Chuck Most

Here's how the Gremlin looked when I went to sleep at 6AM. Yeah, I think this'll work.

LEGO Black Ops is still my favorite.

I can vouch for that Gremlin modified chassis being a little bit hard to handle, but it looks like you did a fantastic job with it.

I'll let you figure out where I'm going with this...

Oh, I've got another Corvair powered Volksrod in the works... do NOT worry about that.

Gentlemen...

Always loved the metal axles passing through the engine block and/or oil pan on the older AMT and MPC kits. How unrealistic is that? "Noticed I had an oil spot under the car, and thought maybe I had a bad rear main seal. But I crawled under the car to look and there's this big, metal rod..."

Mocked up the chassis/body/interior with the engine. So far, so good it seems. I did have to use the stock '72 manifolds, as none of the headers I had would fit the chassis. The trim is done, but I still need to do a little detail painting here and there. I sanded off the 442 badges on the quarters and decklid- they were really faintly engraved. I think I have some 442 decals laying around (Lindberg '67 kit, maybe?) so I can always add them later if I think the car looks naked without them. I DID leave that weird 'vinyl top' trim the kit seems to have, because I liked how it looked. Could not get the bumpers to fit much better than this, but I used to have a '66 Cutlass, and I don't recall the bumpers exactly hugging the body on that one, either. Need to touch up the chrome plating on them in spots, too. You might have noticed I kind of glossed over the interior- it is basically the Chevelle tub, with about four Olds parts grafted in. I also used the Chevelle seats and steering wheel. Interior is the least important part of a Pro Street car anyway, it's all about the tires and the powerplant, right?

Oh,yes. The best of the Fox-era Mustangs were of the four-eye persuasion.

The other thing is this- Norm's product line is just so unbelievably HUGE. That's why you won't see anybody but Norm himself carrying the entire line. I don't know if you've ever seen his catalog. It is very extensive, but even so, there are a few parts and transkits he sells which aren't even listed in it.

I've questioned Testors judgement on the 'this subject is to old for us to produce in kit form' call. I don't really see how a tractor that was not even a decade old (at the time the kit was being planned) could be considered 'old'. Especially when you consider it came out roughly the same time as the smaller L series, and the fact that the L-700 itself was a few years old by the time IMC kitted it.

Replicas & Miniatures Co of Maryland 317 Roosevelt Avenue S.W, Glen Burnie, MD 21061 410-768-3648 replmincomd@aol.com Some online retailers carry a few of his products, but nobody carries the full line. Best way with Norm is to go right to the source. Can't say enough good things about his products, and the man himself.

Exposed- I never planned to run the hood on this one. Which worked to my advantage in the long haul- the hood in my kit was particularly poorly molded.

I've had paint adhesion problems with Revell plastics in the past (grain of salt- I usually don't wash parts before paint with styrene- resin's a whole other ballgame) but so far no significant issues with the plastic being crazed. I normally use Duplicolor or Krylon primers, depending on what basecoats I'll be using and/or what I have on hand.

There's the body style before this, and the one after (the first Fox body variant) exists as a NASCAR stocker, but not a '78. Wouldn't mind having one myself in 1:24 or 1:25. I've never even seen this body done as a resin body for a NASCAR model, which kind of suprises me.

They didn't for very long, as far as Class 8 trucks go. I think they were in that business for less than a decade.

I know the thread is called What's your 1:1 CAR... but since so many others have shown off their trucks, here's mine- '94 Ford F-250 XLT, 5.8, AOD, two-wheel drive. Runs and drives fantastic but it sure loves keeping those dual fuel tanks empty! Other than a K&N filter, Optima battery, Pioneer CD player, and a few assorted dings and dents, it's just as it came from the factory. '81 Ford F-250, 351, 4-speed, four wheel drive, and a TON of bits and pieces from other F-series trucks. It originally had a 300 six, and the grille came off an '86. the original grille got damaged, then the '86 replacement grille got damaged, so I don't know if I want to put another grille on it if something bad happens again. It's due for a bed replacement- not sure if it'll end up with a flat stake bed or if I'll try talking a buddy out of the 9' Reading service body he has taking up space in his shed.

Krylon's Fusion line works on polyethylene, the trick might be finding the right color, as the choices are a bit limited in that line. You might try spraying a lacquer-based primer first, then go over that with the desired color. I can't personally vouch for how that will work on polyethylene, but I use it on vinyl quite a bit- I'd try it out on the sprue first of course.

That's just plain gorgeous! Being made from paper, this model would probably be about as sturdy as the real plane.

Here's the Krylon Sun Yellow blasted onto the body, pic is from yesterday, hopefully the trim will be in place soon. I've been working on it the last few nights during commercial breaks from Hatfields & McCoys, so I might have it mocked up with the interior pretty shortly.

That certainly doesn't show- everything looks like it's there, and where it's supposed to be! I'm not very knowledgable about modern drag cars myself, but I don't think I could make one look as good as yours.

Hmmmm... wonder if he was running shine, fleeing the constabulary when the car ended up like that.

Trailer isn't in the Nova kit- the kit was originally a Buick, and the Hemi came as a display piece for the trailer. The Boss Nova uses the Hemi as its powerplant, hence, no trailer.

This 1945 Federal sat out in front of a well-drilling business on a main Highway in central Michigan for a few years. No idea what ever happened to it, but it isn't there now.

I think the JF bodies are for the Polar Lights kits, but I have seen a few hearse bodies for this kit.