Fat Brian

BNL Resins makes a lot of 4x4 parts that could be used to make one but they're all straight axle style. I don't think anyone does the stock IFS front end the factory used.

Well, I finally got the kit in my hands and it's probably 1/16 or 1/18 scale instead of the advertised 1/24. I was really hoping to keep the motorcycles a consistent scale with the rest of my models.

I had seen that brand but not those particular pieces, I'll have to check that Indian out.

Thanks Tim. I looked for the Revell F150/Harley kit and it's outrageous now, maybe one will pop up a bit cheaper if I keep looking. I guess I need to get the Maisto pieces in my hands to see how they look, I can't tell from the ebay pictures.

I agree with everyone else, it's an AMT Nascar engine. As for what it represents, Ford Nascar engines of this period were based on the 351 Cleveland. You can tell the difference between the two Ford 351s by the valve covers, the Cleveland covers are rectangular with bolts in the upper corners while the Windsor covers are rounded on the top corners like a 289/302 cover. The water pumps are also different but that's sometimes hard to tell in kit form.

Thank you.

I recently found an old Lindberg Harley Shovelhead kit in 1/24 scale on ebay and had to get it. I saw the other kits in the line but none of them really interest me, are there other Harley or Indian kits out there? Also, are the Maisto diecasts in 1/24 scale good enough to take apart and really detail or customize them?

A word for anyone buying the resin one from Jimmy Flintstone, I bought one several years ago and mine was significantly smaller than 1/25 scale. The difference was about as much as there is between 1/2 and 1/25. I'm going to end up cutting the nose off and grafting it onto the Revell body because otherwise nothing from the kit will fit, even the wheelbase of the resin body is shorter than the plastic body. The resin body will also have the incorrect rear quarter panels from the early releases of the Revell Torino that have been fixed in the newest green car version that is out now.

Your best bet is to start with either of the Revell 64 or 65 kits, they're plentiful and cheap if you mess it up and the hood was the same from 63 to 66. Even the AMT 60 will work but the hood is different.

It doesn't, it's got the supercharged 350 from the wrecker kit and it is a flip nose. It is exactly the wrecker kit with a monster truck suspension. The wrecker unit is a pretty neat little old school setup that would look great transplanted on a 40's or 50's truck.

Simpsonville isn't looking too good this year, I just spent $700 at the vet that was meant for a house payment so I'm playing catch up now.

My wife is going to hate me, between the Bison tractor, Datsun, and the Tyrone Malone truck coming back out I'm going to be pretty broke for the foreseeable future.

How much is one of these going to hurt my wallet? I need a Grabber Blue one in my life.

The AMT 70 Monte Carlo should have a 12 bolt in it, I don't know if the cover is removable but worse case scenario you could cut it off with a razor saw.

A lot of big trucks with driven front axles use a Marmon-Herrington unit. The center section is kind of weird and oblong, I can't think of anything similar in scale. https://www.marmon-herrington.com/images/MT-22_enlarged.jpg

The yellow custom version has the Ardun heads in it, I'm not sure about the earlier kits with the tannish truck on the box.

ER... MAH... GERD!!! Shut up and take my money!!!!

I was at the Mattews store right at 12 today but I was in and out in a hurry. I'm going to try to get to the one in Gastonia some time this weekend.

I broke down and went to Ollie's on my lunch break today, I left with four Raminator trucks, two Tommy Grove Mustangs, and a Color Me Gone Dodge.

This truck has been sitting for sale for a couple years now. It's not a tractor but it has a large flatbed and a crane. The engine is painted red but looks to be an older Cummins engine, maybe one of our diesel guru's can tell us what it is.

I saw this truck sitting for sale and had to stop and take a few pics of it. It has a turbo Cummins engine but doesn't seem to have an intercooler, maybe someone can tell us what it is exactly.

Something similar happened at a shopping mall near me. The woman evidently hit the gas when she wanted the brake and plowed into the wall around the upper floor of the parking deck, killing herself and causing a section of the deck to collapse.

I asked her but she didn't remember, it's been quite a few years since she worked in that industry.

Guitar string is great for a lot of stuff, antennas, hard lines, linkage parts. The wound stings can be used to make modern snow chains. For the antenna dip the tip in white glue and then chrome paint for the ball.

Do you think stuffing the tires with tissue paper to straighten the sidewalls out a bit would help?