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Very nice. My brother found a crew cab in resin, mastered by someone in the club. He made it into a nice ramp truck. I have been making my own leaf springs for a while now, especially after farting around the lousy ones that come with the MPC modifieds.

I ran across these on eBay, for his 1961 car, I cannot vouch for how good they are. https://www.ebay.com/itm/224715834655

Hobby Lobby has a decent .015" thick plastic that I use.

I just saw this on TV, a show about Henry Ford's Willow Run plant that produced the B24 bombers for WW2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run Douglas Aircraft had initially started the program and badly borked it up. They didn't even have drawings to work from. Ford sent an army of draftsmen out to do just that.

A staggering accomplishment. These were built in the day of no CAD/CAM, no CNC equipment.

There is some risk of buying just a tire or wheel and match it up with what you have. Resin is rigid, rubber you have a better chance of an acceptable fit. I have had to sand some resin tire inner-diameters to make them fit the wheels.

Nice, I have to get an order together soon. Good headers are hard to come across. Have you thought of doing a set for the MPC modified kits? The ones in the kit are a "challenge" and really not that realistic. Something like the 2nd picture would be a god start.

Nice work! Those kits build up nicely. I have one of the Monte Carlo kits started. That had a lot of extra parts in the box for different versions.

I just painted an AWB Mustang last week, used Extreme Lacquer dark blue and their clear coat. I should do a build post on it. No polishing required, the finish is good as is.

I have one shelf unit that I found on trash night, it looks good and needed a couple of things fixed on it.

I was talking to my sister last night, she's a pricer for a big box store and I asked why they don't use bar codes. She says that HL does that for religious reasons. I recall a while ago that their health plans do not cover birth control. They also are closed on Sundays.

I stopped using DC primers for bodies. I use Hobby Lobby primers, also says to be a scratch-filler on the can. It goes on thinner than DC and has less orange peel. Sometimes I heat it up first and almost anything goes into the dehydrator.

Thanks, I'll post more pix later today. I've been working on it steadily for a few days. I have the interior painted and the body color selected.

They follow a proven formula. I have seen some new things however. I noticed they use the old SKU (stock keeping unit) system, no barcode readers, aka the UPC (universal product code) system.

One of the 1st MPC kits I bought was a Pontiac, maybe a '66 or '67 full size. I was instantly impressed at how crisp the detail was and the bodies were not as thick as the AMT kits.

Nice work. I see lots of modelers who paint and foil the body FIRST... good luck if something goes sideways and there are fit issues.

My store has nothing on clearance, but run the 40% off kit sale often enough. Yeah, they could use some fresh stock. Other items like CA glue, some Evergreen stock, K&S metals they have good pickings. Plus the paint is not locked up.

Michael's is looking bleak. I tell the help (when I can find anyone...) to start looking for another job.. soon. Bed Bath and Beyond used to be a hopping place, long check out lines even. Then they rolled in the self checkouts. The kiss of death in these cases. The Staples by me closed in November, they said that the rent had doubled. The same strip mall, Modells is long gone, Radio Shack too. Little Caesars in West Babylon... gone. Burger King by our model meetings... gone. The entire Sunrise Mall in Massapequa is on the way out too. For the general hobby, there are really 4 shops on the Island. One close to me that was just done over, no aftermarket stuff. 2 others that are 25 miles each way and Nassau Hobby (close to our Freeport show venue), I have to venture out that way soon.

Dragged this out again. I was waiting on a VCG Resins BBC engine. Way better than the kit piece which I will salt away. I have to use the kit transfer case and transmission. No more slice and dice on this one. So I have to get the pieces to play well together. The engine came with a 5 speed option, I'm using the bellhousing.

I just picked up a nice BBC from VCG resins for my '77 GMC wrecker project, not cheap but very nice. 3D printed, very crisp details.

My late wife's brother has an early onset form that started when he was around 55. He has money and his wife keeps him REAL busy. My wife was showing signs before she had cancer. My stepmother (nobody liked her...) had a bad case, she was a classic sun-downer. Eventually she fried her brain with rampant diabetes and lasted maybe 3 months after that. My dad died 10 years ago at 96, he had most of his marbles to the end. BUT... like with a lot of elderly, move him out of familiar surroundings and he would go full looney-tunes until he adjusted. I'm not the same following my near fatal heart attack of 2016. Just a little off, plus I take a bunch of medications that contribute to it.

The '57 grille looks great in 1:1 trucks I have seen.

Close but no cigar... check with Mike at Mike's Decals. PPP might make them if anyone does.

IMO, Michael's is in a decline. The kit area of the one by me, a scant number of kits and less paint and supplies. Also vast open areas in the store floor, the shelves in general are sparse. The self-checkout is not a good sign either. We have been in the store at times, really no other shoppers. The help has been thinned out too.

Very cool, I had a '65 C30 years ago. I have a stalled '60 Chevy wrecker in the works, used the Revell Midnite Cowboy wrecker back. I'm looking for a 3D printed source, most are sold out quickly.