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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!

I picked this one up at Canadian Tire. I had a $50 gift card so I didn't mind the price. http://www.sears.ca/product/salton-food-dehydrator/611-000038331-EO1260 Still have to set it up and use it one of these days; I can only paint outdoors so I've been waiting for warmer/drier weather.

Here is a combination of the Revell snap kit wrecker and the glue kit cab. The cab is from one of the HOT ROD magazine issues and the bumper is from an Ice Patrol kit. The window piece is actually from the snap kit; I managed to get it to fit into the glue kit cab. I was originally just going to try and prime over the red paint but there are some issues in the paint and some glue spots that need to be cleaned up so now that the hole in the roof is filled in it will be going into the stripper.

My buddy and inspiration Steve Milberry did just that, only with an MPC kit: I also started to adapt the van suspension to a Revell kit with mixed results....

That's cool! I may have to copy your idea...

You will need to use trailing arms and coil springs to get rid of the leaves and keep a solid axle. The Monogram Fox body Mustangs would be a good donor for the right setup. If you want to switch to an independent rear axle, the Revell Cougar/Thunderbird kits would be a good donor.

I think the front suspension issues has a lot to do with the Sneaky Pete being the first issue of this tooling; it is close to something you would see on a full-size Peterbilt. The issue with the rear wheel wells is, as I stated, due to using a California Stepside bed. The fenders are the same in these kits, the Datsun pickups, and the Ford Courier. This generation of pickup lasted from 1973 to 1987 for regular cab trucks, 1991 for crew cab, Blazer, and Suburban. If Revell or AMT was to develop a new tool of this body style I would go bankrupt! I have three Revell kits, six Monogram kits, and seven (and counting) MPC kits!

From my understanding, the model year 1970 would run from Summer 1969 to Summer 1970 or so. A car introduced in Spring 1970 would be a 1970½, a car introduced in spring 1964 would be a 1964½, etc. Minor mid-year changes are also usually labelled in ½ increments by enthusiasts, if not by the manufacturer directly.

I may have missed it (and can't check at work), but is the Penske Race Team Chevy van in the gallery? If not, it should be!

What do you expect from FOX "News"?