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You're in ND? Head on out to the oil patch. Work an 8 week stretch and I bet you'll make more than $9000.

Around these parts we had a LHS that was run for years but closed down about two years ago because the current owner (who bought the shop after he retired from his day job) wanted to retire and probably couldn't keep the doors open any longer. He had all genres of plastic models, trains, scratchbuilding supplies, paint, glue, magazines, etc. We also have a new hobby shop that has opened in the past 10 or so years that is doing quite well. The recipe for him, I think, is that he runs the business out of his home (no overhead) and has an online store as well. He also carries plastic models of all genres in his store along with paint, glue, magazines, and what not. He has some scratchbuilding supplies but anything you can think of, he can order. I actually live 1.5 hours away from his store, so some times it is cheaper for me to order something online and have it shipped than it is to drive up; that being said, my company's regional head office is in the same city as his shop so I am in that town fairly regularly.

Hey Clint, you can build up to an 82 Chev or 84 GMC non stepside short bed with the AMT 84 GMC/Fall Guy and MPC 81-82 Chev kits.

The first picture, with the stepside C10; where did you source the wheels? I have a set of those hub caps and I've been thinking about using them on a similar truck. The wheels I'm pairing them with are from the Revell 41 Chevrolet pickup. The Kandy Van kit I got the hub caps from didn't have rims.

No skin off my back, I plan on tomorrow being my last Monday of 2013!

Hmm, now is that a HD edition ProStar or is it a ProStar owned by HD for hauling bikes?

Those wheel covers are also coming in one of the Moebius F-100 kits...

Well, not easily removable anyway. If you follow the messageboards for the folks that have the Chalets and Casa Grandes some of them have removed the camper from rotted out bodies and transferred them.

I have a few 1:1000 and 1:2500 Star Trek kits in the stash waiting to be built.

Aha! If it was not standard equipment then perhaps different suppliers...

Like I said, 73-75 full removable hard top.

The slightly oddball 73-75 K5 Blazer had a full removable hard top. I believe that these were factory equipment (as opposed to 69-72 Blazers which were optional) but I'm wondering about the C-pillar area of these tops. The MPC 75 Blazer kit has a rather significant overhang seam extending from the top of the side windows. At first I thought this was a molding error and was figuring out how to correct it, but upon searching my favourite reference material (eBay motors) I've noticed that some trucks do indeed have this overhang but some appear to have a smooth transition like the 76-91 tops. Here are a couple smoothies: And here are a couple with the overhang: Is this perhaps a difference in top suppliers? Not sure if GM produced these tops in-house or if they would've been farmed out to a specialty shop (perhaps one of the reasons for a switch to simpler half-cabs in 76). I had also thought that it may have been a development progression as the model years when on, but of the examples pictured the smoothies are '74s and the overhangs are on '75s. Then again, by now the tops could be from who knows what year. One common trend I have noticed is that on trucks that have a painted top the overhang has been smoothed out. Given that to paint the top the factory textured coating has to be sanded down this is not surprising.

The '72 GTO had a similar building option:

Top Gear the TV show's website disagrees with you. http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/mazda-furai-concept-fire-2013-11-29

I doubt you'll ever see the 72 body back. It was modified every year up until 76, which is the one that gets reissued.

I would say pretty slim! May have to get together sometime!

We have two Bunker C plants here used for peaking only. One of them was supposed to run orimulsion but that kinda tanked....

Hydro-electric dams supplanted by nuclear. I'm patiently waiting for a long-range (I'm talking 500+ km) electric pickup truck that can tow my camper. And be able to plow snow. Or even drive in snow...

This is a very valid point. Forum rules require us to put our real names either below our avatar or in our signature. I think that providing your actual location in your profile and not a quip should be required if you are posting items for trade.

Looks familiar! But much better executed than mine.

Two words: Rob Ford.

I think a very good idea and very easily implemented is to amend the posting rules so that the first four characters of a thread title should include brackets and the two-letter postal abbreviation for you state or province. Easy way for us canucks to get an idea how much we'll be paying for shipping.

Has the Constitution been updated for inflation?

Now, see, in Canada (especially northern Canada) this wouldn't be an issue. Go far enough north and all the parking spaces at malls and sports stadia have outlets for block heaters. All the apartment buildings in Thompson, MB have outlets for their parking spots, as well as the mine for employee and visitor parking. Typical Americans.

Picked up my latest eBay parts score today: one each of the 77, 78, 80, and 81 issues of the MPC squarebody kits for a steal of a deal. Only the 78 issue has suspension, but lots of other bits are in the bunch including a bench seat and the Fall Guy GMC grille!