Chuck Most

The Double Dragster's on my list, that's the one I'll likely get. Wild Cards: Motor City Resin Casters International Metro Panel Motor City Resin Casters Jeep DJ Dispatch (postal unit) Ertl International Scout SSII

It would bug me as well... by the way, happy b-day, Eric!

I feel the same way... about the flatbed! Of course, I can always go back and dirty it up, right?

Thanks guys- I'm already planning a second version that's going to be a bit less tame!

Thanks, guys! Now it's on to that stupid White-Freightliner dual drive again! Unless I get sidetracked. (Again.)

Yeah- I was thinking that too... or maybe slapping some weird, ridiculous object on the back just for kicks!

Reason #77,876 I'm glad I didn't want to build it as a stock truck!

Well, you did use the WRONG I-6, but I like it nevertheless!

Good news/bad news, Nick... Scale Squads did a '75 (identical to the '76) nose for the '77 Monaco kit (it's the one on the right, leaned against the car). Unfortunately, Scale Squads went out of business some time ago, and your odds of finding this part still in usable condition are slim to nil.

I think your display base is a Revell product- I passed up so many chances to buy one at my LHS and now it's gone! MPC did something similar with the Jeepster Commando kit- it came with a base, but it was not pre-painted.

HeyheyheyheyHEY.... BETTER idea! Make the engine so it actually runs!

Here's one I built a couple of years ago... It's the AMT Model King '79 F-350. I bought the 49" Iroks with the Weld Mountain Crusher wheels from So Real- sadly, I don't think this set is available any longer. It's hard to see in the photo- but I aso used a Dana 60 front axle. I can't remember where I got the pushbar/winch from. And I've also done a couple of mud trucks- Early '70's Jeepster Commando (1/32 monster truck wheels, Ford 429 big block) '55 Chevy Cameo ('82 Trans Am engine/trans with tunnel ram, IH Scout Dana 44 axles and wheels/tires)

That's a bummer. Oh, well. I can wait a while!

The retro-Coug is coming along nicely. I agree with sending some photos of the finished model to Ford... I think your design has merit! Oh, of course!

Not sure if a '26 Bulldog is still considered a big rig in this day and age, esepecially when it's perched atop a 1-ton chassis, but here goes anyway. Just wrapped up this one about 2:30 in the morning earlier today- It's a '26 Mack on a Monogram F-350 Chassis. The wheels and tires came from an AMT Kenworth 600 glue bomb, and the flatbed is from an IMC/Lindberg Big Rig trailer kit (the one that came with the L-700). I swapped a 4-bbl. carb onto the engine to replace the stock 460's EFI, and used the stock Mack steering wheel on the F-350 column. Of course, everything was weathered and aged for the proper effect!

I just picked up the Transtar kit a couple of days ago, and I can't wait to get a' rippin' into it! I've been getting pretty heavy into the big rig models the last few months, and being an International truck freak, I could NOT pass this one up! Now, If only they'd reissue the Scout SSII and the Transtar Cabover...

You're totally talking about me, right?

Sorry Harry... I only care about the weather when Bonnie Schneider is telling it!

What happens when you combine a Rat Rod, a Resto Rod, and a Rig Rod? Well, maybe this.... That's a Monogram '26 Mack on a Monogram Ford F-350 Chassis. I pirated the tires from an AMT Kenworth 600 (yes- they're 1/25, and the model is 1/24.... but that can be our little secret, 'kay?) I've seen 1:1 pickups use big rig tires- you'll never wear out the tires! The wheel bearings, on de udder hand... The flatbed is from the IMC/Lindberg Big Rig trailer, and my parts box provided the rest. The "Gotham City" plate was used because I didn't have one with "Roswell" printed on it! I converted the 460 from fuel injection to a 4-bbl. I also removed the A/C and Power steering pumps. The hoses feed up into the radiator in the cowl, and I also left the fan off, as it seems a bit pointless in it's stock location! Much of the interior (what little the truck has of one) is stock, except for the F-350 steering column. The shifter is a sewing needle. For all the modifications to this truck, I'm actually pretty suprised by how close to stock it still looks!

Thanks guys... though I did kind of lie to ya! This won't be my last model of '09, it appears. The momentum I had coming off finishing this one allowed me to finish my '26 Mack!

A few of the local cops in my area are switching to Chargers... which can't be much better. There are a couple of state and county Tahoes and Expeditions (respectively), but they are 2wd! Most of the cops I've spoken with say that they like the RWD because these things get run all over hell's half acre, in any and all road and weather conditions, and it's just plain cheaper and more efficient to maintain a RWD car than a FWD. The fact that the Crown Vic is the last body-on-frame/solid rear axle car... well... anywhere (not counting the Grand Marquis and recently departed Lincoln Town Car) makes it a simple and rugged design that stands up well to the abuse that cops, taxi drivers, and the elderly are known to dish out on their cars.

Right- forgot about the Maisto die cast- I used that bed on a '72 Chevy buildup a few years ago. The IMC/Lindberg trailer can be made into TWO flatbed bodies, as well!

Bill, tell your sign-waving mini-minions to stand down! http://public.fotki.com/ChuckMost/kit-cont...9-ford-coupe-0/ Everything's there!

Most issues of the Lindberg '34 Ford pickup include a 6-foot stake bed that was used on Ford trucks from 1932 to the early '70's. You could always stretch it or otherwise modify it for other builds. Revell's '69 Dodge Charger kit has some nice steel wheels, as well as some plated dogdish caps. Realistic spotlights? See below... Galaxie Limited makes a Chevy Aerosedan that can be built as a '46, '47, or '48. There's also a panel delivery version- if you sliced off the top, you could probably make a phaeton out of it by filling in the cargo door cut lines and adding cut lines for a set of rear doors- even though Chevy never did a phaeton in this body style, I've seen quite a few conversions to 1:1 Chevys like that. Heck, I've even done one myself... ... though it's not a 'true' phaeton in the strictest sense, as it's still a two door. And, oh yeah, the Galaxie kits each include some very nice spotlights- with inside handles no less!

Same story up here in Michigan... most Scout tubs have returned to the earth long before now.