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I'd just like to point out that out of the domestic manufacturers Ford is the only one that still owns themselves.

This one I have, actually.

I organize them primarily by manufacturer, with a couple of exceptions. I have a shelf for race cars (ie non-street), one for monster trucks and one for big rigs.

I made a discovery tonight. The dashes in the pickups and the Blazer/Jimmy are slightly different. The pickup dash depicts a full trim level interior while the Blazer/Jimmy are a lower trim level. The Blazer/Jimmy dash has the speedometer in the left large opening while the right opening is the fuel gauge. The smaller set of four pods are I believe 'idiot lights'. The vent opening pattern is different and the passenger side of the dash has no emblem while the pickup dash does. In checking with my factory brochures the pickup seat appears to represent a Cheyenne or Silverado seat.

My mistake. I should've known, considering I have three MPC cabs. I was thinking of the Monogram cabs...

The only thing good about Revell's '78 C10 is the cab. The MPC cabs don't have the model badging on them. The Revell C10 is an abomination of a kit with the California stepside bed and the poor excuse for a front suspension...

I believe that with Nissan and Infiniti there are no Nissan badges anywhere on the Infiniti. The engine may be the same but the cover will have Infiniti badging on it. I know that back in the Datsun days the engines would have Nissan stamped on the valve covers; maybe this go around they'll be stamped Datsun? Or, more likely, no identification on them at all. My fiancee's Pontiac G3 doesn't have anything Pontiac or Chev under the hood, just 'Ecotec'.

That pickup is actually the Revell Datsun 720 pickup, the silver/red car is a Nova Pro/Street, and the 'silver 72 Chevy stepside' as you call it is actually an '87 F-150 flare side I've been working on... He hasn't touched any of his models in 10 years and needs to clear up some space in his house for his fiancee to move in. Just happened to be in the right place at the right time!

It would be nice to have the option to use one bed or the other, but unfortunately they're different scales and don't match up at all. However, the parts are all available to build a GMC stepside and a Chevy wideside in both scales.

Seems like it might be easier to cut out the extra tank than to add the fuel caps.

Thanks for all the kind words!

My very, very generous friend decided to give me what's left of his stash... The stuff along the wall and in the upper left corner were already there... The LRW and Banshee are started and the '53 F-100 box is actually a started El Camino SS. In the big tote, the Bel-Air and the Pontiac are built and complete; the red GMC pickup is missing a rear fender and the Countach is a diecast. There are tons of tires, rims, and engines as well as lots of other fiddly bits in there. Going to take a while to sort. I also have yet to sort through the paints...

^I'm not sure if that plow setup was the norm or not; my dad has a Fisher plow from the '80s that was originally on this body style of truck that he had modified to fit his '89 and it mounts in front of the bumper. Mind you, his setup is a 'permanent' one: full hydraulic, with the pump being belt-driven by the engine. This kit comes with an electric-over-hydraulic setup. Also, come to think of it, in the late 80's-early 90's when I was growing up my dad plowed with a '78 Bronco and it, too, had the christmas tree in front of the plow.

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This bed looks like it shares the same feature as the stepside: no fuel doors!

The Ramcharger wheels are five-lug. Same as in one of the Bronco issues, actually. They have a different centrecap from the Jimmy/Blazer ones.

My LHS released his June release list; still no GMC.

They do indeed. The usual wagon wheels are triangle holes whereas these ones appear to be trapezoids...

For me sometimes it comes down to price. I prefer original issues usually because they have better box art and the pieces are of better quality due to being the first run with a particular tooling. And then there's always toolings that get modified to represent different years so you have to go with the original. For instance, I have an MPC '71 Road Runner as well as an AMT '74 GTX; they're the same kit but extensively modified.

So you're the one that nabbed it...

Yup, it was! Got that one.

I was thinking more of the 1:1 replica that keeps popping up. Its a beautiful truck!

All right, who bought it?

I was looking through local classifieds and came across a 1984 F-150 flare side for sale that actually has the 1987 bed on it! Threw me for a loop, that's for sure! Although I would have to say the best looking truck I've seen so far was, again, on my local classifieds. It was a combo build that was on a late '80s frame, I believe, and had a '92-'96 front clip, the '87 bed and it was a dually! I'm wishing now that I had saved the pictures of it...

I'm glad to help! It seems the rarest kit of all is actually the Ramcharger High Roller; they're really hard to find! The Gone Fishin' set is the most plentiful version of the Ramcharger and I've seen the original issue pop up from time to time.