Chuck Most

Me back at my old place...

The Jeep J-10 is 1:25, but the CJ-7 (ex-Monogram) kit is 1:24.

THAT GUY!!!!

It's official... AMT boned it big time when they didn't release this as a plastic kit. Lovely work on this one!

Just wondering if there'd be any interest in a CRM based build off. I know there were two 'Custom Rodder' magazines, I'm refering to the one published by Primedia/Source Interlink and canceled about four years ago. The rules would be simple, the model would be a replica of or based upon a car featured in the mag, or based on a rendering from the Sketchpad articles.

Lindberg still has the sidewall lettering on their tires as well,and a few Revell and Monogram reissues still sport them, as do many reissued Japanese kits. I still don't think we know the full story on what's going on. My guess is that Hobbico just elected to smite the lettering from their tires to wash their hands of the whole licencing issue.

Love that paint job, reminds me of one of those huge lollipops!

L-O-V-E the Blue Max! Love seeing them built up this nicely, too.

A bit off topic, but does anyone remember that famous photo of Mark Martin holding a copy of the other mag from 1990 or therabouts?

I'd say go with the Tahoe kit, too. The 454 SS kit would work if you cut it down, but then you'd need to raid the '94-up grille from the '96 Dually kit. Cutting the Tahoe down into a Blazer shouldnt' be a tough job.

And not to be confused with Chrysler INDUSTRIAL Engine Red, which is not metallic as is 'Hemi Orange'.

What he said! As to what I got today, epic haul! Minicraft Rat Trap Pick 'Em Up (1:16 scale '31 Ford Model A closed cab) Lindberg Dodge Dakota Polar Lights Love Bug Galaxie '47 Chevy Sedan Monogram Ice T MRC Keystone Klassic/Goodyear Polyglas wheel/tire set Two Revell-o-Gram Caddilac V8 Parts Paks AMT annual '62 Tempest kit body Big ol' bag of spare parts, including an AMT Peterbilt cab

Man, gotta love it when it's about 18 years between the time a kit is announced and when it actually hits the shelves, huh? (Note, the preceding sentence had just a tinge of sarcasm in it. )

Cool! Not to count the eggs before they're chickens or anything, but these might sell okay in 1:16 scale, too!

Yeah... that might do it, too. (I will say I bought my first 1:16 scale kit today... )

Drool... Beautiful!

Must... buy... several...

I'm a Ford guy through and through, but I never tire of seeing AWB Mopars.

I need to become friends with this friend of yours... a 1:8 Slant Sixer might just give me that final bump I need to get into big scale.

F all the way! (Wasn't that a Flavor-Flav song????)

I'm thinking of taking the Testors 1:6 Ford 427 and sticking it into one of those new 1:16 scale Shelby kits from Revell. You know... kind of a 'big Zinger' kind of deal. I'd still love to build a couple of these just oob, though.

AMT seemed to have a kind of 'hit/miss' quality with their decal sheets at the time. I remember buying a 2005 Chrysler 300C kit- it had the two large winged Chrysler badges for the grille and decklid, and a '300C' badge decal, in addition to the typical Rides Magazine stuff. The second one I bought had the two large wing badges, then two smaller wing badges, and no '300C' badge at all. And yeah, that stock hood on the Mustang was a pretty good piece to have handy, too! Monte- the Monte Carlos did have the 502 big block, I was refering to the Mustangs used in the flick. Even though the Mustang drifter was presented as having the Nissan mill, the Mustangs actually drifting had Rousch small blocks.

Yeah, the kit was pretty much a cash-grab from RC2 in their gasping years. Strange, Larry mentions his example had no decals, but the one I bought had a decal sheet, two licence plates, and a couple of retangluar gray pieces which I assumed were meant to replicate the primer spots on the box art model's rockers. Mine also came with the BFGoodrich lowrider rubber, as well as the rubber band-o's for the F&F wheels. Anyway, yeah, you'd be just as well starting off with the stock or lowrider version as this kit, if you want to build the movie car. Now, anybody remember the F&F 67 Mustang, with the half-hearted Nissan Turbo six? (Fun fact, the 'hero' car in the flick had the Nissan mill, but all the Mustangs actually doing the drifting in the film were running pumped up Rousch Ford V8's! Ha!)

Good news for me... I never did manage to snag one of those Flatties. Kind of like the Charger Cop Cars, these were on the 'delayed reaction' timetable, I guess.

Yes, please! Door hinges befuddle me 95% of the time, there can't be enough how to info on them.