Jim B

I'm not sure about the construction of the raft oars (probably wood), but I don't think people typically wore life vests or helmets back then. Heck, most people didn't even wear seatbelts.

Nice progress. I like the blue.

Thanks for the offer, Richard; but I'm all set at this time.

That's what I was looking for. Thanks!

Am I imagining things, or was some clever resin caster planning on making the correct dash for the AMT Kenworth K100 Aerodyne kits? I seem to recall something about this, but maybe not.

I was thinking if the SSB Resin body.

That's funny! I don't think Ford will do that, though. The Pinto got such a bad rap back in the 1970s that Ford will probably do just about anything to distance themselves from that name. Kind of like Chevrolet and the Vega.

There was an aftermarket resin conversion offered a while ago, but that's the only one I can think of. I don't even know if he's still in business, though.

Apparently Atlantis will be reissuing this 2nd Quarter of 2021: Atlantis2021CatalogWeb4.pdf - Google Drive (it's on Page 7). I wonder if this means they have the dump & tanker tools.

I have this bike in the stash. You're looks really nice.

When I paint my truck frames, I generally go with a Semi-Gloss Black, if I'm doing black. I know from the factory, truck frames are painted gloss colors, but I figure that they probably don't get "washed & waxed" as often as the cabs. Matching blue would look great.

Starting to look like a Cruiseliner.

I don't know if this'll help or not, but it kind of fits like this:

Well, I'd say you're off to a good start. I built this back in 2011, and I looked through my pics to see if I had any of the engine out of the frame. I don't. So you know, Tamiya Gold Leaf X-12 is a good match for Mack Gold.

Carl, didn't someone write a song about that? "It's just my imagination". RRR, yes, models are probably less expensive than 1:1 hot rods, and they definitely take up less space.

Your plans for this are quite ambitious, but I like where you're going with this. The black & orange will look really cool. Nice job on the front axle.

Nicely done. For a minute there I thought that you might have painted it in black & white to match the TV show. Then I realized that they were black & white photos.

I like it. Well done.

Great looking Thunderbolt. Very nice.

Brian, I hear you on the "more inspiration than time"!

Greg, I had forgotten about White Line Fever. Carol Jo and his "Blue Mule". I actually have decals for the "Blue Mule". I just need a Ford W-Series cab! Pete, box-art is also an inspiration for me at times, but sometimes it's not. Just depends on the kit & the art, I guess. It sounds like people are drawing inspiration from all sorts of places, and that's really cool. My problem is that my inspiration comes from all sorts of sources, which is a good problem to have I guess. For example, I am correctly reading Spearhead by Adam Makos, so now I want to build a T26/M26 Pershing tank & a M4 Sherman tank. When I read To Wake a Giant by Jeff Shaara, I wanted to build the USS Arizona: and I'm sure when I read The Eagle's Claw, I'll want to build a carrier. I've even started building/collecting some of the cars from Cars. I think I have enough "inspiration" to last me until the next century.

So, just as a general question: where do you draw your inspiration for your builds from? Since I brought it up, I'll go first. When I first got back into modeling, and truck modeling in particular, back in 2000 or so, I was a member of the Yahoo! Model Truck Discussion Group. Anyone here remember that? At that time I drew inspiration from the other modeler on the Group, and Tim Ahlborn specifically. Hey, I'm not afraid to admit it, I was seriously impressed with his builds! Another inspiration for my truck builds was Hank's Truck Pictures (R.I.P., ?), which was a Black Hole of Time, but there were a lot of great photos of trucks on there that would keep a builder busy for about a century! I also drew some inspiration from TV shows (Movin' On) & movies (Smoky & the Bandit). There were also a couple of ProBoards Forums that I belonged to were I got some ideas. More recently, I have branched out into cars, aircraft, & ships. Inspiration for these can come from a wide variety of sources like songs (G.T.O. by Ronny & the Daytonas), books, TV shows (Dukes of Hazzard), and of course fellow modelers on the Forum. It was a friend & fellow modeler that got me interested in muscle car builds. Ok, I shared. Who's next? Where do you draw your inspiration?

Your trailers look great. And you tractors, too!

It's this another case of Revell putting a 379 on the box, but a 359 in the box?

This is going to be nice!