I'm not a fan of how the Moebius trailer went together, but I'm not sure how they could improve it. Lining up the panels and getting everything to fit square and tight was frustrating. Ending up rigging up braces within the trailer to hold walls in place, tight against the roof. I think I mentioned it before, but half of the tabs were broken off of the walls, so getting it to stay in place was difficult. End result looks great though, and I guess that's what matters. Still working on cab details. Once those are added, it will be decals, then clear, then final assembly.

Personally, I overprice everything I sell on Ebay or Kijiji. Not to the extent that guy does though. And quite often, people will pay my asking price. Which I enjoy very much. Mainly due to dealings on Kijiji. No matter what I price something at, the offers are crazy low. I put a guitar on for $500 and want to get $350 out of it. Then get offers of $100.

Pretty stoked that this arrived today. Been looking for one for a while that wasn't ridiculously overpriced. Found this on Ebay, brand new, unopened packaging.

Got back from an extended weekend away...sans kids. Wifey and I celebrating our 16th anniversary, so bombed off to Jasper National Park for the weekend. Weather was perfect, and was able to stretch the legs on the new truck.

Got the trailer assembled last night. Fitting all of the sides together was a pain. Half of the tabs on the box sides were broken off, so trying to line everything up was interesting. Had to create some extra internal bracing out of old sprues to kind of hold things in place. It's sealed up, so no one will ever see that. Just needs the wheel/suspension assembly mounted and the final detailing, then the trailer is a wrap. On the cab, the interior is fully assembled now. All that's left to be done is final detailing on the cab, then mounting the completed cab on the chassis. Almost done! Yay!

Yeah, I had an idea that involved some cargo. I've since looked it over, and my fab skills aren't to the point where I would be happy with the results, so I'm not going to worry about it right now. Unless of course I'm overthinking this one big time. Possibly on the next one. The image I'm using for decals is really high res. I've printed both big and small versions, and graphics quality is perfect in both cases.

Just finalized plans for my new building. I run the leasing division for one of Canada's larger vehicle lease/rental/sales companies. We've simply outgrown the existing space, so after much back and forth, we've finally secured a location and a remodel design. Demolition starts next week, and we'll be moving in to the new space in late-September. My lease department as well as our fleet management department will be taking over a nice building a few mionutes from corporate HQ where I am now. Triple the parking for our vehicles, double the office space. It's going to be great.

I typically won't eat fast food, but there is a local exception. Jack's Drive In is a local institution that has amazing stuff. One of the oldest restaurants in the area, always been a small locally owned business, never tried to grow beyond their means and thus lose the charm that makes it what it is. Always a good place to watch for interesting cars in the parking lot. The hot rod and muscle car guys always end up here in the evenings or on weekends. http://www.jacksdrivein.ca/

Anyone have any tips for opening the back doors on a Moebius 53ft box trailer? I kind of want them open for the idea I've got. But it's not the end of the world if I don't figure it out. I've been making decals the past couple of nights. Truck decals are ready. I still need to work out the correct sizing in my brain for the trailer decals. Do I want large to cover the entire side? Or do I want more subtle?

I love movie cars. I have the MPC version in my stash. Can I ask where you got the scanner for it? Sounds like a must have for any of these builds!

Thanks for that! The quality is definitely not on par with Tamiya, and the plastic seems quite a bit thinner. Still, for what I paid, It might build up okay. At the very least, I'll have an extra set of wheels, a V12 engine, and a body to practice technique on!

Still working away at this one. Interior mostly done. Basically just final assembly now. And the trailer of course.

The other kit I found is this old school, still in the plastic MPC Corvette. Gotta love the 80s!

Haven't had a chance to post these yet. Was on vacation for a few weeks, and much to my wife's joy (yes, that was sarcasm) I found a place selling kits! If you're ever on Vancouver Island, look up Jake's DIecast in Coombs. He doesn't have a ton, but what he does have is interesting, and he's open to searching for you. Anyway, the more interesting of the two kits is this. Mercedes 600SEL from Lee Models. I still need to do some internet researching, but this appears to be a rebranded Tamiya kit. The artwork is very Tamiya-like, and the instructions clearly reference Tamiya paints. Not sure how rare this is, but I find it interesting.

Although I don't personally like the finished look, your paint technique is fantastic. Your skills are bang on. Looking forward to seeing a less busy finish on future builds.

I like this idea.

Love this kit. Have one in the stash, will most likely add one of the reissues.

Been away for a couple of weeks, in an area with almost zero cell coverage or internet access. It's been glorious! I'm back, recharged, and will be cracking this thing out soon enough.

Look at the side of the car on the box. They spelled Porsche wrong. Looking forward to seeing this "Porsce" finished!

I really like this one. Nicely done!