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In a couple months, we are going to be in Orlando and then in Miami and Key West for a few days. I've googled hobby shops in those areas, but they mostly seem to be R/C oriented. Does anyone have a favorite shop to recommend, maybe one that doesn't get the attention it deserves? I can't really see making the effort to shop at a Florida Hobby Lobby over a Texas one. lol
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I've got the truckster about ready to assemble, but I'm stuck on wheel choice. Here's the two most likely candidates so far. The first is a set of Porsche GT3 wheels and tires, good for high speed driving. The second is a set of steelies on high performance tires. I like the Porsches but they might be too big for the truck and the steelies may be too small. Can't decide yet.
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I stop at the CVS in town periodically to look for any interesting diecasts and usually leave disappointed, but not today. Mostly they have the odd sort of generic hotrod, Mustang, or Mopar. This time they had these two sitting on the shelf just begging me to take them home. An Audi and a BMW both in 1/24th. I don't know much about the racing series, but I like the way they look!
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Excellent! I love these trucks.
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Not sure if this is the spot for it, but I wanted to share some trucks I used to see as a kid in Texas. During Easter season, a lot of Mexican families would come to San Antonio and you'd see these family trucksters. They were badged as B-100s through B-250s depending on the weight rating. They were made in passenger and delivery styles. I don't know when they dropped this body style but I haven't seen them much in the last 20 years. From what I can tell they made them in Mexico, Colombia and maybe Argentina? They seem to have some in various wheelbases and some tailgates and some had barn doors among other variations. They don't seem to have any connection with the Centurion trucks.
Anyway, I thought it might give someone an idea if they happen to have a box of Ford truck and van parts laying around. I think an Econoline rear section might make up the rear section of the truck.
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6 hours ago, Mark said:
The '55 Chevy is probably the "easiest" of the Revell tri-five Chevy kits to work with. Atlantis will have to tool another set of tires for it, as the '55 didn't get converted over to the (wider than original) two-piece hollow tires by Revell. Those won't fit, as the inner wheel houses on the chassis are quite narrow. One side is narrower than the other, something to watch for if you are working on one. The Revell Hot Rod magazine issue had wider tires and really wasn't buildable out of the box due to this.
If Atlantis gets to the '56, they had better tool some new clear parts as the original front and rear glass falls through the openings in any issue past the mid-Seventies. I'm surprised they didn't at least tool a new rear glass for the '57 hardtop.
Of the three, I think the 56 has the best proportions. The 55 and 57 bodies seem to vary in scale from top to bottom and front to back.
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On 5/26/2024 at 11:21 PM, Tabbysdaddy said:
Depends on how accurate you want it to be since the kit has incorrect front suspension, rear end and no stock bumpers.
I think I have a parts box of AMT vans somewhere, so maybe I can do something with that.
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On 5/27/2024 at 10:34 AM, tooltime-fan said:
A little Update....
Threw some paint on it:
Original Orly Blue
Love that color!
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On 5/27/2024 at 7:11 PM, Can-Con said:
You do know Mobius has announced a '67/'68 last fall for the near future, right?
Actually I didn't know that, good to hear! If Round 2 isn't careful, Mobius will take their place. lol
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Even though I didn't like this kit as a kid, but I plan to get one or two. I think something like the Roadkill Muscle Truck would be easy to build from it.
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1 hour ago, dietgilroy said:
will they fix the proportions of the tri five Chevys or at least fix the fitment of the panels?
I don't think they are going to do anything to the molds except put them into service. Maybe sometime in the future?
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Maybe I missed it, but I wonder if Revell or Atlantis ended up with the Tom Daniels Street Vette?
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On 12/4/2020 at 3:16 PM, the other Mike S. said:
They're getting back into that 1/24 scale thing like they were doing through the '70's/'80's. Ugh! What happened to the U.S. market and 1/25th scale?
I know most here would probably say "meh", but then again you have long threads on here about those weird ugly curbside cars from Nunu models. I'd like to see Revell reissue the 1/25th Jaguar XJS snap-kit again.
It's 1/25th scale, easy to build (so great for younger modelers) and of a body style generation you don't see that often in scale. The XKE is a timeless classic no doubt. However, they've been done before especially in 1/24th scale. The XJS is very well done for a snap kit IMHO. The best part is, they already have it in their tooling archive. They could reissue it for very little expense if the tooling is still viable.
I sincerely hope either Revell or Atlantis has this tooling! I imagine it's pretty simplified, but should make a nice builder!
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As with the Round body trucks, I have more than enough squarebody kits already. However if they were to do an accurate 73-78 Chevy/GMC long bed with an optional accurate Duallie version and maybe do a crew cab, too, they could take all my money. I wouldn't say no to a nice Sheriff Brody edition Blazer. The same applies with Ford. If they tooled up an accurate 81-96 Bullnose Duallie, I'd refill my wallet and throw it at them. It wouldn't hurt Revell to do a 2WD version of their ex-Monogram 81 Ford F-150 stepside, maybe do a short wide bed, too.
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I've got enough of these various kits' recent releases to last the rest of my life. However if Round2 were to backdate the 70 Chevy into a 67-68 shortbed and stepside, I'd appreciate it.
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This is beautiful!
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These look great! I've been looking for one of the MotorMax Explorers and Walmart happened to have one the other day. Now I need to do something like this.
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I have a couple of those stocker kits, but I put them back in the box because of those huge tires. I have a bunch of NASCAR tires and never thought of using those!
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How did I miss this? Whenever he responded to a post or comment, he was always kind and helpful to me. I pray for his loved ones. Going to miss him!
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I don't know if they still stock them, but a couple years ago Harbor Freight had a knockoff version of an Ott Light lighted magnifier on a stalk. As for me, the lack of light was killing my eyes.I built a wooden shelf right over my work table and bought some of HFs brightest LED strip lights. I mounted those lights on the underside of the shelf right where they shine directly over my work table. I did make a blocker so light would only shine down and not into my eyes. For magnification, I'm getting by with some dollar store readers, so far.
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Your build looks great! Glad to see you back in the fold.
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Welcome! Tough it's been twenty years, I still remember your country fondly. Hope you enjoy the site.
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I have a thing for putting oversized lights on my models. Sadly, not many kits come with them. I ordered some nice ones from SpotModel for another build, but for a new project I need more and don't want to wait for delivery. My wife wanted to go to Hobby Lobby for fabric today, so I wandered around and found the bead and jewel aisle.
I think I've found a way to make my own lights. These are half-round pearl finish gems used to decorate craft projects. The ones in the little package are 10mm and to my eye they are perfect for the 9 inch Super Oscars once used on rally cars. In the side view you can see they are round but slightly flattened. The other multi package ones are self adhesive and come in 6, 8, and 10 mm in one package. I think those might be perfect for smaller driving lights like KCs and such.
To make the lights, I drilled a small hole on the edge of each light and glued a piece of wire in it to act as a mount, and then painted them. I used a gloss black, in preparation for painting them chrome, but now I think I like the black finish better. For the lens covers I used thumbtacks with the tack part cut off. I was going to use some Cibie decals, but they've gone missing in my decal pile, so I used the Marchal ones instead.
I planned on this being a one day project, but the black paint is Behr brand and it's taking its time drying. Should've used the TAMIYA. We are having record hot temperatures this week in Texas. It's currently 98 with high humidity and a tornado watch, so the paint may take a bit longer to harden.
Anyway, here's hoping this might give some of you an idea for future projects.
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I bought 2 original kits years ago and built them, one of them I cut down into a stepside using a 53 Ford kit for the frame and bed. I just got a new release and want to do a shortbed hot rod version with that. I need to look up the small window and see how much work it would be.
Bronco II Kit - does such a thing exist?
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There hasn't been a Bronco II or same era Ranger kit made. You may find one as a printable, but that's it. If you want to do a conversion, you might use one of the diecast 1/24 Maisto Explorers as a start. You can find those on eBay fairly often at a decent price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126491368815?itmmeta=01HZZ41SKM0HVBB1JKSPR6N1BC&hash=item1d73791d6f:g:V7AAAOSwDV1mS2vi&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8JD04o53Dg4iKIdgJ3wmfqkjc1B5sZVSgDPOT02TakJfzDhEVboDj8lAuoSUyW3dxRVW70zMbNqMTZ3eD%2FOHP9p%2F5v5uie8J1YQum11vXRrGA4rkSLehuOWiu19hs%2FJimR%2B%2BuLDsRlQQRnlIjKrbkzRwa7aZa4xNYaij2teg8db616aFucxy6YA8zcWSH6qmCsAlWtoqLxmrggS64W3w17DHrjsyo0W6I6XAhfyVrqaS30t2%2FRYoj74xkttmbQjVsHvSGRyKvrhm0I2zujVixnPl6WzI8IJP8w0kn2Eas%2BHs%2BVYjx%2BWWrN2CVruojLqmNg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4Kah-T_Yw