Ben

Where did you get that trailer for that hot wheels Smokey and the bandit cab??

The Super Boss is currently on the operating table. All the body panels have been repaired, the first coat of putty and Tamiya scratch fill primer have been applied and sanded. Still needs a couple more coats of the Tamiya scratch fill primer before I can shoot some spray primer over the area and wet sand to check my bodywork. If that all looks good my only roadblock will be matching all four colors properly. I think I can save her though.

Wanna see pure heartbreak!? I just bought this Super Boss with painted body, off EBay. Seller packed it with no "cushion" space around it and this is the end result. Really a shame as it was painted and decaled very, very well!

Uh.......nooooooooooooooooooooooo

DROOOOOOL! I think I have an inspiration for one of these kits now!

This company, G factor, makes all kinds of really tiny, brass propellers for ship models that would be perfect as 1/25 or 1/24 scale fan blades for cabin fans.

Plano model products sells these photo etch screen sets for HO scale trains but they could be used to make fans in 1/25 or 1/24 scale. Each of the little fan screens measures .55" in diameter.

I think I'm good now!

And then I just ordered one of these too! :)

Just ordered one of these.

Pretty darn sharp!!!

Hello, yes, the main shaft is machined steel and spins true. It spins at a very low RPM, so it should stay in balance forever. The bearing upgrade is suggested as the main bearing in the kit is just a plastic "doughnut" after a good bit of use, it may Waller out a bit so the metal, sealed bearing would prevent this from ever happening.

Awesome!! White is much easier to paint than black! I have the original, guess I'll grab a couple reissues! :)

That rates a double D! For ddamn!!!

You are very out of luck on getting those sets from Harald Weber. They were in a specific set for the freightliner cab over kit. He only made a very small run of those sets. I bought three sets as I knew they would be very rare! I have never seen those little fans offered in any other photo etch set. They were offered in an AMT truck kit on the Chrome tree. It was either the Watkins Kenworth or maybe the Freightliner I forget at the moment.

Go to moluminum.com there you will find the best aftermarket truck parts available! Wheels, tires, load binders, on and on! All kinds of cool stuff!!!

I have not actually tried it but if I was to try it, I would use half inch wide Tamiya masking tape and I would start by putting to tape rollers together side-by-side and then applying two strips of tape at a time, making sure the sides of the tape stay right next to each other all the way to the end, essentially covering the barrel completely with tape where the stripes would be. Then, after you get them burnished down really well, simply pull off one strip of tape and this will leave you with a perfect gap from beginning to end.

I would hold the hood under very hot water, not boiling but as hot as you can get it out of the tap. While holding it under the hot water twist it in the opposite direction of the warp, going a little further then you need to. Then, while still holding it in that position, run it under cold water. This will relax the molecules in the plastic and allow it to go back to shape. You may have to do it a couple times.

Beautiful!! Nice work!!

Yeah, what Mike said! :)

I have not seen a Dremel yet that will turn as slow as this drill does. It is geared very low so as not to melt the plastic as it drills.

OK I was just messaging back-and-forth with Brad Wike. The guy that built the most accurate real replica of the Smokey and the Bandit Kenworth. He said the truck is not coffee brown, it is black. It was painted to match the Trans Am. He had even confirmed it when he built his replica from the guy that painted the original trailer.

Yes, I bought mine off EBay. It came from Hong Kong. Took about ten days to reach me.

That little tube is a clear grease for lubricating the internal moving parts.