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It's sad to say, but it appears from that link, most of the kits are not going to be "new", just reissues or Revell AG reboxes. If you look under the Lonestar for example, it says "Status: Kooperation (Moebius)", so that means it will be like many other Revell AG trucks, just other companies products resold in a Revell AG box and for us in the states, higher Revell AG price.

I'm sure I seen it somewhere, because I remember thinking to myself if I had know beforehand, I wouldn't have gotten the 69 Musclecar set exclusively for the 69 Olds.

Oh, and don't worry, that's one thing I enjoy is to help others out. I spent 11 1/2 years driving these things, not to mention being under them when I was driving heavy duty wrecker!

Yep, I just checked out the Drastic Plastic's instruction site and looked at the instructions for the KW (surprised I even found them, but that site is great! ) and seen exactly what you were talking about. The ring for those duals are actually serving two purposes, giving more or less an outer rim bead for both wheels and, just like you said, also to mount both wheels since only the inner wheel actually connects to the axle. On an actual 1:1, that piece would not exist, but if you want to make the wheels more like 1:1, you would have to make another bead rim like the ones already molded into the wheels. It's been 20+ years since I had the KW Aerodyne kit, but from the way the pic on the instructions look, you could use the center area of the rear duals as mounting surfaces and eliminate the nonexistant ring between the inner and outer wheels. It also appears that you would be able to use the front steer wheel as a guide to making sure the rear wheels are the proper width and to help add the missing bead rim on each wheel.

Ok Bart, I have to get this out of my system, they mount with lug nuts!!! :lol: Now that the bad joke is out of the way, at least for modern rigs, they mount the same as these wheels I have on my Ford F350. These are Budd 4 hole wheels and are just downsized versions of the big rig steel wheels, and obviously this is the front one. The rear duals are the same as the front, just as any big rig wheel can be used in any position. This is not the greatest pic, but here is the rear set. I'd get you a better pic, but the weather is not nice and it's almost dark here anyway! If you notice on the front wheel pic, the area is raised from the rest of the rim around the lug nuts. This surface is all that contacts each other in the rear set, and as you might be able to see in this (not again the greatest) pic, that area of the outer wheel is not raised like the front or the inner rear, but sunken in. The wheels of a rig are mostly the same, even though the area around the lug nuts may not be shaped exactly the same as my smaller wheels. They still all mount the same way though, with an area around the lug nuts contacting each other. As for the rings, I'm guessing you might either be talking about the old "widow maker" wheels with the ring around the outer rim or talking about the spacer between the inner and outer wheels on a Webb style spoked wheel. You have me a little confused with "front and back" knowing you said that you never drove, so I don't know if you mean the steer tires (front) and duals (rear) or actually the individual tires themselves meaning the front as the outer wheel and the rear as the inner wheel on a set of duals. Actually either way, I might be able to help with pics of both, because there just happens to be an old Freuhauf round nosed reefer from maybe the 50s or 60s sitting just outside my house!

Barry, the plow kit wouldn't be the best for a donor for the ramp because of the frame length like you mentioned, but Steve would not need a long frame for pulling a Galaxie fifth wheel behind it. My suggestion for using the plow kit was so Steve could make a unit like the setup in the pics I posted. By the way, glad to see I'm not the only one planning on making a tandem Louisville!! I also have plans for one of the dump trucks to become a tandem tractor for use with my wiggle wagons. Also Sean, that rear end setup in Barry's pic almost looks like a Hendrickson suspension to me, and AMT used that in quite a few of their truck kits. At the first look at the pic when I came online, I thought it looked like the rear out of the KW kits like the "Movin On" truck or even the T600s.

Steve, since you brought up the idea of a van and trailer, have you thought about getting a Galaxie trailer?? You could get one of the tagalongs for the van, or if you wanted to go with a larger tow rig, you could use the gosseneck fifth wheel and a truck like the Louisville. Something like this?? By the way too, if you do go the Ford Louisville route, get the snow plow kit like this one: It has not only spare parts such as the fifth wheel and mounting plate, but you also get the choice of making it a single rear axle or dual rear axle rig. Other than the snow plow and dump pieces, it is nearly the same kit as the race hauler or box truck versions of the Louisville. And if you can't figure out something to do with the plow and dump bed, you can feel free to send the extras to me for giving you this great idea!! :lol:

Hopefully with all the old kits Round2/AMT is currently reissueing again, maybe it won't be long until we see these again. The last I remember them being reissued was in the late 90s or early 2000s, and some of the reissues then have just came around recently.

Thank you, even though some of those kits are giving me more headaches than therapy!! :lol: The Ferarri F50 is somewhat built and he had done a very nice job painting it and I was planning on finishing it as a tribute to him BUT....some of the parts have gone to nowhere land and a few are sorta important, like half of the engine parts! And I thought my biggest pain was going to be matching the unpainted mirrors to the body color! Hopefully, I will be able to finish the Johan 70 442 though. It appears to still be there, and if worse comes to worse since AMT is reissuing the 69 Hurst Olds next year and I think he used the frame from one of those, I can rob parts from the 69 in the 3 car set.

.........Continued And please keep in mind, DON'T ASK "CAN I HAVE THIS??" OR "WANNA GOT RID OF THAT??" because I don't have any plans of getting rid of ANY OF THESE!!! If I do, my list of people I have TRADED WITH BEFORE HAVE FIRST PICK!!!

I didn't get these today, I actually got these a while ago from a friend's collection who had passed away, but it took a while for me to unbox them and inventory everything. It turned out I didn't even relize how many kits I'd picked up, I ended up with over 100 kits and some with spare pieces and parts and a few even had two complete kits or a complete kit and a rebuildable built up in the same box! Also, I ask that you PLEASE DO NOT ASK "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THIS?" OR "WANT TO GET RID OF THAT??" in either post (since it will take two) because most of these are kits I want! If you are someone I HAVE TRADED WITH BEFORE and see something, send me a PM and I might consider offers, but chances are I'm not going to part with anything. Later, there may be a few that hit the Trade sections, but for now these aren't going anywhere but to the bench! Anyway, here's the haul! To be continued.....

Heck, we can even get a pic of this mythical 5.0L SC, you REALLY think he'll produce a VIN!?!? :lol: At least if he does though, it would prove that it is probably a fake, since even if it arrived in Europe with a 5.0L, it would still have the VIN code for the 3.8L SC engine, which is VIN code "R". You know, "R" as is Rivet counter!! :lol: I'm just wondering Roger, what is your fuel capacity in the one tank?? The only reason I ask is that if it only has a 19 gallon tank (guessing the tank is still original) it may have once been a dual tank setup and the previous owner may have took a little time and effort to bodywork out the extra filler door. I'm not saying or doubting you, because it could have been specially ordered that way. The 1993 Ford F150 my friend owns, ironically a 300 I-6 with a 5 speed like yours, also has just one tank, but that is because the front tank fell out of it before he bought it!! I actually like the dual tanks on my 90 F350 though, it's nice to know I have another week or so of fuel, since I don't drive it very far, when the fuel guage hits "E". The only time I hate them is when both are dry and the over $100 price on the pump after filling both!

No need to add to the list now Mike, the 1/16 scale Pete is coming in 2012!!!

:lol: No and no Andy. I did pull it out and knocked some of the dust off it and tried to finish up the CB mike, but it didn't work out well and before I lost all my marbles, I put it back on the shelf. Hopefully since it's getting cold here again, I may start up the finishing touches soon.

Bill, it's funny you bring those up! I've been looking for a set of six lug wheels for a build and looked through the 72 Blazer and noticed they were the same nice front hub wheels I found in a friend's parts box I couldn't find rears for, then I noticed the 5 lug rear wheels! Talk about having a "HUH??" moment! Also, if the 69 T/A were centerline style wheels, I'm not 100% sure but I believe the 73 Mercury Cougar issued as "The Cat" also had those 6 lug wheels in it.

No kidding!! I have the 1990 Revell T-Bird SC kit thinking I was going to modify it to build my 1:1 90 Bird, but it would be easier to make the 1:1 a fake SC! Hey, that's the answer!!! Christian's so called 5.0L SC WAS A FAKE!!! :o

Correct Mark, but if he claims to have owned it, maybe he has some pics to back up this claim. Come on, once any normal car guy gets a new car, what does he do?? HE TAKES A PIC OF IT!!

HMMM...... That's pretty funny considering there is no such car as a Thunderbird SC with a 5.0. Try again!!

You said it, not me!! :lol: Also, I just went back to the desk and checked, the proper name for it is the X2000. I forgot the "X" last night! I've always found it to be a pleasure to work with because the smaller pencil thin style knife handles start hurting my hands after a short time. The larger barrel is more comfortable, just like the fatter barrel pens I use to write with. Another knife I found, even though it is for speciallized work in my case because it has a thin Bic pen sized barrel, is one I picked up at a craft store with a swivel head for cutting round shapes and circles. I use it the most for deepening curved panel lines around doors and trimming BMF around curved areas of window frames.

Yes, but if you start with rotten lemons, all you're going to end up with is rotten lemonade! Also, I think that one's building skills really isn't important in a discussion such as this, because mainly it is a view of the kits themselves, not the individual builder. A case in point is the Fujimi Trans Am I posted last night, I have been building for almost 30 years and have learned many skills through those years but I just don't see the time and effort, nor the money I'd have to invest into donor kits, justified into turning that piece of junk into a proper Trans Am replica. There was a time in my modeling "career" I would have, becuase I was at a stage where everything had to be absolutely 100% correct, down to the firing order in the spark plug wiring including the proper position for the #1 plug wire position on the distributor cap, and I was getting so burned out on details that I almost quit the hobby all together because it was feeling more like a job. Even though I'm not a fan of the MPC/AMT Trans Ams of that era either, I can turn them into a much better model with much less time and effort than that Fujimi kit. My personal opinion, the only thing that would help it and some of the other kits on the list so far is a nice firecracker up their tailpipes!

I usually use the front and rear ends to help keep my frames square while the glue dries. I usually will glue the axles to the springs since most have better attachments to assemble them square, then I will glue all the crossmembers in one side of frame rails. I'll then glue the other rail to the crossmembers and while the glue is still workable, I'll add the rear and front suspensions. You don't necessarily have to glue the suspensions on yet if you don't want to, just have everything clamped or rubberbanded together tightly enough for the suspensions to stay in place while the glue dries. As an added check, I'll also stand the frame on the flattest end, say the rear of the frame, on end to "square" it up as a final step to make sure it is straight and square after putting the suspensions on. That was how I did the frame on this beast, and somehow I even managed to keep it square after I cut and stretched it!! :lol:

That looks like it might be a newer version of the workhorse I've had for years. It's an Xacto 2000 I believe, it is the blue knife laying in the background of this pic. I've probably had that knife for 10 years now and is a dream to hold!

I'll see you on that and raise you for ALL of the 60's through early 90s F bodies from MPC/AMT! I have not and will not ever buy any Gen 1, 2, or 3 Camaro from MPC/AMT and the only ones of the POS Trans Ams (since I'm a BIG T/A fan!) I have in my collection that I have (un)willingly bought are the 69, the 79 10th Anniversary, and the 80 Indy Pace car Trans Ams. I have yet been able to find an affordable stock 79-81 Monogram T/A, that's the only reason those are in my collection. Also, while on the subject of Trans Ams and BLEEPY kits, I'll throw the biggest pile of you know what I have ever seen into the mix, the Fujimi 1979 Trans Am! This thing a not only a disgrace to itself, it's a disgrace to the Firebird/Trans Am name! I do have to admit, the body is not too awful, but the rest of the kit is one of the old 80s era motorized toy pieces of junk. The interior is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO shrunken, half of the steering wheel goes THROUGH the floorboards! Of course, no engine and no real chassis detail either, since it was intended long ago as a motorized "toy", and one of the times I wish I had read the model magazines I had in my hand at the hobby shop! The day I bought this POS, I just so happened to buy my regular modeling reading material, and one of the magazines had a review of this pile of junk in it, and if I had read that review before leaving the shop, my $25 would have went for something else! EDIT: By the way, at least AMT got something right with the 4th Gen F bodies! I actually prefer them to the Revellogram 4th Gens!

Well Mike, my two cents are this, if it is just a "kit" car and not an original Cobra, it's a pretty BLEEPING cool Cobra! Even if it is an original, it's still cool, but I think I'd need a few extra holes in my head or a sanity test after doing that to an original car! Oh, and just a tip for if you find youself wondering something about a car like this again, just kinda hang out near the car until the owner shows up and don't be afraid to ask about details you want answers to! You might find that rare one or two that are complete BLEEPS, but 99.9% of the time they are more than happy to talk about their rides. Think of it like this, they are just other model builders who want to show of their models, they just build in a bigger scale!

I know one thing, there would never be a shortage of materials and contributors!!