Joe Handley

I'm aiming to have a build like this when it's done, but it'll be painted to look like the '94 ZJ I had for about 4 months back in 1998 and totaled in that short period of time. http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=281787

And the body lined up with the axles Now the tricky part will be getting this chassis to work with the crawlers suspension. I'm thinking I'll try and create some control arm mounts on the "frame rails" out of black Evergreen styrene I've got here as well as reform some of the floor pan's center and ditch the crossmember and mount the trans there. Either that or get my hands on a glue kit (Think I know who bought the one I had, and he's only going to steal the axles out of it) Any suggestions?

I picked up a Micro Crawler for Cheap and dug up a Lindberg 1/20 Grand Cherokee that I bought back when the early ZJ's will still new to the market to try and combine the two. Only tricky part will be that the ZJ Kit is one ov the snap together kits that uses a platform/pan/promo chassis instead of one with separate suspension and drivetrain detail. Here's the pics so far. Here the two are next to a Revell snap together C6 Vette Stacked and nose to nose

Usually the store I work at goes by the "MSRP" and depending on the price it may have a HTU price on it, although the recommended HTU prices the main office gives us on some stuff doesn't always make much sense (HTU price that is $2 off retail on some stuff ) Usually the HTU price is somewhere between what the store pays for it and what the MSRP is on the more expensive stuff and the shop owners should have some discretion at to what they charge. There were times when the big box stores were still carrying plastic models that the prices they were asking for those was in the neighborhood (and sometimes less) of what we were paying Great Planes (Tower Hobbies), Horizon Hobby, and/or Stevens International to get the same kits for stock.

I'm thinking that one, we're in the middle of a move at mine and the store has all of it's plastic models at the new location.

I think that might be the store that Skip goes to, the one I work for isn't doing that

Honestly Aaron, this video is a good reason I wouldn't buy one. I'd actually prefer a 2dr hatchback like my Dodge Shadow was over a coupe with the f/s van style swing out doors from the appearance side too, those little doors on a "coupe" look just as wrong as they do on the f/s vans (needless to say, I prefer the looks of sliding side doors on vans.)

I got behind one of those in traffic the yesterday that had the larger factory wheels, looked to be 17" and they looked much better on the car, but I agree with you on the anything bigger than 20's, especially with any drop. Speaking of which, I wouldn't be surprised if the kits made for the GP/Regal/Impala would be a direct fit to that Buick. Color wise I think you're right on the money, preferably some sort of white or dark blue or black pearl, candy red, or something more "traditional" (IE post war-mid 60's) color wise. I'd love to see one that is a full on Kustom that has had the door handles and chrome badges shaved, replace the grill with a billet or small tube grill, air bag it, wheels that are more of a disk type shape (think Moon Disk, Sombrero's, Lancer's, ect)

Considering how much work had to go into that car, I'm surprised he isn't asking more for it!

It's about freakin' time somebody brought out a '50 Olds!

Uhg, I've now got the knowledge that we need to replace the right rear air shock on my Jeep........again..........................for the third time this summer

You know Michelle, I think with a mild shaving, slightly larger wheels, and either airbags or a slight drop, those cars would make nice looking mild kustoms.

Finally got a couple cell phone pics of my Losi Micro Crawler downloaded onto Photobucket. It'll eventually get crossbred with an old Lindberg 1/20 Grand Cherokee Super Snap kit that I've had laying around here since '95 or '96. For a better sense of just how small this truck it, here's a better pic of it flexing out on a Revell 1/25 snap together C6 Vette

Wow, that Edsel is cleaning up nicely Ron.

I wonder if that is the name of that body style or generation of truck, kinda like Jeep does with their vehicles (XJ, MJ, ZJ, WJ, TJ, JK, ect.)

Just ordered up a set of those for a customer at work yesterday, can't wait to see them when they come in!

Where did you take those pics Davin?

Unless they're the last of the muscle cars, vans, or Jeeps, I have no interest just about anything else from the 70's.

I'd definitely buy the 1/25 and at least be drooling over the 1/8th of not putting one on lay-a-way at work for myself!

I keep thinking that it's real because of the lights, glass, and rims, but the grill openings and the "fasteners" on the sides look kinda off.

Gotta love Sabine

I just prefer shopping in a real store, and so long as it's reasonable, I don't mind paying taxes on purchases either. I'd rather keep my neighbor employed too.

Yea, IIRC that Camaro had a Dana 44 rear axle with the steering knuckles off a K-5 on the ends of the tubes. I think it was said that there were no yes or no answers to the questions they were asking, just that is wasn't right for the Camaro....or the American F/S truck driving public either from what I understand about what was produced

That is going to be pretty amazing by the time you're done with it.

Yup, and IIRC there was a turbocharged, twin 2.8l V-6 engined Citation X11 that was meant as a test bed to determine if a twin V-6 powered Corvette might be viable as well a Beretta with some sort of a small Asian V-8 in it