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Nice job! I really like the rally wheels and white walls on the van. Was that custom made decal multiple pieces? You did a great job with it!!!

Thanks! I appreciate the kind words! The kit is rather difficult to build, there was some twist to several pieces and there is no floor other than the interior tub which makes for rather large gaps in between. Good luck with your project, they are neat looking trucks just a lot of work! Maybe you could swap some parts from the new Mobius 4 wheel drive.

Thanks for the info. I checked it out and thats a very helpful tip with the glass! Ill be sure to check it out as Im working on mine!

Great looking Pontiac! Any other issues with the build? Was the window too tight of a fit? I'm asking because I want to start mine soon!

HAHAHAHA! No he wants cash! He said his "customers" always pay.........or else!!!!!!

I'm not sure but he sells the dump bed and all his other stuff thru ebay so I would think he does. I know he takes paypal. Nice stuff at a reasonable price!

Thanks for the comments guys! This was built for my model clubs theme build. We try and do 1 theme build a year for our monthly contest. Everyone writes what they would like to see as the theme and throws it in a hat. This year "Dump trucks" was picked out of the hat!!! Anyway this was my first build of a light commercial vehicle other than some custom pickups. The name on the side is the club member who is a cement contractor and he was the one who threw dump trucks in the hat! And as I was looking at the pics I noticed I have the Italian flag on the front license plate upside down! I'll have to fix that!! Overall a very fun build that got a lot of looks at the club meeting!

Looks awesome! I really like the way you worked the top into the trunk area!

Really cool! Fantastic weathering!

I am calling this done! I had started a few threads on the dump bed in the resin truck section and thank you to everyone with all the good info I got!! The basic kit is the recently re-issued firestone pickup that a friend gave me cause he pirated some parts for a build he was working on. The dump bed is from BCS trading, an ebay seller with great products at a very reasonable price! Overall it came out ok although I really am not happy with the color choice for the cab or the paint job itself. The truck kit itself isn't the greatest, typical of the era it was made. I may still do some details and maybe some weathering. This was built for our club common theme night. Comments welcome!

Awesome hope to see you there!

Here is the show flyer, I apologize for the poor quality but I was having trouble getting the pictures/scan on the site. Any questions please ask and hope to see you there!

Really sharp! Looks perfect in black!!

Great thread, now it looks like I have more projects to start that won't get finished for a long time! There are some fantastic ideas here! One that I could find easily ( there are lots more) is this 66 Bonneville from the Hasegawa kit that I started to make a Gran Prix out of. I know this was done in resin but I started this a while back and wasn't into resin or the price of it back then!

Three Rivers Annual 2018 contest and swap meet September 30th at the Castle Shannon fire hall, 3600 Library Road, Castle Shannon PA, (Pittsburgh) Last years contest had almost 300 models on the tables with 75 + vendors with new, old, kits, promos, diecast and much more! See attached flyer for more info or contact info. We always photograph the contest entries and submit to the magazines, last years contest will be in "the other magazine" this year! We do not handle models, the builder/ owner can bring them to the photo table and then take them back. I usually take the photos so stop by! Phil The flyer is not loading, I will post more info shortly. Please check back and I apologize for the inconvience.

Really cool! Looks great!

Looks great ! Nice color combo!

Nice! Great idea, can't wait too see it finished!

Looks really good! Nice wheel and tire combo!!

Yeah it was as I got this a 77 Pontiac Ventura a 77 Dodge Monaco with the mini bike , both sealed and an ertl international semi that was unbuilt for $90 for all!

It looks like a die cast chassis, I have never seen any of those, are the wheels and tires plastic? That's pretty cool but if they came with a launcher I bet a lot of them didn't last long in one piece!

I'll have to look out for that one also! I guess these were done around or shortly after 1970 since they all seem to be 70's. I could not find any year on the instructions or on the box as to when it may have been made.

This does'nt have any rubber in it, I will check the directions cause I thought it was strange to just have plastic wheels. I guess I might start looking for the GTO!!! The 1970 GTO is one of my all time favorite cars as I had two 1:1's when I was younger and I generally try and get those when ever I see them!!

I thought about that and was thinking the AMT 70 Monte Carlo would be a good chassis engine bay area. Its sometimes tough weather to build a kit or keep it as a collector piece. What usually happens is I start looking for a second kit!