Aaronw

I will give that site credit for helping get me back into the hobby, I "met" a lot of other modelers through that site who had similar interests in modeling, and some that were just plain really darn helpful even though they built totally different stuff. Most of those people ended up drifting off to other sites due largely to some of the misdeeds of other members and the moderators.

The 1/24 Italeri Opel blitz fire truck would work, combined with the cab of the '41, '50, '55/57, '60 Chevy or '50, '53, '56 Ford it makes a nice older Chevy or Ford tank truck. Lindberg is supposed to be re-issuing their milk tanker which I have been told can be built as a trailer or as a truck mounted tank. That would make a great water truck mounted on a Ford Louisville or Ford C cabover although that would probably be a bit late for the usual vintage at your track. There are a few nice looking diecast fuel and water tanker banks out there in 1/24-1/34 pretty cheap, real common on ebay. Strip it, Pull the tank, wheels etc, hide the bank beginings of the tank and mount it on a vintage Ford or Chevy chassis.

I was actually hoping this was a post saying someone was doing a kit of the GT California Spider in your pic.

I thought if it didn't have a V12 it wasn't really a Ferrari? I remember reading something about how the company had some sort of internal policy about that, the V8 cars were technically not Ferrari's. Good looking car though.

You have a lot of tanks, where do you find room for the models? I like fish too, we got started with some Neon & Black Tetras in a 10 gallon tank when my son was about 3. There was a fish store up the street and when we walked by he would be glued to the glass looking at them, so we finally decided to get him a tank. Now we have a 100 gallon tank and a 29 gallon tank. Still have a pleco we got with that first tank, he(?) is about 14" long now. Bunch of Neon Tetras, still have a few of the original Black Tetras, have some Cory catfish, ghost catfish and a clown loach. Not the cheapest hobby but it is a peaceful one. Still works to keep the kid occupied too, he is almost 8 but he'll be tearing around the house with a friend or two then it will get quiet and we'll find them all just looking at the fish. Way better way to occupy kids than a TV.

The price is a bit steap, but it is very nice. I bought one a couple years back, it is nicely detailed, includes PE emblems to make a 2wd or a power wagon, also Dodge or a Canadian Fargo version. It was a very clean casting in white resin. You can save a little money if you want a stepside, just order it without a bed. I've been told the bed used on the 70's LRE kit was the same bed used back to the 50's. It shouldn't be hard to come up with the bed from the LRE since that kit was so common. It might have been a goof but mine came with both the sweptside and the stepside beds. There was a resin '66 Dodge a while back but I've had no luck contacting the caster in the past 6-8 months.

Wow, this is almost like watching someone building a 1-1 in their garage. Neat subject, back when race cars didn't all have the same fiberglass shell.

Great job, I really like mobile repair trucks and you really caught that functional look with your build. One very minor nitpick for you, the AMT kit builds a 1968-83 truck, a '65 would have used a different style trim on the doors without the reflector. Like I said really minor, I only mention it in case you want 100% perfection.

What's the deal with an ad filling up 1/2 the screen? Between the side bar and the ads not much room is left for the actual posts.

I bought Corel Draw for making decals (it is vector based so changing the size doesn't change the image), I fiddled with it and then dropped it. I know how to use MS paint so I found it frustrating to use because it isn't like paint. Then one day I pulled it out again and ran through the tutorials it took me most of a weekend to really get up to speed but I use it all the time now, its actually pretty easy, but like Erik says you have to use it to get comfortable. I don't know if it is at all appropriate for doing stuff like Harry posted but I like it. I bought the teacher / student edition and I believe it was around $85 vs the $300+ for the regular version. You don't have to be a fulltime student to qualify for the discounted version, I get sent to a lot of training for work that is run through a college, even though I'm only in class for 2-3 days I still qualify. I have a son in 2nd grade so I'd still qualify but for those without children I thought it was handy to know there is no minimum number of units to qualify as a student, sign up for a class even for 1 unit and you are good.

$4.41 for 87 octane (the "cheap" stuff), luckily I don't drive much so I'm not sure what the prices are like outside the park. Probably $0.50-0.75 a gallon cheaper, one of the reasons I always try to fill up in town.

$20 for the complete set isn't bad, Thanks. Now I just need to find some time to play with it.

Adult help??? I could have used some help, the M sticker on both the Mach 5 & 6 was a major pain. What rocket scientist thinks stickers are easier than water slide decals anyway? Other than that and a couple spots where more finger strength was needed to get a part to snap in place my son was able to put it all together himself. Except for some questionable language during the hood sticker application a great time was had by both of us.

That would be great, the one I got looks to be in good shape but these things have to be at least 40 years old, so I'm sure fresh parts would improve the performance. It was also just the machine so its possible I'm missing something.

Illinois Nazi's, I hate Illinois Nazi's. This kit should have been an orange Pinto wagon. No coffee this morning in case its not obvious.

I picked one of those up last summer on ebay. Haven't had a chance to try it out yet though so if you have any tips to share I'm all ears.

Finland used a blue reversed swastika as their national symbol on aircraft prior to and through WW2. They changed it after the war, since they had fought on the side of the Germans against the USSR (the USSR had attacked Finland in 1940), so they probably felt it wasn't worth the bad feeling of keeping their symbol being on shakey ground already.

Randy thanks for your reviews on this and the Mach 5, I wouldn't have known to look for these and they look like great kits to build with my son. I picked up both last night.

Have a look around here, Hendrix and R&R might have something that will work for you. http://www.resinrealm.net/Star/STARModels.html

I don't have any Dodges but all are pretty similar inside, the big difference being procar (Cadillac etc), van or modular (big box on a truck frame). http://www.geocities.com/cnf_e32/index.htm Specifically at the bottom of this page http://www.geocities.com/cnf_e32/details/interiordetail.htm

Both will popular over at the scale fire house. Thanks, I'll be watching for them.

Here are a few that remind me why I didn't check "Race car driver" as an option for when I grow up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQv_DuMcsw...feature=related

Well Sunday is out for me, we lit off a 1000 acre prescribed burn on April 9th, I've been working straight through since the 10th and guess who gets to patrol it this weekend. At least my model budget will be a little larger than normal since I've worked about 44 hours of OT this past week. I was looking forward to this, so hopefully it is a success and there will be a part 2.

I've never run into a problem making a mold of a chrome part, but there are a lot of variables due to different brands of silicone.

I haven't had any luck there either, funny thing is I've seen them end with no bids but when I've bid the price quickly goes past what I'll pay.