Chuck Most

Wow. I've DREAMED of something like that happening... so far, no luck. I'd go with what Mike said. If you plan to trade them, you could just post some pictures in the 'Swap,Trade, or Free' section. You could also ask people to identify what's what in that post, but you might have better luck finding out what makes/models/years the cars are with a "Help me ID these kits" type post here in General.

Did some work on the front fenders. I filled in the openings for the stock headlight lenses, in anticipation of adding small, round headlights (like the kind on the Harley edition). But truth be told, I'm beginning to like the look of the front end without the headlights, so I may leave them off entirely, and move the headlights down into the fog light openings after enlarging them to fit a standard 7" sealed beam style light.

Not really a fan of the Camaro, but I do dig the F-Bomb, so I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

Here's his Fotki link- his email should be in the 'About Me' area. http://public.fotki.com/tomcoolidge/promolite-product-list/

I was leaning toward the 215" wheelbase, but the 222" might look good too. I am thinking of keeping the Moebius kit tallights though.

Speaking of 'O' scale, there's this- This one would at least give you a heavier chassis and wheels, but you'd still need to shorten and widen the nose and rework the grille like you would with the AMT '55.

Yep, starting on another one! This one might take a bit longer, though, as it'll require quite a few modifications to the base Moebius kit. Here goes... Since I'm using a Models by Dave daycab, here's some of what I'll NOT be using. I WILL be using these, however, not without a little bit of modification. Here are my Models by Dave pieces, the custom Harley-edition based grille, and of course the day cab. I don't remember if I bought the parts just as an excuse to buy another Lonestar, or if I bought the Lonestar just as an excuse to buy the parts, but I think it was the first reason. Should be fun no matter what. Here's the surgery so far. I assembled the three parts of the dash for test fitting, and cut down the floor and side panels to fit in the new cab. I basically just trimmed, then test fit, trimmed, then test fit, until the reworked interior fit into the cab the way I wanted. I'm pleased to report the Moebius "glass" fits nicely into the resin cab. The grille also fits the opening in the hood very well- you can't always expect resin parts to fit right the first time, every time, but these gave me no fits. The idea here is to make a customized rig, something that could be taken to shows, but still be used as a practical tractor. I'll be cutting the frame down for a shorter wheelbase. As much as I like the look of custom rigs with long wheelbases, the stock 280" kit wheelbase just looks ridiculous with a daycab on this truck, at least to my eye.

Very cool! Allison powered Mopar... EJ would have approved.

I actually have the sleeve from his greatest hits LP (yes, sleeve from an LP) with this same car on the cover. Always wanted to see it done as a model!

RMR and Frontier sell the generation before the one Chucky is looking for- he's after a '55-59 stub nose conventional. I've seen a few conversions done to the AMT '55-57 pickup cabs, but none in resin. If somebody made one, I'd be right in line behind you for one. There's a local truck I've wanted to model for a long time-

The PT an HHR were also practical cars- once the 'cuteness' wore off, you were left with a practical, economical car that just didn't look like every other hatchback in the parking lot. A lot of the other 'niche' cars were more or less just driveway jewelery which did nothing but look cool, though I guess that depends on personal taste.

Never understood that one. Take the worst elements from the El Camino and make them worse. Then price the thing at about 40 grand. Yeah, that'll sell.

Could not agree more. I only have two of Tom's castings, both '61 Plymouth Fury hardtops, but they were both very nicely done and cleanly cast, even though they were done at the end of the production run for this particular kit and Tom worried casting quality would not be up to snuff. All I had to do was clean up a little flash, prep and paint them, and I was good to go.

And here's a link to the other 40 or so. http://public.fotki.com/ChuckMost/11-reference-pictures/ithaca-dust-off-sho/

A few of the highlights. Well, what I thought were the highlights.

I'll see about getting it on the bench.

Very nice! Thanks for the tip on using the car antenna segments for smokestacks- I'm certainly going to give that one a try.

No, but I sprayed it with transparent green and that seemed to help. Hopefully (HOPEFULLY!) this one will be in Under Glass tonight. I suppose we'll see.

As long as those two particular 'non-model' subjects are verboten, I don't mind a little off-topic stuff every now and then, too.

'Ere she is. Plan is to eventually hook up an AMT livestock trailer, at which point I'll add the trailer lines.

But the question is... did they finally build a 1:1 version of the MPC Vampire Van for Barnabas????

Well, in the final stretch now, next time you see her she'll be a done deal. Hopefully I'll have some finished pictures up this evening.

Well, cab is installed for keeps... would have been sooner if I hadn't inadvertently broken the right rear cab mount. Added a couple of stone pecks, one of which sprouted a crack. I assembled and painted the air intact ducts, and repaired a hole with an old Hills Bros. coffee can and (you guessed it) more duct tape. Hey, at least the tape is being used on an actual duct for a change! Here it is in place. And here is the hood installed- I did tweak the hinge a little for best possible fit, but getting close now!