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Agree with Nacho z. It’s less than $20 and worth having it. Works great.

It has been a long time coming, but this barn find was started probably nearly40 years or so ago back in the day. It has been discovered and will get a complete restoration to the original intent of the initial build. The shape the model in now is exactly as it was left in the 1980's by the owner, who is the original owner! The delivery truck showed up at the shop today, with the car in pretty bad shape.... we will need some equipment to get it out of the truck. Yesterday the engine showed up, and our mechanics looked things over and checked that all the parts and pieces are there. Like any car project, some things won't fit the application and some parts are missing, so we did an inventory and my purchasing guy got out there and threw a fit because there wasn't a bill of lading nor a receipt of the individual parts. It was not itemized, as it came in as ONE BIG component. This may have its advantages as it entered and exited customs much quicker and might I add, less duty to be paid which made our accountant happy. So we sent those two guys off into the office to sort things out and leave the real car work to the mechanics. It didn't take long to clean up the parts and get them prepared for the machine shop on Wednesday - and wait for the project car which arrived today, Thursday. So now back to the project car, while the guys were figuring how to get the car out of the truck without damaging it, they figure they have to sublet a rigger to help get it out. Boy oh boy, the accountant got wind of that and all the added expense and went ballistic! Whoa! Things really hit the fan when he called the BOSS MAN and lit things up! So the BOSS MAN shows up and ripped everyone up and down! It was crazy! Once things settled down a bit the BOSS MAN and the guys figured a way to get the car out of the truck and set out to inspect the project. Little did we know that the car is actually a TR7, not a TR8 by checking the VIN, but really that is only a hood issue and some minor changes which were gonna happen anyway, since it is a complete rebuild of everything on the car. So for today the boys called it quits and headed off to the local bar to conjure up a plan on what and how they are gonna attack their new project.

Casey, I was referring to the Gunze Sangyo kit, which I have never seen. I have one each of the Monogram Tr7 and Tr8 already, very nice molds.

I am the older guy that Luc is referring to as well. Plus I owned a GMT800 1999 Sierra and currently have a newer F150 4 door. I would love to build these trucks as I already have a few of my own cars in smaller scale. Trucks are cool, very popular and the options to customize and modify are endless for the builder and the manufcturers.

Exactly Jordan. I am one of those middle age old age guys Luc references. I owned. 99 GMT800 Sierra and currently own a newer F150 and I am the guy wanting to build my vehicles. Including pickups. You can do so much with the stock kit it is endless!

Real question here,,,,why don't people want to model newer years of American full size pickups?

Wow. That whole set is some great work. Looks awesome especially how gravity has acted upon the lines and cables and such. That is hard to get right. Love the Volvo being repaired. That tractor may or may not get a restoration if those guys ever get finished with the job at hand! Thanks for sharing. I am just getting into building “stuff” for my shop.

Truck finally arrived with the 215 V8 block and parts along with the transmission to fit into the TR8. Looks like inventory time now to see what we all got. Iceman shipped it LTL freight from Ohio and only took a few days to get here through the storms. look for a separate WIP build soon!

I would like to see what is inside that TR7 box. The molding and proportions are real nice on the Monogram kit. I will be starting a WIP of the other kit (have 2 of them) that I started in the 80's and never finished. I have a special delivery coming via freight in the coming days, and should make the car run real nice...

MoparD, yes I thinned it with Lacquer thinner from Lowes. Maybe 40% paint, 60% LT, but it depends on the consistency of what is in the bottle. And if you use Lacquer thinner, do NOT put it back in the jar unless you plan to use it in the next week or two, it will gel up and be unusable. Yes, I am going to weather it, I got a plan but like many plans guys make, it will be improv night here at the bench!

A little work on the interior, and messing it up a bit. Think I need to make some sandwich wrappers, some smokes and a few PBR cans on the floor to make it more "inviting".

I think this is one of the models identified here?

Excellent work on the kit and photos. ???

That’s cool to see your development work Gary. Now are you going to put some payload on it or leave it as it left the dealer?

I’m going to paint models with colors I have in stock rather than what colors I would like to paint them. Fortunately I have a lot of stock but mostly grays and reds.

Nice build. I like older F1 cars and this is fun to look at. gray base FTW.

Car looks nice! Is that the boss man coming in late to catch up on some paper work ? He drives a nice green machine.

Nice model I like it! Never saw one built and was great to take photos of the interior before final assembly.

The "professional" children are some of the worst drivers. I won't go into it but we all know how formation driving works with these clowns, then speed up when past the other truck....

Here is mine. Low maintenance…. clean…

I was entertained yesterday. First, the mail woman couldn’t get up the hill on our unplowed road. I went out to help and knew where to quickly shovel as the snow drag was stopping progress. She backed up and got a run. Made it halfway. I asked her if she could do the exact thing again. She enthusiastically answered “YES”! I shoveled a little more. As you can see from the “other shot” you come downhill on dirt into a 90 left then uphill. She backed it halfway up that hill and nailed it and had it sideways and opposite lock with the throttle punched!!! So cool to see as she made it up to the top to deliver the mail! Attitude baby! We exchanged stories and off she went. then this clown gets stuck down there. Didn’t want any advice or help. Didn’t want water, hot chocolate or coffee. Fine. He called a service crew to winch him up the hill. Good all ages entertainment from the comfort of our home. ?

I use it at times when I need a part to stick on, and I can adjust from there. Larger parts that is. I use it for the wheel/tires on say, monogram stock cars where I need the car to set right and adjust the wheel alignment. Let sit overnight and boom…..

Welcome Gary, looks like you found the right place. We build a lot of stuff, and talk a lot of model building stuff. Don't know how we find time for anything else. Spent some time in Cadillac back in the day. Really nice up there.

Pretty cool. Never saw one of these built before! the early days of Tamiya!

Wow thank you for the fast reply! I will order one tomorrow. I will have to mod it a bit but hey, that’s modeling!