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Yes, the 429 and 460 has the same outside appearence, the difference are the stroke of the crank.
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Looks good.
One thing tho' the rear wheels isn't correctly mounted, the outer lip should be inside the tires and the wheels should look like this.
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On 11/22/2023 at 4:36 PM, Rockford said:
Well, great minds think alike Charlie, I fitted a couple of bosses through the side rail, cut the crossbar and inserted the brackets and it looks ok. The bosses will blend in better when everything is green. Looks much more like the real thing.
In the photo of the real thing they've moved the deckplate to behind the 5th wheel for a stunt where Sonny unhitched a drawbar trailer from the pintle hook fitted to the rear cross member. The deckplate was only held by rubber straps.
That goes for the deckplate forward of the fifth wheel too.
Here is a picture of one of the 1975 trucks and I believe the 1974 trucks were the same...note the 1975 trucks did not have any grab handles on the back of the sleeper.
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Ford had two different power steering pumps in the 60's, the earlier up to 1965ish Eaton pump with external reservoir either on top of the pump itself or remote mounted on the inner fender. and the later from 1965ish Ford pump with integral reservoir like the one in the pictures above.
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Nice model Jürgen.
But this is the "On The Workbench" section where we show our models in progress before they are finished, and as this is a completed model it suites better under the "Under Glass" section where completed models are shown. -
On 11/2/2023 at 5:05 PM, Dave Ambrose said:
We shipped replacement magazines to you. Did you get them?
I got them today, Thanks.
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On 11/15/2023 at 8:12 PM, Gary Chastain said:
Is the trailer scratch built or did you have something to start from?
It looks like a trailer from Keystone Aluminum Model Miniatures now defunct, they did a few different versions of the "Duel" trailer, single and dual axle.
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I wouldn't buy from any other than Pavel.
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I would say the Aoshima kit.
I have both the Aoshima and the Fujimi Enthusiast kit and the Aoshima kit is a little less detailed but looks to be easier to build.
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I saw it at Nitro Revival at Irvindale CA yesterday.
It even cackled at the cackle fest.
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On 11/2/2023 at 9:05 AM, Dave Ambrose said:
We shipped replacement magazines to you. Did you get them?
Not yet as far as I have seen...but I'm presently in the US on vacation so I haven't checked for some days...when did you send them?
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I got the #221 issue in the mail today, second in a row so hopefully the delivery problems are solved now.
I'm still missing #217, #218 and #219 tho'. -
On 10/17/2023 at 10:37 PM, ColonelKrypton said:
For the past couple of days I have been experiencing problems similar to what others have been describing. This is a first as up to now I have not experienced any of these problems.
Rather than post in the longer thread which has now started to have descended into a more heated discussion and pointing fingers, I will add my observations here.
I started to have some issues starting a couple of days ago, maybe three or four.
I primarily use Chrome but knowing very well that sometimes changes may effect one browser and not another I tried, a number of times, different browsers - Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Brave. Behavior on all of these browsers is exactly the same whether I am logged in or not which to me indicates that whatever the issue it is not specific to any one or two browsers.
There are several things in respect to behavior that I am observing.
Logging in. When logging in I get warnings that "the connection is not secure", and "this form is not secure" and this in spite of the little padlock icon on the URL bar indicating a secure https connection.
Logged in or not, like other users have been reporting, regardless of browser, I am unable to continue beyond page one of multi page threads UNLESS I "right click" on the next page number or next or last page >> and select "open in new tab" which causes that page or next page or last page to be opened in new a tab.
Logged in, like other uses have been reporting, regardless of browser, I cannot "like" a posting getting this error:
There may be other issues but not that I have spent any time looking for.
Since, these behaviors are being experienced by (many, most, all) users and does not appear to be one or two browser specific then the problem lies elsewhere than users cache, user service providers, model or make of computer, or choice of internet browser. Rather, the issue more than likely lies with the forums host, some sort of php or javascript or certificate issue, change, or upgrade perhaps. Britmodeller uses this same forum software and I have not noted any of these issues on that forum.
The admins are well aware of these ongoing issues and are hard at work sorting the issues.
cheers, Graham
Same here.
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On 10/12/2023 at 6:19 PM, stitchdup said:
i think there is a pair of fronts very close to those in the polar lights mustang funny car
All Polar Lights Funny Car kits has the same chrome tree with 2 wheel choices for the rear and 3 wheel choices for the front.
But none of them resembles the Weld Aluma Star wheel wich is a more modern wheel style than these.
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On 10/9/2023 at 1:21 AM, ranma said:
Thanks I already knew that. But then Atlantis may have gotten the molds??? It would be a nice display having a AMT van Trailer with the Rat Fink decals on it along with the Outlaw and Mysterion. Then also switch rigs to the Ford Coe that is made by amt..
I think the two axle Ford C800 with a gasoline engine is way too small for the AMT Trailmobile moving van/race transporter trailer...but that's my opinion.
The reason I thought the car choice was a bit odd was that AMT didn't have these kits but the competing company Revell did, even if the molds are with Atlantis now it's still kind of odd, but that doesn't matter much as one can use them for a display anyway.On 10/9/2023 at 4:38 PM, Mr. Metallic said:This trailer would probably would make more sense as a merch trailer or something (that's a LOT of mech, even for someone as famous as Roth). I'm not disputing the fact that this trailer doesn't make much sense as a car transport. But I think it's more of a instance of it being a recently used tool that Round2 are just trying to squeeze more dollars out of by slapping the Roth Logo on the box. Just like the Coke themed boxings.
When was the last time that race car hauler was ever released, the early 90's? It's a shame that one hasn't made a return.
The AMT race transporter trailers came 1990 at the same time as the Kenworth T600A and T600A Canepa.
It's not a big loss if the AMT race transporter hasn't been reissued since then, it's wrong for a post 80's race car transporter anyway. The trailer is originally the old Trailmobile moving van trailer from 1972 with an added kind of a racing car transporter interior with very long folded ramps for a race car to get access to the upper floor, and the racing teams stopped using old moving van trailers a long time ago.
I do have a couple of them (one customized to fit a 90's 300 inch wheelbase Top Fuel Dragster built a long time ago) but they are quite short at 40 feet and are better as a moving van trailer than a race car transporter, and if I want to do another race transporter trailer I will probably build a more accurate 53 foot Featherlite style 2 story trailer with a rear lift gate from scratch. -
The Testors HSO kits with the metal wheels and photo etch were issued in 1998-99 if you go by the date on the instructions wich is the only date on these kits, the Scalemates timeline for these kits are not correct as I believe these HSO series kits came about the same time as they have subsequent numbers, 7401 for the Olds 442, 7402 for the Plymouth 'Cuda, 7403 for the AMX and 7404 for the Rambler S/C, I have a few of them in my stash.
As far as I know Testors did not mold any kits themselves so they had kits molded for them from other manyfacturers or reboxed bagged kits from others like Italeri, Lindberg, Jo-Han and others.
One thing I know is that the AMX, Mercury Comet, Plymouth 'Cuda, Olds 442 and Rambler S/C tooling is missing after the last Testors issues and Testors was to issue another batch of these kits but it never happened due to that, who did the earlier issues for Testors I don't know...if it was left over stock from Jo-Han or if anyone else did the molding for them, if it was another company one would think the molds would still be there. -
As some here has mentioned, the 1/24 kits first issued under the Monogram name and later issued under the Revell name are the most modern and detailed.
The basic tooling is from back in 1984-85 when it came as a mid 80's Pontiac Trans Am in 2 versions and Ford Mustang 1 version, the tooling has since then been updated several times, with a 57 Chevy body wich Tom "The Mongoo$e" McEwen drove, and late 80's-early 90's Olds Cutlass bodies in 6 versions, mid 90's Dodge Avenger bodies in 7 versions and late 90's Pontiac Firebird bodies in 8 versions, the tooling was updated in the chassis and engine department over the years...so they are the best so far allthough it's not up to date today.
Revell also did all new tooling for the Hawaiian and Chi Town Hustler 69 Charger funny cars in 2010 so they are the newest. -
Not much available in kits.
But there are similar wheels on the aftermarket...some aluminum wheels meant for slot car racing or 3D printed wheels.https://www.dancingbearscaledcomponents.com/1/25-1/24modelracingwheel-store
https://www.futurattraction.com/wheels-cnc-1?page=4
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Nice to see you're at it again Rickard.
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The moving van trailer would for sure have been a better choise based on the decals, but I'm sure Ed "Big Daddy" Roth never had a semi to haul his cars around...so it's a "what if" anyway.
Another thing, Revell did the Mysterion and the Outlaw, not AMT, and the Orbitron was only available as a resin kit as far as I know, so it's a bit strange that Round 2/AMT chose to include them on the trailer sides.-
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3 hours ago, Juha Airio said:
I am sorry to say that I am still waiting for issue #220 to show up in Helsinki, Finland.
The mail delivery over to Europe, Sweden and Finland especially, seems to be very iffy and sporadic nowadays to say the least.
As you can see from my earlier post I'm still waiting for #217, #218 and #219 wich I haven't recieved and out of the last 10 issues I got 4 in the mail as it should, I've got replacements for a few but I'm still missing the ones listed above wich I've never got and I don't know if I ever will.
It's not only this magazine, I subscribe to a couple more with the same problem, among them Rodders Journal wich I know have sent out the two missing issues that was missplaced during their move to foreign subscribers, a couple of friends of mine got their copys back in early August...but I never got my copys and I still haven't and I don't know if they are disappearing into a black bottomless hole somewhere.
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2 hours ago, Mark said:
Looks like AMT. Some of the add-on parts look like they are carried over from the recent Surf Shark version.
The AMT version started out as the Ecto 1A (second of the original films). By altering it, Round 2 keeps the Polar Lights version intact. Most offshoot products like video games use the first version vehicle, so keeping that one intact would seem to be the thing to do.
The AMT Ecto 1A has chromed steel wheels with baby moons and the Polar Light Ecto 1 version has the full original style wheel cover, both are simplified kits, that's why I wondered.
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8 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:
'58? I wish...
Yes...this is a '59, not a '58.
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The only thing a clear coat will do is dull the BMF, I allways do the BMF last.
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Yes it looks like everything works as it should now, Thanks for the work you do Dave.