Fabrux

In the past 10 years I've moved about 8 times. My fiancee and I plan on staying in our current home for a while (if it works out) so up until now I've needed my old model boxes to put my built models in to move them. I have a shed right now and all the empty boxes are stored in there. If we do end up staying here long-term I might look into doing something with the empties. For now, though, they still serve a purpose!

Is that grille PE? Looks beautiful.

Well, wherever it came from its going to be modified to fit into a CJ-7. I've been wanting to build a base model Jeep out of that kit and now I have an engine!

This clears up some concerns I was having with the One Coat. I used to spray the clear within hours of spraying the colour and ending up with a semi-gloss sheen. Now I know better!

Okay! I've had time to sort through my haul and figure out what I have. Monogram Chevy LUV Stepsider (missing wheels) 2 Revell Datsun 620 "Desert Rat" pickups (complete) 2 AMT 53 Ford F-100's (1 missing wheels, 1 missing glass) 3 Revell 56 Ford F-100's (in various stages of broken-ness) 2 Monogram 80 Ford F-150s (missing 1 grille) 3 AMT 34 Ford pickups (should be able to make 1 truck between the 3)1 2 Monogram 78 Chev K10s (complete) MPC 73 C10 (complete) MPC 73 K10 (complete) MPC 75 K10 (complete) MPC 78 K10 (complete) MPC 67 C10 (missing stock grille, tailgate; comes with 69-70 grille) AMT 70-72 GMC Jimmy (complete) 2 Revell 71-76 Ford Courier (1 missing wheels, 1 missing hood) 1I know these are the original AMT releases and not the later Lindberg releases due to a chrome license plate on one of them embossed with "AMT 1962" Miscellaneous leftover parts include a set of wheels that don't quite go with anything, odds n sods, a 426 Hemi, 283 SBC and what appears to be an AMC 6-cylinder. Any ideas what it is for sure or what it came from?

Was/is the grille/bumper glued in place? That sort of crack usually develops due to trying to pry off a grille (in my experience). The eBay picture appears to show an intact fender, but its hard to tell definitively. It could be that the seller tried removing the grille and it started to crack so he left it alone. The piece that broke off is a very strange one to come off due to shipping, but that's not saying its impossible. Judging from the evidence presented, I would have to say that the damage was caused during shipping and therefore a result of poor packaging.

^According to the websites you can only get the TC in Touring and Limited...

I'm usually hesitant to post about eBay wins, but I'm so pleased with this one I just have to. My apologies if anyone on here was bidding on this, but I just picked it up today... There's a bag full of parts to go with it. Don't have time to sort through it all yet, but I hope all the pieces are there!

Wow, that's harsh. On the bright side, its not a complete loss!

I confess: I have a bit of an obsession with those Blazer Chalets/Jimmy Casa Grandes. Here's an EB camper: Gallery link here And here's some other campers on the Blazer Chalet website.

Looks good! Might've been easier to start with a Lindberg monster truck, though...

I do believe that a 1:1 version of this would have a one-piece driveshaft.

The VW Beetle camper was actually a kit car. You can still get the plans for it!

Now that looks cool! I bet the LoneStar's fairing could be cut down to cover that hole...

I wasn't really looking necessarily for a formal roof, just something other than the bubbletop.

Basically all I would do is cut the cab like so... But then the sleeper would just look weird. I think I'll just end up building without the upper fairing.

Yeah, the body work still has a way to go. The wheel wells are still where they're supposed to be...

First primer coat to get the bodywork rolling. Who can tell what I did?

I've been looking at the bed and comparing it with an AMT 53 F-100 and y'all are right, it looks like a better fit; its sitting in brake fluid now to get it ready. In the mean time, I may have found an alternative for the wheels...

Just wondering if anyone has seen or if it would even be rational to have a flat-top LoneStar. Basically it would look like older style Western Stars that kinda look like a day cab with a sleeper added. I hate the look of the Lone-and ProStars with those huge fairings on them... but I was pleased to notice in the kit and seeing some builds here that it looks a lot better without the upper fairing on. I got the idea in my head to chop it all off but it probably wouldn't look so great...thoughts?

I'm finding that it really depends on the paint what you use to strip it. I used Super Clean almost exclusively up until about a month ago when I had a body painted with Testor's One Coat that sat for 3 weeks and nothing came off. I tried brake fluid instead and it finally started coming off, but not completely. I may look into 90% alcohol with another body that I have that was painted with nail polish (several times in several colours...sigh). I also found that, on bodies that were painted without primer, brake fluid strips only the paint away and leaves the plastic shiny like it came out of the box whereas Super Clean tends to eat away at the plastic a bit.

@Mike: I already have 2 of the Bel Airs with the bubbletops. Looking for a hardtop roof on a Bel Air.... exactly what @Jeff posted...awesome!

What would one use for rims for this setup? I'm interested...

Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a 62 Bel Air body with a formal roof? I know there is the Revell 62 Impala, and Jimmy Flintstone makes a 62 Pontiac Catalina bubbletop, but did anyone ever make the result (ie Catalina's roof on a Bel AIr)?

That one went on eBay last week for I think $103 for a complete built-up!