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Not only would you crush the Mustangs with that, you'd crush your Honda!!!

Are the 10 hole Alcoas in this issue? I thought that I had heard that it was going to have both fuel tank and wheel options, but I didn't see the Alcoas in the video. I had plans to add a few more of these to the stash, but no Alcoas could change that since a few of my ideas either include having all Alcoa wheels or at least a mix of the front Alcoas with the spoke rears.

Danny, do you make a four hole dually front with the hubs for the single wheel or will those hubs fit the dually wheel drilling out the 2WD bearing cap to replicate this?

This is not finished, but this is an original Papa Truck kit that I transformed into a regular tractor with some custom touches to be a long frame custom rig. This will be now a project for one of the two Papa Trucks I currently have in the stash, as working with the original kit has become more of a pain as the project progressed. I got tired of fighting brittle 30-40 year old plastic and shelved the project for now after it seemed all I had to do was breathe on it and another part would break! I do plan for the other Papa and one of the 3 Super Bosses on the shelves to actually be built as the racing combo, the other 2 Bosses have "donated" their V12s for other customs!

I'm not sure of all the details, but about 6 months ago at one hobby shop I go to from time to time, I seen a few police bikes on the shelves from one of the Japanese manufacturers. I'm not sure if they were the Harley or not, the only thing I clearly remember was one was CHP and another was LAPD.

Honestly in my opinion, the older kits here and another I have very similar to the reissue of the "Grim Reaper" from Revell called the "Chain Gang" (which oddly is a 1/12th scale) are more what I consider a chopper compared to the newer Revell offerings. I'm not saying the newer kits aren't nice, but for my tastes they are more a stock type bike with added "bling" than they are a chopper. I had to heavily modify the "Crusader" I have to meet my personal tastes to be a chopper. Also, though I don't know you, I would build a cop bike!

Not really sure if I can do that or not, as art is not one of my strong suits! I'll give it a try though.

I actually made some of my own using a roll of real tape that was leftover when I company I worked for had to put it on older trailers. It is a little time consuming, but it also does still reflect as well. As for the regulations, I'm not sure what the sizing and spacing is, but here are a few different ways that they are typically arranged. Also, related to the original topic, there have been times about 6 months ago that I have contacted Jerry both by email and messages on Facebook wanting some decals and some custom work as well with no response, and I know that the Facebook messages were read. Any explanations to this??

http://www.linkmfg.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/14LS13.43.jpg That should help, it's about the best image I could find showing most of the details you should need. I put "steerable tag axle" into Google image search to find that pic. Those axles don't link to the steering itself, but steer with pressure as the truck is turning. I would guess from the pic you posted the pieces in the middle of the two axle mounting arms are deflated air bags for posing in the "up" position and the large bags are for "down". Other than that, the installation looks like it should be fairly easy, your mounts to the frame are the pieces by the axle, the bottom axle mounting arm is laying the way you need to mount both into the frame mounts facing the front of the truck, then the axle will mount where the square is in the arms, and whatever bag you use on the area behind that and the top of the bag to the frame. The way the square area where the axle mounts looks to me from the pic, you will probably have to cut the ends off the axle and mount the center part between the arms and then mount the outer parts to the outside of the arms.

This is an example of a 34 Ford Roadster body I bought at a hobby shop that sold some of JF's products quite a few years ago. As a few others have said, the places where it counts are nicely done, but as you can see, there is cleanup to do where the interior is and also where the donor kit's (Revell's 34 Ford) trunk goes. Also depending on the age of the mold, just as with normal reissued kits, there may be more flash than if it was a fresh mold. Another resin conversion I bought of a truck is a prime example of how the mold's age can effect the finished product. In this case, the caster I was buying it off of did tell me there was going to be a lot of work on it to do because the mold was old and the one I was getting was probably going to be the last he would cast from that mold, but I wanted the truck regardless of the work because I wanted that style truck. The hood in the pic is from the same caster, just a much newer mold than the truck itself. Maybe some of the extra flash on the pic in the original post is just that the mold is showing its age?

This sort of reminds me of a friend that is notorious for putting parts or kits in the wrong boxes. He'll be looking for a project he'd been working on to show me whenever I get the chance to visit, and the search is on because it isn't in the right box! I do the same thing sometimes with kits with damaged boxes or just in bags from a model show, but I put a 2x4 (might be 3x5, not sure LOL) label on each side of the box with the contents.

Yes, that was the only way I got to see season 5! I don't know if the Weather Channel just have not aired the new season yet or if they dropped carrying new episodes, but they just keep replaying the first 4 seasons.

Yep, and here are both examples. The Revell snap kit is on the front of the top deck, and the Miasto is directly behind it in the middle.

Thank you Marshall, and long time no talky! I've got more than a couple going on, including the "never seems it will get done" Ford I started almost 7 years ago, and more seem to keep jumping in my mind and then on the bench! This is just one of two choppers that decided to invade the bench, and of course I couldn't prevent myself from turning it into another major modification project! I think I might have a little reworking to do on the engine, the beast's shoulders might be a little large! After the earlier update where I posted the exhaust painted with Alclad and tried to glue them in place, something must have shifted when I mocked the exhaust up because the turbos cleared the interior tunnel in mock up but now......just a little wide! I just have to clear the mind and think over how I'm going to make the turbos fit and then also make sure all the air intake tubing will clear from the intake stacks to the air cleaners then to the turbos and without any more interference to the interior. Thank you JT!

I second that, for obvious reasons!!!

Thank you Dan and Gator. Not much has gotten done on either lately, but hopefully I'll get a little bench time this weekend and I'll have some progress to report.

Actually Christian, there are licence issues here in the states too, but not as stringent as they may be there because the allowable weights are higher (though I don't know what 3500 KG equates to in pounds but guessing around 2000 pounds) for not only the towing vehicle and the trailer itself but also the combination of the two. A combination of a car trailer with a car and even the largest pickups here like the Ford F350 or a Ram 3500 are well under the weights where a Commercial Drivers License is required, but there are cases even pickups towing trailers would fall under requirements where a CDL would technically be required to operate the unit. Here are examples where a commercial drivers license is needed: Class A: A Class A commercial driver's license is required to operate any combination of vehicles with a gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 lbs. or more, to include a towed vehicle that is HEAVIER than 10,000 lbs. Class B: A Class B commercial driver license is required to operate a single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 26,001 lbs. or heavier AND/OR any vehicle as described above that is towing another vehicle weighing UP TO 10,000 lbs. Class C: A Class C commercial driver's license may be required if: The vehicle you intend to drive does not meet the criteria described for either a Class A or Class B license. AND Is meant to transport EITHER: At least 16 passengers (to include you, the driver). OR Hazardous material (HAZMAT) as laid out by federal guidelines. Examples of vehicles you might be able to operate with a Class C CDL (with proper endorsement) include: Small HAZMAT vehicles. Passenger vans. Combination vehicles not described in class A or B.EXAMPLE: A small truck towing a trailer. Here's where I found the info, though I already know about it because I have a Class A CDL : http://www.dmv.org/commercial-drivers/cdl-class-types.php Also, even with my Class A, there are things I am restricted from driving because I don't have the proper endorsements to allow me to operate them. I can't drive anything with hazardous materials though I did have my HAZMAT endorsement years ago and did haul HAZMAT, I don't have a passenger, tanker, or double and triple trailers endorsement either. I can't even ride a motorcycle because it requires a special endorsement no matter what type of license you have!

I still watch the show, MeTV has it on in my area for 2 hours between 4PM and 6 PM. Very nice build, where did you get the box and the decals?

They sold at least one!

Yeah, I Googled it after I said that! I thought Revell did do that for real, because I remember seeing the Ferrari and TC's chopper, just couldn't remember if I had actually seen the van.

I'm just curious if it will match the box art this time, unlike the early 2000s reissue that had the spoke wheels and square fuel tanks (IIRC without running to the model room to look) on the box art but Alcoas and round tanks in the kit. I actually would like to see this upcoming issue have both sets of wheels. It's just a matter of personal taste, but I like Alcoas for the front steers but the spokes would be nice on the drives for heavy haulers or adding something like a dump or wrecker body to it.

I thought the Magnum PI Vanagon was an actual kit. And I have #1 and #2 on the list in my stash, just not the "Special Editions"!

I just find it funny that when it comes to a Revell goof up, that those brake rotors clearly look like to me, nobody seems to care but when it comes to Japanese kits not having a engine everyone gets fired up. I guess it might just be that this kit does have an engine, regardless of the fact there is no transmission or running gear to attach it to the wheels!

As Greg said in his opening post, I have also used DupliColor paints almost exclusively (with a few exceptions like my custom Ford that wears Rustoleum Colorshift on both the truck and the trailer) for many years and haven't any issues other than the one I posted earlier of crazing painting over the DulpiColor "Chrome". The paint on the other custom rig in my pics is all DupliColor Perfect Match Acrylic Lacquer, GM Bright Red and GM Bright White, and some of the red on the underside of the trailer and on the reefer unit was sprayed directly on the bare plastic with no primer.

Two posts BEFORE the pictures!