Fat Brian

Gundams are the hot new models for the younger folks. I haven't seen one that strikes my fancy, a little too anthropomorphic and not machine enough, but I would love some decent sized mechs from the Battletech universe. The game pieces are a bit too small to have the shelf impact I'm looking for.

My dad drove their tour bus for a few months last summer and into the fall.

I finished my P2P Beetle today. I think I might be violating one of the rules not running a front bumper but I really don't have any ideas and the stock bumper won't fit with the way I cut the fenders. I got the camping gear from a accessories set for diecasts but with a little work they cleaned up okay. I put coolers and a portable generator where the back seat would be, the silver box on the roof rack is for the tent. The set also had a shovel and a few other tools in case you get stuck or have an accident and need to rework the body in a pinch. I'm waiting on some fabric to make a cargo net for the rack but in the current situation there's no telling when it will get here.

None of the chassis's in the Foose kits were altered for the big wheels so I can't imagine this one would be either. I'm going to go out on a limb and say the bumpers will most likely be chrome as well. It sounds like this kit is meant to buildable both stock or as the F&F version so chroming them is the better option.

No, so far this kit is fenderless.

Morgan Automotive Detail has a square body long bed and there is a new company in the resin section doing 85-87 grilles. Add a Fall Guy/Deserter kit and few bits of plastic to stretch the frame and you're good.

The Lindberg F150 4x4 also has stock early mod motor.

A straight conversion puts that at $69.

The last issue was good and crisp. The cab parts were a bit flashy since they get run for so many different kits but the wrecker body was clean and straight.

Last time it was $80 I believe.

I may get a couple of these depending on the price. I doubled my money on the one I bought last time but I would like to build one eventually.

I just recently used Duplicolor white primer under Rustoleum and they behaved themselves. Test it as always though.

That last one also may help with maintaining social distance.

Since the Parks part is aluminum you could probably gently deepen the fins by rolling it across a table top with a razor blade pressed into the bottom of each line.

I missed it the first time too and I'm very frustrated they chose to bring the roadster back for a third time before bringing the coupe back again. I was thinking of boycotting this issue of the roadster but it's the only way to get the small block and it has both sets of wheels so it's a parts box stuffer.

Wow, that looks very good. I could use a couple of those.

The coupe version is supposed to be coming later this year with the Buick engine from the first roadster version. If you want the small block Chevy engine you'll need to get it in the current roadster release.

Nothing about getting the clear lights on the GT would be easy, if you don't mind the scale I'd go with the Monogram GT kit. If you must stay with 1/25 the easiest thing to do is swap the front fascia but you'll still need to fill the grille area and put on the GT front skirt. Fortunately the hoods seem like a direct replacement which is good because they are shaped differently in the area where the front of the hood goes between the headlights. The body side mouldings are slightly different as well.

Yikes, this will require a front bumper transplant and a hood swap. I'll dig them out when I get home and see how close they are.

My understanding of Day 2 has always been mods made while the car was relatively new, primarily of a bolt on nature. I don't think an engine or transmission swap or a massive tub job qualifies. It's not that you can't do some of those things quickly but you wouldn't normally do it to a new car. That's more of a you just inherited grandma's grocery getter and you and a couple buddies drop in a v8 in a weekend over a few cases of brew kind of situation.

Yep, that's the issue I've got now. Someone said the angle of the front fascia is incorrect so it will be interesting to see if the Revell parts interchange.

I'm not upset, I'm actually getting a lot done now that I can stay home in the evenings. I'm indoorsy anyway so this is right up my alley.

I'm down for one of these. I need to drag out the older issue I've got and the Revell 90 and see if the Revell headlights fit the MPC kit.

I work for a natural gas utility so I'm right there with you. They're changing some of the ways we do things but I don't think it could ever get to a point where I don't have to go in. I'm fortunate I guess, I'm our only income so if I got sent home we'd be in a bad situation.

If you planned it correctly and cut the tooling all at once you could have kits for years from the same mold.