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If you would like to see Revell reissue the old Monogram 1/16 scale big rigs as seen in Casey's "Monogram's Big Rigs for '88" thread, please leave me your full name and I will include it in an email I will send to Revell around the first of June. Thanks in advance, Matthew Brownlee.
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You and half of Australia! You know, it probably couldn't hurt to start a letter writing/e-mail campaign to Revell USA to see if we can get these 1/16 kits reissued (can't immagine how much they'll cost). Seemed to work for the 1/25 Kenworth W900 Aerodyne Snap-Tite kit.
Nice idea Jim! I know a young man named stewart is doing that very thing for pickup kits, LET'S DO THE SAME!!!
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Is the ZZ top 34 ford still available in some form? Opps, sorry for the 'bad' word
I'm not sure if there has been any since this "Thom Taylor" issue from around 2000. It has a Cabriolet soft up top or the down top tonneau.
P.S.: I'm sorry, but I'm building both of these, so I can't help you out!
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"Other" forum???
Yes, Harry, there might be "another" forum, but this one is MUCH nicer!! That "other" forum does have it's own section for Community Builds, and that wouldn't be a bad idea here.
It would make the Community Builds easier to find! Just a thought. Please don't think less of me if I just might be a member of the "other" forum, too! -
"Zukiholic, on 30 March 2010 - 11:05 PM, said:
BTW: The SC T-Bird has a V-6
Yup, same 3.8 V6 as the pre-91 Cougar XR-7. However the post-91 XR-7 used the 5.0 V8 (well...4.9 technically)."
Thanks to both of you, I knew the SC T-Bird has the supercharged V6, I got the SC kit to build my 1:1
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Guess I'll have to do some Research to figure out what engine is in the Peterbilt
and what it's suppose to look like.
Anybody?
Don't get a worse headache researching the engine!
It is a Cat 3406. I'm not sure if it is a 3406 B or 3406 E, but here's some quick pics I found on the web.3406 B:
3406 E:
Hope these help you some!!
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Man, I REALLY miss that beautiful blue metalflake 1/16 scale Kenworth! That was the first truck kit I ever bought on my own. I lost it in a house fire in 1997 and can't afford the steep prices they sell for on ebay to replace it. That's one of very few kits I've never replaced from my original collection!
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Great pics! The close up of the front and rear bumpers and the pic of the engine just made me realize something! The engine in the Cougar is the non turbo version of the 3.8 Liter V6, right? With a little modification to the bumpers and the non turbo engine, I can make a model of the 1:1 1990 T-Bird I have in my driveway from the 1990 T-Bird Super Coupe kit Revell made!
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I'd say I like both and you need another frame, flatbed, and more tires
I second that motion!!
Plan C looks way too cool! Don't forget the heavy duty 4X4 axle someone metioned from Sourkraut's. Then more Boggers and mix Plan C and make Plan A.3-the Ford with duallies! -
Thanks for the Pics Matthew, But dang is it Rustic.
No problem, Zukiholic. After being driven for 20 years in WV, of course it would be "rustic"!!
And hopefully you can see the axle past all the oil drippings! -
I don't know, I'll have to dig it out, but I think AMT's 1966 Ford Fairlane may have something similar.
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P.S.: I got paid back about 6 months later with the nickname "Sparky"! I caught some electrical wires with the corner of my trailer and broke a telephone pole that landed on my trailer, along with the live wires, in addition to two other poles that broke down the street!
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you need to add a nice 4-wheeler in the back of the CR-V & then add an off road Segway to the four-wheeler. That way, you can get progressively deeper into the wilderness.
only thing i see as an issue could be height. with a load floor between 5-6 feet, anything payload taller than 6-7 feet is asked for trouble. You don't wanna end up like this guy:
article from NY times about above pic
He just wanted a convertible!
A friend of mine that I used to work with did something similar to his trailer, didn't cause damage like that, but lost the entire fiberglass roof panel from his trailer. After he got back to the warehouse we drove for, I didn't believe he hit a bridge, I couldn't see any damage to the trailer at all. That is, until he opened the back doors and all I seen were the roof support ribs and sky! He became the inspiration for my next build:By the way, please DO NOT be offended by the name on the trailer, it was not meant that way! My friend is very secure with his Polish hertitage and originally only did it as an office joke while all us drivers were drinking our morning coffee, but he loved it so much he took it home! Good thing I took pics before I took it to work!
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They're nice. And they're expensive.
They're nice, no question about it, but considering the price of new kits nowadays, I don't think they're that expensive. I'd rather spend $20-$25 on a Ross Gibson than spend the same amount on a kit that will never be built just for a donor engine.
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Wonderful pics, Tim! I'm already getting ideas for builds.
The first pic on the first page you should send to Harry P for his "Real or Model" thread, I first thought those four trucks were in a diorama! -
Highway, thanks for the tips and photos.
The J-bot decals I already knew, but not the Modeltruckin. I tried to send an e-mail to both. J-Bot has its inbox totally fully. No new orders available.
Modeltruckin, the e-mail have returned... So I can´t make contact with no one…
You're welcome, Drago, and try this thread for info on Modeltruckin.com:
http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=28084
You could probably PM phoneguy to find out why your emails are coming back to you.
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By the way, great idea and looking good so far. Did you think of running dual boggers on the rear axles? That would look even cooler!
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Right now the front axle is under the leaf springs.
may swap to over the springs.
NO DON'T DO THAT!! I have this 1:1 Ford F350 Dually 4X4 and the axle is under the springs.
Not a great pic, but this is the front axle and spring:
It's definitely not close to what you're building
, but in it's former life it was a wrecker! The previous owner owned a towing company and after it's life of towing, he removed the wrecker body and put the stock dually bed on it. The only telltale signs that it didn't come from Ford this way is the "Incomplete vehicle manufactured by Ford" sticker inside the door and the 6 inch gap between the cab and bed! -
Calculon - It had the steering wheel from Hitler's staff car, the left turn signal from Charles Manson's VW bus, and the windshield wipers from that car in Knight Rider.
Fry - Kitt wasn't evil.
Calculon - No, but his windshiled wipers were, it didn't come up much in the show though.
Project Satan - Thank's to Ed Begley Jr, I have an electric motor, the most evil motor ever developed, whahahahahahaha.
HUH!!
Aaron, I think you posted in the WRONG THREAD!!! And, yes KITT was not evil, KARR was! -
Thanks. That's what I thought. I can find plenty of BJ clips on you tube, but there's not a lot of Movin On clips for reference.
I know, the few I seen from "Movin On" looked good for a few shots of the truck, but not many good inside views.
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I seem to remember when the Movin On kits were on the shelf. I think the box art showed an aux trans so that means more than one shifter. I don't recall the truck on TV having that set up.
Yep, you're right! I'm not sure on the real truck (too young, I wasn't even born when the show was on the air), but I know the kit had the aux trans, just like all the other AMT KW W900 kits. Even the T600 kits of the early 90s had the aux trans in it, and two stickers were WAY gone by that time! The only AMT KW W900 kit I have ever seen without the aux trans (it's still there but not used) is the old Alaskan Hauler issue. The kit includes ALL of the parts needed to build the W900 like the "Movin On" issue, but includes, according to the instructions, a 16 speed Spicer trans that does not use the aux trans or the second stick shift.
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I think this is a roll of the dice as to whether these kits tires will be warped. The tires on the Revell 359 above, I had no problems with. they went together beautifully.
It's definitely is a roll of the dice with those tires, and with my Pete 359, my roll came up "craps"!
Mine were so badly warped I don't even think CA would have helped them, I stole a set of wheels and tires out of Italeri's 377 A/E. It dresses the 359 up nicely with the nice Pete emblem cutouts in the wheels, too! -
I just started playing last week and guessed right (beginner's luck
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You need to scratch-build the pedal brake because it isn't in the box!!!
:lol: and you don't need any glue for the gas pedal, IT ALREADY STICKS!!!
Mine were so badly warped I don't even think CA would have helped them, I stole a set of wheels and tires out of Italeri's 377 A/E. It dresses the 359 up nicely with the nice Pete emblem cutouts in the wheels, too!
Monogram's Big Rigs for '88
in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
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I'm not trying to hijack Casey's thread, but anyone who would like to see the 1/16 scale trucks reissued, please see my thread here in the trucks section to sign an email to see if we can get Revell to reissue these kits.