Old Buckaroo

Nice work on all the scratch built tid bits, the Blue body has the wow factor!

A pleasant drive to the next town over - Miles City (90 miles RT) today.

Welcome Bill, I transitioned to Semi trucks after building aircraft for years over on the FSM forum. You're in for a fun adventure, there is so much you can do with the truck kits especially since you remember trucks from back in the day.

When the outside temps drop down into the negative , both heat registers in the living room has a cat camped out. My wife and I have to layer up as they steal all the heat.

What a great looking chopper - love what you did with the heads and cases. This kit was my first exposure to models. I was seven years old and my older brother was building it. All I remember was it was the coolest thing Id ever seen and him telling me at least 100 times "Hands Off" I really need to find this kit and build my own.

Michael - you need more bench ! Looking forward to all of these upcoming projects.

Very nice Bob - where did you source the BB Moroso Valve covers?

"cough cough" I think I caught your bug. After seeing this beautifully painted Charger - I ordered two of them. Mr Norms turned out great - that is one to be proud of. I had one of those gold sparkle helmets that came with the old '55 ex drag car I bought. I left with the car for the next owner.

Great job on getting rid of the "Lego shocks" that's exactly how I feel about a lot of chunky molded in pieces. Wooh the engine bay is tight, but it looks good sitting in there. 😎

I'm a fan of popsicle sticks with scotch double stick tape or use my clampy tweezers.

My wife pulled in behind my truck last night. (not her usual parking spot) Negative twenty eight this morning and her car said"Heck No" when I went to start it. Cant let her use my truck as its blocked in. She can stay home and enjoy my entertainment for the day.

Several nights back actually , I had spent most of the day moving snow off of trailers, vehicles and shoveling it out of the way. My wife asked what I wanted for supper - my reply was "Apple pie A'la-mode" , so she made one from scratch. You can do that when the kids are grown and gone!

Mike was the electric company a Coop ? We've gotten similar checks from power companies after we have moved on.

There is a great bit of advice right there - That should be on billboards! No pun intended 😄

Now that is just cool, nice work and I really like what you did with this buildup. I have a "love hate relationship" with this model kit. As a kid growing up it was always in every store that sold models by the multiples. Ive never liked Corvettes and my taste back then was for the MPC Pro Stockers. But this is the kit that was on the shelves, and every boy in Jr High had the mini "Farrah" poster in their locker. My wife asked me once what was the all time hated kit and this was the first one I mentioned.. But then out or sheer curiosity I looked at them on ebay expecting to see $1.98 Buy it now prices. To my surprise there was only a couple with very high prices. Long story short, I bought one that I thought was a bargain compared to the others after a few weeks of watching the auctions. So yes I have this kit, my decals are crud, but I hope to find a set. I will build this as my one and only corvette model to show my wife "I am not scared" I really hope mine will turn out as fabulous as yours, the work you put into it reminds me a lot of the early days of customizing models and I will mark yours for a reference. 👍

That is a pretty darn cool - I love that kind of modeling. Anything that has met Mr. Razor saw rates pretty high with me...

They closed a hundred mile stretch of interstate here yesterday. Ive driven all the way across Montana and the state of Wyoming many a times with just one lane open. Now they don't even do that..

Mike - I recommend that last half hour before turning off the lights to read a bit. My go to book has always been "Lonesome Dove" or back issues of "Scale Auto" reprogram the days thoughts and worries before shutting down.

David - I love the work you're doing here. Those kit wheels always look 100% better with a dull coat on them, and the fuel tank re-work is top notch!

These were always sold out when I tried finding one in the early 90's, found one on ebay for a real bargain including shipping. Real American plastic not that soft stuff like now.

More snow here and cold temps - What pleased me about that ? My wife informed me next February our son will be stationed in Florida after 6 yrs of being out of the US. She said shes gonna send me there next February so she doesn't have to listen to my rumblings 😄

A new book (to me) on models. In the hour I have thumbed through looking and reading bits - I am impressed. I remember reading many an article by Tim Boyd in model magazines. This book will not disappoint anyone anyone that builds, collects or appreciates the box art of models and I highly recommend it. 👍 It was very interesting to read the development of the same MPC Barracuda kits I have in my collection. This will sure help make the negative temps of February much more tolerable. Why shove snow when I can read ! I will be placing a order for the "Collecting Drag Racing Model Kits" in the future by same author.

Jeff that box is super cool, that is the first time I had seen that art !!

Now I'm really envious of that treasure find.. John Allen was a big influence on my modeling as a kid.

This going to be a really fun project to follow, I'm a fan already of what you've done. 👍