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? Well whoever did, better fess up! Appreciate all encouragement to go beyond my comfort zone.

Appreciate your comment too! There is such a place in Mayer, down AZ69 between us. Oh gimme a break! ? We all have our specialty, I don't bother doing Custom Lead Sleds because some of you own that genre. ?

Wasn't it you who made the suggestion, not knowing that was my plan? ? Many small details do add up, I can't just do one or two things, because they stand out like a sore thumb. Wow, appreciate your comment. Yea, the Jerome Gold King Mine would be the perfect place. ?

I've not seen such a design concept before, I like it! That's something you could produce and sell if you wanted a side job.

Thanks, now I (we) have a legit excuse to be trapped at home with nothing better to do. Why it takes me forever to build some projects...... I'm obsessing about the grill now. ? It helps to have the real thing parked outside my office/shop/hobby room. ? Since I spent so much effort on the hinges, made the latch. No, it's not operable either, but does hold the hood in place when closed. Real deal: Scraped and sanded down the leading edge of the hood to match the resin grill. Went a little overboard and had to fill in the mistakes. Pin is stretched sprue, melted an end and sanded to shape, wound thin copper wire for a spring. The support is made from left-over Ferrari Modena windshield frame, not accurate but after it's painted flat black/rust, nobody will know or care. Latch is aluminum flashing, styrene, and coffee can steel for the latch. Headlight reflectors is wine bottle foil (I think, could be some other drink/food packaging), pressed in holes drilled in Corain. Superglued on with 4 drops and made sure they were centered, then ran a line around the edge, sprinkled on baking soda, waited a few minutes, then really slathered the whole reflector with super glue and sprinkled on more baking soda. After awhile, lightly rubbed off excess, applied the last layer of glue, much later sanded a little. The back isn't seen so not concerned about neatness. Airbrushed gloss black and called it a day. The real deal is aluminum, so will paint after masking.

Really nice workmanship on this build. I like the lights on the bed, did you make those too? You asked if anyone knows about these trucks, I would suggest finding a real Ford truck forum, I'm on the '67-'72 Chevy truck forum, all the information can be gleaned if you ask.

THANK YOU! I know we will be building more, so that's the silver lining.

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and your t-shirt

Nothing wrong with PURPLE! I like purple, and this looks good in it. I remember reading about how you can't see the engine on the real car, imagine the maintenance costs! What makes this kit "special edition"?

Why is this topic still allowed to pollute this forum? I could go off on some of the BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH being said, that's why I said THIS IS A TRAP because I would get banned from this forum for exercising my First Amendment (knowing there are members in other countries that don't have freedom of speech, this is a very important point I'm making). I'm here to escape from the freaking "news", all of us can go elsewhere and pontificate. Thought there are rules for a reason, can the Admins enforce them? ------------------------ SPOT THE DIFFERENCE:

Finally getting to what makes this a '69 instead of a '72, the resin grill. Anyone know if this is based on the MPC kit? Fixing a pet peeve. Took some tweaking to get it to fit. Will need to fiddle with the hood, have about 1/8" thickness to work with. ? Another thing that was bugging me, the firewall recess behind the engine. Used wine bottle "foil" (seems to have plastic laminated over aluminum), will sand the edges to feather in.

Interesting that example is red. The replica I saw is green. Benz by Kurt Womack, on Flickr

That's the spirit! Have a feeling there will be a burst of built models coming. ~cue~ Rush - Red Barchetta Love this subject! Great to see any resin kit done so well, appreciate you sharing it. I have a Herb Deeks wire wheel set, used the tires on the California in my icon picture, too bad we can't just get the tires.

Looks like fun, tearing stuff apart is something I enjoy, you are going the extra step to make it good again. I just went to You-Pick-It recently, they like to weld wheels together to set cars on, don't even bother taking the stupid space-saver spare tires off.

THANKS! Appreciate it. I like different subjects. Thank you too. Glad you enjoyed the journey.

THIS IS A TRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?

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Thank you! Good to know, figured same brand stuff should work best. Glued the interior together for the last time. Added seat belts, amusing thing with this Model Car Garage photo-etch, they reversed the GM logo. I looked for narrower white ribbon, does not exist, so used what I scavenged from a gift package. Also added .02 sheet to the back of the buckles.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Two more pictures, the first model built is in the Up A Creek diorama. Second is the COE which is a resin cab, the bed stolen from this project, parts stolen from the Chevy 409 Demolition Derby that was entered in the SAE special contest. Third is the Texaco edition that added something to the California Pit Stop diorama. This is #4. Have 3 more kits in the stash, along with a GMC resin conversion set, would like to do an ice cream truck, and an extended cab duelly. Yea, I like this kit. ?

Modified the wheels, did not use the resin backs, the kit parts have .020 sheet glued around behind the rim to make wider. Painted with Alclad 'polished aluminum', just picked up their clear gloss so had to give it a shot. Seems like it works, and hope it reduces the rubbing off when barely touching it. Glued halves together with 4 drops of superglue, then wrapped with aluminum tape. Added valve stems. Though not exactly the right size wheels and tires, think it looks good enough.

OMG that's really bad. ? I won't obsess about getting that kit. I ought to be happy to have enough kits for several lifetimes.

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When my dad was a Park Ranger at Saguaro N.M. in the 70s, patrol truck was a Dodge, that same green! Since Photo****it link is dead, you able to post that picture? I grew up with a 190 sedan, picture was taken before I was born, and before moving from Zion (Utah plate). I sure hope the kit looks better than the box art. ? Think this qualifies for Holy Grail.