Fat Brian

Be careful with Krylon paints, some like the Fusion line can eat plastic.

The paint I remember was made by Plastikote, I haven't seen it in over a decade and have never found anything quite like it.

Yep, there were a few years where the the chrome wheels and fender flares from the first Bigfoot kit were included in the USA-1 kit.

Someone on ebay used to sell a Rollin' Thunder sticker set for the Lunchbox but I haven't looked at it recently. Yeah, you'd have to drive carefully if you did a super fancy body.

The Lunchbox is based on a real monster truck and I've always wanted to build one as the real thing. I'm afraid if I ever go down the RC rabbit hole ill never go back to models.

AMT has wheels similar to those but not exactly the same.

I haven't noticed a difference in the regular Chrome, those stickers started after they took some heat for the ultra bight line.

The ultra bright was the stuff they problems with years ago, I've stuck to the regular chrome since.

It will be available at the usual websites, Tower hobbies, ebay, Amazon most likely. If you have a local shop they can order it for you as well.

The floor pan piece seems to hint at future race versions since it looks like it doesn't have carpet.

Thanks, I wanted it to look like a vintage one so I went with a honey/iced tea burst look.

I just finished this a couple weeks ago, I've tried to learn guitar on and off for about 25 years and my fat fingers put me off it every time. I built this from a kit with 5 strings to give me a little more string spacing, so far it seems to be helping clean my chords up. I've got a Tele style built also, I just need to finish the soldering.

The new version still has those tires in it as well.

You're builds have a crispness that is something I aspire to.

Well done, that one will look great on the shelf. This should give you a good foundation to build on.

Interesting, I've wondered why they didn't build this but hadn't really started researching it yet. Thanks for posting this, this gives me something to think about. I knew the turret rings were different sizes but hadn't got much further.

There's one "what if" thing I've been mulling over but haven't tried to build yet. It's a Panzer IV with a modified Panther turret, basically a cheap tank that could mount the long 75mm that would have given Allies a fit. It was kind of a thought experiment in what would have been an actually effective weapon instead of the crazy things the Germans really did.

They're metal transfer stickers I bought on ebay. Evidently there is a big market for high end Transformers figures but most haven't licensed the logos so they're sold separately.

Thank you, I'm beginning to realize this project is probably going to be more Evergreen than kit pieces. I based the wrecker bed off this truck and a Weaver 3 ton boom.

The gearhead in me loves armor and aircraft but I find modeling them creatively stifling. The limited number of correct ways to build the thing gets to me after a bit.

The bed and boom are almost done, just need to put somr D rings on the bumper and figure out a tow hitch.

Thank you, it all started with a giant straight 8 pulled out of spare parts bin years ago and trying to find a home for it.

Jim, what would it take to get one of those Falcon rear windows? I'm in need of one as well.

I bought it on ebay, it came in a two pack with a more rectangular one.

The rear window on the blue car is also open toward the rear changing the viewing angle a bit.