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Look at post 11 I made. It has to have the hood with the two depressions or scallops in it. The LRE does not have that hood. IT has the 80's up hood that is flat other than the body line down the middle and on each side. To make the Squad 51 truck you need the '72 to '79 hood with the two depressions or scallops that face each fender.

You can use any cab from the Little Red Express truck or an 70's Dodge truck. The LRE truck does not have the correct hood. IT has the '80 and up hood. You need the '72 to ;79 hood that has the depressions in it. Get the grill and wheels from Dencon. http://www.denconresin.com/wheels.html http://www.denconresin.com/part.html Get the ute box from these guys. Number 98. The whole kit is $99 but if you e mail them, they will sell just the box. http://ssbresins.com/new-parts.php Decals from J Bot. http://www.jbot.ca/cars/ems/squad51.shtml Then you have everything you need.

I saw a post for an indie Hot Rod movie, so I thought I'd post this one and see what kind of reaction it gets. I think it will be a good movie and it's filmed in N. Carolina. Feature Film "SHIFT" Get in, Shut Up & Hold On. Boomer Honeycutt is a drag racer. His lone quest; to escape his father's shadow and become the next Classic Gear Jammers Champion. After separating with his fiancée Tina, he takes refuge sleeping in his van. He awakes after a rough night out to find an eleven-year-old boy on the doorstep and a note from his high school sweetheart welcoming him to fatherhood. Set against the backdrop of stick-shift drag racing in the heart of the South, this is a story about fathers and sons, teaching each other what it takes to be a man.

Welcome,anytime. I thought someone might like to see those and it might inspire a build or two.

IF you need a refer unit Krauts has one, but it's a little pricey for my taste. http://sourkrautsmodeltrucks.com/?page_id=3&category=4 They have some great stuff though. I'm waiting for my second order so I can get back to work on my trucks.

Here's some links to a show held last month. Hope you enjoy. http://public.fotki.com/Tank33/model_shows/ipms-murfreesboro-t-1/ http://ipmsmt.ning.com/photo/albums/2010-contest

Get your dist. from SMBC or MAD and you want have any trouble wiring them up anymore. http://www.scalemodelingbychris.com/mad_distributors.htm http://www.madmodeling.com/store/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=catshow&ref=distributors&sid=fbzx0e3j08kcf1x5s27s98uyqxnp434w

I'll have to post some pics later, but here's a small update for me. On the Paystar the dump bed is complete and shot in aluminum metalizer and then rubbed out and shot with a dull coat to make it look like it's been outside for some time and lost it's shine. I did a test on a spoon before I painted the bed and it looked pretty realistic to me. I saw two pics of the V800 engine in both IH red or a blue metallic paint. So, I did mine in IH red. IT must have something to do with the year model or options as to that engine color. I never could find that out. I added some oil lines to the engine that are the same color as the block. It appears the engine was painted after these lines were installed. I used some outdoor phone wire that was pretty close in color since the engine was already painted at this point. At this time the Diamond Reo has been stripped and cleaned up. Just need to strip the tanks and paint and polish them and then I can begin on the truck. Waiting on a big order from Krauts that should be here by end of the week. Still need to order some more stuff from them so I can fix all three trucks. Still trying to get all my parts rounded up for my Movin On KW. I'll post some pics as soon as I can.

Love those old aero coupes. Think I like the 88 the best. The green and white look good together with that blackout grill work. Besides DW's hometown is about 40 miles from where I live. Sterlin's is about the same distance too.

Thanks. I'll check them out and give em a try.

Looks good. Stance looks good too. What are you using for your wood trim? Mine always turns out pretty dark and with the black interior that I love so much it does not stand out much. Plus I have a Paystar that I am working on and it has Some wood sides on the top of the dump bed that I'd like to make look weathered and as realistic as possible.

OK, here's my Reo kit pics. It's in the pond as we speak.

No problem. It is confusing the way I wrote that and posted the pic now that I look back on it. Stuff gets confused like that on the net vs a live conversation. lol

Yeah, I had one when I was a kid. Nice truck, but it's not even close to what they used in the movie. Wrong wheels, decals, cab everything is wrong. You can build one though if you find all the right parts. The truck I wanted a kit of in that comment was the one of the Dodge in that pic I posted. I did find a resin Dodge finally, but it's not that version. It's an older truck, not sure of the year without doing some research on it though. I got my Diamond Reo in today. As soon as I can get a pic of it, I'll post it on here.

Thanks. Wished I could find a white one for the tire letters. I did finally find a good yellow one for doing lf rr on race car tires. It's just a plain ole Sandford China Marker..

Good movies, I have seen them too, but it's been a while. Where did you get the pen? I've been looking for one and can't find them in white. Also wondering if it would be a good idea to clear the chrome grills before I used a black pen on them. Sometimes it seems like the pens don't get traction on the chrome surface and they skip and miss and at other times they come out perfect.

I can't believe you have not seen this movie. Can't be called a car guy until you have. Best car chase movie ever. 93 car crashes in 45 mins says it all. I've never seen another 45 min car chase in any movie. Much better than a repeating purple Volkswagen and 14 flyin hubcaps off the same dang car. Anyway, for your viewing pleasure watch this trailer. And if you can find one, get the original version. The remastered on dvd has the wrong music and dubbed in engines and that takes away from the whole experience.

Yeah, I would not mind having the air grabber option myself. I can only build so many stock 71's though. I wished they would put out the 73-4 version. A lot of 70's race car fans would love that, but, with this kit you can rob the chassis and put it under the old MPC bodies if you can afford to get one off of e bay. At least they made the upper a arms bigger and more realistic than the ones on the Monaco. I was surprised to see the drag strip dial in times on the decal sheet though.

Picked up a 71 Charger R/T today. Pretty much just like the last issue of the kit from AMT. Thing is there are some extra decals that some might like to know about. They added Pro, Pro Street, Street, and Heavy along with some dial in window numbers ranging from mid 13's down to mid 10's. So some that might want these to build drag cars with can pick them up and use the decals for that or make copies of them. I'm going to pick up a few to use the chassis under some other race car bodies. And I'll use the engines with there formed a/c parts in my cop cars I have planned.

Since you like real paint, paint it B5 Basin Street/Petty Blue then. Ones the Dodge name and of course the other is the Plymouth name same color and number either way.

I have one of those kits to build too. I new it was a little off, but had no idea it was that far off. Here's a clip where you can clearly see the plexiglass going all the way across the nose of the car for the head light covers. It's about 2 min in and another shot towards the end of the clip too.

I like those cars too. I need to get one of those kits too. I have a VPII Challenger started and I want to do the yellow 6 pk air grabber Road Runner seen at the first of the film along with one Taurus and Burlineta cop car.

Thanks for locating those. I do have one more stupid question though. I don't see a use for two of those in a truck, so what would have been on the second pod? Maybe a regular full size speedo? Seems like trying to read that tachograph would be a little hard to do at speed down a busy hwy with a loaded rig. After looking at it again, my guess would be a normal tachometer since it does not have one, just the clock and speedo. Going to have to fire up the printer and see if I can make one to fit now.

Tell him top join up and show his work. WE have kids to seniors here at all lvls. of experience. I'm not at the top, nor the bottom and I learn something new all the time on here that makes me a better builder. Some give great critique and tell you tricks and help you to improve and come up with ideas you just don't think about sometimes. Heck, just read this thread alone. I only drove a truck for one year and I'm not as knowledgeable about the rigs like some are on here, and as you can see, they answer my questions and help point me in the right direction so I can make mine as accurate and as detailed as I want them to be. It's a great place, so he should jump in here and build something and post it up the pics.

Thanks. That is what I was afraid of. Thanks. That looks similar to the one I found except I got the whole view. The one I found had the correct dash vents and about 12 gauges on the right side going vertical in two columns. Then about 3 or 4 across the dash like in your pic, but where the tach and speedo are, there are two rect. pods on my dash that stick out quite a bit. Looks totally out of place too.