Ben

I tell ya what, if I lived in that area, the first thing I'd build is an underground storm shelter!!!! I can't believe we aren't hearing of people that had one and were able to ride out the storm safely in them???

I have been working on a 75-76 Ford WT9000 cabover for several years now. I am currently waiting on parts such as the grille and emblems to be drawn up for photo etching as well as a way to make the rear inside sleeper wall that has the raised letters spelling all the famous mountain passes. Unfortunately, having to wait for others to make these items,, I have no way of knowing when the cab will be available.

It means, you have sunglasses, a smile on the side of your face and a round, yellow head. What do I win?

Hey Matt, I'm about 99% sure that those airbags should be in the rear. The arms are called "trailing arms" because they "trail behind". I have have worked on hundreds of different air ride setups and I've never seen them mounted that way. I'm sure Monogram messed up when they drew up the instructions.

Yep, that's a LGPV (Low Ground Pressure Vehicle) They use them on the ice roads. It can run you over and not hurt you! The balloon tires are driven by a motorized wheel that rubs against the top of each tire.

I paint the outsie first. It's easier to mask off from the outside, the finish doesn't need to be as perfect as the outside and you can get away with brush painting on the inside. I would wait until the paint has cured a good long time on the outside before masking though.

Cool! I like it!

How cool would it be to be able to start it remotely on the contest table! That would surely grab the judges attention! LOL

Cool! I like the Stang!

Now this is awsome! I pop in several pages later and everyone is still being good! Everybody gets a smiley face!

My initial post was not an attack on the builder in any way. I stated a couple times that I thought his work was very nice. My response was geared towards the original author of the thread in stating that I have seen much more complex builds from builders who do use the term "scratch built" and their models are fully scratch built in every sense of the word! I can see that this builder is very accomplished. His work is very nice. However, I have seen many other models that go far beyond this particular truck's level of detail. Now, even with knowing of models that exceed the level of detail that I see in this build, I'm not going to go find the pictures of one of the builds I refer too, and then state that anyone that does not build to the level of THAT model, shouldn't use the term "scratch built".

Thanks Jon, they're better than nothing!!!!! It appears that there may have been more than one "custom" looking Chevy van in the movie as I was looking at a clip on YouTube and "Mother" was walking away from a van just like the one in your pics but it had windows on the passenger side, rear panels.

It's so nice to see a thread where someone can voice their opinion and even though others replying to the thread may not agree, everyone is being civil and respectable with their replies. Nice job guys! I wish they could all be this way!

Hey guys, I finally scored a couple of the Little Monogram 1/32 Snap Tite Emergency Van kits and I'm going to modify them a little and have decals made to replicate the Chevy van that Bill Cosby (Mother) drove in Mother, Jugs and Speed. If I can find enough good pics to get the decals made, I'm going to have them done in 1/32 and 1/25 so the same ambulance can be built using a Revell 1/25 van kit. So far, I can only find a front shot on Google. I was hoping someone on here might know where there's some good side and rear shots?

I don't know what tires your looking at but in the pictures of it being built, he has the Italeri rubber tires on it and the completed model has the older Italeri two piece, styrene tires. He may have copied the hard two piece tires into rubber resin but they are not made from scratch. I'm not hatin by any means, I think he did a great job, but for the author of the post to claim that others who use the term "scratch built" look stupid, really should do some research and see what other master modelers are out there that truly build completely from scratch with no kit parts whatsoever.

Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man...that poor guy! His house, street rod and motorcycle all destroyed in one shot! That's painful to look at.

I personally don't see what's so special about this build? It's nice but I have seen many other builds that have much more work into them and are entirely scratch built, This truck has several parts from kits. I'm not knocking his work, it's very nice but I have seen much, much better! There are some construction equipment models out there that would make this look like a snap together!

I know someone who's going to be awfully busy casting cabs!!!!!!!!

Are they in the pics? I can't find them? Did you catch them or buy them?

I think Moebius and Dave have done an outstanding job. If there's one thing I know very well, it's model trucks! I have at least two of every truck kit ERTL and AMT have ever produced as well as hundreds of Revell and Italeri kits. I have mastered many, many parts that have been sold worldwide dedicated to truck builders. There's always going to be minor compromises in model kits. I, for one, am overjoyed with this offering and feel that for a kit this well detailed, thought out and low priced, I can overlook something as minor as a seam in the tanks. For twenty bucks I can put real machined aluminum tanks with no seam at all. Problem fixed! Thank you Dave for all your research and development on this kit!!!!!!!!!! Thank everyone at Moebius for me as well!

The AMT Kenworth W925 kits, Alaskan hauler and K123 cabover kits all have four piece chrome fuel tanks. I use really nice, one piece, highly polished machined aluminum fuel tanks on my builds. Jamie Rahmoeller makes them. He's making two sets to my specs right now. One set for a Revell Kenworth cabover and one set for a IH Transtar. I wish I could get him to make them more often! They are gorgeous!!!!

Find the name of the company that manufactured the shelving "kit". Then find what model it is. Call the company and see if they will sell you extra shelves. That way everything will match.

Wait a minute.....we're supposed to finish these things and display them???? I thought the box they came in was where they stayed?

Eric and I were talking about possibly turning this into a more complete kit but after looking at some AMT Ford van kits that I have, they are a lot shorter than this van. I was hoping I could use one of their chassis and an engine and trans from a modern Ford pickup. This chassis plate has a lot of detail and fits the body perfectly with no gaps between the body and floor! It would be so easy to just get out the Dremel and cut away the engine area, drivestaft area and rear axle if you want to add more detail. Also, this way, it keeps the kit price lower as there's fewer parts to mold and cast.