Rob Hall

I'll probably dabble in 3d printing a bit here soon, my company has ordered a Makerbot Replicator 2 for our new office fun room. Not sure what we will do with it (my company does enterprise software/web site consulting).

I never cared for Tom's boxes, too flimsy. The 550 count sports card boxes are larger and sturdier.

'Matchbox Ford F350' There was also a Texaco-livery wrecker version. The Texaco one I have is this--http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEXACO-MATCHBOX-99-FORD-F-350-PICK-UP-TRUCK-1-25th-MIB-NEW-/150997957726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23282dfc5e but IIRC I paid under $20 for it back around '00. Matchbox had a 1/24th Dodge Power Wagon then also (the '40s era one).

I think it was the Trumpeter 1/200th Bismarck. Tower Hobbies lists it for $284, and it's over 49 inches in length.

I found the Matchbox one on eBay...I think I have one in storage in silver w/ Texaco graphics...here's a Coke one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-24-G-Scale-Coca-Cola-Coke-Ford-F-350-Diecast-Pickup-Truck-/160982173650?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257b4907d2

Matchbox made an 1/24th scale F350 dually diecast about 10 years ago, I don't recall if it was a regular cab or extended cab. Late model regular cab pickups of any form are pretty uncommon around here, I mostly see extended and crew cab PUs....

Speaking of military kits, at my LHS a few months ago I got see a new tool aircraft carrier or battleship in the box...this thing was massive, maybe the biggest kit I've ever seen--the box was about 4 feet long...the trees had a vast number of parts....would need a lot of space to build it. IIRC, it was something by Trumpeter.

There are many resin sources for Mopar steelies, but all are 1/25th AFAIK.....the R-M '69 Coronet is 1/24th, would be nice to have some in 1/24th to use on this kit and early '70s 1/24th Mopars (the steelies in the R-M '70 Road Runner are mid-to-late '70s police style wheels).

In 1/24th?

Could be...I have that kit, don't recall how it's labeled. I do remember the '59 Chevy and '59 Cadillac being labeled as Monogram, even though they are 1/25th.

Beautiful build..I have those AF/X parts, haven't used them. Love the color, the wheels, and the photography.

Also remember many of us here are true modeling geeks (in a positive sense of the word) and while we may know that kit XYZ was released as a Revell subject in 1963 when we see it as labeled as a Monogram today, but to the average modeler it is something 'NEW!!'

Probably...IIRC, the C5-R kit wheels are pretty small in diameter compared to the Shelby kit wheels, though. I've looked at building a Trans Am series style race car from the Revell '10 Camaro using C6-R wheels and tires, chassis parts, etc and the race car wheels look so tiny w/ the stock bodywork...

True enough...I enjoyed building Monogram kits as a kid in the '80s, didn't think much of Revell until the late '80s new tool kits started appearing. But I do think it is weird to see a modern-tool Revell kit labeled as a Monogram. In a similar vein, I do like how Round 2 is trying to be consistent w/ labeling MPC-origin kits as MPC and AMT-origin kits as AMT.

My older brother built models as a teenager and passed his kits down to me when I was a kid, he never got back into it. My sister built a few as a teenager also, and in the last couple of years she's gotten back into it also, focused on 1/20th scale F1 kits, NASCAR, and vintage endurance racing subjects....alas, like me, work and life takes up her time so she's better at buying kits than finishing ones so far... My dogs are good at stealing parts and leaving tiny tooth marks on them...

It is strange. Both the Monogram '55 Chevy and Revell '55 Chevy are currently available in Monogram-labeled boxes, for example.... Personally, I'd rather see Monogram-origin kits (which usually are 1/24th) labeled as Monogram, Revell-origin kits (and kits tooled after the '80s merger/aquisition) labeled as Revell, and I guess RoG-origin kits labeled as Revell. Or to simplify, go back to the Revell-Monogram labeling on everything..

One blunder IIRC in the '90s was the instructions of the AMT Ford Ranger mentioned checking w/ your local Chevy dealer for color codes, etc. Or it was vice versa w/ an AMT Chevy S10 kit.

That would be silly w/ a model car, wouldn't it?

That's similar.... I've found the 550 count sports card boxes (I posted a picture) to work well w/ 1/24th and 1/25th scale models...the lower count sports card boxes are too short for full size car kits, and the higher count ones are too long....

For storing builtups I've bought that are missing their original boxes as well as promos, I use the 550 count sports card boxes...heavy cardboard w/ folding lid. They are available on eBay and at sports collectibles stores. Pretty sturdy. I've also noticed that several of the better resin casters ship their kits in similar boxes. If you are looking for actual model car boxes but blank, I don't know of any sources for them.

Sharp build..nice period color choices.

The Monogram Satellite was in the '82-84 range IIRC. No idea if MPC still had the license...they released the '74 RR as a 'GTX' in the mid '80s because I assume they didn't have a license then.

It is odd that AMT did the Wildcats up through '66 then again in '69-70 but skipped '67-68. Those big fastbacks were all pretty interesting, IMO.

The 1:1 subject is so hideous that the only way to improve it would be to run over it with a tank.

Something always seemed off about the 4wd wheels & tires on those kits...I read somewhere that they may have been 1/20th scale parts.