Fat Brian

Also check out Eric at P&P, here is link to his part page where you can find some pics http://www.ppvintagekits.com/CARS/Resin-Price_list.html

For your second question you've got to remove the bracing before the hood will fit correctly. I don't have the Monaco kit so you will have to look in the instructions and see if they show the body with any bracing left in place but it looks like all of that will be removed.

Mike, the tooling for the hood could be borrowed from the Little Red Express kit. It would be nice to see the AMT Kenworth 923 again along with the Alaskan Hauler.

Just because the old prices are on the boxes doesn't mean you got ripped off, a 20+ year old factory sealed kit doesn't still go for the $8 to $10 sticker that was put on it way back when. Even if the seller bought them for a dollar a piece as long as you didn't pay more than you thought was fair you shouldn't be upset.

The guy from Dencon was selling some stuff on ebay under the name castenparts, I spoke with him a few months ago and he was moving but said he was going to have some more items up eventually.

Check out this thread from the under glass section, it shows the underside of a similar trailer that you may be able to borrow some ideas from. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=62719

I hope they have it turned down since they are using it in such a small area because other wise the performance isn't all that impressive.

The AMT 39 Wagonrod has some nice modern engine and suspension pieces along with the full build Boyd Smoothster kit. The AMT 70 Super Bee prostreet has the overhead cam Hemi motor. The AMT 66 Galaxie has one of the mort accurate 427 Cammer motors along with the 33 Willys coupe/van kits. I agree with Roger that the Corvette street machine kit has some great donor parts. Revells 50 Ford truck kit has a great flathead and optional Ardun conversion heads along with some decent wheels. Revells new five window and Tudor have great optional engines along with great 302 Fords with either a carb or Mustang style fuel injection.

Leo, do you mean the K-123 instead of the K-100? I believe my AMT K-100 has the eight bagger rear. Would the torsion bar setup be a plausable modification to the K-123 kit?

Thats is a P&P offering.

You forgot to mention that someone would find a way to relate the lightbulb discussion to Nazis and Godwin the whole thread.

In before the lock!!!!!!

Yes it is, there is a build thread for some of his parts on Hank's truck forum. He makes some awesome stuff that appears to be worth every penny.

I picked up a Boyd Smoothster with a late model 350 with a nice multiport fuel injection top, it looks good since it came from a clean modern custom. I'm thinking about rescribing the door lines to make a pseudo hardtop and removing the B pillar completely. I'm probably going to leave the wheel openings alone to show off the wheels when I pick them out. Here is a pic of the engine, it's plain but will get the job done.

Buying lots or junkyards on ebay is always a gamble, I've won and lost when buying them. Sometimes the pics or description is misleading and if in doubt it's always better to ask before bidding. I bought a built DM800 that was fairly clean in the pics and unpainted but when I got it it had the hood and fenders glued down and is largely unusable, it looked decent in the pics but you never know until it shows up.

Just putty and sanding. When I do another one I am planning on just sanding off the moled in rivets and replacing them with the new decal rivets.

There is a great resin caster from eastern Europe that has begun selling stuff on ebay under the name danmodels, he makes a fifties supercharged Cummins motor that looks unbelieveable but it is a bit spendy. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cummins-NHS-600-Supercharger-engine-1-25-scale-resin-kit-/221146227573?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item337d57a375

If you can get super lucky and find a set of American Satco Super Swampers they are about 35s in 1/24 scale. You could get a set by getting one of the Aoshima 4x4 Toyotas and still have a decent kit to build.

I was hoping for the 68, with a 2 door I could replicate my dads first car.

They already did a T600, all they have to do is make a W900L hood and add it in. I don't see what the hold up is.

The frames in the both snap kits are not the greatest out there but still look good when built and can be the start of a good custom with an enclosed frame.

That W900 mold is getting in rough shape, I bought one of the current kits with the flat top sleeper and it's very flashy and the alignment is poor on a lot of the cab parts. It is in need of some refeshing before they completely ruin it.

Is there a 2 door version planned?

About the only markings you need is a white star on the doors. The thing is, the C600 was not used in the military. They are about the only organization on earth who didn't use them but the military had other vehicles to fill it's role. Most transport vehicles used during the period the kit represents were diesel also, usually using the Continental 468 multifuel motor that could run on various low grade fuels.

What about the wheels from the Moving Violation Willys and the Austin Gasser, those look similar.