dino246gt

Man I read every post, this thing is amazing! As crazy as it is, I love it! (getting lost in model building and losing track of time is one of my favorite part of the hobby too)

Oh yeah, that is so cool! Great work so far, keep it going! I see ONE side of the bed shortened, I hope you've got the other side to match. LOL Great frame too!

Yes, the fabulous Tamiya kit, I cut open the doors.

Wow, I sure hope you'll be selling those rims? All the stuff you have already looks great, love that Hot Rod!

Love the weathering!

I like that couple design, why not have a molded on "bump" on the rear lid, sort of like the '59 Imperial? Just a thought, I think that was done on some coachbuilt cars of the 30s.

Love your engine! The spider kit doesn't have full engine detail, because of the small opening for the spider, not much of the engine shows.

I think MotoMaster is the old name of Duplicolor.

I've started making some of the "stuff" for under the hood, the kit has nothing for that. I hollowed out the underside of the air intake, then added a bottom. I drilled out a battery (kit does have one, I like this one more) and added details Also added a radiator, but I had to cut the rad wall because the kit rad was molded in, now I have a separate rad. I scratch built a heater. So here are some of the parts I intend to add under the hood to fill it out a bit better. (again though my stuff is NOT totally accurate, I just like the look)

Cool! I already made my own heater and other "stuff" but it's cool to see new stuff for Scouts! What else are you planning to make for the Scout?

Ya gotta admit, that's a pretty poor represtation of the inside of the tailgate! So I cut the sides off and started to make my own. (not totally accurate, but way better)

I added styrene to make the floor pan fit closer to the body. Then I covered the rear area with a thin sheet. I glued evenly spaced strips on to simulate a corrugated sheet metal floor. (not correct for a Scout, but I like it) With the other parts sitting on, it looks acceptable, for now.

Before I can make the interior whole again, I cut it apart! That left me with a real mess! I had to make those "pockets" to clear the front shocks.

There are no shocks in the kit, so I took them from the Big Country kit, 8 of them, and made my own mounts. With the axles mounted below the leaf springs, and a little paint, I have a roller!

Okay, well mine won't be totally correct, but I have started making some of that "stuff" to fill the engine bay, however, I'm still a long way from fitting any of it! I chose the tires from the Chevy Big Country kit, but want to keep the wheel backs out of the Scout kit. They have plastic inner tire sidwalls as part of them! So I shaved them down to fit the Big tires, and wrapped some styrene around them to make more of a glueing surface. I like the wheel fronts from the Monogram Land Rover, and I got some resin Warn hubs. Then I drilled out all the centers to fit the front hubs.

Nice little fix on the front fitment, thanks!

No I didn't know any of that, where are those threads? I've already made more mods, still I'd like to see what others have done.

It's just a can of Dupli-Color that I liked, not an accurate AUDI color. The uptop and interior are different shades of beige. I de-chromed the wheels.

I built the engine pretty much out of the box, but added some wires and removed all chrome. Check out the thickness of the fan belt though before I thinned it!

And the roof, I cut that off. I started by sawing just behind the windshield header, to prevent breaking that, then I used the old backside of the Xacto blade to remove it, leaving the top of the doors a tiny bit higher.

I saw a Scout II with the roof off and though I should try that with the old AMT/ERTL kit, so I dug it out. Well it's pretty simplified, but I can change all that! The interior and frame are all one, that's not good. The front and rear suspension, axle, driveshafts, each one part, again, that won't do! So I carefully cut everything apart, now I have what appears to be a more detailed kit to work with.

I did the Spider version for a totally OUT OF BOX build, nothing extra! Great kit, I think you'll really enjoy the coupe version.

In defense of collectors, I am one, and I'm happy to see re-issues of them all! Originals will always be originals and collectible. I'd never sell a rare unbuilt kit to be built, the value to me isn't in the money, it's the fact that they can bring back fond memories, and they're just so cool to see! I love building and there are so many great kits available at regular prices to be built, chopped, cut up, kit bashed, and more! As a collector, I am NOT a speculator, so I hope I am not killing the hobby!

Those valve/cam covers can easily be sanded and filed into the correct shape. They're not staying chrome anyway, even if they are, Molotov pens will help.

That idea of using a card, like those in magazines for ordering, works better than toothpicks in door lines. You'll have to keep using different corners as they soften up, of course since there's only 4 corners, you should cut the card in half or more. Another method is running the body under hot, or very warm, water and using an old toothbrush. Yet another way using toothpicks is to file the end of the round toothpick into sort of a wedge, making the end thinner. You'll have to keep the toothpick inline with the panel line.