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I'd be more interested in a corrected body than an interior. The new front end doesn't look as bad as the old one, but there's still that heaviness at the rear and the AMX look about the quarters.
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I knew it straight away, so I didn't register the watermark either. How strange.
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The Lola was an IMC kit, like the '48 Ford and VW also reissued by Union. I've read that it's a bit underscale, but I haven't checked for myself.
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I don't think we'll be seeing a Melkus as a possible entry for a while.
I thought I'd exhausted the gullwing cars, but TomZ kindly gave me a nudge to retrace my steps. I'd missed the Thurner because the Wikipedia page didn't link to another page or image.
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Wow, you don't hang around! I'm still doing basic assembly on mine.
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Got there in the end, thanks to the hints.
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Thanks. I'm not doing anything to the cowl vent, I'm just correcting the hood/cab mating edges on the driver's side. It should be a straight edge, as it apparently was in the original issue of this kit. Later issues have the same cab as the DM800, with a step to fit the steel hood. To be accurate, it needs a piece cutting off the cab to create a straight edge, and a corresponding filler piece added to the hood. Even with the steel hood, there should still be a straight panel line there.
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Outstanding. Brings back memories of my first visits to the US.
Will those tyres be available at some point, or are you reserving them for your own builds?
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Surgery on the cab. I've begun to fill the gap.
Dump body parts out of the stripper. It looks worse now the paint's off it, but most of the glue damage should be hidden when it's reassembled. If it ends up looking a bit knocked about, probably no bad thing anyway for a dump truck. I'm going to try making a ram from K&S tubing and I might replace the "wood" pieces with basswood.
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I thought the gullwing doors would simplify searching, but I've got nowhere with this one.
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Frame is mostly done. I added the front suspension today, but forgot to take a photo. I've also assembled the rear bogie and modified it to a scale 54" axle spread. I did take a photo of that, but the sunlight washed it out.
This is the next job - cut the cab straight down and add a filler piece to the hood.
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21 minutes ago, Rusty92 said:
Enjoy the DM600!! Typical MPC fitment and vagueness but a good kit!
I'm discovering that, but I've tackled the AMT Freightliner, so compared with that, this is falling together.
15 minutes ago, stitchdup said:Neat choice of truck, should be a tuff dumper
Thanks, that's the plan. I'm considering some bigger wheels & tyres, but I'm not really into the AITM ones and I'm not sure what else is available.
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I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with this one. I almost went for the same kit, but settled on the Mack instead. Stupid question: I guess it's generic enough not to matter either way, but does that Peterbilt sleeper represent an aftermarket one, or did they make their own at that time? I imagine it will look better than the Mercury box - it's always struck me as weird looking, with the cab being so much taller than the sleeper. Most of the reference pics I found have sleepers more like the Pete one.
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Nice job. Are those aftermarket tyres? They look a bit beefier (pun intended) than the usual AMT fare.
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On 01/02/2019 at 11:18 AM, Zoom Zoom said:
I despise Revell's flat boxes
Indeed. Revell flat boxes, how do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways:
- They collapse under their own weight if you try to stack them.
- You can't store a WIP or built kit in them.
- In some cases the unbuilt kit doesn't even fit comfortably.
- Any loose parts will inevitably find their way out between the box and the end flap.
I could go on, but I'm getting wound up just thinking about the damned things.
With apologies to E Barrett Browning
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18 hours ago, Matt Bacon said:
And for those who are wondering, the answer to my additional question “what ISN’T it?” is a Ford Capri. According to Steve Saxty’s new book “The Cars You Always Promised Yourself,” a history of “Ford’s Coupes and High Performance ST, XR and RS cars”, in 1965, Ford started work on a small coupe to emulate the success of the Mustang in the US. Work started in the International Studio at Dearborn. The GBX concept was shipped to the UK, where the British team started developing it further. In Germany, the local Ford design team were working on their own alternative coupe design based around their V6 engine. As the GBX evolved, Ford decided it couldn’t justify having two similar sporty coupes in Europe, so decided to launch the British version as the Capri, with the Cologne V6 as an option eventually. The Ford Germany design was passed to Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI) to produce, but even with Ford sales support, the OSI version was too expensive for large scale success...
best,
M.
I see. I wouldn't have got that - I even looked up the Capri, but only found mention of it being designed by an American, so I didn't dig any deeper.
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The MPC kit has their typical vague parts location and soft detail, but the body looks decent. The ex-Monogram 1/24 Revell kit has a nice body, but simplified Monogram tooling. The body in the new 1/25 Revell kit doesn't look right. I would rather deal with one of the older kits and add detail than try to correct the new Revell body.
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Well, I've been through at least a couple of dozen blog and reference pages on this car, and I'll be damned if I can find any mention of the design being put forward for anything else. :/
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Look for a Revell '69 Camaro, Yenko or Baldwin-Motion. It has one of the better 1/25 renditions of a big block and it has the carb you need - about the best you'll find in a kit. IIRC, it also has headers, but those might not fit a '56. The current Baldwin-Motion reissue comes with a chrome pan type air cleaner instead of the B-M "fly-eye", but that's what you want in this case, just build it up to look like it has stacked filter elements. The trans is a four speed Muncie - presumably your brother meant M21, not M31 - but it has a stock bellhousing.
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Got some prep done. I've broken down the dump body and have it soaking in oven cleaner.
Used up all the over cleaner on that, so stripped the chrome parts with bleach. If I want any bling later, I'll use Molotow chrome.
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Mine will be getting a dose of oven cleaner tomorrow.
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Pretty sure it's just a rebox of the RoG tooling. I found one on Ebay and it gives the address as Brooksville, FL; they moved there in 1992.
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Never mind...
International Tractor and Imex Car Carrier
in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
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It just means the parts were moulded in Denmark, not uncommon for Revell GmbH kits from that period. As I stated above, Imex transferred operations to Florida in 1992, so it must post-date that move.