Fat Brian

The 4070 has round lights where the Transtar has square bezels, the 4070 has a non turbo motor where the Transtar has a turbo, the 4070 has Dayton wheels and an air ride rear suspension but the Transtar has Alcoa fronts, five hole rears and a walking beam rear end. The Transtar was out in the 90's so it most likely still exists in that form but they probably can't do the 4070 again without some retooling.

You probably need to go back with something finer than 120 before the polishing stick. Since the primer is already on try some 1000 grit to smooth things out and shoot another thin coat of primer to check your work.

Rival Sons doing CCR's Long as I Can See the Light Rival Sons doing Any Winehouse's Back to Black Rival Sons doing Nobody's Fault But Mine

Do you think layering two decals on top of each other might true the color up a bit?

I would love a generic belly tank kit with a few different windshield arrangements and a couple engine options. I think a hopped up model T four banger, a flathead, and a modern four or straight six would make an interesting kit with tons of possibilities.

Snake, if I remember correctly the issue of this kit I have had that stripe as a decal in yellow and white.

Yep, the same thing has happened to me three times this week. First I realized I traded away the engine to a kit I really want to finish now and now the kit is very expensive to replace, then I found l had traded away two AMT Supra kits l now need parts from, and then I went hunting a Corvette kit to find I'd traded it. I think I'm going to stop trading because I never remember what's gone when I need it.

From what I've heard it wasn't so much the styling as it was that it competed with other Ford and Mercury models so know one knew exactly what the car was supposed to be. Add to that an economic downturn and an unestablished model failed.

Personally, I would paint the entire bezel then go back with bare metal foil and resilver the light backs. This makes for the least amount of masking while still getting a sprayed finish.

Thank you, the engine fit is tougher than I expected. That rascal is long and with the intake and exhaust ports on the same side the passenger side of the engine bay is going to be a bit crowded. I'm trying to find a cheap modern Mustang to rob the rear suspension from.

Okay, that will work, thank you.

Does any Japanese kit come with a Toyota or Lexus v8 engine? Anything between the 4.0 and 5.7 would be fine but bigger would be better.

Personally, I don't mind the front fenders. I'm never going to build a stock Stroppe Bronco but will be building a few typical custom style Broncos and the absence of front flares would have caused me some problems.

Based on some discussion in another thread this kit has the wrong engine for the year of the body style, it has the old v6 engine while the body style represents a year that only an AMC v8 should have been available. If you want the correct engine it comes in the Honcho kit.

I've got some things done on the Mustang, I made a custom intake/exhaust manifold and combined a 2000ish hood with the stock one to get a nice modern look. I also got the wheels mostly ready for paint.

Brake fluid does work but may be a bit overkill depending on the type of paint you used. For Testors or Krylon you can use something much easier to deal with like Simple Green or 409. If you used Tamiya paint or Duplicolor though brake fluid (not cleaner!) is the way to go.

Yeah, without valve covers it would take a real guru to spot the differences in the bare block.

It's already in a junk yard, there's no saying it wasn't repowered once in it's life with whatever running engine was laying around. I'm sure it happened in real life somewhere.

For anyone wanting a correct engine for the Commando kit the Honcho kit has a pretty nice AMC big block in it with Jeep markings on the valve covers.

I remember the same method but likewise don't remember where I saw it. Basically, a razor blade was held horizontally between two adjustable shims and clamped to a table leaving just the corner of the blade exposed. The tire was laid flat against the table and rotated carefully across the exposed blade making a straight and repeatable clean cut.

I found Rival Sons through the Andertons guitar channel on youtube and like them better than anything I've heard in a long time.

Leo is great, his cover of Africa with Rabea and Hannah is awesome.

It is, that's the only version of the truck that came with the fleetside short bed and they're getting hard to find.

I would love to have a few of these, I'd build one as a replica of my uncle's truck.

I know, the Lexus kit is pretty hard to find. If anyone has it I'd love to try to get the dash cast.