Chuck Most

I was wondering that- the kit was tooled in the early '80's, so I doubted it would have a coilpack setup.

Very nice! I wish Round 2 would reissue this kit, even though the one I'd build wouldn't look this cool.

I'll pay you a thousand bucks for it! (The kit, not the camera batteries.)

If I had to pick just one? Bullet nose Stude. There. I said it!

It is sick, twisted, totally insane and COMPLETELY uncalled for. Or, to cut right to the chase... I LOVE IT!

Looks like it's going to suck, big time. I'm not surprised- most films with cars playing prominent roles do suck big time. I can stomach "Christine", because I love seeing a big finned Mopar t-bone a first-gen Camaro, and you get to see a pre-Baywatch Alexandra Paul, but that movie would have been way, WAY better had it stuck closer to the book (which wasn't even one of Stephen King's finer efforts, if I may be so blunt...)

I know it's a 2.5 4-cylinder, but aside from that I'm not sure. I can't tell if it's supposed to be a gas or diesel engine. I don't see a distributor on it, but I don't see an injector pump, either! Can anyone shed some light on this?

I love the R/C Charger, and how could I not dig the VW Beetle pickup? Very nice work.

I've never built it box-stock, but I have used the chassis a few times for other Mopar pro-streeters. It's a pretty good kit.

Very cool- the only time I've seen this kit was in a Monroe shocks sweepstakes magazine ad from the late '70's! Like Nessie, I'd heard of it but never seen it... until now!

Looks to be a late '50's Transtar. Other than the nose, it was identical to the earlier R-series trucks.

Heck, some people refuse to reconize anything but a '49-'51 Merc as a custom. Or is that "Kustom"? Oh, drats...

We've been patient enough, Dan! We've waited long enough! (Insert stirring, life-shattering speech about something here) Now let's trample some hobby shop door greeters!!!!

At the risk of being vauge- basically I used a cigarette lighter and some pressure. I suppose a tutorial might be in order!

Who do I have to maim/kill/or otherwise inconvenience to get my hands on one?

I started this during the summer, let it sit for several months, and finished it over the course of the last two evenings. Basically it's a wrecked old Scout II with its engine removed. The body's not too rusty, but the driveline and seats are gone, but hey, it might be a cool off road project for somebody. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out, even though I did miss a few mold lines on the body. I also didn't bother to reshape the incorrect grille, as the collision damage obsures its 'less-than-perfectness' to a degree.

I'm with you all the way on that one! Very nice job on this! This kit is on my own wish list, even if it is the 'wrong' scale for me! Can't wait to see this in that diorama!

Nothing more restorative than model building, I say! Is there a more fun and/or productive way to help with dexterity and hand-eye coordination? Why, I think not!

No dice in kit form- there MAY be one in resin, but I've never seen it. Best bet is to stretch a 4.6 from an F-150 or '96-up Mustang kit, either with added material or using a second block and heads, and filling in the blanks with a little scratchbashing.

I was going to build this one... but I think you pretty much eclipsed ANYTHING I could do with it. Very nicely done.

Very nice stuff guys- some of my faves from other people's benches are here, too!

No idea what kind of car it used to be, or how long it's been 'sleeping' but I do like it!

That's burnishing some foil over the emblem, just as if you were applying bare metal foil, but using the pattern you pressed into the foil to move the emblem.