Fat Brian

My mother-in-law? This looks really cool, I've never wanted to build a Lonestar until I saw the white wrecker above.

Come on man, sweet talk them grannies!

I am incredibly excited about 3d printing. Within five years most of us will be able to print our own kits at home. Imagine, instead of trading parts by mail or ordering online we could trade 3d files by email in minutes or buy that new kit and print it right in your house. No more buying a whole kit for the engine or wheels or messy resin casting, just print what you need. Your stash will be as much on a hard drive as in your spare room or basement. You want to modify a kit, chop the top, flare the fenders, tub it out? Do it in the computer and print it out perfect and ready to go. The possibilities are literally endless.

If you make nice with a cashier at Hobby Lobby, pay with cash, and go early in the morning when only one manager is on duty you can usually use as many coupons as you want. I've used as many as five at once, I had to do five seperate transactions, but I saved almost a hundred dollars in one whack too. If you frequent the same store you know who has been there a while, just chat her up and see if she will work with you.

For your roll back bed look up sstacey47 on here, he casts a resin roll back body that is highly acclaimed. I'm glad you liked the F-700, I want one too.

I tried to get some relief today but I didn't make it in time.

That's great, there is one on the bay closing tomorrow and it is still cheap, I might have to pick it up.

I saw this truck and grabbed a few pics of it, you don't see a lot of Diamond Reo's down here. This truck is a support truck for a well drilling rig, it carries the bore stems and other supplies.

I saw this truck today in a Lowe's parking lot, it's a support truck that works with the drill truck, this one carries the bore stems and other supplies.

Here is what it looks like, it's a tad out of scale but not too much. I found it one the model trian isle by the tiny trees. http://www.modelrectifier.com/search/product-view.asp?ID=11020

I would have to make him pay to ship it back too. If you only get your 19.99 back and then have to spend 7-10 to send the kit back you aren't whole, you are still out shipping. In this situation you shouldn't have to be liable for return postage since there misrepresenatation was so gross. If you do have to pay for postage I would grind the kit up in a food processor until it will fit in a small padded envelope so your shipping will only be a couple of bucks.

The other day I broke a personal knife handling rule of my own and put the knife point up sticking out of the box because I couldn't see what was on the bottom of the box and I didn't want to damage the glass or decals. Before long I reached across the box and got a good poke in the heel of my hand and then promptly turned the knife the correct way.

If you can live with it not being the exact right body Missing Link casts a 73-79 F700. The site says to use a F-350 kit to finish it, I would use a Louisville for the frame and such. http://www.missinglinkrc.com/70s_f700_2012.htm

Yeah, Asheville is the San Franciso of the east coast.

I have to agree, it isn't like there was a minor ommission or miscommunication, he blatantly misrepresented a used and mostly assembled kit as brand new.

I guess I will have to do some scratchin', I want to build an accurate Bigfoot 1 model and it ran an Alan Root pro stock motor in the mid eighties.

Be careful that you don't wipe through the chrome, sometimes the thinner plus wiping will cause the chrome to come off.

Is there any kit has these heads? They are Alan Root custom Boss heads for prostock Ford engines.

I'm going to try to make it, I live an hour or so away but nothing really happens around here.

Here is a kink to a show coming in August that is close to you. http://www.carolinakustommodelers.com/

A 94 F-150 should have this suspension, only the F-350 4x4s had straight axles. It is kind of like the Corvair suspension.

The easiest way to strip chrome is with Windex or bleach or Purple Power. TTB is Twin Traction Beam, it is a 4x4 version of a terrible IFS design Ford came up with in the early sixties. Instead of the dual A arm suspension Chevy used Ford mounted the front tires on a beam that was hinged under the oil pan and held in place by a radius rod that wouldn't feel out of place on a Model T. This causes the camber of the tire to change dramatically through the suspension arc. The system is nearly impossible to align and the 4x4 version is even worse when lifted.

Even on low a crock pot is hot enough to ruin plastic.

This kit is only leaf srung in the back, it has the TTB front end setup.

In that kit the rear axle is separate from the leaf springs, you can put lift blocks between the springs and axle. In the front you will need to put a block on the bottom of the K member where both TTB arms mount under the oil pan. You will also have to add blocks on top of the piece that is the coil spring and shock where it meets the frame. The truck will still be two wheel drive though. With a little modification you can use the front end parts from the Monogram Bronco kit to make it a 4x4.