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I just saw this one in the new MCM, don't know how I missed it being announced. Anybody picked one up and if so your thoughts?

Man, I've never built a big rig before and this kit's got me salivating at the possiblities. Great choice of subject and the mockup is looking awesome. I can see it now done up in Chaos Motorsports livery. BTW, is there a modern race-car hauler in 1/25th or would it be a complete scratch build?

Other than picking up a couple of the '02 Camaros for kitbashing the LSx motor/T-56 tranny from my wallet is safe.

That's awesome work. I've got Xara, which is another vector art program that works similar to Illustator, but have never done anything like this with it.

Here's another home-built one. It's of a down-draft design with a Dayton squirrel cage blower below the expanded metal stage. It takes a standard 14x25 furnace filter which slides between the expanded metal and the head space above the fan. I've attached a file given to me by Klaus Raddatz who was a regular over on the Hobby Heaven (now Spotlight Hobbies) board. It contains pretty much everything that you need to build a booth to industry specifications. For about $100 (back in 2004), most of which was the cost of the blower, I've got a commercial grade set-up that's given me years of trouble-free service. We've got a big ole sheetmetal brake at work, so I plan to eventually go that route on my next one.

I've used Treble since the board change and just realized it's the only skin without a direct link to Messenger. I thought that it was done away with when the board was updated until I got an PM. Still can't access Messenger unless you have an unread message then you'll get a link to your inbox. I guess I'll have to change skins to IBS Red.

Thanks Marc

They have a few things that I'm interested in but I'm always a little leary ordering from overseas. I've heard great things about HLJ and HW Japan but these guys name doesn't come up very often. TIA

I just put up about a dozen kits over there and now I'm headed to the garage to finally tackle my buckets o' parts.

Try typing "find Chuck Norris" into Google and hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button. If you're familiar with his lore you'll understand.

Once I get a chance to break these down into more manageable lots, they'll be headed there. Parts lots don't really have a category so would they be better off in PE, decals, etc. or the anything else area?

Very clean build. I would never thought to use red over green.

Steel wool is actually some useful stuff and very flammable. I saw on one of those survival shows that you can use steel wool and a 9-volt battery to light a fire. Just rub the posts of the battery across a fluffed up pad of steel wool and it sparks to life. It'll burn hot and long enough to dry out whatever kindling you can find. I carry some now in the truck just in case.

Thanks Mike, the Testors kit does appear to have a stronger visual impact than the C4 AMT kits. The front suspension on those kits are lacking at best.

Any chance of seeing some pics of that chassis from the underside? I've been eyeing one of those kits for years for the sole purpose of stealing the Vette suspension out of it. I haven't pulled the trigger because I could never find any detail pics. TIA

Arghh, that figures. I hesitated in buying them because of the issues with the rear tires and they sold out by the time I checked back. I'm sure I'll come across another set someday.

Here's mine... I got it for my 5th or 6th birthday and it marked the start of a lifelong love of Corvettes.

I'd just love to have a direct link to my inbox without having to have a new message waiting for me when I come to the site. Evidently, it's supposed to there somewhere when I select "Signed in as ..." but it's not in the dropdown. I eventually just sent myself an email to my real world account with a link to the address of my MCM messenger inbox.

Great job on the Rubicon. Here's mine I built a few years ago, my first attempt at weathering. I'd love to find another one but they can be hard to come by.

Needed a little thump for the stereo face that I drew up so I added some "separates" to the door panels. They're just some headlights and driving lights from my parts box painted Tamiya semi-gloss black. Not really true to form but I think they'll work at a passing glance. The "subs" in the rear deck are the some air cleaner parts from the AMT 70.5 Camaro again painted semi-gloss black. I decided to keep the cloth inserts in the seats when I went from the original tan/brown to the black interior. Everything is done up in Tamiya blacks, BMF and flocking. The digital gages and stereo face look right at home.

That's awesome! I hadn't heard from you for awhile. Just remember that Xara is like working with construction paper when we were kids, just digital. Break everything down to it's basic shapes, layer and cut to get the result you're looking for. The font is called digital and I downloaded it from one of those free fonts sites. There's at least a half dozen or so similiar fonts out there that I know of. I could email the one I've got to you if you want.

There's nothing wrong with the late 70's-early 80's Vettes. The wife says I can finally look for something to play with once the trucks paid off and with four kids those might be the only Vettes in my price range. Yours is looking good, keep us posted.

Well I wasn't happy with the stereo faces I was finding on the net so I drew up my own in Xara. They seem to get way too pixelated when you reduce them. I wanted one of those fancy new ones with the LCD screen that matched the digital gages I got in the dash last night. I didn't get too fussy with all the lettering because it'll just disappear when I scale it down.

Thanks Marc. Looks like I'll have to get an order in on the Aoshimas. Kind of a bummer on the rear tires though.