Fat Brian

That's what we're saying, this is just a reissue of the Lindberg kit. The same company owns the names Lindberg and AMT and all their respective molds and they have decided to reissue the few really good new tool Lindberg kits under the AMT name since the Lindberg name is synonymous with unbuildable BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH to a decent percentage of the modeling public.

I got all the brightwork on the cab and got it attached to the floorpan for the final time. I just need to scratch up some hood hinges and bumper mounts and make some chains and goodies for the headache rack and she'll be done.

Wow, I didn't know it had already happened.

It's not uncommon with electronic equipment for the manufacturers to make more of a given item and sell those extras under a different name. I have a guitar amp that is internally a Laney Cub but the factory put a different color pleather on this version and sold it through a company called Monoprice for about half what the name brand unit goes for. I'm surprised a Chinese company hasn't started doing this with models yet.

Yep, I gave up on the Walmart sticks when they went to a plastic backing material. Sally's has a great selection of shapes and grits, I go buy $20 or $30 worth a couple times a year.

It's an antiquing set from Sophisticated Finishes. The two part process starts with a paint that is basically iron powder in some kind of liquid which you paint onto the part. Next is a solution of water, copper sulphate and something else which you wash over the iron paint to rust it. The kit is about $20 at craft stores but comes with several years worth of stuff.

That sounds like a great idea, thank you.

I'm getting into the home stretch now. I got the seats and gear shift glued to the interior floor, I also did some dry brushing on the frame and headache rack in anticipation of adding some chain and binders there. Finally, I built a bracket to hold the tail lights and license plate. Does anyone know where I could find a current style North Carolina truck plate?

To answer your question about construction this is a modern kit tooled in the 90's with separate frame and floor pan, clear head and tail lights, and other goodies typical of a new kit.

I don't normally spot these things right away but the first time someone posted a picture of the body I was like "ugh oh, that body side looks mighty flat". At least this should be fairly easy to fix.

I'm not Andy but I do see what he's talking about with the rockers, the whole thing is just too flat. The body on the real things curves under a couple inches but the kit is just absolutely flat. Compare the pic of the kit below from Chuck Kourouklis with the picture of the real thing. Fortunately, it's something that can be fixed to a large degree with a bit of sanding and maybe rescribing the bottom door line.

The axle in the Bronco kit is a Dana 44 which is the same type of axle used in 78 F-150s but the configuration is wrong. The F series trucks have their axles mounted with the differential on the drivers side with the pinion on the top of the axle so it's called a Dana 44 High Pinion. The gears in these axles are also reverse cut because the axle is technically mounted upside down. The Bronco has the standard mount Dana 44 with the differential on the passenger side and the regular low pinion. Since the Firestones truck is badged as an F-350 the correct axle for it is a Dana 60 with the same high pinion, reverse rotation configuration.

These Corvettes still aren't popular with collectors or restorers so there are a lot of them in exactly this condition around me.

It does look a lot like liquid nails.

I honestly can't tell if these things are the work of a genius or a slight case of severe brain damage. There is an old guy near me that turns junk and scrap metal into yard art and what he does is incredibly creative but the execution is also much better. As many of these builds as there are you would think the skill of the builder would have improved at some point.

Just for informational purposes the original donor cab was about a '62 model Ford cab.

Check out this one, it's just a painted soda bottle with wheels. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Hand-Made-1-24-8-1-2-long-Farm-Tractor-for-junkyard-diorama-parts-/381518576880?hash=item58d4477cf0:g:mj8AAOSw5dNWldRF

This guy raises so many questions. Some of these builds look really old based on how dirty they are and some of the kits being long out of production, did he inherit these atrocities or is he selling off his builds from when he was an alcoholic or drug user? Did the same person who built the kits also build the diorama, because it's not too bad while the models are... special. There are so many builds with the same style and "quality" they have to be from the same builder and not someone selling off bought collections from different sources. I go through some of his listings in awe such a thing could exist and that it's for sale.

The grille and bumpers could be had in white on the super base models. The dash is pretty confusing, I've seen brown and gold ones with a body color dash and red and blue ones with a white dash. Maybe there is a factory option list out there somewhere that would tell if a white or body color dash is part of a trim package or option. Here is a link to some good early Bronco information. http://www.bronco.com/etc/history.shtml

Your writing style in these reviews inspired me a bit. I actually have great memories of riding around with my grandparents in that car but even by the early 80's my family knew the car was something to be ashamed of. They all would make little jokes about it say how much of a steaming pile it was.

I'm proud of that first line, that really paints a picture.

I grew up in a Pacer exactly like this one. My dad traded in his 68 LTD with a 428 Police Interceptor and C6 in a bought a straight 6 auto, tan on tan 77 Pacer. At some point in the early 80's he gave it to his parents who drove it until the late 80's. I remember countless trips in this lackluster, poop colored sadness factory. It was constantly breaking down, my dad said that some of the parts were Ford and others were GM and he was convinced that AMC raided the reject parts bins of the other manufacturers and used them on their cars. I'm going to have to build at least one of these to represent that somewhat disappointing part of my childhood.

The 70 GT and Cobra kits have the same 429 engine but the Promodeler GT has some great aftermarket valve covers and headers that the Cobra doesn't. I can't remember if all those parts are in the reissue that's out now or not.

I've made a little more progress in the last few days, I got the dash and steering wheel in along with the front windows. I didn't like the way the front window on the passenger side fit so I ended up cutting two new windows from clear plastic. The seats and shifter will be attached to the floor pan and inserted on final assembly. I also made some wheel chocks to hang from the headache rack.

Wow, that's ambitious but you're doing a great job on it. I had an 88 Suburban and would love to build it, you have my attention.