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.....and don't forget panting and heavy breathing!!!!

No problem, Casey, I'm always happy to help whenever I can!

I see what you mean now. It looks like you need tires from a dragster or pro street kit with the skinny front tires. I'll do some digging in the parts box, I may have a set that might work.

OK, what am I missing? The wheels in the WIP pics and on the real truck look the same to me.

They did run 429s in Nascar! I have one of the Polar Lights Torinos and it has the 427 AND 429 in the kit to build either version.

Nice start! Do you have a pic of the correct front wheels? Someone may have a set that would correct the incorrect front wheels.

You need to find a primer that says "Primer/Sealer" on the can so the red plastic will not bleed through. I have used Duplicolor enamel primer that has "Primer/Sealer" on the front of the can, but not sure what the paint number is. You can also use the same primer on the interior, it should block the black plastic as well. The Duplicolor Primer/Sealer I have used is gray, I'm not sure if it is available in other primer colors as well.

I'm surprised the pics of the tires turned out so nice, they didn't look that good on the camera and photobucket!

Casey, they are NOT from the Dodge kits, the Dodge dually had BF Goodrich Long Trail T/A tires with no tire size markings like these, sorry if the pics aren't real good. I though they may have been in the 1993 Ford Ranger Splash or the mid 90's Chevy S10, but both of these have Firestones. Then I remembered one more AMT pickup kit I have and BOOM, there they were. I found them in here: I'm not sure, but I would assume they were probably in the shortbox, stepside, and Lightning issues of the F150's as well, but this is the only kit of that style F150 I have.

I second that! I might have to pick one up myself.

I like it so far, looking good.

You're forgetting 5/02! The monster Chevy 502 big block!

I don't know if there are any sites with a working steer axle, but if it has a multipiece steering setup, you may be able to use pins to make it work. Also, if you are familiar with Italeri's steering in their trucks, the pins holding everything together can be melted slightly with a small screwdriver to hold the parts together, but still be posable.

I did some work on my engine the past few days, here is the progress so far. I'm thinking of maybe doing some wiring on it, at least spark plug wires. I didn't find much research material on the real car, so I'm winging it on some colors and details. The best I have is a picture in a book "The Dale Earnhardt Collection: Because Winning Matters", which chronicles all of his 76 wins. It has an on track shot of the car similar to the box art photo. I stripped the chrome from the intake and some other components to give them a more correct appearance. I used Dawn Power Dissolver to strip the chrome, it works GREAT!! I had the parts stripped to bare plastic in about 3-4 hours. I highly recommend it!

I think it's more a trim level option rather than super or regular cab option, Chuck. I my 1:1 regular cab Custom trim truck has a bench with no headrests.

Yeah, This has a HEMI!!!! Don't laugh too much, it's in progress!

I'm sorry, Terry, but I must disagree with you on everything but one point, judges SHOULD know something about the class they are judging. The former club I was a member of for nearly 15 years put on a successful show every year (until it was decided to go to "open judging" format instead of 1st, 2nd, 3rd format) and one thing that entrants loved was WE DID NOT ENTER OUR SHOW. It eliminated favoritism that was seen at other shows in our area where the hosting club did compete. We were a very diverse group with car and military modelers, everyone with a speciallty, and we judged our speciallty. I mainly build Heavy Commerical, Light Commerical, muscle cars, and Nascars, so that is what I judged every year. On your third point, why should I come to your groups show if I HAVE TO JUDGE?? I came to compete, not DO YOUR CLUB'S WORK FOR YOU!!! There were two or three other clubs in our area that my former club got along with very well, they even had an open invitation to attend our meeting and vise versa. Nine times out of ten, whichever club was hosting the show, if the other club's members seen help was needed, help was VOLUNTEERED!! If it was not our club hosting, we would VOLUNTEER to help, we were never REQUIRED to help! We also did not judge classes we were entered in, but would judge any others we had expertise in. I would not have a problem helping to judge if asked, but not in a catagory I was entered in, THAT WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO OTHER ENTRANTS!!! If I would attend your group's show, I would help of ASKED to assist in judging, but I WOULD NOT ATTEND IF REQUIRED TO JUDGE!!! I attend shows for the models and vendors, NOT TO DO THE HOST CLUB'S WORK FOR THEM!! IF YOUR CLUB CANNOT HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HOLDING A CONTEST, DON'T HAVE ONE!!!!!

You were thinking the way I was on the 1:1 axles, Casey! When I was downloading the pics in the 1:1 Truck Reference, I just happened to have the kit open and checked it against the 1:1 in mine. I checked my Haynes repair manual, it didn't specify years, but it said the 8.8, 9 inch, Dana (didn't specify model, I assume 60 and 70) and the 10.25 were all used in the F series from 1980-1996, but didn't say what was in what models.

I say REAL, let's see if I can go 5 for 5! I'm not as good on Auto ID, though, couldn't even think of a guess on it last week!

Casey, you are right and wrong. The body is the same for all trucks, no matter if it is 150, 250, 350, or Superduty (which would be the F450 in todays models), the only difference between them all is the front fender emblems. The 2WD front suspension, though maybe a little stouter on the F250, visually will work for the F150. The Ford 8.8 or Ford 9 inch would both work for the F150, also. The area where you are wrong is the rear axle supplied in the kit, it is not a Dana 60, but a Ford 10.25 unit. That is what is in my 1:1 F350, and I have compared this picture to the kit axle, the kit piece is an exact match. Don't feel bad though, I thought it was a Dana 60 both in the kit and real truck until I researched it more!

At least they left the engine and put it on blocks for you!!

WOW! I can't wait to see more progress.

Huh??

That's why I was wanting to make sure it was a motorcycle, that was what I was going to suggest!

This may sound stupid, but the Hayabusa is a motorcycle, right?