Fat Brian

I sent a Mack B 75, R 700, and Ultraliner along with a bull nose and needle nose Kenworth, a W900B, a Ford CL9000, and a Pete 350 and 351. I know they're all in resin but a whole kit would be nice.

If you really didn't get anything off with EO you might need to go to brake fluid(not cleaner in the spray can). EO works on soft enamel paints like Testors, the Rustoeum might be a tougher laquer paint that will need a different stripper to remove it. Another thing to consider is the effort it's going to take to strip it versus the cost of replacing the kit, all of those Monogram T-birds have the same body in them and lesser known drivers kits can be had for about $5 on ebay so sinking a lot of time and effort into saving this body might not be the best choice.

This kit is based off the AMT 88-97 Chevy pickup kits, the glass from that kit should fit perfectly. The bumper in the kit is the light duty version where the red truck has the heavy duty bumper, it should be super easy to make out of Evergreen pieces. I learned how to drive a manual transmission in a truck pretty close to this one.

Wow, this is incredible. I can see a few of these in my future as donor kits for restomod builds.

I've bought three so far at Hobby Lobby and all of mine are fine, maybe they got a different batch from the ones that are messed up. Ben, you got yours from Tower, right?

I just ordered from Gary a couple weeks ago, he only takes orders through the mail and you have to send a check or money order. I believe he has the cab in both flat and cut out doors but you'll have to ask him to be sure.

One has it for $34.99, my other local one has it for $39.99. It ends up being about $25 with the coupon.

Ebay is a great resource but do a bit of homework before pulling the trigger on the first Buy it Now you see, sometimes you can pick up the whole kit for what some sellers are asking for just a few parts.

I built the 57 T-bird in the early 2000s for friends mom, it was silver with a red interror. It went together easily but I agree with the other poster that said they are a bit empty. It came with a hose for sparkplug wires but could have done with much more detail, it was like a small kit blown up.

Someone makes a few engines for the 1/16 trucks but I don't think the 12v-71 is one of them.

The only modification you'll need to make is that the 50's beds had the tops of the bed rails angled were on the later trucks they were flat but this is a super easy change to make. This is an early bed And this is a later bed

I watched some of the first season but when it became obvious they were going more reality show than edutainment I quit watching. I am going to be building a somewhat replica of the black Louisville with the 8v-71 from the last season or two if I can ever find where I put the resin hood I bought.

Yeah, I should have put a 123 up there too.

Okay, that's good to know.

Yeah, and it really just depends on what you're looking for. The AMT kit is far more approachable and has a very low part count for a semi truck while the Revell kit is very detailed but looks like it has the possibility to be fiddly.

Since there will be two versions of the K100 out within the next year in the Papa truck and Revells flat top kit I thought I would pull out the cabs for each and see what the similarities and differences are. First up is the Papa truck, the cab goes together with just four pieces if you use the optional visor. Here is the Revell cab. I don't have the flat top, obviously mine is the Aerodyne version, but everything is the same except for the tops and probably the spoiler. The parts breakdown is a bit different and the Revell kit has opening doors. In this front view you can see that the Revell cab has thinner window posts which appear to be accurate to the real thing, the vent to the left of the grill opening is also more true to the real truck than the AMT effort. The vent and side window sizes are more accurate as well but the door hinge is out of scale quite a bit to somewhat hide the kit parts. The cabs are dead on matches in every dimension, length, width, and height. All in all, both should build into fine representations of the subject but the Revell kit seems to get the little things a bit more right than the AMT effort.

Yeah, they came sooner than I expected them.

I picked up two Super Boss kits at Hobby Lobby today, I'll end up with a half dozen before it's over with.

I don't have anything that I intend not to build, but I don't have anything near as rare as you do either. Probably the rarest kits I have are two Transtar 4070A kits and while somewhat rare and unable to be produced again due to tooling changes they're not exactly hard to find if you are willing to pay for them. Fortunately I got mine a couple years ago when they were a bit cheaper and bought them with rough boxes so I didn't have to pay mint prices.

The engine in the LRE is supposed to be a 360 but it looks like a generic 383/400/440.

Yes, you can use Lil Red Express parts on the long bed.

Mine is also $125, for a Revell K100 Aerodyne. I've also paid $75+ many times for Ertl Transtar 4070A kits, the Will Do reissue of the Can Do wrecker, and a few other kits.

I thought I'd put a few pictures up, I may retake them in the daylight though.

There's nothing wrong with using the short hauler frame for a tractor. The only thing I would do is hold off mounting the front axle until you get the rear on and some tires on it to make sure it will sit level. With the thicker frame and borrowing a rear tandem setup from another kit you may have to put a small block between the spring and front axle.

Round2 will hopefully reissue some of the Ertl International trucks like to 4070B or 2749 dump truck. The Autocar trucks should be on the shortlist too.