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I've said it before, this is one of the best models of a NASCAR Dodge Daytona I've seen and I really enjoyed the buildup back when you did it Jason. I just noticed one thing I did not see before...I see you used the Dana 60 rear end on your build, the NASCAR Mopar's had the 8 3/4 inch rear end even on the Hemi cars with manual trans, it's lighter and it's easier and a lot faster to swap gears in than the Dana so that's why they used it. To swap gears in the Dana you have to do it in the axle itself through the rear cover and that takes a lot of time, the 8 3/4 inch you can have different 3rd members/gear carriers with different gear ratios ready to go and you just pull out the drive shafts and swap the complete 3rd member as it's bolted to the front of the axle.

The auto transport trailer originally came in 1983 and the Prestige Auto Movers combo kit came 1985 and was originally issued 1984 as the Prestige Auto Transport combo kit, same basic kit in a different box and no car kits included. Originally it seems like Revell planned to do the car transporter trailer paired up with a Kenworth K100 Aerodyne as a combo kit, it even had the same kit No as the 1984 Prestige Auto Transport kit with the Pete 359, the picture in the catalog with the K100 it had two BMW's as a load, but it appearently never materialized. I saw the the Prestige Auto Movers kit on display at a wholesaler showroom wich only sold to stores back in the day, and wanted to get one myself but I couldn't find one at any store anywhere around me...so I bought the kits separate.

Yes I saw that, but I don't know what box the "bent A-pillar" kit came out of, if it was out of the flimsy side opener box I can understand it as these boxes are worthless piece of cheap cr*p IMHO, but it can also happen with the sturdier two piece boxes if they are packed wrong. It could also have happened at the factory for some reason but that should be caught at the quality control if they have one.

No kit should have bent A-pillars, if it does the packaging is poor and so is the quality control, I believe they still do the molding in China. I don't know if the box for this one is the for Revell Germany flimsy side opener box or the more sturdy Revell two piece box, I wish Revell would stop with the worthless side opener box wich doesn't allow stacking as they are flimsy as h*ll and doesn't carry much weight.

Archer Transfers is up and running again under new management as far as I know.

I agree that these type of channels may incurage some into taking up this hobby, don't get me wrong there, they probably do. But as I said, every buildup is the same regardless of model and that's not that incuraging and I would expect a little more from guys that builds 40-50-60 models a year, because building those kind of numbers doesn't make you "experienced" if you do it the same every time without taking on new techniques and try something else, you are experienced at what you are currently doing but will not evolve any further...that's my point. These guys are welcome to do what they want, it's fine by me, but I will not follow their channels as closely as I know what to expect. I just watched a video at the A4 Garage channel wich I hadn't watched before and that's more my type of builds, he looks like he knows what he's doing, so thank's for the tip. I also follow Model Car Muse, Clay Kemp and a few others.

Looks good. I have often wondered why Kenworth decided to put the battery box on the passenger side on the K100C's when most of the engines have the starter on the drivers side, likewise with the air cleaner wich are on the drivers side and most of the inline 6 engines have the turbo on the passenger side...so you have to cross over the battery leads and the intake tube on them. The W900 has the battery box on the drivers side under the door so it's more direct and the K100E's also have it on the drivers side. It doesn't matter but one can wonder why.

The Tamiya panel liner paints are banned here in Sweden and not allowed to be sold anymore, so we have to use different things for our models.

I don't mean to treat him bad at all, I just don't understand the fun in building like he does because I don't see the fun in it, but as I said, everyone have the right to build as they want, and if you put yourself out on youtube you will automatically be scrutinized, good or bad. I don't see much of the basic building techniques I mentioned in the videos I have watched by them, no prepping of the bodies other than washing them, not sanding off mold lines on them or on the parts, no fixing visible glue joints on two part pieces like engines, trannys, rear ends and such, it's not that hard to do if you want to and it lifts a model a notch or two. As I also have said, one doesn't have to super detail to build a nice looking model, build clean and use basic build techniques and put a little more effort in them and they will be better models.

Swirls and uneven colors are not uncommon on kit bodies and sometimes some scratches too because bagging a kit body separate is a fairly new thing, earlier everything was in the same bag except for the glass and chrome wich was unbagged at the bottom of the box, sometimes even the glass was in the same bag as all the other parts and was scratched up too, so that was expected when you bought a kit. These things doesn't matter much, just sand off the scratches and of course the mold lines on the body and paint with primer and paint and you will not see the swirls and scratches on the finished model, so that's not a big deal, but if the body is distorted it's another thing and would be replaced, but you can still expect it to have swirls and uneven colors because it's how the plastic flows in the mold. I never do a build with bare plastic even if it's colored, I paint everything because as I said, swirls and uneven colors are not uncommon on model kits and it never look good.

I watched The Autistic Modeler's last video yesterday where he showed all the models he built this year, he did 64 different models and that comes up to 1.2 completed models a week, I just wonder why one will do that because it's not like the one who builds most models in a year "will win"...it's not a competition, it's a hobby. He doesn't only build newly released models like HPIguy mostly does but he also has some sponsors and get kits for free, but sometimes he do old obsolete stuff from his own "vault", and sometimes he does some kit bashing and some resin stuff...but the building tecniques are the same as HPIguy, slap together as much as possible in sub-assemblies, paint with spray cans (wich is allright by me) and a little detail painting with some brush paint, sharpies and other pens, and put it together, so of course he builds them fast. For HPIguy, I belive he does at least one model a week too, he uses a food dehydrator to cure paint and everything faster so it's for sure possible to do so, HPIguy's channel is a review channel and he gets most of the models for free from Round2, Moebius and other places, but it's possible to do a review of a model and put a little more effort and finess in the build and maybe not built (imho) as sloppy as he sometimes does, I mean an experienced modeler would not build models like he does...maybe a beginner would but not an experienced modeler. I don't mean these guys should go the extra mile and super detail, open doors and trunks and hinge them and all that, just build a model with a bit more prep and use the common basic building tecniques most of us do, and the beginner will of course learn more from it. If I buy a model for $30 to $50 I would build them so they look nice at closeup and not only at five feet, even if I do it faster than normal, slap them together as fast as I can is definately not my cup of tea. The GTO model in my first post above was built straight out of the box in 3 days spray can painting, some with enamel paint was used for detailing, and air drying time included and I even did BMF and painted the redlines on the tires, if I had time to wait for the paint to cure completely I would have polished it too but I only had one week to do it, so no polish as the paint was too soft for that, I don't use a food dehydrator to cure the paint otherwise the paint might have had time to cure completely and it would have been polished, I built it for our local hobby shop for them to display and I did not pay for the kit so it was pretty much like for these guys. But as I said, all modelers have the right to build their models as they like, it's their model, I just think they would do a better content if they put a little more effort in their builds.

Great news. I really miss Dave Natale's parts.

I knew I would put myself in the "line of fire" here with my view of this but it's my opinion and I stand by it. Nobody demands that they should build one or two complete models a week, it's the builders/videomakers choice to do so, but I think slapping together a model in a few hours just because isn't that adjucating to a beginner modeler and they learn all they can from what these videos have to offer in viewing a couple of them, and then you want to learn more and and take a step to be able to build better models. You can show how a model comes together, parts fit and so on even if you put more effort in the builds and build slower and the video doesn't have to be 2 hours to cover that, it depends on how you edit the material as you don't have to show every single step in full, keep what's important and skip the unecessary things. They can easily show some basic tecniques most builders with some experience use like the ones I listed in my post above, it will give the less experiensed modelers more, I mean, I did the Pontiac GTO in my post above in 3 days of spare time total and I had a week to do it, so you can do a nice looking model in a week if you want to, it's just a matter of planning. The sub-assemblys they do are hastingly gone through and they don't even wait until the glue cures, they also put so much together that the detail painting is hard to do and don't look good so that's not my cup of tea, I do sub-assemblys myself but not to that extent, I do them so it's easy to detail paint and detail in general and the end result is much better. If time is the thing (wich it really isn't), I can slap together a car model in one day if it was for that, but it will definately not look good and it's no point of doing because building models is a hobby that's allowed to take time, relax and build and the model can take all the time it needs, that's the reason of doing it. But I do watch some of their videos to see how some models are, especially the ones I have not seen before, I skip most of the buildup and paint process and see how the finished model looks like, but I have been in this hobby so long that there's not much I haven't seen except for the new tool models. HPIguy does two videos a week normaly, one where he shows box contents of a model and one longer buildup video, and the box content videos are the ones I watch most if there is a model I'm interested in, and I only watch the buildup videos sometimes and skip most of the content as it doesn't give me much. But there are builders on youtube that builds their models more like I would do and I enjoy watching them a lot more than the guys slapping together a model in a few hours, it gives me a lot more. And I agree with Bill Engwer here, I can't believe how much glue they use to hold some smaller parts like valve covers, hub caps, glass and such, I react every time they do it. Steven Guthmiller hits the spot right on and I totally agree with what you say, Kurth also has a point

I assume many here watch youtube channels like HPIguys Workshop and The Autistic Modeler and I'm sure there are more, but these two in particular. I see myself as an experienced modeler doing this for over 50 years, and one thing I have noticed with both of these guys is that they slap together the models very fast without much prepping at all, they don't sand off mold lines on the bodies and other parts, don't fix visible glue joints and don't use much of the basic modeling tecniques that enhance a model a lot even if you don't superdetail it. I mean you can build a very nice model quite fast even if you use basic modeling tecniques like the ones I mentioned, yes it takes a little more time and effort but I built a model for our local hobby shop several years ago and did it in about 3 days and used these basic modeling tecniques and only detailed it with paint, and it came out very nice and I'm pleased with it. Both of these guys do a lot of subassemblys wich is fine and I do that too but not to that extent, I for one would leave off parts that will have a different color as it's easier to paint them separately and get to all nooks and crannies, because it's not easy to put together the complete engine and try to detail parts like exhaust manifolds, belt/pulleys and such with paint afterwards. I have watched many of their videos lately and they all are pretty much the same, they are maybe fine for a beginner modeler but you will not learn much, and for a more experienced modeler they don't have much to offer, I only watch them to see what the models they build are like and skip much of the buildup sequence as it doesn't give me anything. But of course, everyone build their models as they choose and have the right to do it, but I think a bit more basic modeling tecniques could be shown and the less experienced modelers would learn a thing or two, because slap together a model in a couple of days and take a lot of shortcuts doesn't give you a better model, and building models is a hobby, not a job where you must get out as many models as possible in a short time. Well enough ranting. Here is the model I built in about 3 days for our local hobby shop and I don't have that many hours in it. Detailed only with paint, BMF and not polished.

It's unfortunate Italeri didn't do the extra work to put in an engine, it lets down an otherwise good kit. I don't think anyone has done a conversion kit for this so you have to do it yourself as you might have realized and finding and put in an engine is the easiest part. The Volvo VN (L) is not available with many engine options as far as I know, their own D13 wich also can be found in MACK as the MP8, the D11 and Cummins X15, earlier you could get one with engines from Cat, Cummins, Detroit and of course Volvo. I have two of the Volvo VN kits and have plans to do this myself but I have not tackled the problem yet.

I will follow this. Pavel have nice products.

Not really, the aero version of the 1969 Torino was called Talladega regardless of engine, they had the 427 FE first but later got the 429 Boss, however the few street cars made had a 428 Cobra Jet.

I can see that. 😁 Volvo got Mack when they bought Renault in 2001.

More magazine deaths. They can't put out printed copys if no one buys them and people that don't buy the magazines and only go to the internet is to blame for that. I prefer to read a printed magazine before reading on internet because I hate reading digital magazines online and often I don't.

That particular style you can find in the AMT 32 Ford Phantom Vicky. It has a Ford Modular engine with evenly spaced exhaust ports and the headers will most likely work on the Hemi.

Well now you know. 😉 Many just think it's only the square headlights but as you see it's more, the overall length of the K100E cab wich came 1985 is 3 inches longer than the C, the windshields was angeled back 3 degrees more. If you see a K100E you will notice the headlights sits further in than on the C model due to the modifications of the front.

Yes, Volvo owns Mack since 2001 and the MP8 is essentially a Volvo D13 with some small differences. And yes, all Italeri truck kits are 1:24th scale.

Yes, Volvo owns Mack since 2001 and the MP8 is essentially a Volvo D13 with some small differences. And yes, all Italeri truck kits are 1:24th scale.

You know it's more than the square headlights that's different between a K100C and K100E do you? The grille is more squareish on the E model, the front of the cab is further forward so the windshields leans more backwards on the E, later K100E's also has more setback front axle. All K100E's also has the Aerodyne style dash board. Nice start Mark.👍

Yes it's Kenworth, but not a K100, it's a W900 with the drop front part, the K100 has straight rails. That particular frame on your picture landman is a single drive and it's from Tyrone Malone's race trucks, Super Boss and Bandag Bandit. For information, the chassis designation wich Kenworth did away with in the 70's was K125 and W925 for the torsion bar suspension with dual drive, and K121 and W921 if it was single drive (no tag or pusher axle) regardless of suspension type.