Spruslayer

I have reached the the end of this glue bomb disaster and my figurative rope on this one. Unless im a complete ID10T there is no way to build the tanker trailer in the short bed version straight out of the box.I put it at 20 scale feet by adding 1.22" in length. Allthough i do love the Dodge l-700 i wouldn't recommend this kit unless you are willing to spend all the extra time involved in fixing many flaws in this kit,most notable is the tractor front wheel spindles,and then there was the cab hinge,fixing the ride height of the tractor,i could go on but im sure most of you know all to well about this kit. So,without further adu My TAT Dodge L-700 and tanker trailer

Ebay spree this morning Should be here by Friday

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I use a utlrasonic cleaner,a 2.1 quart cap Super clean mixed with water and the parts come out squeaky clean. The down side is the cost of a quality unit thats big enough for bodys and other large parts. Paint brushes, 60 seconds and clean as new.Airbrush and my HVLP gun i can clean in about 5 minuets,no more removing the Ab nozzel and risk damage or losing it. For scuffing the parts in preparation for paint on part that i dont want to sand away the fine details i use a air eraser. Im currently working on the Amelia Earhart Electra that has tones of raised rivets and the air eraser abrades the surface like it was sanded but leaves the raised details. Model on!

Forgive me but i havent read the entire thread but as far as cleaning a airbrush or even a small HVLP gun, a ultrasonic cleaner and a gallon of Super Clean is all you need Between changing colors in my Neo,i run a little water through first to get to bulk of the paint out,then to the UC and i just hold the gun just so the paint bowl in under water and give it 2 minuets,it comes out like you did a complete disassemble and clean. I do sometimes take it apart and turn the heater on for a through cleaning. I only use water base paints in the AB,anything else gose outside to the shop HVLP Heres the one i have $90 is not cheap in my veiw but i also use it for other household task too,cleaning the LOML's jewels,glasses and much more.................... https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005GA1I3M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Model on

Heres something i stumbled across looking for something else which right now i cant remember what that was........ Any way,an interesting read for me and i enjoyed the scale drifting competition video too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_car

My store put the clearance out today.I was wanting the Thunderbolt ford but it was not marked down I did leave with 4 kits though

Thanks for pointing that out Joseph,i got so worked up over trying to make it sit like the box art that did not even cross my mind.Either i couldent figure out how to put the supercharger on the engine or The one that came with the kit was such a fail i did'nt use it.Plus i need to go back to school and learn the the class designations. Overall i liked the kit but there was several pieces that were just poorly made The good part is that when i build i dont use glue if the parts stay together so swapping moters in this wont be too bad

Thanks guys!

I do love your box art Greg Ill list the ones i have #1 76 Gremlin,this one is in a box that is larger than the rest and the print inside is also larger the the other 11 #2 Gene Winfields 40 ford sedan delivery #3 Opal GT #4 40 Ford Coupe #5 73 Mustang Warren tope's #6 70 Impala Heavy Chevy #7 Piranha spy car #8 Pontiac Grand Slam #9 29 Mod Rod #10 Flying Wedge #11 Monza 2+2 #12 59 Elcamino Ellen,i still not so sure this isent just poor QC on the manufactures end I emailed R2 asking for a replacement so ill see how that goes So, back the the bench

Great Saturday afternoon Modelers. In one of my uncontrolled buying sprees i sourced out all 12 of the Amt Original Art Series kits. As you probably know the kit includes a art print of the box cover with the print on one side and the series number and kit name on back Today i received the last 4 in the mail and upon opening #4,the 40 ford in orange, the print was blank on the back side and the paper quality looked different from the other 11 So i guess my question is,are counterfeit models a problem here in the states? The other obsession i was into before modeling was guitars and fake guitars are an enormous issue,even parts and some of the ligit imports. I bought this kit from what i considered a safe online super store as models go I do plan on contacting Round 2 about a replacement print

No clearance models at my HL I think i will take the lead from some of the other folks here and try to befriend one of the HL employs and mine for pricing info I did score the coffee table book Muscle cars American icons by auto editors of consumer guide at Sams and the Revell 64 SS Chevy at Mejeirs on clearance.

Here is one that is 99 %.I lost the gas tank cap and one of the stock headlights so in went the headlight covers. The kit supplied radiator hose was a complete fail!It looked like a badly formed piece of spru. And i need to add a coil.then there was trying to get the box art stance and look Doing it by the instructions dident look right,low in the front and high in the back with the rear tires sticking out from the body

Thank you for the resource Steve.Silver it will be.The interior pics are nice,i was needing a guide for what to do behind the seat

I like the ruby? color of the current version but i haven't seen it in silver I would like to be sorta historically accurate so i may go with silver This is one of those car that make you wonder why dident someone do this in a kit,

The trailer with this rig is as big a mess as the truck was I wanted a short bed as to not take up so much space,but after figuring out the single axle rig,no thanks to the instructions,looking at a mock up with the truck the trailer was way to short.So after a quick interweb search of earlier trailers i came upon a site with a pic of a single axle tanker that looked similer to this one,even better the pic was scaled with diminisions.Acording to the pic the tanker trailer was 20 feet long,9.6 in 1/25 scale inches.The short bed included in the kit was 1.225 short so im grafting on the extra length

love the headlight awsome work

I have been switching between builds and the Hemi Charger received some love today

Thanks guys Im on a Dodge kick right now Have a Jimmy Flintstone A-100 van body to merge with a Little Red Wagon kit and a Dodge 330 kit im turning into the 64 Hemi Charger I need to upgrade my camera,the cell phone pics are lacking Hopefully i can find a good one under a hun, Next up is the trailer and it also appears to be about the same train wreck as the truck was. Back to the bench!

After much trials a tribulations may i present My L-700 TAT Truck Some parts i dident use such as the antenna,which when measured would be about 1.5 dia,way to big and a tool box that was to go on the outside frame just would not fit right so away it went. Also had to scratch the cab side mounter running lights as i lost both of them

Good Morning Thanks for the comps guys Looks like i will need to find a set of interior door panels and a couple tail lights to help this along. More to come later tonite

This is wher its at tonite. May work on it later ,if i can stay awake that long.

Good morning modelphiles This will be the 64 Dodge Hemi Charger build from a Lindberg 64 Dodge 330 kit First i must say the kit looks very well made with lots of detail,would love to build one box stock but so many models,so little time Heres the pics to show where im at with this First pis is the victim body before decapitation And after the surgery and a little clean up around the front window I kept the post for possible alignment use later in the build

OK! You guys have me motivated to go so ill do a build thread on this I have found a site that has several high quality pics of this can i can use for reference. https://automotivetraveler.com/magazine/viewer.php?path=2010/12/1964_Dodge_Hemi_Charger_Concept&page=1 So,its off to source parts and break out the saws/putty .

Looks like the stars aligned for this one Just received it in the mail,open the kit and the front windshield is broken into two pieces