Fat Brian

I did a Buy it Now on ebay.

Scott and Drew, my Mom was a stripper also, and yes I got a kick out of telling everyone at school. It also didn't hurt that at the time all of my male school friends thought she was hot. For the last thirteen years I've worked at my local natural gas utility company, eleven of which have been working with the high pressure transmission system that feeds the regulator stations that gets gas to homes and businesses. I work with outside contractors who need to cross my companies lines by locating the lines for them and getting them approval from my company for their crossing. I also assist them onsite while they are working to make sure they don't damage our facilities. I also manage our bushhog contractor during mowing season. I have taught our in house pipeline locating class for employees who will be marking our lines for outside construction projects and I teach a driving class for all employees who drive a company vehicle. All in all not bad for a high school drop out.

It's just odd that people who ordered the same thing as me after I did have gotten theirs before me. I've threatened filing a complaint with ebay but haven't yet, I'm trying to be understanding but there is a limit.

I ordered some resin two hole semi wheels from seller Chichingot four months ago and have not recieved anything yet, has anyone had any dealings with this guy before?

I picked up one at a Hobbytown today for $22.99, it's a nice looking kit and I know I will get at least one more.

I always deal with him through pm here, his user name is sstacey47

Sean Stacey here casts the 429 from the Revell Torino, it comes with a four speed. I have some and they are very good.

The tires are from the Orange Blossom Special kit from the eighties. The best way to get them now is from a resin caster, I think Alan Raab at Ma's Resin makes them. Those headers look to be custom made but you can find ones like them in the MPC El Camino monster truck and the Mad Mudder pulling Blazer, again, those kits are hard to find so looking for a resin set is probably your best bet.

Where did you get the 1693? I'd like to have one.

A lot of that comes from using the same tires for every kit they make for twenty or thirty years at a time.

You beat me to it, Kale's has the best stuff in the business. (I knew Kale years ago when we used to build trucks for computer games.)

Since resin is one of those things where, unless you buy in person, you don't know exactly what you're going to get until it gets to your house I wanted to review one of my recent purchases. For some upcoming projects I needed some big power and it doesn't get much bigger than the KTA-600. I had seen the pics on the P&P site but was still surprised when I opened the package, these parts are clean! A few of the larger parts like the block halves are separate pieces and all of the smaller parts are cast to a thin sheet of resin, like sheet of paper thin, no sanding off huge casting plugs here. There is more flash on the AMT semi reissues than this engine, it is truly amazing. There are very fine details on the block like casting lands for bolts and all of the accessory bolt heads are there. This is a nice piece, if you need big power for a seventies or eighthties semi it doesn't get any better. Here is pic of how my kit arrived, I would have taken more but my camera doesn't do it justice.

I have stared at these pictures until my eyes crossed and the only thing I'm seeing is that the rear of the wheel well where it comes back to the drip rail is slightly concave on the model where it's straight to slightly convex on the actual car. If thats all it is I can't see myself losing a ton of sleep over it.

It is, I was posting what the diecast should look like. The Petty car and the black car you posted are the body style used from 77 to 79, the diecast and the green car are 80 to 85 models.

Will you be using cans or an air brush?

Here is a pic of the real car to compare. Someone made a resin caprice body, it might be easier to start with that.

Wow, that diecast is so wrong. I had an early 80s Caprice and that thing is OFF! The roof it too tall and the trunk and hood slope too much. You have your work cut out for you on this one to back date it to the seventies style two door.

I think most of the problems with warping in the Generals kits was the packaging for the last reissue. If they would pack them like they have the recent kits it should be much better.

You might could use rafia, they sell it in bags at most craft stores for cheap. You could cut it into short lengths and stack it for square bales or wrap it for rolled bales.

No problem, a lot of people don't realize that the Charger was a B body also and shared platforms with the Road Runner, GTX, Belvedere, Coronet, etc. I think since it was only offered in a two door body and it doesn't share any sheet metal people think it was a stand alone platform.

It's close, all of the the B body mopars got updated for 71-74 but nothing changed enough that anyone but a mopar expert will notice it. If you have the newer AMT 71 Charger it would be the ideal choice but again the chassis were so similar I doubt anyone could spot the difference.

Wow, much better! The second time nailed it.

68/69 Barracuda notchback.

Why don't you send the model fairy my way?

Wider rears would be great.