Chuck Most

Bend up some straight pins for use as levers and pedals, and made up some side steps with a piece of scrap diamond plate.

Guess where I was all morning.

Sweet! Now all you need is a Nova with a dead Marvin in the trunk.

I built the Millennium Edition issue a few years back- I remember lots of slightly warped parts. Didn't have any significant issues that I recall regarding the assembly. the working features were pretty cool, and it was an unusual subject, to say the least.

I decided not to let Terror (Terry Iocco) have all the fun with his Deere John buildup. I'd been toying with the idea for a while, but it's his fault I've officially pulled the trigger on this project! So far, here's what I've cobbled up- The ingredients to this point consist of scraps of Plastruct materials left over from previous projects, and piece of scrap K&S aluminum tube for the rear axle. The front axle and steering column are hollow styrene tube, which in their past life were the shafts of cotton swabs. Wheels, tires, and steering wheel are from a Revell Surfite, and AMT metal axles serve as wheel locators and the steering shaft. Yeah... they need a little trimming! I'm thinking I'll use the Briggs horizontal-shaft engine from the AMT Surf Slab for power, and I'm toying around with making up a mower deck.

Well... that does it, Terry! I'm getting started on a parts-box tractor of my own now.

I hope that 'bunch of work' was locating '53-55 cabs. Cutting and pasting a '56 cab to '53-55 specs would seem idiotic, even by Hollyweird standards.

There is a silver lining- think of all the ideas you can come up with for projects between the time a kit is announced and the time it is released. I already have three solid plans for the '50 Olds, and a couple for the '57 Ford. Already have parts set aside for them.

That paint is a pretty good match for the custom mix 'F'ing Green' used on the 1:1. Now, the question is- are you going to tackle the reborn Crusher Camaro next?

Ah- makes sense. The price he quoted me was a lot more digestible for a 1:24 scale kit, I will say that!

Very nice! Looks a lot like the old MPC kit tooling.

Old JoHan plastic + '61-63 American + modern build style = YUMMY!!!!

Is there a 1:32 scale version of this? the reason I ask is because I was thumbing through the Revell Germany catalog a couple of days ago at the hobby shop, and I saw a Routemaster bus listed, but the description said it was 1:32, and I didn't see one anywhere listed as 1:24. Are there two kits, or was that just a typo?

Here's a question... the subject is about conventionals, but what ever happened to cabovers? You used to see quite a few cabover tractors out and about, even a few done as straight trucks, but nowadays about all the cabovers you see are medium and lighter duty trucks.

http://banditresins.com/1972_gremlin.html

Same story here.

I'm guessing we'll be seeing that one (and the '57 Ford) around fall or maybe early winter. I'm kind of hoping they spring them on us early by suprise, though.

Several Mavericks- maybe not as many Comets.

Traditional style... aero style... matters not to me. If I like the design, I like the design, and that's all there is to it. Granted, there are a few less-than-pretty aero designs out there, but the same could be said for the earlier rigs as well. I think a lot of the divide is just simply people being used to the earlier designs- people haven't warmed up to the newer stuff yet. Yes, Aero trucks aren't really anything new, but it seems like its only been the last few years that truck manufacturers have been phasing it in and using it to replace the earlier designs on a large scale. Face it- the days of freestanding headlamps, big flat front bumpers, and split windsheilds is getting pretty close to the end of the line. Diesel isn't getting any cheaper, and there's only so much you can do with a design that's about as aerodynamic as the broadside of a barn, even if the consensus prefers that style from an aesthetics point of view.

Spent much of the afternoon Frankensteining up a workable AMC 401 using Jo-Han and Monogram Jeep parts. Even though the Monogram engine is listed as 1:24 and the Jo-Han 1:25, there wasn't much difference, and most of the parts mated up pretty well. If you're looking toward making a drag-racing Gremster, you could cobble up a fairly presentable 401 with a cross-ram setup, using the CJ and AMX parts.

Yes, indeed. Now, Round 2 DID bring back the chopped and phonebooth bodies for the '25 T Double Kits, so I suppose it isn't an all-out impossiblility. I'd have to say it's more likely they'd tool up a new Panel body, rear floor, and doors for the Cabriolet somwhere down the line, rather than start over with the Vampire Van kit. I suppose it all depends on if there's any demand.

I don think I'm gonna hold my breath waiting for Round2 to turn this back into a '32 Panel. Remember how they listened to everybody who hated the Jolly Roger and wanted it turned back into the Beverly Hillbillies Olds? Well, they did exactly that... and that kit was pretty much a monumental failure, sales-wise.

Stuff like this happens a lot more often with common vehicles- this probably wouldn't even be a newsworthy story if the guy had been driving, say, a '97 Grand Prix. I'd say there is a much greater number of idiots driving Impalas, Accords, etc., than exotic cars.

I have. Still one of my all-time favorites. That thing was so twisted (in a GOOD way) I can't belive I didn't build it.