Fat Brian

Pretty sure it's the same snap version that was out a few years ago in red. Still, it's pretty nice and you'd need to study it pretty hard to notice the snappyness. I bought a cheap Firebird of similar vintage to rob a few parts from but didn't really need to.

I stopped at a store in Wilmington NC Tuesday and picked up another Dom's 71 GTX, GMC plow truck, 76 Chevy step side, and a 50th anniversary Camaro. I was hoping for a blue Revell 65 pickup but didn't see any.

There's an ebay seller he works with that has some of his decal sets stateside, if he has what you're looking for it saves you on shipping.

You're right, they're Edelbrock covers. They do look pretty close to the stock Tbird ones though.

Ok, I would start with contacting Def models and asking if they would consider producing the tires in 1/16 scale since it looks like they already have the 3d models made. If that doesn't work maybe you can find someone who can make a 3d Model of the tire for you to either print 4 or print 1 and make 4 copies.

Both of the gasser versions have the Tbird covers.

Are the kit tires correct and you just want them in a different material? If so, you could make a mold of one and cast a set in hard resin.

That just seems to be about the pace of things now. Evidently somewhere has this for preorder so it must be coming a bit sooner.

With some Evergreen and putty you can build your own kit. I used styrene strips glued to the body to widen the fenders and filled in between them with putty.

They just announced it a few months ago, it can take about a year from then until it actually hitting shelves.

There's a site from France that sells some basic fender flares in a couple sizes. I've never ordered from them so I can't speak to their service. You could also make your own, I made these out of quarter round Plastruct.

What kit are you looking for parts for? Some people sell widebody kits for a few kits.

Nope, if you want to enter you're welcome to, just post a pic of your starting kit or pile of parts.

They're on the Texasc3d Customs website.

The Revell 66 parts don't fit the Lindberg 66. I don't know if the Lindberg is under scale or the Revell is over scale but the Revell parts are significantly bigger than the Lindberg kit.

Those wheels are tough because most kits that have them are trucks with six or 8 lugs. There is a set of the 5 lug variety in the Revell CJ-7 but they're 1/24 scale. The best ones I know of in 1/25 scale are from the Monogram race team van and trailer kit.

To make the AMT a standard long bed the rear wheel arches need to be moved forward 6mm and have 3 or 4 mm taken out of their height. I've looked at just transplanting the front wheel arches from a second body because the shape is pretty close. To make the AMT into a short bed you'd have to do the mods above then cut about 30mm out of the cab end of the bed. I would just cut it to the length of a Moebius short bed side if you have one to measure. Plus for either mod you'll need to fix the passenger side inner bed where the tool box is.

My little town had a Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, Jeep, and Eagle dealership.

The new 67 Mustang guts fit in the old 68 Shelby Mustang body. You'll need to cut the inner fenders off the 67 body and add that little flange area where that inner fenders attach to the outer fenders back. You'll just have to track down a 68 annual body. Or take a look at the Revell 68 Mustang kit, it's a big block car.

How committed to those specific years are you? The various versions of the AMT 67 Mustang and the Revell 66 GTO are all very good kits and light-years ahead of what you'll find for a 68 Mustang and 67 GTO.

Steve, are the Wide Ovals the hollow tires or the solid tires from the Baldwin Motion Camaro kit?

I have the Baldwin Motion version, it's molded in white with optional short pipe dumps, a full windshield, and a hard top. The only thing is you'll need to find other rear tires since the kit only has slicks in the rear.

I think they use these tires on a few things, I'm pretty certain I've seen them on a Jeep. These are 1/24 scale.

Does anyone know the diameter of the tires in Jada diecasts?

I would love this grille for 84-86 Ford trucks. Ideally in both scales for the MPC Bronco and the Monogram Bronco and step side pickup.