Ben

I'll shoot the TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's some pics of a trailer suspension I'm working on. The suspension was made by Clint freeman and is his low profile unit. Designed for lowboys, drop decks etc. I added the brake drums, hubs and brake shoes that I mastered years ago. I'm finally getting around to using them! LOL

Really looking good! Can't wait to see more!

Just used a can yesterday that had been sitting for about ten years. Had no problem at all.

The same tiiiiiiiired, worn out premise of having to build a "perfect car" within a stupid amount of time!!!!!!!!!! These shows are getting so bad it's disgusting! Nobody has original ideas anymore! If it isn't singing, it's building something too fast!

Awesome on so many levels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Jim, yes, I did all the final cuts on the inside, polished it and then added the acorn lug nuts and center cap (top hat when it's used as a rear)

Thanks Gordon!

They are the most accurate representations of an Alcoa ever offered in a kit so far.

Awesome, looks much better!

Really nice work so far!!!!!

All of us on here!!!!!!!

That would be a big chunk of aluminum to machine! I think Tony over in Australia is making several different 1/16 wheels that look great!

I have always thought the wheels make or break the model! It kills me to see a very talented builder go all out and build a really nice truck and then either use the old AMT wheels which are out of date and outlawed or they'll use the Italeri wheels which have that giant European looking drive hub!!!!! To me, it just ruins what could have been a great model! Seeing after market wheels on a truck really spreads it apart from others building the same kit.

Yeah it is!!!!!!!!

Here's a new wheel that I just finished machining a center cap for this evening. They will be sent to the caster tomorrow and will be available in resin soon. One the right is a completely machined wheel including machined lug nuts and machined center cap and hub cover (when used as a rear). On the right is what I was going to use. Those are modified Italeri wheels. I added the acorn lug nuts and center cap as well as machining the outer lip back to bring the center of the wheel outward. For the rears, I machined a Italeri Pete wheel in half, added an outer ring with a tubeless hump and installed my little "top hat" in the center. The resin wheel is designed specifically to fit the Italeri tires only, but the aluminum wheel will fit Italeri as well as many after market tires. I think the aluminum wheel turned out better so that's the one that will be copied into resin.

Thanks David!!! I'll pass the good words on to Jamie as well!

Thank you David!

Ok, I'll join in on the fun. Here's a pic of me with my Z71, a pic pf me with my 69 Camaro and one of me out with some friends.

Wow, that's some great news!!!!!!!! I want that drag, slot track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wanna be on the cover in my birthday suit!!!!!!! Wait....................what were we talking about??

I use Tower Hobbies for my "bulk" purchases. I joined their "Super Saver Club" and get free shipping on any order over 150.00. Also, Tower will usually match anyone else's advertised price as long as that other place has the product in stock. You do have to ask before ordering though. I have literally saved hundreds of dollars using them! For single kits, you just have to shop around all the known, online sites that sell models for the best price with shipping.

Hi Gordon, I just made a new folder in my Fotki showing how the actual parts look. They are in the "Resin Wheels for Sale" album. www.public.fotki.com/lotso

Hi Terry, unfortunatly I don't offer either of those wheels. The lug nuts can be bought from RB Motion but I don't have any wheel blanks. My Alcoa ten holes were made from existing ten holes. I just made a lot of modifications.

They do look like that! I'll probably just strip them and have them replated. Thanks Gordon!