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I'm declaring my build done! Not sure how, I usually don't finish until a panic influenced late November rush. I spent a couple days looking it over and didn't see any I forgot which is odd! So here it is. The boys' gear is laid out, ready to pack and go the second they get the call with the code word, "Gumball." Whoops, wrong movie.

I'm declaring my build done! Not sure how, I usually don't finish until a panic influenced late November rush. I spent a couple days looking it over and didn't see any I forgot which is odd! So here it is. The boys' gear is laid out, ready to pack and go the second they get the call with the code word, "Gumball." Whoops, wrong movie.

A few years ago a local used car lot bought a bunch of ex-Forest Service trucks and sold them locally. I still see some running around. I want to use the AMT OBS Chevy truck as a base and am looking for a company that makes spray paint for it. The color is Forest Service Green FEDSTD595 or FS34350. I found a commercial paint place about three hours away that can put it in touch up cans for $11.99, but UPS shipping adds another $30. I don't currently have an airbrush so I'm looking for a spray can. Does MCW do custom spray cans? I'm not seeing it on their page. The picture gives you an idea of the color and I appreciate any help.

I pushed through and 'finished' my entry. Now I'm going to take a couple days and let it sit on the shelf at eye level to make sure I didn't forget anything.

Thanks for the info on the decals, I have the kit but I've never opened it. I'll pull the minibike out and see how it goes together.

A couple summers ago we did a road trip and passed through Winslow, Arizona. Has anyone done the flat bed Ford from the song yet?

I don't care at all for Revell's chopped LUV or Courier releases, but I'd buy one of these just for the outboard motor!

I worked on my Cannonball entry for an hour, forgot something, went into the house, forgot what I was looking for, watched TV for a few minutes, went back to the shop, forgot what I was working on, so worked on another project. Took off my detail glasses, took a drink, looked for glasses for five minutes. Found glasses right in front of me. That was my morning.

Not sure I'd bother with the Lindberg outboards. If I remember right, they are oversized. They might make a base for a scratchbuild, though.

I dug the AMT Dirt Bikes pack out today and am thinking of building them. Does anyone make aftermarket decals for them? I think they are 70s era Yamahas but am not sure. I also have the MPC Dodge Pickup with the minibike. Does anyone know if it represents a particular brand of bike?

I came across this kit from my stash on Monday, and decided to jump in as the Datsun 620 was always my favorite truck. I bought it at a hobby show years ago, knowing it was missing a few parts and about that time Round 2 reissued the kit, which is usually my luck. I ended up buying three more when Hobby Lobby clearanced them. Anyway I dug it out on Monday and started building. For those not familiar, this is from MPC's malaise era so the parts fit isn't that great. It helps to treat these kits like you would one of those old resin kits that guys used to cast in their garages. There aren't many alignment tabs, and flash is always an issue, but if you just keep at it, they turn out okay. I've been teaching myself how to weather and this is my third effort. The engine didn't fit right so I closed the hood and forgot about it. The suspension is lowered a scale 3 inches, the wheels are from the kit, I don't know why they molded the hubcaps to the wheels. The tires are Continentals from an old Porsche kit and are old-school cool. The paint is Navy Haze Gray, and the decals are a combination of homemade and parts box. After looking at it, I built a headache rack and a bed toolbox for a little more interest. The inflatable is from the AMT Toyota truck snap kit. I always like to have a backstory for my builds and in this one, the truck was used at the US Navy base in Yokosuka before being returned to the US and auctioned off. A couple of guys needed a cheap parts runner for their shop and won it for $750. They got it running, and now it goes from wrecking yard to auto parts store. So that's my build. I did manage to get some more done on my Cannonball VW.

I kept some of those desiccant bags that come in pill bottles and stuff, I don't know why. Well, now I have something to use them for. Needing something to fill the back of a truck I'm working on, I painted some packs and put a decal on them. Voila, feed sacks. Beats dumping them in the trash. Not a world changing tip, but hey, maybe someone can use it.

Nice! I have a thing for these, 'tiny' cars.

Love it!

Love to see these conversions! Nice out of the box idea.

This is me being bored, so forgive the time waster. I've bought several each of the new/old AMT kits, the Nova wagon, and the 60 and 63 Ford trucks. Round 2 really seems to be blazing the trail for cloning kits, but I'm hoping that it's sales will entice Revell or Atlantis or even Johan's current owner to enter the game, too. I realize that it might not be financially viable to do this with all kits, some had a niche appeal. A lot of the 60s kits were offered in 4 door or wagon versions that might not be worth the cost of new tooling. I don't know all the ins and outs of the industry, but it seems to me that 3D printing is becoming cheaper and more detailed every time I turn around. I've recently bought parts from several vendors and the quality is getting up to plastic kit quality. I'm wondering if the old-line model kit companies might someday be able to scan their kits that might be less mass market big sellers. Maybe they could offer them in limited run 3D 'collector' kits, or license the scan rights out to a 3D printing company, or maybe even sell the files to individuals with the file set up for home printing. For example, lots of kits, MPC's 74-76 Camaros and Firebirds and their small bumper Vegas and Pintos, and early Dodge van, or AMT's small bumper Gremlin, come to mind. might not move enough units to make new plastic model tools viable, but perhaps 3D printed versions could be made? Extra points if they were to add the base model flat hoods and hubcaps for the Camaros and Firebirds. For that matter maybe they could digitally downscale the 1/20th Ford van to 1/25th for those of us with scale OCD? This all seems feasible to me, but I'm definitely no expert.

Round 2 if they leveraged it, has a lot of history and a deep well of old kits to draw from. Either from old tooling or from cloning their old tools, they could do some really cool stuff. My favorite era was the MPC 70s annual kits. I know they had their warts, but maybe they could clone some of those kits that the tooling is either gone or that was altered too much. I'd love to see a new 70 and 71 Barracuda with cleaner moldings, especially if they included the parts to make daily driver versions. For that matter, I'd love to see them tool up the parts to turn their other muscle cars into the base model versions as well, including the 70-76 Camaros and Firebirds. Flat hoods rule!

I never blew any kits because anytime I wanted a kit or a new toy, I had to sit through the obligatory dad speech, "$5.50 for a model kit? When I was a kid, they were $1.00. And do you know how hard I have to work to make that $5.50?" Fireworks were the same. "Why do you want me to buy fireworks? You can climb on the roof and watch them for free!" I grew up building a kit, putting it on the shelf, then a month later, tearing it apart and rebuilding it a different way.

If NASCAR returned to stock bodied cars, that Caddie would look sweet!

Great news! Has he put out a date for the grand reopening?

I used the Micro-Scale decal papers, both clear and white. They work pretty well, but be sure and use a light coat of clear on them afterward. I could scratch the ink off with a finger nail.

I appreciate all the comments!

Cool find and some of my favorite cars! I'd hock my dog for those!

Beautiful!

I loved this kit as a kid. I wonder if it'll ever be reissued?