Chuck Most

I keep the majority of my models in an unused upstairs bedroom- they still get dusty, but not too bad. You start to notice a fine film of dust on them after a few months. I do dust them off regularly just the same. Downstairs is another matter- they get dusty in as little as a week. All my models are stored on open shelves- though a handful of my favorites are inside Johan and Lindberg display cases.

THIS is the only '77 Fury I've managed to find online-

Probably just basic, semigloss black like the rest. I'm trying to resist the typical "slather it with shiny stuff" route people usually take with customized tractors.

Yikes! Talk about a blast from the past. Here's another pic of it with it's constant companion, a rat-rod '55 Willys pickup, in my old photo background. I used the same green paint on both of them.

STILL going to get the '16, B&P or not. People can scoff at the build and play kits all they like, but they do make pretty good shelf models when painted and detailed, just like any other curbside kit. Sometimes subject matter just trumps the kits shortcomings. But Revell can keep the more detailed, higher-parts count snap kits coming too, if they're at least as good as this one.

I had a Revell snap Kenworth in the stash. Forgot all about it. Said KW kit comes with a pretty nice set of diamond plate rear fenders. Also, completely forgot about those. I think they might look alright on the LoneStar, though...

The next time you watch some early episodes of Knight Rider (I'm talking early, first five or six episodes of season one), keep an eye on the nose of the car- it can have three different front bumper covers in as many scenes, and there's also what appears to be bracketry for a tow bar that comes and goes completely at random.

Or how about a 2.0 Ztec with Hilborn injection? I've got one from a Revell Focus SVT that I've reworked for a RWD application. I planned to put it in a Revell '31 Model A.... but I just might save it for when this kit is out.

Yes, I'm quoting my own post, but the emblem I was asking about reads "Diesel". Stumbled across a good, clear image a little while ago. On another note, here are almost 2,000 pictures of various C-Series fire trucks- http://www.flickr.com/groups/897982@N21/pool/

It would be a good choice for an updated truck, but the 385-series didn't come out until 1968. A 370 version was eventually used in the medium duty Fords, but I think that came after the N-Series was discontinued... though I may be wrong on that.

The body proportions look WAY more accurate than the Jada diecast. Separate bed rails and hood vents are a nice touch- should make detail painting them much easier. As someone who's always had mixed results tinting kit glass the factory-tinted rear unit is a good move. Looks like a step or two up from the '90's era Snap Tite kits, which were pretty good to begin with. To be honest, though, I'd still be buying a few even if they were closer to the Build And Play kits.

Yeah. I mean, how DARE Revell produce a kit of a car you don't like, right?

I'd tell you to lay off on one particular subject... but then I remember the 10 Hudson Hornets, 4 Ford C-600s, and all the other kits I've built multiples of and then I sort of come to the conclusion that I should just keep my mouth shut about that.

I think fine scripts (like the Oldsmobile and Twin H Power markings mentioned) would be great candidates for metallic dry-transfer graphics. They'd be a lot easier to deal with than photoetch. Well, for me anyway.

One step forward, five or six back... I wasn't going to add hydraulic lines to the crane, but I figured it would look silly without any, so I made some from lengths of vinyl tubing from an AMT semi trailer kit. I also did the first stage of weathering on the crane, basically an oily wash here and there, in areas where hydraulic fluid might leak or be spilled. Step back? I elbowed the cab off the edge of the workbench, and there were a few casualties in that encounter. Fortunately, the damage should be easy to fix... or I could save that cab for something else and do something totally different with this one. EDIT- Also- I had to pry off the hard lines you see on the boom, as I managed to install it upside-down (the shorter lines were facing up, and on the right) the first time. But that was just a minor setback.

Aston Martin Vulcan.

^This. If my survivors want to toss it all out in the driveway and run over it repeatedly with a bulldozer... hey, if that'll make them happy, it's all good.

Earlier someone asked about opening the doors. I remembered Ken Hamilton built an amazing weathered C-Series for his Playland Penny Arcade diorama. There are quite a few pics of the truck in progress and in the diorama, but I must warn you... set aside an hour or two to soak it all in! http://public.fotki.com/khamilton/models/playland_penny_arcade/

If you can't settle on a color, you could always do it in "as-delivered" form... grey primer on the steel parts, and black gelcoat on the fiberglass.

I like where this one's going.

There most certainly is such a thing as a dumb question. But the fact is that the overwhelming majority are NOT. If you learned something by asking a question, then it wasn't a dumb question at all. That's the way I see it, anyway. Never be afraid to ask, even if you think you'll look stupid for asking your question. What's that old saying... "It's better to ask a question and look like a fool for a moment, than to not ask a question and remain a fool forever".

I'll second this.