Chuck Most

Yes, 'tis! I forgot to metion- unlike many resin cast parts of this kind, there are actually locator tabs on the diff pig with corresponding slots on the axle housing... no chance of misaligning it or gluing it on upside-down. Very nice touch indeed.

Just got this a couple of days ago, and I absolutely love it. This is part #R-9IN-1K, consisting of the third member, differential 'pig', brake calipers in resin, and rubber-backed PE for the caliper brackets and rotor faces. The resin parts are perfectly cast, and that metal axle core you see is molded in place- you can trim it as needed to suit your project. This is the first item of Scott's I've gotten my hands on, and I have every intention of getting more. http://futurattraction.com/index.html

Would I be interested? Does the sun rise in the East? Yes, please!

Nice! Just got one of these a few days ago and was wondering how it would look built up.

I'm actually toying with that idea. I'm thinking of doing another one with a chopped AND mildy sectioned cab, so I can blend the stock IH hood (which has a cool open scooped front) with the Chrysler nose. Even if I don't get it cast, I want to build it myself.

Same here, but I just dig Fairmonts that much!

What they said. It can be made into a decent looking model with a little work, though.

Forgot about that one somehow! Also, that's the only Split Window Beetle kit in styrene anywhere as far as I know.

Driving home from work today, the local morning show DJ (who has repeatedly called his '03 Camry the loveliest car he's ever owned) said he loves the 2014 Corvette's looks. Not sure what to think about that...

I've had it fog plating and paint, too. Not frequently, but it does happen every so often. Heck, the Loctite would fog the area of the workbench where you sat the tube or bottle... even with the cap sealed tightly and no leaks evident in the container itself.

I've used both, and I've experienced the same problems reported here by others (clogging, fogging, etc.). I've had similar results to Zap with Loctite brand super glue, which is why I no longer use either. For me, it's tough to beat The Original 'Super Glue' brand stuff. It's available in packs of two for $1 at Dollar General (I have heard some DG stores sell three packs for the same price but I can't verify that), in regular and thick viscosities. It works as well as the Loctite stuff I used to use for less than 1/3 the cost, the tips clog rather infrequently, but I will say that fogging can be a 'hit or miss' issue with this brand. Even if there is not a DG in the area you should be able to find it- I've even seen it sold at 24 hour gas stations, though the price is significantly more at such a place than it would be at a discount or grocery store.

The Revell kit's aren't bad, but the Tamiya kit is much better detailed hands-down. The Gunze '56 Oval is a nice kit too, but it is a curbside kit, so if you must have full engine detail that one is ruled out right off the bat. Polar Lights also did a 'Herbie the Love Bug' kit, it is a snap together kit, but has full engine detail and (if I remember correctly) posable steering- downside to that kit is that some of the molded in detail (drip rails, wipers, and the like) is a bit heavy-handed.

I've been working on this thing for a little bit, and since it was kinda-sorta loosely inspired by the 'Freakshow' custom Chevy pickup (which also sporst a Chrysler front end, and John Teresi is building a replica of it as we speak), I figured I'd post a few in-progress pics, and something of an explaination. The initial idea started out by chance. I happened to have a Moebius '55 Chrysler body and an R&R '57 International pickup body facing each other on the workbench. I happened to notice how they were almost exactly the same width, and I wondered how the Chrysler front end would work on the Binder. At first I'd planned to use only the Chrysler nose, but I didn't think it would work well with the International's sculpted fenders. So it seemed a full frontal transplant would have to happen... After I had grafted the Chrysler front end to the International, I noticed that the Chrysler's stock trim lined up perfectly with the A-100 Golden Jubilee Custom bed side trim. That had to be some kind of sign, right? Of course, I had to bridge the Chrysler trim to the IH trim, so I used some D-shaped styrene to make a new side spear, and tied it into the upswept trim over the taillight coves. I also decided to incorporate the Chrysler's rear wheel openings and rear splash apron/bumper mounts. I used the same D-shaped styrene to create the new rocker panel line. After all of this, I felt that the truck looked a bit ungainly with the stock-height top, so I took four inches out of the roof. It still needs quite a bit of bodywork at this point, but you get the idea.... And the 'Freakshow' inspiration? I'm planning on putting a gigantic supercharger on top of the 392 Hemi, and decking the truck out in a wild paint job, with wide whites and a rocker-scraping stance. The body looks like it's going to be the hard part at this point. I guess we'll see. Again, I hate bodywork, but I always seem to take on projects which require a lot of it... hopefully it'll be worth the effort this time.

Same with Minicraft as it is for any other manufacturers- some good kits, some not-so-good kits. Any particular Minicraft kit you are thinking of getting?

Soon...

This might be the best example I've seen of the Revell 5-window to date, IMHO. Love the orange paint and that Cad mill.

Don't get me wrong, I love Stephen Wright, but I think the king of dry one liners will always be Mitch Hedberg... "I am not addicted to gambling, although I am addicted to sitting in a semi-circle." "My friend asked me if I wanted a frozen banana, I said "No, but I want a regular banana later, so ... yeah" ". "I used to be socially awkward. I still am, but I used to be, too." "A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer." "When I was a boy, I laid in my twin-size bed and wondered where my brother was." "I had a parrot. The parrot talked, but it did not say "I'm hungry," so it died." "I have a vest. If I had my arms cut off, it would be a jacket." "I went to a record store, they specialized in hard to find records. Nothing was alphabetized."

Coming out nicely! By the way, is that a Morgan three-wheeler in your avatar?

Is it just me, or is it crazy how well the Chrysler quarter panel's lines flow into the Chevy truck cab? That triangular valley down the sides of the Chevy match up almost perfectly with the same valley on the Chrysler parts.

I know I'm going to catch hell for saying this, but you know what? I think it's an improvement over the current 'Vette. Meaner and a lot less 'flabby' looking.

I've thought of that myself, but since what I have in mind would involve chopping and cutting so much that nobody would really know what scale the resulting model would be, I might go ahead with it scale difference or no.

My, that is lovely! And that's coming from a guy who normally doesn't care much for the Grand Prix. You did this one justice for sure.

If this oil embargo you speak of started in 1981 and didn't end until 1994, then yes.

I've been toying with doing a model of this (and I'm actually working on a custom truck loosely inspired by it), but I'm glad you're the guy beating me to the punch! My eyes are glued to this one.