Chuck Most

The SnapFast and SnapFast Plus kits never stopped using them, though sometimes they only used a pair of screws on one end and a tab/slot arrangement on the other.

Thanks guys! I got to spend the day doing a little automotive archaeology, so I'm happy. Other than the fact that one of the hulks I found used to be a '55 Vicky.

Ford medium-duty F-Series with a 3-D pumper body.

That's very cool! I thought of doing something similar with one of those kits. Funny, for some reason I was under the impression it was 1:35 scale.

Typical Michigan lumber rig, with self-unloader and pup. Not sure if these are particularly geographically unique, but in MI we like running a higher than normal number of axles.

I can certainly get one going during April. As far as finishing it... not so much. Unless we're talking next April.

Chevy engine alone "blows it", regardless of the rocker covers he's running.

Nice!

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I've always wanted to try that, because I never did it as a kid. Buy some cheap reissue of a '50's-era 3-in-1 and use every single custom part on it just because I can. And maybe after that, I could partake in another old modeler's tradition I skipped out on as a kid... blowing it up with firecrackers.

^Somewhere around this dump I've got an Airfix 1:35 DUKW I'm planning to build as a "duck tour" vehicle. As soon as the MPC Gravel Trailer kit is back out, count on me doing a couple of Michigan Gravel Trains.

Why not? The SSR was such a raging success. Oh, wait...

That sound you hear off in the distance is the gunshot BBC aimed directly into their foot, and the resulting clumsy hobbling....

I made a pair of toolboxes by cutting down an Italeri accessories pack piece- as-is, it's about as wide as the flat bed. I cut the ends off and walled off the back side with flat plastic to make two "sidesaddle" boxes. Driver's side is installed, passenger's side will be shortly. I also added the loading dock bumpers and taillights- like the lift gate, they came from an AMT Louisville box truck.

To augment the crane, I thought it might not hurt to use the Todco lift gate at the other end of the bed...

Nice job on both.

This is a kitbash of the AMT '65 Lincoln Continental and '62 Thunderbird, with a few other parts box doodads tossed in for good measure. At first, I had planned to stretch the T-Bird chassis under the stock Lincoln body. Then I had to see how the Connie would look with the tonneau from the 'Bird. I thought it looked pretty good... but then I wondered how the Lincoln body would look cut down to fit the T-Bird wheelbase, with the doors lengthened, etc.. The engine is the T-Bird FE with top end pieces to make it look like an MEL- totally inaccurate, but it looks conviincing enough in the engine bay, where the block and timing cover aren't readily seen. I used the T-Bird's interior, with the Lincoln's dash modified to fit. And yes, I used the optional big diameter wheels from the T-Bird kit. Don't like 'em? Too freakin' bad. Paint is Testors Mystic Emerald/White Lightning.

I don't know about the Owner Operator feature, but it reminds me of one Peterbilt used in several print ads... I like Ken's better, though.

I can only call it one thing- cool! I'm not sure what would possess somebody to do stuff like that, but I'm certainly glad he does it, because I like the results.

"I compared the 3D wheels to wire wheels from a Revell kit and there is no comparison." Well, yeah... the Revell kit wheel he compares them to looks like it's supposed to be a "turbine"-type mag wheel, so of course there's no comparison.

Exhaust is on... K&S aluminum tubing, plastic T-strip, and a parts-box crossover pipe made all this possible.

It's bound to happen if they aren't being used as dust collectors in a museum or some rich guy's garage. Honestly, I'd rather see this happen than the "dust collector" option.

Actually saw this a couple of days ago-