Fat Brian

Wow, so good.

Is there any other way to order besides Facebook?

I want to change the number of lug nuts. I'd like to make these 4 lug wheels by either removing 4 of the lugs and putting two back in the appropriate location or removing all of them and replacing them with hexagonal rod.

I do not, but I believe you posted a kind of sideways scraper blade that might work but I can't find the post it's in.

Does anyone have a good idea of how to remove the molded in lug nuts from a really deep wheel? I don't have anything that will fit in there without damaging the wheel somehow.

Ok, I'll check him out.

Olson Brothers makes these, not the same style but about the only ones I've seen.

You're right, they're 4 lug. I got my wires crossed somewhere. But they're too small. I'm building a Monogram 1/24 kit so those wheels are like 13". The Aoshima kit I got just happened to have the wheels you posted, I looked through ever set I could find but they didn't have anything American enough looking other than those.

I have the Monroe Handler kit, the wheels are five lug unfortunately. I also might be getting those Aoshima wheels if the kit they're in ever gets here. I'll see how they look when they get here.

I'm building an 81 Mustang and I'm looking for period 4 lug wheels. I have the Halibrand wheels from the Pinto wagon kit but I'm looking for other options. Preferably something like solid disc Centerlines.

Here's a pic of the contents, hemi only with both intakes, three air cleaner options, and two wheel options.

Yep, like the other posters said, you kitbash what you can and scratch build the rest. I recently bought a 41 Chevy COE cab from Jimmy Flintstone, it's literally just a cab and grille. I'm going to use the frame and suspension from the Dodge L700 kit, I've got axles from Shapeways, I'm going to try cast some tires, I need to get the engine 3d printed, the rest I've got to build myself.

Trailertrash Kustoms makes a 7.3 Powerstroke, it's modded from the Monogram 1/24 460.

You can use Mr Super Clear matte spray clear on tires. This will tone down the shiny, then you can use the Vallejo paints and pastels to age them.

There's a round chrome disc that goes behind the headlights on these kits, if you don't use it and just put a bit of foil on the back of the clear lenses you could set the lights back almost a millimeter.

Thank you, I had wondered about what black resin would look like.

I agree on the Ford grilles, one for the Monogram Bronco would be nice as well. The best shape of any 80-86 Ford grille is from the 1/25 Revell snap kits. A copy of that with this center in both scales would be amazing.

I'm going to switch my starting kit, I had cut the tail light panel from the MPC kit and I can't really find a good way to put it back. I recently got a deal on a Monogram Cobra so I'll be starting on that one. I'm still building the same thing, just starting with a different kit. The MPC kit will still get built, just a different style.

The wheels and tires on Snakes car are from the Monogram 70 Chevelle kit.

I haven't built that specific kit but I've built the Hertz GT350 that shares about 90% of the same parts. It was a pretty trouble-free build. I don't remember any issues I didn't cause myself by using parts from other kits.

Unfortunately nothing common fits those wheels except the horrible tires that come with them. There are some Japanese tires that fit but they have about the same profile as the regular tires.

I think the main issues were the portholes on the hood and the bobbed rear fenders but just dropping those makes it too close to their highboy kit. The Duvall windshield makes it visually distinct while adding a custom part that will certainly drive a percentage of sales.

Some types of tire materials need plasticizers called Phthalates to be soft. Over time they leech out of the tires and can "burn" any bare plastic that they touch. These chemicals are the cause of "tire burn" in older kits, they transfer to the hard plastic and soften it. If you've ever had a cheep tool with a rubber handle that's always sticky this is why. You can also develop an allergy to these chemicals over repeated exposures.

This might be closer to 1/2" in 1/20 scale but it will look the part.

Those tires are from the AMT Viper kits. The last issue of this kit just had four of the big rear tires.