Chuck Most

^That's from late last year, I do know he's added some parts for the Moebius LoneStar recently.

Well- Jewel, the well-known singer, is from the same family. One of those guys with the weird first name on the show is her father. But if they've got that kind of money and still live even 10% of the way they appear to on TV, props to them.

And 4. And there's a 5th one coming out this year.

The only Cadillac I'd ever actually want to own..

Who says you can't do anything different with a '32 Ford? Very nicely done.

Build two... keep one, and give him the other. Love the way this is coming together.

Very nice!

Thanks guys- eventually this will be lined up with a bunch of other junkers next to a rundown old gas station.

Thanks guys! The main piece is half-round strip- full piece for the back, and two shorter pieces on the other side so there's a notch for the plate. The bars running down to the hitch are .020" styrene cut to shape.

Cool! I just finished doing the exact opposite with a Maisto 2010 F-150 STX, converting it to a base-model XL rather than making it fancier. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

If anyone here who isn't on Facebook but is interested in getting one, PM me and I can give you Joe's e-mail.

The tires from one of the Revell 1:25 pickups ('97 F-150 or '99 Silverado 1500) fit the wheels pretty well. They still aren't a perfect solution but they're a marked improvement over the hollow, one-sided plastic tires.

I'm in for a few, just for the presence of stock flares and full doors. Looks like it would be a quick, fun project even if you kept it box-stock though.

I am using Chrome- have been since last September. But anyway- thanks guys! That narrows it down to a problem on my end. I'll take it from here.

Or does it just appear that way to me? I logged into my PB account late last night, but when I tried to upload a pic, the site crashed on me and I haven't been able to access it since. I also can't see any pics posted on this or any other forum from Photobucket. I've checked isitdownrightnow.com and it says there's no issue with PB, but I've had it say that when others are having issues as well. Anybody else having problems?

What Chris said. If I recall it fits the AMT springs pretty well, too. Alternatively, you could mount the stock axle on top of the leaf springs, instead of beneath. You'll need to eliminate the wire front axle if you go that route.

Pics or it didn't happen.

That's basically what I did- I just left a little bit of the end so there's a bit of a 'lip' to the opening. With a little more work they could be made to look like the regular fender openings, but for my purposes, just cutting them away worked just fine.

Just having a little fun with an incomplete '50 Ford truck, some spare parts, and a few panels cut off a Hudson Hornet body I managed to melt... somehow.

Fast forward a year, and I finally decide to just bite the bullet, make the center bench out of some slabs of .100" ABS sheet, and call it a day. Here it is with an untouched Maisto STX on the left... And are the Maisto diecasts with the Jada SVT Raptor.

I love it! I'm gonna have to look into those decals.

Nice! What paint did you use?

I think the "dark era" ended in the mid-to-late '80's. Iffy, simplified kits seemed to have become the norm in the late '70's, and the hobby all but completely imploded in on itself in the very early '80's for a variety of reasons. It wasn't until that "second wave" of modeling popularity came about in the '80's when those grey skies finally blew over. But as far as new stuff and subjects more esoteric than your typical muscle car being released... let's just say I hope that 2015 isn't some kind of fluke. Maybe it is, but hey- what a magnificent fluke it is shaping up to be! It seems to me that the hobby product industry has become much more influenced by the "hardcore" modelers the last decade or so, rather than by the wants of big-box retailers. There may not be as many new releases each year, but when there is a new release, the quality is much better now than at any point in the past, generally speaking. It just seems like the model manufacturers are finally listening to the "lunatic fringe", and realizing that if they can make something that'll make THOSE folks happy, it ought to make the other 99% of hobbyists happy, too. Subject matter plays into that too- people are still buying endless Tri-Five Chevy kits, but at the same time, even those diehards seem to be getting cynical. I've seen a lot of "left field" stuff announced for this year, and even though I'm not interested in every single one of those subjects, I hope that they do well. The kit manufacturers seem to be a lot more open-minded about potential subject matter these days, and there's still plenty of ground left to cover.