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Mail run today! The built kits are from Danny aka 85gt4bbl302 great guy to deal with!

I'm already 'subscribed' through my LHS so I can't really go out and do this... Which is a shame as there's a magazine-only shop in town that would probably carry it if I asked...

The Pegasus wheels are designed to use metal axles, so unless the kit you're building has them (or metal pins), you'll have to either find a way to insert pins or drill out the mounting stud on the wheels big enough so that they slide on the kits's axle.

This is awesome. Never heard of that song before but I'm going to have to go check it out now!

Are we talking 1:1 vehicles here? In that case, my '00 F-150 has a 4.2L V6 with a 5-speed...

Today I traded for an AMT 1956 Ford Victoria. Oh and picked up issue 165.

Here's the Cutlass hardtop, convertible, and fastback. Looks like the quarters are pretty darn close (if not the same) for the hardtop and convertible. And here's a comparison of the 72 Cutlass with the 70-72 Monte Carlo. The roofline is very close, differing only in slope and then only a slight amount. The quarter windows are also different shapes, but when using the Monte Carlo roof on the Cutlass body you'll get that shape. When I get a hold of a Monte Carlo I'll start cutting and maybe do a writeup.

Did all three of these new tools have test shots displayed at the iHobby show? They went that far and need to recover that investment somehow. They'll be released, eventually... With AMT, didn't they plan to tool up something but never did? I can't imagine one of these companies tooling up a kit and never producing it.

The earliest they can be here is June. Neither the 57 Ford nor the 50 Olds is on the schedule up to and including May.

Man that thing looks like it has a lift kit on it...

Here's the release schedule from my LHS: February Tony Nancy Dragster Set SSP 1977 Chevy Van Revell Germany London Bus March 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Ferrari Enzo snap kit Ed Roth Tweety Pie '32 Ford sedan 'Orange Crate' '41 Willys drag coupe Chevy Corvette Grand Sport April Ed Roth's '56 Ford F-100 '67 Chevy Chevelle Pro Street '29 Ford Rat Rod pickup Bad Medicine Cadillac Custom Lowrider Revell Germany-boxed Lonestar (I want to see this instruction sheet...) Revell Germany 1950 Krupp Titan SWL 80 May 1:16 Peterbilt 359 SSP Lamborghini Countach '40 Ford coupe street rod

Judging by the ready-mix truck there and the work area it looks like this is your regular Portland cement concrete. Possibly a sidewalk, or a high-traffic intersection. Seeing as how the truck is still there its probably a recent pour. Depending on the specified slump for that particular job they have about 6-8 hours to get the car out of the mix and rinsed off before it cures.

Would these happen to be the same as the set that were just up on eBay?

When it comes to Japanese words, I find its best to know a little bit about the Japanese language to pronounce them correctly. Keep in mind that native Japanese speakers tend to speak rather fast and words tend to be a blur; the proper pronunciation would probably be tam-ee-ya. Any emphasis added to any particular syllable is a construct of English speakers. Mind you, I'm guilty of adding the emphasis to the middle syllable as that's all I've ever heard. On a slightly related note, I've noticed that in the US everyone pronounces Mazda wrong... If you listen to a native Japanese saying the word, it sounds more like matsuda really fast; definitely not "mozda".

From what I can tell on the Bigfoot website, Ford still isn't a sponsor, yet all the trucks are Fords once again.

My condolences on your loss, Darin. Instead of focusing on what you've lost, celebrate your wife's life for all the positive things she accomplished and take comfort in knowing that she is no longer in pain.

Back in the late '80s my dad took a '78 Bronco, chopped the end of the body off and turned it into a pickup bed. Combined with a cab from an F-250 he built this truck: Now, I can't remember why he cut up this seemingly good Bronco (I was only 4-5 at the time). He always said that he cut up the wrong Bronco; he also had a brown '78 Bronco that I think he was still making payments on at the time, so that could be why. But, his unmolested Bronco rotted out way before this one ever did. My uncle bought the truck and he had it all while I was growing up so I remember it well. He ended up giving it to a friend of his and the last time I saw it, back in 2006 or so it was still solid (though only a yard truck by then). I decided I wanted to try and build a replica of this truck, as close as my abilities will allow. Its going to end up with the chrome trim in the body cove for the simple fact that I don't feel confident enough to remove it and make it look right. It'll also have headlights and a tail gate (I don't think it ever had one, even when my uncle had it). Not too sure if I can get the white stripes right; they're a strobe-type affair but in scale they'd probably end up being a solid line. Maybe some artistic license. Chassis is from an AMT Wild Hoss Bronco; cab, bed sides, and tailgate are from AMT '77 F-350 kit; interior of the bed is cut down from a Monogram F-250. Having grown up with this truck, my dad's '78 Bronco and '77 F-150 the bed on the AMT F-350 just drives me nuts so I had no qualms cutting it up. As it turns out, the rear overhang on that bed is perfect for a bobbed Bronco bed, so it made sense to me! The front wheels are from the Monogram F-250 (and are actually F-150 wheels; silly Monogram) and the rears are from the Revellogram '50 F-1. They'll be painted up to match those in the picture (complete with rust-coloured lug nuts!). I can't quite tell what the the darker colour is on the cab; I think its just a darker blue than the Bronco body. I don't want to ask my dad about the truck as this build is a surprise! I have another Bronco kit that I plan to build as his.

Yes, Steve, I remember you complaining about inner fender covers... I'll get at that next. The trouble with the hood was filling in that darned gap. I had to glue on strips to each side and then carefully sand them to the contour of the hood. Then, of course, the hood opening wasn't perfectly square, so more sanding on the hood and the opening was needed to get it to fit just right. And then, of course, I had to sand away some material at the cowl to get everything to fit. I ended up having to unfortunately cut the windshield wipers off the cowl as there was no way it was all going to fit. Also, the cowl is attached to the firewall as there was nowhere else to attach it and there ended up being a weird sandwich between the wipers, windshield, interior tub, firewall and chassis that just wouldn't work for assembly. The chassis fits surprisingly well. I may end up having to trim some of the area behind the wheels as it sits a little bit below the body line. The extra bench seat is from an older build I had. I keep referencing the older kit to get the ride height right (not sure if the car OOB sits correctly, though).

I'm in the process of (slowly) scanning in my own collection of brochures... they're neat, that's for sure!

The body is the AMT annual kit, the most recent re-issue, I think (Resto Rods). I'm not sure what the wheels belong to, but I found them in an AMT 66 Nova kit I picked up that had already been started.

Apparently, when it was first completed, Bigfoot 18 wore a Silverado body shell, had Chevy power and was painted in MLB graphics. On the Bigfoot website, however, Bigfoot 18 has a Ford engine and a body shell that looks like the SVT Raptor and has Summit graphics.

Steve, this is why I'm glad our show's categories are simple.

This is my attempt to build a decent '69 Chevelle using '69 4-4-2 chassis pan and suspension. Engine is the 427 from the Revell COPO Nova. When I showed this to my fiancee I told her it doesn't look like much but there's already about 10 hours of work into this to get the hood to fit right as well as the firewall, cowl, radiator and core support. Also, I'm not sure whether to make this a full sleeper with a front bench and remove all the SS badges or go with the console and buckets.

Its as much a Ford truck as the Grave Digger is a Chevy panel...

I will say that, personally, if a 49 Merc was entered in the same custom category as, say, my 69 Cougar fastback and both were finished the same quality and the Merc won, I would be a little upset. Here is a car that has a chopped roof in the box whereas I went through all the effort of grafting on a different roof entirely. I would imagine that the effort you put in the kit counts for something. This is why for our show we have a "degree of difficulty" on the judging sheet to help fairly judge things.