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I'd be happy if Round 2 somehow had these box art painting stashed somewhere and could release prints of them. Some are downright gorgeous!

Both of my GMCs are Canadian-made, suits me fine.

That's...odd. Here's my two promos, a 1993 and a 1997. The 1997 has the newer grille.

Round 2 restored the Gremlin back to stock form, so never say never!

The Tahoe grille doesn't fit the best in the pickups. The snap-kit dually and all promos 94+ have the proper grille.

Okay so here are current pictures of my progress on this wrecker. The engine is a BBC from the AMT 69 Chevelle plus some parts box pieces. The engine mounts are from the same Chevy pickup kit that donated the cab. Keeping in mind that the cab came from a glue kit and therefore had no molded in engine detail. I only had to cut the engine portion from the chassis. Here is a picture from the snap Blazer kit where I cut the molded in engine from both the frame and body: And for completeness sake, here is a couple pictures of the 1:24 plow truck cab on the 1:25 wrecker body. It doesn't quite line up and is rather oversized for the wrecker body. And, finally, just because it bugs me the wrecker kit is actually a '79 and the Chevy Street Pickup is actually a '77 or '78.

That cab is from the Revell Chevy pickup; the most recent re-issue was this one:

If only.

There's plenty of other issues, too, such as the 60 C-10 showing the old annual kit, the 68 Barracuda and 69 Charger Daytona showing rims that weren't in the kit, etc.

In the early '00s AMT sold kits through Walmart. There were a couple different box art styles that were exclusive to the store, one of them being individual kits that had a built-up model on the box top with a checkerboard background and a road graphic off to one side. The other style was built-up models with some sort of cityscape in the background; these were usually part of a 3- or 4-kit bundle.

Keep in mind the GMC pickup is 1:24 scale and the wrecker is 1:25 scale. Cutting out the engine on the wrecker and transplanting one isn't too difficult, although what bugged me the most about the wrecker was the molded in windshield visor. I swapped the cab for one from the related Chevy pickup, like so: This is a bit of an older picture as I have progressed on this build since then. I'll try to get some current shots soon.

My favourite white 80s interior that I have seen was in a Challenger (Mitsubishi based) that had white seats with blue plaid inserts! Dash and carpet were also blue. Looked pretty spiffy!

First-Class Package International Service $24.15 USPS.com Being in Canada I have the same views as Niko when it comes to calculating shipping costs. I can't vouch for Niko, but personally when shopping for items on eBay from US sellers I often investigate the shipping options before either bidding or contacting the seller. In some instances, there are cheaper shipping options available but the seller may have only selected a few options when putting up the listing. Yes, I know that for this price there is no tracking or insurance or anything, so buyer beware. But I just wanted to point out that there are usually cheaper shipping options.

How far down east are you, Miles?

The Sodbuster and Ground Shaker kits are nearly identical. Only differences are the wheels, grille guard, hood scoop, plastic colour, and decal sheet.

I'll give you $10 for it.

The most expensive kit I have so far is the Moebius Lonestar, which was right around $90 but it was a Christmas gift from my friends so doesn't really count. Most expensive kit I've purchased brand new is (so far) a Trumpeter Falcon, which was around $45 IIRC. I have a feeling I'll be laying down the cash fora Meng F-350 one of these days soon, though. Most expensive OOP kit I've purchased was an unbuilt AMT 62 F-100. The body, chassis, and engine were painted but nothing else assembled. I paid around $55 for that one.

H12 is the callout in the instructions, 33 is the Gunze colour number.

The instruction sheets have callouts to the colours; some part somewhere should have H4 beside it for the yellow. I would also agree with Monty that the colour callout HA in the instructions should be a 1:1 mix (equal parts of) H8 and H9. Given that it is instructing you to mix equal parts gold and silver I would say the desired result is a natural metal colour. This page has a colour chart which can list the Gunze aqueous colours and equivalents in your favourite paint brand, be it Testors, Vallejo, Humbrol, etc.

Yup, that's what I meant, Bill! Glad you chimed in here as I knew you would be able to set things straight.

I've never been exactly sure why, but I really like building models with really light or white coloured interiors. However, the standard combination of white with black dash and carpet is getting kinda boring. I know there have been other combinations but I'm not sure what colours were offered by which manufactures on which cars. I'm hoping the font of knowledge here can help. For instance, I have seen a white interior paired with a red dash and carpet on I believe 67 Coronet R/T convertibles, and also white with blue dash and carpet on some Mopars and perhaps even 70s GM cars? Has there ever been white with green? Tan? Other?

The Ford version of these are in some of the MPC/AMT 71-73 Mustang kits, however only one in each kit as a spare, IIRC. I'm surprised they aren't cast as a set somewhere, though.

Well now this is neat! I also find the CT610 interesting as it uses the IH extended cab; wonder if there is a small bed back there or more seating?

Glad to help, Dan.

Your friend...does he by any chance post on GMT400.com? That truck looks familiar...