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That would be helpful. About the only thing I stop into Walmart for is motor oil. The parking lots and the pathway to the toy section takes more time than I want to spend checking the half dozen stores in the area.

Lmao show us on the doll where Trump touched you. He's trying to right the wrongs from 100 years of failed foreign policy. If you want a strong economy and US jobs, it'll hurt in the short term. That's the problem today. Nobody wants to give up anything no matter the gains down the line. That's all I'm going to say on this topic and will show myself out of this thread. This is a modeling forum.

Fair is fair. Look up China's tariffs on the US. Yes, proudly, he is my President.

The long term downside to our tariff situation is, once they go away or stabilize (and they will) the retailers won't drop the prices back to sanity. Much like when production went overseas, prices continually crept higher instead of passing those savings onto the consumer. It'll suck, but that's the end cost of doing business with communists.

77 Impala 2 door. It was wrecked on one side so I got it for $475. The metric trans made it to about 130k miles and I swapped in a TH350. The 305 made it til 160k.

Lol I'm working on my kit right now. That carburetor looks cartoonishly oversized. Hopefully the air cleaner will hide it. I was looking forward to this kit, and in a lot of ways, it's great. The chassis will no doubt find itself lengthened and under an MPC pickup by someone. But, the odd sized parts, and the odd engineering (there's a dimple in the frame so the fuel pump clears) makes me wonder if we wouldn't have been better off by getting a simplified kit like the 76 Torino. It would've looked good and went together faster. I'll still buy more, and I guess that's what Revell was counting on anyhow.

It's starting to look like I have a thing for single axles lol This is the 2nd 921 I've built. This one started as the mixer kit from Ollie's. The rear axle and springs came from the White Freightliner, as well as the wheels. Unknown battery box was put behind the cab so it could have two under cab fuel tanks. As with all of these Amt Kenworths, the glass had ejector marks, so I cut new windows from clear plastic blister packaging. I went a little overboard with air electric lines, especially since all of them are sprayed black and partially hidden. I also converted it to single air cleaner, single headlights using amt 51 Chevy bezels, scratchbuilt the mud flaps and luberfiner.

No, but sort of. That one looks like an F500, mines an F600.

I used Fujimi wheels on my Tamiya BRZ. I used a drill press to punch out the Fujimi rim center. Then I used styrene rod the approximate diameter of the Tamiya bushing holes, with one end mushroomed over a flame. I pushed them through from the outside. ETA pic shows the pin if you zoom a little. It was the only way to get the correct wheels like my 1:1

I've ordered from ST Supply a few times. A few of the rubber tires had issues, but I used them on the tandems, so not really a complaint since they're hard to see. Also, whatever those tires are made from is some unstable stuff. Don't seal them up in a display case, they let off some gas and make everything feel tacky. Besides a couple of misshapen tires, everything has been top quality and packed well.

I just wish there were more modern trucks.

Just finished this morning, built from the Revell snap kit. Converted to day cab and single drive. I started to detail it after building the bed, but decided to only add what can be seen while sitting on the shelf. The 3406 looks pretty good for what it is, so I may buy a couple more just for engine.

Me too. I tried to build it but the plastic was too brittle. The body broke into several pieces. Also had the blue molded 80s issue. Also built as a junker. Hopefully my skills are better now.

Thanks for the compliments everyone. All of the rims and tires are Moebius.