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Around here Canada Post will leave you a note for parcels; sometimes even if it fits in your box! FedEx will leave a note if you don't answer the door. UPS is the only ones that just leave parcels willy nilly...

There was such a beast known as the Marmon-Herrington Ranger, which was an F-1 (later F-100) panel van, converted to four wheel drive and passenger duty. They installed rear seats and cut out windows. I plan on building one, eventually.

Any of the hitches and balls I've seen in kits so far have been pretty much the same. The Datsun kit this came from, the Revell sets with the boats and trailers, the AMT Caprice + trailer, Harley F-150... Then again, when you're talking a 2" ball in 1:24/1:25 scale, the difference won't be much.

Well, it wasn't built as a labour of love but it is supposed to be a working trailer. Paint would probably be best, I guess. I actually built a 1:1 trailer and used pressure-treated lumber for it. I never stained it or painted it and its still holding up pretty good so far.

I'd just like to interject with a little thing I noticed in your build list: the flares from the Bronco won't work on the F-350. The wheel wells from 80-86 were flat on the top and have an indent while the wheel wells from 87-96 are fully rounded and stick out.

The Revell Fun Truckin Courier looks pretty close to that LUV. Has the chopped top and the fenders on the bed look like those (side note: Revell used the same fenders in the Courier, Datsun pickup and 75 C10).

I haven't built one like this for car-hauling but I did modify one of the Revell boat trailers for car-hauler duty. I have a couple extra ones so I might look into making them wood-decked. Thanks for the idea!

I think the ill-fitting glass is just a feature of the kit. I have a '55 and two '57s and they all fit horribly.

As long as you're willing to negotiate, you should be able to sell your kits no problem. Most of the time if you have an OOP kit that someone's looking for, they know how much they're worth and what they're willing to pay. Don't undersell yourself, however. Asking $20 for every kit no matter what it is might be over- or undercharging, depending on what it is. HTH

We got new license plates here in NB in 2009 and nobody has them on their websites... Our plate designs are the same no matter what they're going on, however there are slight variations for veterans, firefighters, antiques, amputees, seasonal and conservation (I have a buck on my truck ). Fortunately, when they released the new plates there was a press release with beautiful large pictures of each variation. I can modify plates as I see fit. The only font I have, however, is for German EU plates. I'll have to go digging for fonts and see if I can find the one we use here.

Here's my 78 4WD Courier. I have another 78 in progress in the Mini Truck CBP...

Has anyone tried using these in a build? The look pretty good and at the price they beat most resin engines...

Looking good! In thinking back about the example I posted above, I believe the builder may have started with a NASCAR kit...does that sound right?

Sorry, I only have a 62 and a 63. On the prowl for a 60, though. One of these days... As for the 51-52, I think you need more than just the grille as the opening is wider than a 48-50. As you can see here, the hood is a bit different, also. In order to get the grille to fit, you may be able to modify the front of a '50 F-1 using the grille recess from an AMT '53 F-100, Monogram '55 F-100, or a Revell '56 F-100, whichever fits the best. The '51-'52 grille and dash is available from Ken Kitchen. He doesn't have a price listed, however. And I don't know if he still makes them as the album as last updated 7 years ago...

I would say that the cost of making a new tooling has dropped considerably in the run of our hobby. Back in the day, you needed artists to sculpt the tooling by hand from a sculpted example of the final kit. These days, the kit is constructed on a computer, the tooling cut by CNC lasers and away you go...

Didn't know that about the dashes. I was noticing more the floors... You're just going to have to wait it out and hope one comes along cheaply, I'm afraid. The only other option is to keep watching website like Spotlight Hobbies and Fred's Model World for old built-ups. But, chances are they'll disappear quickly.

There was an entry to one of my club's shows last year that was a converted Cutlass. They used staples for the grille, IIRC. There was a little writeup beside the model telling what they did for the conversion and pictures of the 1:1 car. Looked pretty good. You can see the back of it in this picture...

He did at that. Take that, Chevrolet!

Not exactly the same, but there's an unbuilt 1963 F-100 currently going for $157.50 and there's still 10h left. I was lucky to get my '62 that only had the body painted for what I did...

What was it that Will Smith drove in I Am Legend? Oh yeah, a Ford Expedition!

Nothing close to Windstar seats available in scale. The closest you'd get would be Taurus seats and even then they'd be split bench rather than buckets.

Holy ######, Virgil! How long will that last you?

Beauty!

You're going to need an awfully powerful truck to tow that beastie...

Mine's sitting on my bench, just needing foil and interior. Just can't seem to get to it...