Chuck Most

This has to be a Mopar freak's dream. Well done, all of them.

Another beauty!

The only one I've got so far- may be a priority project this winter.

I don't have the foggiest- I dug up that pic from the 'net. It clearly does have some mismatched rubber on it though. Seems pretty typical though- every old farm beater you see has an odd tire or two on it. If you're running a junker, doesn't matter what kind of tire it is as long as it's black, round, capable of holding air, and has something at least resembling tread on it.

Glad to have you, Christian.

I'm bewildered and angered by people who post pictures of their meals on the internet, after ramming it through all kinds of filters and apps to make it look "artsy". Thus, my resolve to steer clear of Instagram.

Yeah, the 8-foot "Express" bed and the 6.5' pickup bed were two totally different animals, the Express looked more like the '38-47 style beds. In fact, there were even two different F1 beds- the Revell kit is the second version, which was introduced in mid 1950. The earlier style bed was the same width, but had the upraised side panels and a small reinforcement just above the fenders.

Correct, sir.

Started on the exhaust. Decided to go with mufflers- these were made from PVC tubing. The stand pipes are K&S aluminum tubing, and the lower pipes I dug out of the spares box. The intermediate pipes are lengths of leftover sprue.

Yeah- the decals were a horror show. The result of residual polyester poisoning from the '70's, perhaps?

Leaning toward adding some rear fenders made from Plastruct roof shingle sheet. Just not sure if I'll go full length or not. I also moved the fuel fillers to the front of the tanks- I'll touch them up later. "Finish" on the fenders will be like the 1:1 above... hopefully.

I'd have to say the Moebius Hudson Hornet series.

I love it! Who says dump trucks can't look classy?

Extremely well done! I've never seen Convoy, but this model is making me want to check it out.

Yeah- the AMT version is quite a mess. As far as the location of the tanks on the Revell, I've seen a couple with just the ends of the tanks under the sleeper, but never the entire tank. Those cab steps are definitely messed up. I'd still like to build the Revell version. I've built a couple of the AMT T600 kits, but the Revell version is on the "one of these days" list.

What I'd do... Lose the steps in the tanks, and either mount the batteries under the cab (doubt there's much room though) or use a second battery box. Air tanks or a small tool box could also be used on one side or the other to balance things out.

My two most recent acquisitions... Got this online for twenty bucks, as a parts donor. It was missing the cab, instructions, and decal sheet. The engine was partially assembled. But it had more than enough good parts to make me jump at the chance to get it. The NTC-475 engine was worth the price alone. The tanks are already on a LoneStar I'm building, and the headache rack might join them. You'll be seeing bits and pieces of this on various Peterbilt projects at some point. A buddy from the forum sent this along a week or two ago- this is the Allison GT-404 gas turbine from the AMT GMC Astro. You might be seeing this pretty shortly in a project. It won't be in a GMC though.

If I recall, the Dragmaster slicks were about eight bucks- at least that's roughly what I paid when they came out. The Polyglas GT set is about double that. They don't seem to be moving as fast as the slicks did, but there must be interest. Inventory is down at both the shops I go to.

Buy with confidence. They make great stuff.

GREAT job!

Aluminum or plastic- whichever you're more comfortable working with. Hard to beat real aluminum if you're going for a polished aluminum look, though.

Speaking of, I seem to recall an LTL with a big ol' sleeper that some guy was working on...

I'd go with a red chassis.

The regular Gorilla Glue does that, but the Gorilla Glue-brand super glue doesn't expand. At least it never has on me. I've used it a few times, but I don't think it's much better than any of the other super glue brands go as far as strength. It also seems more likely to 'fog' parts than some other super glues, though it's not as bad as Loctite in that respect, from my own experience.