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Thanks Carl! I am hoping to do it again in the future, and the next time I can really going to check the fit and close out the underside. I mean, I would really like to try and super-detail it (as much as my talent allows). I really liked the kit.

Thanks Cruiser. I'm telling you it does look like a master Kinder egg! And I really like chocolate.

Gareth, that's a beautiful car and a beautiful finish. I would have thought that you used Tamiya paints with that type of finish.

Welcome Joseph! Wow, a locomotive mechanic! I don't think I've ever met one of them before. Sounds neat, though. My pappaw was an brakeman, then engineer, running from Palestine, Texas to the ArkLATex.

Welcome Steve! Yes, your story sound familiar

Dale, thumbs up! I really love the whole thing, but I really LOVE the engine.

Thanks for the look, Gareth. (Don't tell anyone, but it is actually Ace Hardware-brand Gloss Brown for plastic lawn furniture). This is only my second turn on using the polishing kit, so hopefully it will turn out great. It just takes a LOT of patience to achieve it, especially how curvy this girl is.

Congrats Chris! I'm with you both.....kind of like, what????? Hey, who knows, but you got a good deal. My wife runs a mail order business, and shipping kills her. The heavier and further away just pushes the cost up and up. Oh well. Enjoy the kit! Ciao for now

I am really excited to be working on this gorgeous land yacht! So, far, I bathed all the parts in soap and water and got the body primed and painted (chocolate brown). Currently sanding the finish to get that shine, and have put chrome on the hood. I really hope this one is going to turn out pretty, but with all the curves on the body, I will have some issues of continuity with the finish. Let me know what you think. And seriously, to me, it looks like it was carved out of a block of chocolate! Ciao for now

Thanks Espo! It was a fun build! I should have completely shrouded the engine (builder's regret, I guess) Ciao for now

Well, got it finished and I really liked this model! Great price and really looks great, other than a completely open engine bay that you can see into the interior tub and straight to the ground. I could have fixed that, but I didn't. I tried to age it like it was a real truck that the owner is very proud of and just got a new bedliner sprayed in. Thoughts? It was rattle can that I polished and waxed. the build itself is in the WIP section with the same title name. Thanks for checking it out.

Thanks Jim. Call me Rob.

Thanks Ray and Gareth, Yup, I am settling in real nice!

Well, the lovely weather here in the Florida panhandle today will be a high of 96 degrees (actual) with a heat index (what it feels like) of 115+. Looks like I might get this truck done today. We'll see.

Thanks Gerald! I really wish I could find a '74 Ford shortbed! I used to own one, and even shipped it all the way over to Sigonella, Sicily when I transferred there. I was thinking about taking the Mobieus kit and sort of fudging it a little to look like my old truck. Tom, I see exactly what you mean about the underside. In thinking about it, I might just glue it to the base and be done with it. I never liked turning wheels, so I glue them in place anyway. I admire your patience in paneling in the entire underside of that Ramcharger. I really like that kit, but some of the shortcuts were annoying, to say the least. Which actually led me to thinking; when I was a kid, I had a '55 Chevy Sedan model (Revell or Monogram, maybe). That bad boy had opening doors, and articulated suspension and was very complex in the frame area and that would be considered an old kit. So, when I read that old kits weren't that great, I wonder about that. I mean, the Revell USS Constitution has been around since the 1950's, and that is still considered the gold standard of models. Just saying

Welcome back Gary and I can sure tell that you paint professionally! Beautiful paint jobs!

Hey Gareth! Welcome aboard and looking good with the cars! I really like the cab. the spectrum of talent around here is pretty wide. There are perfect looking cars, all the way down to cars with huge fingerprints on them (mine, I mean). Look forward to seeing more of your work!

Welcome aboard from the Panhandle area! You will learn much here (as long as hurricane season stays quiet!)

Hey Martin! Welcome aboard!

Hey Mence! Welcome!

Welcome Timothy! Look forward to seeing your work!

Hey Ray! Welcome to the site. I am new as well, and have nothing but support and great insight from all here! Enjoy and start posting your work!

So, got the engine bay painted up as best as my talent (and old eyes) allow. I am contemplating putting more wiring in the area, but maybe not....I do have that Revell 48 Ford that I need to move on to, but my model sanding kit recommends that I let the paint job dry (de-gas, I believed they used) THREE WEEKS before I start sanding it. Good grief! It's been a couple of weeks, so I should be good, right? Anyhoo....please notice the chrome around the front windshield. It's actually muffler tape. I bought about 50 yards of it at a hardware place for around $3.00 about 16 years ago. I still have tons of the stuff. I think it looks more "real" than bare metal foil. But, that could just be because I'm cheap. Thoughts? Suggestions? You guys let me know what I'm doing right or wrong. Thanks much and standing by for heavy swells.

Okay, so the tub is finished with the bench seat installed. I know that it looks like I over-weathered the seat, but I am starting to steer a little bit to the "realistic" look rather than the "my car is permanently parked in dust-free garage and attended by a guy with a California Duster." I think that might be a nod to my days of building 1/35th tanks. (When I was a kid, I built the Tamiya Kubelwagen three times because that's all I could afford.) Anyhoo, got that done, so now working on the cab.....

Okay, so getting the interior tub finished up. I had to add a cut of sprue across the two posts that are supposed to hold the seat because a bunch of test-fitting and measuring revealed that the front bench seat would not sit down on those vertical posts. I have no idea why the engineers would have created such an issue, and it was an issue. Then I putting a generous seam of glue on the sprue and sat the seat down on it. It worked. The seat is firmly in place.