Chuck Most

Nope. Interestingly, I had a photo of Matty Winspur's '54 tacked on the wall next to my workbench when I built what became the Led Hornet, but I had no idea that was Frank's father's car until now. I was looking forward to the '54- not just for the obvious reasons, but because I wanted to do a model of the car that basically launched Jack Clifford's company. He won more than a few races and set a ten-year NHRA L/Stock record with his '54 coupe, and that was before he did anything other than tune the engine. Many of the early Clifford Performance parts were for the Hudson six. So of course I wanted to do a model of that car, but now, I'm pretty certain I'll have to mark a Matty Winspur Hornet next to it on the shelf.

I don't know if it's just me, but I love how a dump truck looks with some well done weathering. Tells a more compelling story when you look at the finished project. Very cool combo! Now pardon me but I must ask- what do you have in mind for that IH Transtar COE I glimpsed in the top two photos?

What... too subtle?

Right here... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=89411

Good call on building your own bed- I've seen a few 1:1 conversions along these lines using a factory dually bed, and they look like... well... a Class 8 truck with a factory dually bed stuck on the back.

I haven't, but I do have a spare cab, plenty of sheet styrene, and a 1:1 '59 C-900 out back with all the reference material I need, and I would like to try that. Maybe one of these days... In the meantime, I just want to make a bit more progress on these two for now.

More like have fun with all the seats this thing's gonna need. This one's going to be good- if anybody can pull off a project like this, Kenn's the guy to do it.

Can't wait for more- even though I'm afraid I might have to.

I'm already liking it!

Nope, right! I think I might have a better idea of what cab types a guy might be more likely to see on a given highway tractor in my area than you do. Maybe down Atlanta way it's another matter with the FLD 120, but up here you see way more with sleepers than day cabs. I know that because '90's FLD 120s are getting to be a rare sight up here, and I tend to notice one when I see one. Even many of the farm rigs have sleepers. Only way they'd outnumber the sleeper cabs is if you want to count the Army ones, which you'll see all the time on US-127.

What can I say other than nyuk nyuk?

I got the VCG Resins '73-75 grille for the AMT "1978" F350 kit a while back, and finallly got around to getting the '76-77 style grille from Bandit just recently. Just like with the VCG grille, this one will easily backdate the kit and make the engine, drivetrain, and bed type depicted in the AMT kit correct. To do a '77- leave the cowl trim where it is and remove the rocker panel trim (and replace with '77-79 style if you want) to have a truck that will look factory correct on your shelf. Casting quality is great- Kenny has never let me down, and this grille is no exception. A quick test fit to the AMT cab showed that mine dropped right into place, no warp or shrinkage. Very nicely done piece, and a great way to fill a gap or two in your F-Series fleet.

Haha... number two...

Oh, yeah. VERY well done.

So glad I have an "armstrong" door opener. You know, the kind that'll work as long as you or someone nearby has full use of at least one arm.

I agree with you 100% on Moebius taking their time to make the kit as good as they can, but with the Revell and Round2 kits, it's a whole other ballgame. The Moebius Fords are a completely new, from-the-floor up project, while 99% of what Revell and Round2 are releasing are either straight or modified reissues- you can announce those a lot closer to the planned arrival date than you can with an all-new tool.

Very nice! I do wish Revell had provided some chain to go between the lift arm and lower plow mount, so the plow isn't magically floating in midair, but other than that it's a decent kit for its time. It would be a shame to plow snow with a truck this nice- one or two seasons of that and it would be a rusted hulk.

Nice! I've always wanted to try out some photoetched dragster front wheels on one of these.

My thoughts exactly. This is not a great kit, but you proved with a little skill and talent it can still build into a very nice model.

Nice going so far. I'd say go with a day cab- most of these I see out and about are sleepers, seeing one done as a day cab would be a nice change. But in the end, it's your project, so either way you go with it I'll be watching.

Best use of spare parts ever, or best use of spare parts ever? I'm gonna have to go with best use of spare parts ever.

That and nobody sent them the memo that the SCS was discontinued after '77. Ah, the stuff model kit manufacturers could get away with in the '70's!

I was seriously considering buying a '75 SCS with a 460 a few years back- that's one of the reasons I'm leaning toward going that route. The 360 and 390 engines are underrated, especially the 360, though.... ever notice how every 360 seems to magically become a 390 when the guy wants to sell the truck?

Loved seeing this one go together, and I'm liking the end result even better. The Willys is one of those few cars that can pull off being painted pink and still look mean.

Some of the resin stuff and factory plastic bodies for the old JoHan '55/56 Chrysler products fit the Moebius chassis- the DeSoto body fits the Moebius Chrysler chassis and floor almost like it was made for it. If you spread out your search for stuff meant to go with JoHan kits that might increase your chances.