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I used to subscribe to 5-7 car magazines. Due to many of them going out of business, I am down to two. Consequently, I have pulled open my archives and am rereading them nearly 40 years later. This is the one I have been perusing the last couple of days.
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What they all said. Looks great!
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Western Star 4964 Daycab
Bills72sj replied to TruckerAL's topic in Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Very nice indeed! do the long fuel tanks come with the kit? -
Hub covers for big rig axles?
Bills72sj replied to ABC Auto Industry's topic in Truck Aftermarket / Resin / 3D Printed
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1967 Pontiac Catalina
Bills72sj replied to jphillips1970's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
AMT's 65 Pontiac 2+2 is supposed to be a Catalina but they repurposed the 65 Bonneville which has a longer wheelbase. I have never run across a 67 Pontiac except GTO's and rare MPC Firebirds which had wing windows. -
The Official EBay Discussion Thread
Bills72sj replied to iamsuperdan's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
As much as that sounds like a noble idea, I doubt the moderators want to get into monitoring the morality police. I suspect a whole lotta complaining would ensue. -
were these models ever produced
Bills72sj replied to jphillips1970's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I have finally got a resin 77 Pontiac Can Am. Nothing else close to the other two. -
Thanks for the heads up. I will leave it sealed up for now as I have dozens of projects ahead of it.
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Stopped my Salem HL today because it is kit restock day. Pretty full shelves except for the empty 71 Cutlass shelf. Picked up the GMC Astro semi for less than $24 all in thanks to 40% off. Not bad for a semi truck kit.
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Hmmm... I will have to look around to see if I have any.
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No Camino
Bills72sj replied to mgbdriver's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
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Nice work! You are not planning to use the paint-scratching hood clip are you?
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Thanks Steve. I actually have some of the Testors "wood" paint. Since I actually have real wood, I am going to experiment with a bit of brown wash and clear coat to see if I can make my real wood LOOK like real wood.
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Steve, Thank you for sharing this example. I am hoping to get my interiors to look half as good as yours.
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Cell phone cameras...what do you use & why?
Bills72sj replied to thatz4u's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
I have an iPhone 11. It works better than my wifes old 2.4 Megapixel camera. I transfer pics from it to my PC, crop and balance them and then post them. Really good resolution too. -
Cut the last of the I-beam pieces to make the 3rd console. (My prototype was too short). The depth and width of the top looked like a popsicle stick would fit. Turns out with a little sanding it does. Now I can actually have genuine wood veneer to replicate the real wood veneer Pontiac used on the GP and Bonneville. The 2+2 will be matt black. I am still praying someone (or two) have unused custom grilles to help me create the other two shifter surrounds.
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Aftermarket Air Filter
Bills72sj replied to TransAmMike's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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That is quite a stunning build. I would love to have it in my display case. I would even build a trailer for it.
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Now that is BRIGHT!
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I did some research online to find that all three of the 65 consoles are a poor excuse of an automatic transmission console. They sit too low, do not have the proper amount of forward drop and do not have enough material to reach/attach to the bottom of the dash. Besides I am going all 4-speeds which means they are all wrong to begin with. I have started to fabricate new consoles from some styrene I-beam. I am going to create the shifter porch/surround from unused Bonneville custom grille(s). Below is a rough mock up of where I am headed. I just need two more custom grilles to cut up.
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Unless there is difference in the front fenders I am missing, I would not anticipate it would be too difficult to simply add in the hood, revised grille, tail panel, B-pillar and bench seat on a separate sprue. It would be up to the builder to add in these pieces. The standard 383 in the Super Bee is visually similar to the R/T's 440. Either of them could get a 426 Hemi. The Super Bee came with a Charger dash which I imagine are plenty around even if the kit does not come with one.
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Awesome quality build. Mine is presently stalled at he sanding the painted stripe ridges stage.
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