Fat Brian

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.

I have the Fujimi MkII kit, it's very nice and goes together well. The reason it's not done is that I cut the rear open and am putting an engine in it.

I'm definitely an average builder, a lot of the builds here make me want to take all my stuff into the yard and set it on fire. I really just build to satisfy myself though, if I try to make everything perfect I get bogged down and end up abandoning the project. I build each vehicle as if I owned it and would build it myself if I had the money so each model has custom parts and things borrowed from other kits which makes them more challenging so I frequently hit stumbling blocks that stall projects until I can find a solution.

Thin wall aluminum tubing is incredibly hard to bend sharply, get some 6//8 or 7/16 inch stainless steel tubing that is 1/16 wall and use a real tubing bender or a wooden buck to bend them. You can use a grinder to thin the open end to scale thickness once you get the bends made and polish to your desired finish.

Based on the photo it will have a removable hard top.