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Badluck 13

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  1. That wheel is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......more please!,I love the direction this is going......
  2. .......This is the only car I own right now
  3. Woolworth's.....ah yeah I remember buying my kits from there and I also remember the winter of '76 they had a bargain bin full of discontinued kits and older annuals for something like $2.00-$3.00...I remember my first semi I built came from a local hobby story,it was the GMC Astro,I paid $12.00 for it and my dad paid the tax on it because it bucks was all I had and I thought that was high then.....
  4. Ben,how could you be so negative???? .....No honestly,Thank You, I am glad you pointed that out because you are so right,never noticed it until now....will be yanking it off and re-doing it. As far as the rust,Anthony Oteri gave me the heads up on "Sophisticated Finishes",got it at Michaels,the stuff is awesome and very easy to use!!!
  5. This is gonna be one cute Ranchero,enjoying this build very much,can't wait to see more.
  6. WOW!!!!,that grille is just an awesome piece of work!!!!
  7. That is the coolest thing ever!!!!!
  8. Small progress on the Kenny,got the"Yellow" plumbed and installed and "dirtied"up....my first try at it,comments,advice,good,bad,or ugly welcome....... More to come...slowly....very slowly.....need to start body work on cab next so I can get some coloer on it....thanks for lookin'
  9. My user name is from a song my daughter n I like and it was one she learned on guitar,"Bad Luck" by Social Distortion,and the "13" came from part of the lyric she likes "Thirteens my lucky number,to you that means stay inside,black cat done crossed my path,no reason to run and hide....",The avatar is my most precious daughter "Bev" in the Covair that she helped,and I do mean helped get runnin' this past summer..........lifes good
  10. :lol: ...you are sooooooo right on that!!!!
  11. Aside it being a model or real,I always like this generation of this lil' car...........
  12. Just Wanna give a shout shout out to Dave and American Industrial Truck Models,I am sure anyone who has done any dealings with him already knows this,but I would like to share my experience,I place a small order for the first time with Dave last week and WOW!!!!!!,it was a pleasure to deal and talk to Dave and the products are great and the delivery was very fast!!!!,I highly recommend,Thanks Dave!!!!,I will be doing more business in the near future
  13. Thanks everone for the positive comments on Baby Girls truck so far,it makes her smile to see what has been said!!!!,she hasn't done anymore to it so far because she has had a nasty eye infection which is ~MUCH~ better,so hopefully this weekend,she is wanting to get working on it again
  14. X's 2!!!!!,and also it was cool to get the matching colored tires to match,I remember the on kid on our block had a Purple Stingray with purple tires coolest thing ever.....and all I had was a gold Huffy with black tires
  15. ....Got just a lil' more done on the Kenworth....vety little Need to take tips from Baby Girl,Also like to thank Anthony Oteri for heads up on "Sophisticated Finishes" for the "Rust" tip!!!.....as always comments welcomed,good,bad,indifferent Much happier with the exhaust results compaired when I always painted them "New never fired"look,still need more practice at it. More to come...............eventually
  16. What can I say...speechless.....beautiful!!!!
  17. Hey Stephen!!!,welcome and welcome back to the hobby,I too been away for about 15yrs and just started back.....I have found so much help and tips here as I am sure you will too.....enjoy!!!!!
  18. ......And the finished trailer from the kit....next will be the tractor,again between her bowling ..Shes very proud of her little finished trailer ,as soooooooo am I
  19. ..............And a lil' more
  20. Baby Girl got a lil' more done today on her truck in between her bowling....She really enjoyed the comments from everyone and wanted me to say "Thank You" for her....
  21. Yes Steve,that is correct,it is the small 36"
  22. ....I finally pulled out my AMT Kenworth Alaskan Hauler out of the stash to work on and not gonna lie,I destroyed the sleeper : .....I really want to build this with the sleeper unit...does anyone know where I can find another one,be it new,resin,etc. This kit means alot to me,my mom found this kit for me some years back at a department store and was she was thrilled to get for me......I really want to do the kit right and I have named it "Annabelle" as a tribute to mom,who has passed 5yrs ago.....Thanks in advance for any help or leads!!!!
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