Chuck Most

I hear ya, buddy! I've dropped some serious coin on more than a few old 4-door and wagon kits, such as the Jo-Han '68 Fury cop car, and the '61 Olds F-85 and '60 Plymouth wagons. I also snap up any AMT '70 Ford cop car kit whenever one pops up for sale. While everybody else is wishing for a hardtop version of the new Revell '72 Cutlass (I'd like one, as well), the little voice in my head keeps saying "Man, I hope they tool up a Vista Cruiser version!" Hmmmm... any resin casters up for that challenge?

The rundown one with the straight axle '57 out front is my favorite!

I think they actually made something like that in Brazil, but not a Syclone version!

I can't say I've ever heard that advice- it would seem to me that finishing off with the rattle can would offset anything you accomplished with the airbrush.

She's shaping up to be a real mind bender!

This is worse than crack! Jeez, I'm chomping at the bit to get my hands on these things!!!! And let's not forget the Lonestar! Moebius will be getting a sizable chunk of my income in the very near future...

Dude- that green Ford Super Duty was one of the baddest models I've ever seen. This Chevelle looks like it might even top that!!!! Killer work! I can only hope your 1:1 Chevelle turns out as cool as the model is shaping up to be!

I'll be the last guy to object to that idea!

Yeah- thought of doing a top, but I'm lazy!

#1 is a '46-7 Hudson Pickup #4 is a '56 Ford Cabover- not sure who made the trailer, though.

I'm not a huge fan of plastic axles- I routinely replace them with metal units. I've got quite a few of he old AMT metal axles in my stash, and I've used the K&S brass as a substitute as well. The plastic axles used in some kits are pretty good scratchbuilding supplies- you can use them as floor shifter stalks, EFI fuel rails, body character lines, and all sorts of other stuff!

THAT would've been cool!!!! On a related note... if the Beach Boys ever wanna replace Brian Wilson- I think you'd be the man!

That exact thought has crossed my mind so many times....

Guess I'm a weirdo... I can't wait for Revell to do a hardtop version of the '72 Cutlass.

I actuallly got the idea for this one while building another heavily modified Scout II model (more on that one when/if I ever finish the thing). I got to wondering... what if IH had decided to come out with a competitor to Dodge's LRE pickup? Of course, IH had discontinued it's 'full size' truck and SUV line after 1975, but they still had the Scout II, which was available in a 118" wheelbase on the Traveler and Terra models. A little bit of quick R&D, and maybe IH could've done this... This is the Scout II kit, with it's wheelbase stretched 18 scale inches and a new rear cab bulkhead fabricated for it. It was also converted to 2wd by cutting out the front differential and making a new axle beam from 5/32" aluminum tubing. The bed is from a Ford Courier kit, and it has modfied Monogram '50 Ford F-1 fenders (because they look very close to the old IH stepside fenders- with a little reshaping they'd be near perfect), and INTERNATIONAL tailgate lettering foil copied from a Transtar grille. The side steps were scratchbuilt. The model features plenty of '70's muscle car cues- Keystone mags, side pipes, blacked out hood with scoop and pins, and nasty metallic brown-orange paint. (Testors Flaming Orange in this case.) What's a '70's vehicle without a questionable paint hue? Oh- there's also a CB, because it was illegal NOT to have a CB in the '70's. I also carpeted the floor, added a T-handle shifter, window cranks from a Transtar kit, and a LRE steering wheel. Under the hood, I dressed up the 'Red Diamond' edition engine by painting it Harvester red, and leaving the valve covers and air cleaner chrome. I also added some details under the hood, as this kit is pretty Spartan out of box. Would such an animal have saved IH? Meh- I doubt it. Still, would've been kind of cool if they'd produced something like it, huh? It would've been the first factory produced stepside 'compact' pickup, and would've beaten Dodge to the punch by a decade with a modern 'roadster' pickup!

Nice model, Cam! And thanks for the info on the wheels- I'll need to dig up a set for a model of my 1:1 '94 250 4x2!

Dude... if she had a Shelby... why's she your ex!?

I'm actually kind of proud of myself... I at one point had my unbuilt inventory winnowed down to less than one hundred. That's from an all time high of about three hundred. Now, I've got about 250 'in stock', and if I finish two or three a month, at the rate I keep buying 'new' (as in 'new-new' and 'new-to-me') kits, I'll have to live to be 637 years old to finish them all. I'll probably have well over 300 kits in my stash once again before too long! My problem seems to be this- the model I WANT to build is almost NEVER one I have on hand at any given moment!

Hmmmm.... build the kits I already have stashed? Sorry, that just makes too much sense to be a reliable solution!

Nice... but I must ask, what ELSE was lurking around in that big, gigantic, and disgustingly cheap box of models?

Ever been to a Proboards message board? How much do those little advertising blurbs up across the top of the screen cost? I'd think that would be an effective way of spreading the word. Round 2 and Revell and the others could put some ads in the 1:1 oriented forums as a friendly reminder to the alarmingly large number of people who aren't even aware model kits are still being manufactured!

Nice job- I always liked these European style rigs.