Andria H

makes me wonder about the 1/16 vans and Jeeps.

The Fun Trucking Courier and Luv Machine I want to see back again. Monroe Handler and Husky Hauler etc. too. I grew up on 70s and 80s car magazine back issues so love that era.

thank you very much!

Finished 1/25 scale 1941 wood-paneled teardrop travel trailer, based on a Marketplace find Star Models resin kit that had been started with the body prepped/main parts primered. I created a faux wood finish on the body with briar brown fenders, added curtains to the windows and a doped aircraft canvas finish to the roof, and added self-adhesive mahogany crafting veneer cut to shape with an X-Acto Knife to the inset panels as well as the front & rear. I finished the build with Lindberg '34 Ford truck wheels/hubcaps, a 1929 Model A Ford front bumper as rear bumper, 1941 California license plate, parts bin taillights, and diagonal spare tire bracket.

Mocked up and ready for paint. Spaced out the last progress photos since I got so engrossed in veneering and faux finishing it so I will call it "under glass" at this point. Thread link:

Picking this up off a local guy who was selling it for less than it's worth in the morning on 8/16/25. After I clean up the resin castings and remove the mold-release residue, I will update the thread.

excellent, I am hoping to get one sometime in the future. Might even make a transporter set using an AMT '60 F100 and trailer.

thanks, Jim & Al

thanks, Bob. Appreciate your comment & enthusiasm

As seen in the WIP board. This is the venerable Lindberg reissue of the even older AMT pickup truck tooling, I converted it into a 1-ton curbside light commercial truck in used but not abused condition with 1940s company logos on the doors, Ertl Diamond T Doodlebug wheels/tires from a 1/30 scale coin bank in bad condition, authentic interior and opened front windshield, air horns on the roof, and a 1/35 scale WWII troop transport bed modified to suit.

Last bit of progress before final assembly of small parts, some light aging and such, and the Under Glass thread, which I will link up. Due to breaking both radiator hoses and not being able to find a set of 1936 or 1939-40 cylinder heads with rad hoses integrated, I glued the hood shut once I got the engine in. Under glass thread:

More progress underway.

How is the MPC Can-Am reissue to build? I like the simplicity of its decal scheme and how easy that aspect seems to recreate, but I am worried about the kit being brittle or poorly designed. The Howmets are among my favorites of this era/genre now that I have discovered them and started deep diving into road racing/Can-Am.

Philip Glass is a favorite of mine, as are numerous others mentioned previously. "Pruit Igoe" by Philip Glass is a good listen

Very creative work! If you don't want to go with an AMT Scout V8 or a non-IHC engine, you could always make a Mobius or 3D printed Ford inline six look like an old Silver Diamond six,

Frame progress. The kit supplied bed supports are glued on, as are the battery and toolbox and exhaust system.

thank you!

More progress. Wheels/tires from a kid-damaged Ertl 1/30 scale fire truck bank and a parts bin front axle/kit rear axle on parts bin front spring fill out the wheel openings, paint is starting to look like what I had in mind, and cab/hood are sitting on the fenders.

Restarted the build. Paint color will be 2-tone beige with black fenders/grille shell/headlight casings/front glass surround, Japan Army Green engine block/transmission, upholstered seat in simulated dark brown duck canvas, floor mat in Testors "vulcanized rubber" enamel, detailed gauge cluster and surround/knobs on the beige dash, and the '34 grille bars will be dechromed and modified to work in the '32 passenger shell. A toolbox will be added to the curb side of the frame behind the cab/under the vehicle, with an external battery out on the driver's side. Front bumper may be a perforated steel rail bumper from an AMT '53 F100 kit, or may end up just being a kit supplied chrome bumper.

thank you!

Great model of a not so great car!

Start on an antique mall find. Paint is Rustoleum Spa Blue Gloss (Dullcoted inside to simulate leather) with Krylon silver paint marker for the chrome and a very old bottle of Illinois Bronze craft paint for the carpet and vinyl top. Chassis was oversprayed in flat black, engine block will be GM Corporate Blue with cast iron finished transmission.

Looks great Gene, and thanks for the comments!

thanks all!

and only getting hotter.