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You know, sometimes I feel like I'm in the minority when I say that that style of truck really doesn't appeal to me. Like, at all.

The RoG Lonestar instruction book is available on their website. Makes for a much easier build.

I thought that was a cement carrier. I see lots of those on the go! Not a truck or a rig, but I saw this van while waiting to pick up my wife after work and something just didn't look right.

What did you haul in that, Clayton?

1:350 NX-01 refit resin kit: http://modelermagic.com/?p=60801

Have you guys seen the newly released resin conversion kit for the 1:350 NX-01? Builds the Drexler refit. The resin portion is $195!

Now if we could just get Round 2 to reissue the trailer!

The opening for the clearance lights is a little different on the straight pickup kits, but can still work. The frame is almost the same; just a bit different at the front for the tilt hood. IIRC the interiors are slightly different, but I'm not home with my kits so can't confirm that right now. Although a better donor for a frame and possibly wrecker setup if your friend likes it better is the GMC wrecker. Its cab has the same roof insert; you would pretty much just need the front clip to build a complete wrecker.

I would like to finish two kits that are awaiting foil and final assembly: 1981 Chevy K20 and a 1957 Chevy Bel Air. I need to it down and figure out what I can bring with me to work on while I'm away at work; it would be nice to get some building done while in camp, even if I can't spray paint. Brush painting Vallejo acrylics should be fine.

The recently reissued AMT 1969 GTO funny car has those wheels.

Looks like you'd be better off starting with an FR-S model.

This kit is on my bucket list to build someday. Will be watching this build!

Here's a couple options I'd like to see: AMT 1953 Ford F-100 -Include grille and dash to build a 1954 -Optional 6-cylinder engine Revell/Monogram 1950 Ford F-1 -Restore tooling to include a stock flathead V-8 engine option -Optional 6-cylinder engine -Modify tooling to build a 1952 F-1 MPC 81-87 GM Pickup -Two separate reissues: full-width bed and stepside bed -Stock suspension building options: 4x4 and 4x2 -Include all extant grilles; should be 81-82 Chevrolet, 81-82 GMC, and 83-84 GMC -Bucket seats and bench (all these building options should be able to be issued with existing tooling and no modifications) MPC/AMT 88-98 GM Pickup -GMC Grille -Full detail 4x4 suspension -Full detail extended cab kit -Front bench seat interior -Glue kit with 95+ interior

We had about a foot of snow for Halloween at the construction site in Labrador, although that ended up being only at the camp. On the weekend, though, we ended up getting another two feet site-wide; it was bad enough that the whole site was shut down. And to top it off we were without power for an hour or so. I fully expect there to be another two feet of snow when I head back on Tuesday...

If you think cutting the bed from the cab creates big problems, try attempting to build a long bed! You've done a marvelous job with this one all the same!

I never really noticed how common having the rear tank behind the axle was until I owned a 96 built that way. Then I noticed them all over town! But, I chalk that up to being in a snowy clime and the dealers that ordered the trucks figured having the extra weight behind the axle would help with traction.

As I recall, Roger, the Blazer and Jimmy grilles can be trimmed down to fit into a pickup, but I think the GMC pickup grille is a tad too small for the opening in the Blazer body. Some shimming might be required. As for the pickup hood fitting the Blazer body, that might be more difficult.

Unfortunately I think you may be out of luck. The only thing close to the engine in your car in 1:25 scale would be the Dauntless V6 in the MPC Jeep CJ-5 kit. You could try adapting the 4.3L V6 from the AMT S-10/Sonoma kits, but I'm not sure how close that would get you.

Unfortunately, the pickup and Blazer/Jimmy parts are not interchangeable. The Blazer is just a tad bigger than the pickup, enough that the grilles and hoods do not interchange without some work. I would take pictures to demonstrate, but I am in Labrador for work and they are at home...

From the research I did for my kit history article, the only Blazer issue with the 69-70 grille was this one: I did not know that at some point the Boondocker was planned with the 69-70 grille! And in looking at the box art, it only has the grille; no bowtie on the hood.

Perhaps we can pool our efforts? I have a tailgate that's best kind, other than having the paint stripped from it. I, too, have a Jimmy glue bomb that I'm trying to restore; the body was horrendously warped. I have a spare Bushwacker Blazer body that I was planning to use, but it has a broken windshield frame. If all the Jimmy-specific chrome and clear parts are still on the Crew Chief's trees, I'll use one of those as a base!

I believe there is a Chevy Suburban available in resin. This may be the closest you can get as GMC cracked down on resin conversions a while back and resin casters had to stop making them. They can still be found now and again, however.

Hooray for new Blazer reissue! Here's hoping more older pickup kits will be coming! The Enterprise build-2-gether set looks interesting, would be better if it included the series and movie versions, however...

My guilty pleasure kits of late have been late 70s to early 80s Revell pickup and combo kits. They are mostly based on snap-kits and are in some places rather crude, but in other places they are the best detail in 1:25 for a particular area or have really cool combinations. The Revell 80-86 Ford pickup series are hands down the best proportioned and detailed 1:25 scale renditions but the underhood and chassis detail is atrocious. The Revell 77 Chevy C10 pickup glue kit is atrocious however its snap-kit derivatives have much better chassis detail! Plus they came bundled with trailers and Cool Things.

Having owned two pickups and an Expedition of this body style, I hope I can offer some insight. 1) Underside of the cab was a sort of grey rust proofing paint. Underside of the bed is body colour. 2) Interior colours available for 1997 were grey, tan, green, blue, and red. The green was the rarest, and may not have actually been offered in pickups. A lot of the folks on an F-150 messageboard didn't believe me there was a green interior until I posted pictures of my Expedition. The green, red, and blue interiors were dropped after a few years, and a few shades of the grey and tan interiors were available as well as black in later years. 3) The glove compartment door indeed only opens for the size of the box. Any further and it would only be able to be opened with no passenger!