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Since two people have now asked, and have been told to buy airbrushes, but never had their original question answered... This effects the spray paint, not the little bottles of paint. There's still more than enough X-18 to go around for everyone, or at least there is at my LHS, who just got a re-stock of the the acrylics last week (I know since I bought the last jars of several colors back in April, and he had fresh stock in May.) Paint is like motor oil, antifreeze, and most other common "chemicals". Along with most food companies too come to think about it. There are only a few companies that actually make it, and then they co-brand it to several specific brands. Figure out who makes Tamiya spray paint, and then buy the cheaper off-brand, but just as good stuff.

They are the exactly that. The Police car kits actually include the wheels, and several engine parts from the SRT-8 kits. They are also the same as the Testors Daytona and R/T kits as well as they were cast by Lindberg for Testors.

Might be that nobody knew about it? I'm presuming we're talking about New Stanton as in at the corner of I-70 and the PA Pike right? I went to the show in Pittsburgh in March, and have been to the hobby shop in Connellsville 3 times in the past 3 months and never saw one word of there being anything today.

Diesel Exhaust Fluid...aka DEF...aka synthetic urea...

Tim - I think the reason you see a lot of "roundy-round" truck sales is for two reasons. 1) They're easier to make fleet trucks out of (aka CHEAP) since there's less chrome, and doo-dads. 2) The ATA and TCA have brainwashed every major company into believing the reason they don't get enough fuel mileage is a combination of their trucks aren't round enough, are going too fast and all those lousy drivers in the seats are idiots. Nothing to do with them de-rating the HP, and running them around at 60-62mph out of the "sweet spot" of the engine. I have gotten significantly better mileage (8.5-9 MPG) out of a '04 International 9400i that would go 85 on the floor, and 81 on the cruise, than I have ever managed to get out of any fleet truck in 13 years until I got this ProStar. I actually got worse mileage out an '07 Columbia than I did out of a '99 Pete 379. Rob - I think Moebius hit the "perfect storm" with this kit. The right subject matter, at the right time (combination of improved economics of the hobbyist, with the lack of new truck tooling), with the right niche. Truck modelers are used to spending more for their kits to begin with, so while the price tag is steeper than the Round 2 re-issues of late, it's still cheap compared to the RoG kits. But the non-truck guys aren't going to buy this kit in droves, especially when the styling of the subject matter is so hotly debated. This is a fantastic kit, a marvel of modern modeling if you will, and a lot of people are going to miss out on it simply cause it's ugly and/or they "don't build trucks". While it must peak the interests of the people at Revell and Round 2, I think they're watching much more closely the saga of tooling revisions of the Hudson & Chrysler. Here again are two sorta niche subjects. They're oddball kits in the sense that while almost everyone can find something to do with a '69 Camaro, not everyone is going to hop on board the train to Hudson-town. How popular will these two really be? Can they sell out before hitting the distributors like the LoneStar did? Here in lies the problem as I see it...we "truck guys" have seen how great the LoneStar is, we now know what to expect (in theory) in both quality and detail out of the two cars, and I think we're more likely (unless one refuses to build car subjects) to readily buy the new car kits just to have the experience of dealing with more Moebius tooling goodness. Whereas those who balked at the truck are going to be more hesitant to buy them since they're a "new company", the subject matter isn't a muscle car, and the price is "too high". I know I personally am chomping at the bit for the Hudson & Chrysler, and am pacing a hole into the floor waiting to see what they have planned for release at iHobby. If they can sell out the cars on the way to the distributors as well, that to me signals a seismic shift in the modeling world, and we could be well on our way to entering a new "glory days" within the hobby unlike we've seen since the competitive days during the 1990's when Monogram & Revell were separate companies and AMT/Ertl was cranking out mounds of kits.

For those of us not up on our German...here's the English site. http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/services/info_channel/picture_galleries/galleries/?&L=1 Also the actual catalog shows it as being a 1983, rather than a 1981, which I assume is a potato/patato type thing, since I doubt there was was any styling movement in those 2 years... Wasn't something that was on my radar, but "new tooling" and "full detail" peak my interest on odd-ball subject matter like that, much the way the Trabant did. Although, gotta say I am much more eagerly awaiting that Audi R8 Spyder.

If you want to stick entirely within the paint line...Testors makes Lacquer Primer (Model Master) and Wet Look Clear (in the One Coat line), so that you're not crossing products together. I hate recommending doing anything with Testors spray paints other than using them as paper weights, but the One Coats are pretty good.

Let be honest down here in the States, winter fronts are more for keeping the engine warm during those 10 hours of sitting around a truck stop than serving any real purpose out on the road. I'm not sure what you can actually even attach a winter front to anymore. The last truck I drove that had the attachment points on the outside, was a 2004 Pete 379. With Esbar heaters and APUs (along with the bevy of Government intrusion via Idle Regulations) you don't really have to worry about parking the truck at night in the winter worrying about which way the wind is blowing. And Leo is right Matt...they can be red and on, I misspoke...but you can't leave the clear ones on in motion, and they can't be funky colors and on, or both or either...

Looking into the maw of the dragon as it were... If you look at the area behind where the "V" is made by the cross piece of the opening, you can indeed see radiator goodness lurking back there.

I can see where a Freightliner Coronado (keeping with Moebius' apparent love of fully spec'd O/O trucks) would be a good choice, as with a few piece changes it could be re-popped as a Classic XL to share tooling costs (and maybe as the base of a new Western Star since they're owned by Daimler, the trucks probably aren't to different under the skin). Heck with the "aero" trucks all together, give me a current, accurate Extended 379 w/Ultra Sleeper, and W-900 with 72" Studio Sleeper. The new aero Pete and KW are 10x more fugly than anyone here thinks the LoneStar is...

I enjoy the guys who put the odd ball color lights (purple, pink, yellow, lime green, etc) into the work lights on the back of the cab and then run around with them on at night. This is also a no-no as they have to be clear, and not on while the vehicle is in motion...but then truckers have always been ones to see how far they can bend the law. Just make sure you have them turned off going into the scales B) Oh hey there is a Quality Carrier tanker with a LoneStar parked next to me...hmm where's my camera.

Interesting ideas for sure, but from the tooling "bang-for-the-Buck" point of view, the ProStar is the true no-brainer. They would need to change out maybe 2 dozen parts (new hood, grille and side skirts being the most obvious, no side pipes, and less over-all bling) and it would be come the truck modeling equivalent of a NASCAR "blank" kit. Almost every single major trucking firm in the U.S. has at least some of (if not entire fleets of) the ProStars. In addition to the one I'm sitting in at this moment for Celadon Trucking Services...Schneider, J.B. Hunt, Werner, SWIFT, Central Refrigerated Trucking, PRIME, Heartland Express, Knight, C. R. England, Con-Way Truckload (the old CFI), and the Wal*Mart Corporate Fleet all have them.

DOT Regulations specify headlights, front turn signals, side turn signals (on the LoneStar these would be the ones directly under the door, the ones under the sleeper are optional), and the 5 "DOT" lights across the top of the windshield. All those other chicken lights are for show. The only thing the DOT says about them, is that if you have them, they have to be operational. Also in back, rear tailights/turn signals, a reverse light...if you're require to display a rear plate (as in some Canadian Provinces and Washington State), there must be a license plate light. I drive a ProStar (the little sister of the LoneStar) and my lower grill opening directly feeds the lower radiator, and oil cooler. But I can't say for certain, but I speculate they feed air on the LoneStar as well. The too small openings above the lower grilles are where you would install tow-hooks. P&P Resin (Porky on here) has 3 styles of those kind of fenders.

Sometime it's just easier not to dink around with a middle man, and order direct! http://plastruct.com/Home.html Click on the top link that says "Search/New Order" and search for "hex rods" and you'll get all the sizes the make. It's like $3.25 + S/H for ten 10in long rods in the retail pack...or 35 cents a piece for individual pieces.

YOWSA! What a blue! That is fantastic

I just went for some Testors One Coat Purple-licious and Wet Look Clear for my daughter's next project, and it followed me home. Freaking box is HUGE! It dwarfs my Dell laptop in the background.

Got some goodies from HLJ over the past few weeks, finally got home to inspect everything.

Whomever wrote the original article clearly doesn't understand the difference between owning the copyright of something, and then the subsequent licensing of that copyright to others. The original Twitpic ToS didn't say you couldn't license you work to others, it just said you couldn't license you work to others on THEIR servers. Which is understandable, most people when linking a picture on the internet, certainly don't download the photo, and then re-upload it to their own servers. In essence they don't want their through-put (aka bandwidth) being used up by others, which as someone who foots a server bill of my own, seems perfectly reasonable to me.

Very cool! Nice stash too, but I couldn't help notice you have doubles and triples of some kits. But fear not, we are always ready to swing into action to help alleviate over-stuffed stashes!!

What is everyone here a 13 year old girl cycling at the same time? CHRIST!! Honestly 4 pages arguing about whether or not the doors were open or closed till y'all butt-hurt the O.P. to the point that they took their ball and went home. He didn't need a episode by episode breakdown of the show, he just wants to build his little model, have everyone fall all over themselves about how great it is, and ask for occasional help...that help that 95% of people here want, which is to say: None. Uh-oh dem Duke Geeks dun got into a fight over the details...

JBOT actually has written permission from CSP to do their decals, and when he's actually taking orders you can still get them from him. LASO hit someone (I'd have to go look) with the same Cease & Desist this year as well. Beyond that I'll keep my opinions to myself as I'm probably not the most objective person when it comes to the trials and tribulations of Dave Arnold, nor the guy that owns Bill Bozo.

Better hoard those decals, he got a cease & desist from the State Patrol over those, and you can't get them anymore.

I too use the cutting edge bent coat hanger! I use it for bodies, and chassis pans. For smaller parts I use bits of that "Silly putty" stuff you used to hang posters attached to the end of coffee stirrers or direct to a piece of cardboard depending on the type of surface it is, and if I need to paint both sides at once.

As stated earlier this flyer is newly announced future products which will be released this fall through New Years, it doesn't include any of the late 2010/2011 releases announced last fall or at iHobbby. The Shelby mentioned in this flyer is a 1:25 kit version of the 2010 Mustang that is finally hitting the shelves this month, not the previously announced 1:12 kit.