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I got the interior pretty much settled today on the Night Train Expedition. It carries a 40 fuel cell on top of the standard 17 gallon stock tank. I wanted it to look loaded, so I filled the back with tanks and hoses. I found the prison divider used on the police version and put it in place to keep the stuff in the back where it should be in case of emergency. The seats are from a Porsche GT3 with custom upholstery. The truck will carry a complete array of electronic surveillance and countermeasures as that used to be my job back in the Navy. The center stack between the seats has radar detectors, a CB, and some other things that could be illegal if it were real. There's an iPad on the dash in front of the passenger and if I can find room, it'll also have a laptop.

A heads up, I keep getting a sponsored ad for this place and wonder if it is real. I tried Googling with no luck. It sounds too good to be true, so I assume it is too good to be true.

My guess is we'll see it as a family car, police car, etc. No doubt it will come out with stock steel wheels and hubcaps of some sort.

Great build and interesting story!

It's been a while since I made any progress. I've been putting off getting the engine in the frame because I was worried about breaking it. However I forced myself to sit down and tackle it and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I ended up cutting away a lot of the frame and adding to it on the outside. Here it is being test fitted with the body. Everything clears! The hood fits better than it looks like in the picture, my fingers were in the way.

I'd guess that was a bad can. I've had Rustoleum and Testor's paints do that, but so far my Duplicolor primer has worked with no problems.

I often use Sharpies to color clear light lenses. They come in red, yellow, and orange. The red ones are obvious, but the orange ones look amber when used for turn signals. The yellow ones work pretty well for fog lights.

Every Easter, Jeep unveils a series of Easter Jeeps at Moab. In honor of that, I chose to do my own Easter Jeep. It's two days late because I lost the windows. I'd given up on finding them and was packing away the project when I found them. The kit is based on a Revell Snap kit I got at HL a few years ago on clearance for $2.98. They discounted it because it was missing the headlights and wheels. I dragged it out and went to work. The first thing was to give it a raised roof because why not? I cut off the flares and added some rubber ones with the wheels and tires from a Maisto 1/27th Jeep. The headlights and bumpers were stolen from a smaller scale Jeep, too. I painted it a nice Easter pastel green shade from Krylon and added some Gundam decals. Anyway, that's it for my three day build.

I have the AMT or MPC whichever it is, version somewhere. Is it the same kit, just reboxed?

I was wondering that, too!

Not on the road but close! This is on a used car lot a couple blocks from the house. It's a GMC heavy duty panel but it is very long. Could it have been a Civil Defense truck? That would explain the color. I can't see any rust on it and it looks complete though a little sun faded. Would make a good reatoration project or resto-rod.

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Don't know if anyone wants to see this,but here is a photo tour of a 1:1 car that Ed Bolian bought to fix up into a 2904 winner. The 2904 is one o the spiritual descendants of the Cannonball. The car seems pretty generic but there are some good shots of the fuel cell and some of the electronic surveillance devices used. https://edbolian.com/a-photo-tour-of-the-2904-winning-mercedes-s55-amg/

I bought two of the Aoshima food trucks from Lionheart Hobby and decided to do something different with them. This is the first completed one. I decided to turn it into a pint-sized overland truck and this is the result. Walmart has some interesting toys that proved to be a good source for parts. The Maisto mini trucks are 1/43rd-ish scale and are a good source for small vehicle parts. I bought a couple of them for $3.79 each and broke them down for parts. As for the actual Kei truck, it has steerable front wheels and I reversed the steering knuckles to raise the front and put a beam axle on the rear to raise it. The wheels are from the little Maisto trucks and scale out to about 12-13 inches in 1/24th scale. In my head, I figure you could use UTV wheels and tires to make it work. The roof light bar and the spare tire are from another Maisto mini truck and the winch, headlights, and taillights are from a Jada Toys 1/34th scale Jeep, another good source for smaller sized parts and tires. The Kei trucks are really tiny in real life, a lot of ranchers in my area are using them for utility vehicles. My pictures aren't great, but I used a 1/24th Welly Porsche Cayenne as a size reference.

I unpacked another moving box and found these two trucks. I built them probably 20 years ago and they've been in display boxes since then. The paint jobs were better than anything I've done since. The first is an unpainted eBay glue bomb that I repaired and painted. The chrome was bad so I soaked it in bleach and then painted it with Krylon Dull Aluminum and some clear gloss. The black truck was a ModelHaus resin kit that I cut off the bed on and then used parts from an AMT 53 Ford truck for the frame and bed. For the bed mounted spare I carved a hole into the left rear fender and used aluminum foil to fill the hole. It was painted with Duplicolor primer and Krylon gloss black. The new issue trucks with the separate bed should make a stepside conversion easier and the width and length on the 53 truck bed and frame is perfect for short bed 1960 truck.

I need to remember what you said. I also have occasional leg pain when walking through hobby stores! I've never seen this kit. Looks like fun.

I've heard of using grease splatter screens as a source for fine mesh, but no one in my area stocks them. Even Walmart has been out of them for a while. I was at Hobby Lobby today getting some cloth for my wife and I noticed they are starting to put out stuff for a small housewares section. Sure enough they had just put up some splatter screens. I got one approximately 12 inches across for $3.79. It's smaller than half the size of window screen and I can see a lot of uses for it. 1/24th tire for reference.

Really great job! I love restoring these old diecasts and you've really made this one look good.

Just an update. I'm calling this one done! I found some decals off eBay and got them on. I put the roof rack on and got the snorkel air intake in place and it's ready to go offroading.

I'd love to have this kit, the boat looks cool and I'd forgotten about those cars. I wonder how many of the 1:1 Arrows still exist in the world?

The Le Moo 2 as it was called was a truck that was on my If I win the lottery list!

Nice! You did a great job. I may have to add one of these to my wish list.

Looking good. I have this kit too and am looking for ideas.Thanks!

I'm glad Chrysler has the sense to offer a hybrid version. I'm in the market for something new and a couple of vehicles sort of look fun such as the new VW van, but a pure electric vehicle will not be in the running. Like a lot of America, I live in a rural area and I don't want to have to worry about charging time or availability.