Fabrux

Maybe I'm not old enough but there never were any local hobby shops when I was a kid (there still aren't any in my city). Any of my models came from Walmart back when it was Wal-Mart, maybe some at Zellers, and Toys R Us as well. When I got a little older I started shopping online and purchased a lot of models from eBay. In university I discovered the hobby shops where I was going to school and started adding to my collection, partly due to the owner of one of the shops being in a club that I joined. It wasn't until about 2 years ago when I moved in with my now-wife that my collection really took off: I went from around 100 kits to 400+ kits...!

I seem to recall Ford building a car with this 3 cylinder engine, stuck Ecoboost on it and ran the Nurburgring faster than ANYTHING ELSE.

After reading a little more about this kit it apparently uses the same chassis as the Meyers Manx.

Just saw this guy today. Now I want one!

Cool! Any chance of there being RCMP decals in there?

I, myself, have a 2001 F-150, a 1989 Mazda MX-6 GT 4WS, and a 1990 Mazda MX-6 LX. My wife has a 2010 Pontiac G3. My dad has a 1989 Chevy K1500, a 1993 Chevy K1500, and a 1999 Toyota Tercel. Mom drives a 2007 Chev Malibu. One of my uncles has the following stashed in his yard (that I can recall): early-2000s Mercedes-Benz, a new Beetle, late-70s Lincoln Town Car, 80s Jeep Wrangler, Porsche 924S, 67 Chevy K-10, 68 Chevy K-10 (on a 78 Blazer chassis), 84 Ford F-150, 78 Ford Econoline Club Wagon, 78 Ford Mustang Cobra II, Datsun B210, 74 Ford F-350, a couple Honda Odysseys (the off-road buggies, not the minivans), and countless motorcycles. That's just waht I can remember from the last time I was there; his collection is always changing!

Where did those wheels come from? I'm diggin it

The Revell 1960 Impala is a great donor for this. I'm doing the same project only with a Jimmy Flintstone resin body.

Given Revell's huge collaborative projects with Gearz I would say that they would have the Rat Roaster 100% accurate to the real car. At least, I hope they do...

Reading this thread caused me to sit back and think about it and I've only finished one build this year. It was back in May, for my club's show. I have a bunch on the go, of course, but can never seem to finish anything! I previously had two desks, one for my computer and one for modeling but with needing to combine my office and model rooms into one I may get more done! Until spring, anyways...

Heroes, George Takei.

I can't speak for anywhere else, but around these parts the GM dealerships we used to have were Chevrolet/Oldsmobile/Cadillac and Pontiac/Buick/GMC. Saturn, of course, had its own dealership.

Plate JJZ 109 will be coming up soon here in NB, if it hasn't been issued already...

The stepside bed doesn't have ANY filler caps!

I actually have one of those, a 1989 Mazda MX-6. Sadly, the system was broken when I got the car and the previous owners said it never worked for them, either. The parts to fix them are few and far between these days and those that have the parts won't sell them as they need them to maintain their own cars!

My guess about these trucks was that they are for hauling high volume, low weight loads, which would fit the description of large fibreglass cabs and tonneau covers for pickups and what not.

Nothing here so far although down the shore they're issuing rainfall and flood warnings so the storm's coming....

Define "short haul". To me short haul would be a day cab...

I've randomly sighted trucks of this configuration driving around but this time around I finally managed to snap a picture of one to hopefully understand why trucks like this even exist... The truck was a regular Freightliner Cascadia, standard bunk, single rear axle. The trailer is a drop-deck curtainside. Company is these guys: Truck Accessories Group.

That I did not know. Any F-250s that I've gotten close to were 4x4; never got too close to 4x2s.

Twin Traction Beam is correct, sir. Basically Ford took the Twin I-Beam suspension and integrated a drive axle into it. Improves ride quality and still offers off-road capability. Although most serious off-roaders replace it with a solid axle.

F-series trucks were straight axle from 1948-1964. In 1965 they switched to twin I-beam, which lasted until 1996.

One piece for full width beds and multi piece for stepside beds. When I build multi piece full width beds I glue them all together before paint anyways.

Twin I- beam didn't show up until 1965. If you're looking for a better detail chassis and a source for the Y-block you can use the Revell 1956 F-100. The only other engines available 1961-64 were 6-cylinders.

I have one and started to build it up to full detail, can't seem to find pictures of it right now. I'll snap some when I get home this evening.