Chuck Most

Wow- I've been seeing this kit pop up quite a bit lately! Maybe it's time for a reissue.

Careful! You buy one, you WILL buy more...

Oddly, there's plenty of room for me to sleep behind the seat on a C-cab (or H-series, by proxy). Even with two passengers, one guy could theoretically sleep on the seat, and one on the shelf behind the seat.

Thanks Mark! It was AMT which did the Snap Kit, not Revell- the Revell Prowlers were glue-only. (That might be why you don't remember the Revell Snap Prowler. )

The Lincoln broke my heart, and there's a Capri similar to the one pictured in my area, though the one I've seen is WAY rougher!

Just wondering if anybody's ever built an H-Series model. Dean Milano did one years ago in SAE, but I've never seen another one. Please tell me he and I aren't the only guys who love those ungainly things!

Revell did two kits- a snap and full detail glue. In my opinion, the AMT kit is better than the Revell glue kit as far as detail, but the Revell seemed to build easier. If I were to build another one, I'd probably go for the Revell kit, and look for one that's not molded in color.

Man, you should have seen the floor! Well, I didn't actually see it, but I was poking my finger in the carpet and feeling it break through the floor boards, and could hear chunks of metal and crust falling. Not to mention my finger is still itching from whatever nasty stuff was soaked into that damp rug...

"Seinfeld"= good. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"= way, way better.

Yeah, not sure if I'm bummed or elated about the Chevelle! The Mustang is pretty rough- not only did the interior look like it had set outside with the windows open for several years, the turbo, plumbing, and most of the engine-driven accessories were gone off the engine. Most of the Pace-Car specific parts are still there, but the car's beyond saving.

Just a few of the hulks I've met over the last couple of years in my trips to the junkyard...

My guess is it's designed to save the time and effort you'd normally use priming- this line is intended more for the lazy or inexperienced homeowner who's just freshening up some plastic items than pros or hobbyists. For somebody not as well versed in painting as we are, it's a pretty good selling point.

I'd Loooooooooooove to see one of these in full-detail kit form!

Just wondering, anybody know what these two cats are up to these days? Both used to write for SAE- Dean did 'Replica Stock' and Tim did 'Scale Firehouse', but I haven't seen much from them since.

Cool indeed! Beats 'Chuck's Motors' which is just a slab of concrete, and an old swingset for an engine hoist!

Cool... I need to find one of those engines and build a hot rod around it.

I don't believe anyone casts them- they're only found in the '70 Super Bee Pro Street kit. There might be a 'grey market' caster out there who does them, but none of the casters I'm aware of reproduce them.

Or, could be a typo. I do hope they tool up the SS specific parts though. Funny- I'm not a big fan of the bubble top GM cars of the era, yet I've got several of the AMT kits and exactly NONE of the new Revell kits!

Thanks guys! Now I've got to get cracking on modeling an actual engine. My grandfather's 25-horse Fairbanks Morse, perhaps.

Looks like John is out to use up all the Alclad with his last few models! Loving every second of this.

I used the old fashioned method for mine- stand back about 15' (which works for my particular camera), and just make sure the lighting is good, to photograph the actual object. That's how I made these Wolf's Head oil cases- you lose only some of the very fine printing on some items, but these came out pretty well. I've tried programs such as Microsoft word to resize images, but I must suck at it because I've never had much luck with them!

The first TIV was based on an early '90's Ford F-series, I think it was something like an F-450, so you'd need to swap in a straight front axle,but the AMT F-150 should be a decent base, or maybe the Monogram F-350.

I found the 'flywheels' for this in my parts box... not sure what they were originally. Casters for tank treads, perhaps? Anyway, I used them in this scratchbuilt farm engine. Other than the flywheels and resin bolt heads (From Ma's, of course), it's totally make up from scraps of plastruct and pvc tubing. It doesn't represent any specific manufacturer or model, it's just a generic, horizontal hopper-cooled gas engine.

Very cool.

Oh, yeah! Dig it!