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Love those Hitch & Tow die casts . I picked up one of the '67 Impalas with a Bambi Airstream last year , passed on the '67 Bronco because I already had a Johnny Lightning first gen Bronco on the shelf . Turned the white walls around on the pick up and think it looks better with black walls then stripped the trailer to repaint to match our Shasta re-issue

Picked up two of these , one to stash and one to play with. 1/64 1962 Dodge pick up and Shasta Airflyte

......BaBaBooey.........

Nicely done ! I like that. What did you use to attach the seat to the seat frame ? -does your seat flip open ?

Today is October 21,2015-----So much for the Cubs winning the World Series .

Over the last 10 years or so since these on line model forums have come to be , there have been a few people that were members and passed away . A few that come to mind : Ed>62ss Jerry>LUKE'57 Matt>Mojo Doctor John>Fastback340 And a few resin suppliers : Ron Cash Ray Parson Ross Gibson as time goes by I'm sure we will lose more people , it's a fact of life . We should be grateful to have this forum and the opportunity to know these people that share the same interest . Maybe instead of being so quick to judge each other as just characters on the internet and understand that we are all real live people on the other side of the screen with real life struggles .

After the chrome wheels were stripped and repainted , tires still need to be de-burred and a little chalk dust to weather them . Engine de-chromed and re painted So far I like this kit a lot and plan on getting a few more .

Very Nice ! Here's a picture of mine

This it what I've come up with so far for the two piece tires on the Trail 70 kit , Stripped the chrome because the 1:1 wheels are an aluminum shade not chrome , then glued the two wheel halves together . Slide a tire half on over the bead and make sure it's seated all the way around then slide the second side of the tire on . Made sure the knobby pattern lined up . The pressure of each half presses against each other to seal the gap ..........no glue yet if at all ?

Hey Ray , What are the chances of showing a picture of your 1:1 Trail 70 ?

Just ordered an MPC Honda Trail 70 today , Besides the scale difference, the price of the MPC is a lot less than the Tamiya kit ( if you can find a Tamiya Trail 70 )

Back to the Future ?

One of my favorite Red Green skits .

Last week we sold our 1999 31 ft. camper that weighed 2 1/2 tons and bought this today 2015 Shasta Airflyte Retro

Thanks , Lieutenant Dan

That is how I do it too . But I like to use BMF because it leaves a crisper line-also use a compass to generate the radiuses (or is it radii ? ) of the wipers .

I never really got into cowboy movies but I like The Outlaw Josie Wales---------Dirty Harry is the reason I never put ketchup on a hot dog.... My favorite Clint Eastwood performance was when he was talking to an empty chair.........

The Fourth Doctor

O.K-Just for sake of conversation and I'm not trying to start an argument . then I'm going to leave this topic alone. Beside the fact I clearly remember what that truck was and wasn't=this was taken straight from the Fordification site Quote : For 1968 Models , Base models got a steel grille assembly and the Custom Cab models could get either a steel grille or an all aluminum version . Again just for sake of conversation- In 1972 he bought a brand new F250 Ranger XLT Camper Special that was fully loaded with options and chrome trim . Cloth seat and carpet . 360/automatic trans. Here's the point I'm trying to make-> In 1976 he ordered an F250 super cab bicentennial version , those only came in blue or white-his was white with gold eagle stripes down the sides, red , white and blue plaid cloth seat and rubber floor - I've had people tell me that Ford never made a super cab bicentennial version OR a bicentennial F250 - they said they were only regular cab/F100s and I've been told that IF it had a cloth seat it would have had carpeted floors but it didn't , he ordered it thru Gorno Ford in Woodhaven , MI - that truck had a 460/automatic trans. My Dad passed away years ago so I can't ask him but I did ask my Mom what she remembered about the '68 F100 and she said all she could remember was it didn't have a rear bumper when he bought it and it did not come with a spare tire either-that was extra......she said they paid around $2,000.00 for it brand new which was a lot of money for them at the time . Oh well , just for sake of conversation ...........maybe the "Custom Cab" markings had some thing to do with the 390 instead of a six cylinder or small V8 ?

The rear of my Dads truck looked just like this one . http://www.fordification.com/tech/trim.htm This says the '68 Custom Cab could have come with either an aluminum grill or a painted steel grill

In the spring of 1968 my Dad bought a brand new F100 , it was pale yellow with a white painted grill and white front bumper , when he got it there was no rear bumper so he had a Ford step bumper installed-that bumper was painted silver . The only option that truck had was an AM radio=no power steering or power brakes , a 390 with a 3 speed in the column, it had a plain black leather seat with no pattern and black rubber floor - if I remember correct it had a "Custom" badge on the glove box door too . It had chrome badges on the rear pillar of the cab that said "Custom Cab" and 390 badges on the lower front fenders-No other chrome trim , for sure none around the tail lights and it had a plain stamped tailgate that said Ford in white - no chrome panel there either . I don't remember if it had chrome around the windshield or just the rubber seal . I'll try to find pictures of that truck and post them .

That does look a lot better. Are your lenses curved? Mine were curved the wrong way. They fit the bezels better if I turned the detail inside. I sanded the smooth side of the lenses until they were flat, then painted them again. That allowed me to leave the back up lights clear. No- my lenses are flat with detail on one side and smooth on the other side . I did not sand the lenses at all . The back side of the chrome bezel is curved and has a locating tab so I just sanded it smooth with a flat sanding stick until the back side of the bezel/light pocket came thru . The bezel sits back further in the opening and the light sits against the 1/4 panel instead of inside the bezel . * IF this kit was a true low end Custom Cab as the box art says it would not have the chrome trim around the tail lights **

One of the things that has been bothering me , from the pictures people have posted of their truck models is the way the tail lights bulge out of the opening , they should be flush of even counter sunk . So I sanded the back side of the bezel and now they fit flush and look a little better to my eye . Opps=sent the same picture twice *

That's the way I'm looking at it And if the Moebus kit is base on the '73-'79 AMT kit that's fine too because I would buy any of those I could find .

I got a bag of these brass type tools in a model parts box deal . I think they were for a charm bracelet ? They are way too big for my use-does anyone have an idea of the scale and does anyone have a use for them ? the tin snippers open and close