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You did a great job on a pretty demanding kit. So glad they re-issued it, it wasn't really a mainstream kit back in the day. Like the turbine car and the Deora too!

The pics are great! Where did you get your plans? The pics of the Pete indicate a very detailed build, esp. with the headache rack, chains, etc. Keep up the momentum!

Congratulations to JoelDirn on the tremendous model he's created so far. The details are amazing! For the Group25 Model Car Club's theme, GM's 100th Anniversary, I am toying with the idea of making my own 1/25 scale Futurliner. I have collected pics and such, and printed them to scale, but still need to find out a few details, like the front and rear shapes as seen from above. I'm sure there will be more questions as the work progresses. I enjoy vacuforming and will be making a series of wooden forms to shape heated plastic sheet over, making a series of sub-assemblies roughly corresponding to the opening features of the Futurliner. For now, I need to know if the front and rear bumpers are semi-circular or just have a pronounced curve. I can't see a way to determine these shapes from pics I've seen so far. If anyone has any pics or ideas that might help, i"m all ears. Below is a pic of some of my 1/25 scratchbuilt projects, not very detailed but curbside shelf models (I guess they're just detailed enough to make them recognizable for what they are...)

I've used Micro Krystal Klear from Microscale but have found that Weldbond from the hardware store is just as good. It's a white glue that dries clear, but can be washed up with water before it dries. I paint it on from the inside, trying to get it to flow under the edge of the window a bit. You have to let it dry overnight for a good bond, though http://www.bare-metal.com/decals/microscale_3.html

Maybe some eager modeler missed a step, LOL. Those IMC kits were not known to be easy to build. Found a picture of thesub-assembly that shows how the two-piece rear springs go together: Picture courtesy of http://members.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/

I thought you were referring to a Flxible design from the early '70's that mimicked the Fishbowl with it's multi-pane front windshield and slanted side windows... anyhow the proper link to the Cinci club is : http://www.ctha.org/

Thev Toronto Transit Commission has been rebuilding Fishbowls for years, and is still running over 200 of them while waiting for new Accessible replacements. The oldest still in service dates back to 1981! They also run used GM RTS's that they bought from other cities - strangely, they never bought the new ones, didn't meet their specs. Jackie Cheyenne did a nice RV adaptation of a RTS, posted at the Hobby Heaven Message Board a while back http://public.fotki.com/MustangGal/model_c...982_gmc_rts_ii/ While I never had a really good autocad-type drawing to build from, I have collected some material that I will put up in my Fotki album. Bob

Comment constructively...is that a joke? Looks like the kids left it out in the sandbox over winter... Actually, it's a very attractive two-tone paint scheme, and the weathering is not overdone. You must have studied one out in the field. Well done, I'm inspired to continue with the weathering of my Cat D800, then move on to the Payhauler still in its box. So many parts...

Engineer a master? Don't make it look so hard - just get some sheet styrene and start cutting! My GMC Fishbowl, school bus & armoured truck, all from scratch, although the further away you are, the better they look... Some shots of the bus building process are in my album Fishbowl Bus Seriously, some of the newer coaches have slab sides with fewer details that might not be too difficult to cut from .040 sheet plastic. Underbody details are hard to find and most buses are monocoque so there is no frame like a truck has, just subframes front & back. There are a few scratchbuilt buses on the net, here's an excellent one with a lot of detail built by Patrick Rogoski He has his own web page, perhaps a Google search will lead to it...

http://www.freewebs.com/rmrresin/ offers the only current school bus kits, and I've heard they're very good http://www.miniaturasdeonibus.com.br/ Leonardo from Brazil had some 1/25 buses, not sure if they're still available. Scales currently listed are 1/22 and 1/32