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I have a Meng 1:35 scale Toyota Hilux kit. The tires are Dunlcp, I kid you not. At some point in the 70s I think it was the top of the bed sides were flattened from the earlier angled version to allow the mounting of an aftermarket cap. Also, the bed sides are taller on the 70s beds than the 50s-60s versions.

The cab is an original MPC item from the 72-76 run of Dodge pickups; no worries about the brake fluid damaging it!

I currently have the cab for this grille sitting in brake fluid; once the paint is all stripped I will attempt to get this grille to fit. If it won't go back to shape, I'll just have to wait for the replacement!

Here's hoping. The seller claimed that this has never happened to him before, but considering the grille arrived in a bubble envelope with no cardboard inside to stiffen it up I'm rather surprised he hasn't had a claim! This particular seller almost always 74-76 Dodge grille up for auction, and I think he's had the 72-73 up before as well.

High school was the worst years of my life.

Also, isn't that compartment at the back for the spare tire and not a fuel tank? There's a fuel tank behind the seat...

It is just the grille by itself. The seller is sending me a new one, so here's hoping it arrives in proper shape!

I just received a resin 74-76 Dodge pickup grille from eBay and it is seriously deformed, to the point of being unusable. No idea if it came out of the mold that way or if it was deformed during shipping. Either way, I have contacted the seller to see if they will do an exchange or send a new one. Should the seller not come good for this, what would be the best way to try and massage this back into shape? Can it be handled like regular kit plastic and warmed up with water and slowly bent back into shape?

Nah, I don't think GAZ could make something this pretty.

Motive is a really good show, I really enjoyed the first season. One of those rare occasions of a Canadian TV show being picked up by a US network! My wife and I also really enjoy The Glades, even if it is a bit formulaic. I also like Longmire.

Ahh, back in the days when trucks were trucks...

I like it! I've always wished the Monogram Ramcharger kit was 1:25 scale to be able to back date it like this.

I guess you could theoretically put Henry J kits in with AMC. But, by that logic, AMC kits should be in with Chrysler...

You make a very good point, John. Even though they are both 1:25 scale, the Revell cab is just a wee bit smaller than the MPC cab. Enough of a difference to make the Revell interior tub loose in the MPC cap and the MPC interior too tight to fit properly in the Revell cab. The windows and hoods won't directly swap between the two, either. The MPC interior is a tight fit into its cab but it will fit; the Revell interior is a bit tighter to fit in but it will fit with the rear cab wall in place. The Monogram interior, however, is extremely difficult to get in with the rear cab wall in place; I'm going to have to use an elastic band or something similar around the cab when putting the interior in for the final time, I think. The only reason I can think of for Revell molding the cab the way they did is as Casey stated: keeping costs down. If you look at other Revell pickup offerings of similar vintage of similar subject material, they also have separate cab walls (Datsun pickup, Ford Courier). Perhaps they just went with what they knew?

Probably the same reason as the Monogram kits: the interior doesn't fit in the cab very easily with the rear wall attached.

I don't even know how or if it is even possible to correct the windshield; any thoughts?

The set from the 70 Impala are a pretty good fit with the bare lenses. A little BMF on the back of them and black paint in the bezel and they would look good!

The Ice Patrol surprisingly received a new tooled cab that didn't come back until the HOT ROD issue; all other releases of the glue kit and the wrecker shared a different cab.

I skimmed through the thread on the messageboard and a lot of the folks over there are saying this car shouldn't be restored. They say if the buyer should find a low mile car and drive that instead. Cars are meant to be driven, folks!

Hey, lookit that! I have one of those Impala kits! The lenses look pretty good but the bezels would be a nightmare to try and fit to the 442. I'll figure something out!

Yeah, these head lights were common on European cars from the '70s that I have seen. I would imagine that the Canadian Motor Vehicle Act closely resembles US laws seeing as we have so much overlap...

I was at a local car show today and saw a '72 Olds 442 with these snazzy headlights. I'm wondering if anyone has seen anything like this before? Is it perhaps a dealer option, aftermarket accessory, or something one-off this owner did? The owner wasn't around for me to ask questions... Also, does anyone know where I'd be able to source lights like these for a Revell 72 442 build?

This is 2WD, using the frame and suspension from the wrecker kit.

1) Was your introduction to modeling at home? Yes and no 2) From whom? My father and his cousin, our then neighbour 3) What kind of models (cars, planes, trains, etc)? Cars 4) What did the person who introduced you to modeling do for a living ? They both worked at the local box mill 5) How old were you? Around 8 6) About what year was your introduction? 1992 My dad had built models when he was a kid but had long stopped when I was born. My neighbour had a couple of model kits that he had tried to get his kids into the hobby with on display and I wanted to build them too. My first kit was a 1:32 scale 1965 Mustang that my dad painted for me. I didn't build much in my younger years but by about 1996 I was buying kits and had acquired a bunch of old built-ups from a friend's dad that got me started!