Chuck Most

Nothing beats a C-Series International- pickup or Travelall.

Though it's been in a few diffferent buildings over the years, I'm still using my ancient gray Glob-Wernicke metal office desk. Back when I first started out it was my mom's, but she let me have it when she got a newer desk a few years back. Now, I also have the desk she replaced the G-W with, and do some work using that one (it's upstairs- Led Hornet was born on that one), but the G-W stays downstairs because even empty it weighs about as much as a Volkswagen, and it is still my main workbench.

Yeah, but they could have 'dumbed down' the plow parts a little bit to keep it all consistent, ya know?

Thanks for the info, Charlie! They look great on the Mack.

I have yet to build one of these- I keep raiding them for parts! Very nice job on them all.

Is it just me, or does that plow seem just a little bit more detailed than the whole truck?

That looks fantastic! I'm wondering where you got those front tires. I know you mentioned that the rears are resin, and the front wheels are from a Mack R model, but if the source for the front tires was named, I missed it.

Another Cougar beater! Right up my alley.

I like it. I'd maim somebody for one of these Falcons!

This one literally keeps on getting better!

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel!!!! Hadn't thought of that story in years, until a few weeks ago (don't recall what triggered it) and now here it is again. Can't see any modern construction equipment in usable condition in 87 years. I have to wonder if a lot of those turn-of-the-last-century manufacturers went under because they built their machines too well- ie, they didn't break down often and didn't wear out rapidly, meaning no repeat business.

Love it! Looks like something I'd do in 1:1- keep most of it under budget, saving a little here and there to splurge on some big-ticket parts for it.

Just lovely!

Monogram switched over to 1:25 for its American subjects in the early '90's- I'm not sure how it is Revell determines their skill level system. It seems to have more to do with parts count than actual difficulty of assembly. I haven't built many Tri-Five Chevy kits, but these newer Monogram-branded kits have never given me any trouble.

I have a piece in 170? That's news to me.

Good start! Never saw too many Fleetstars used as plow trucks in my area (lots of Loadstars though), so this should be really interesting.

One of the yellows from the configurator- I'm still leaning more toward black fenders than black sides with yellow fenders.

I won't post a link to it here, as there's some very R-rated stuff in the list, but #9 is tame, and hobby-related. Just Google 'cracked the 13 most disturbing vintage ads for household products' if you want to see the rest. Here's the ad: And the description from Cracked.com... The Message: Hey kids! Check out these sweet model kits! The Horror: There's only one possible scenario in which this picture could have come to exist: The photographers were getting ready to shoot this ad when they realized that the boy who was supposed to be holding up the models in the picture never showed up for work. Panicking, the man from the ad agency looked around the studio. "Dmitri, can you come here for a second?" he said to the guy who fixes the lighting. "Stand here and hold this model. Yes, that's great. You'll play the boy in this ad." "But sir," said the photographer, "Dmitri was just released from jail. In fact, he's still wearing the prison jumpsuit." "No, no, he's perfect. Look at him. Look at that childlike innocence in his face."

Trying to get a master for resin casting finished, but I won't say what it is or who will be casting it. (Though I will say it's not a '57 Chevy and I'll not be the one casting it.)

Randy Travis? What year is this, 1990?

I'll have to try that once I get a new airbrush. I used acrylic clear this time hoping humidity wouldn't effect it as much. And I was right, to an extent, but it still blushed in spots. Last time I was on International's site I didn't see the configurator- thanks for the link! Seems like there are actually a couple shades of yellow to pick from for the 1:1 LoneStar.

I'll most certainly be keeping an eye on this- one of my long-running projects is building the Jeep driven by Earl Basset (Fred Ward) in the first two Tremors movies. You are very right about the proportions to the grille on the Revell kit- might be too narrow, might be too tall, might be both. That being said, still love this subject, and this kit!

Looks great! There must be something about Finnish teenagers- those guys build some great looking models!

It might go on a few more short breaks before it's finished, but I've pretty much committed to finishing this one before I start much work on my custom Transtar model, so I'm hoping it won't take forever. Between that and getting supplies for it, I'd like to realistically have it done by fall. Guess we'll see how that turns out.

I know this one's been stalled for a while, but a couple of days back I managed to get the majority of the frame done, and painted. I used semigloss black, but it came out quite splotchy in a few places- guess the humidity was a bit worse than I'd assumed. It's been raining the last two days now, so I'm hoping by the time it's over it will be dry enough to try again... or build an ark, whichever seems more important at that time. Non photodocumented progress- engine halves are together, and I'm cleaning up some mold lines on the turbo piping and some of the exhaust parts in preparation for paint. I'm also toying with ditching the aero rocker cladding and going with exposed tanks. We'll see aboot that, I guess.