Fat Brian

Very nice build, I like it a lot.

Wayne, with that kit you could build Brock Yates 1979 entry, the Transcon Medi-vac ambulance.

I just picked this kit up at Hobby Lobby two weeks ago, give it a little time and they should make it to your area.

Yep, it's another version of the Monster Mash and Hammerhead kit.

Its usually the parting seems on the little pins that prevent the snap on type wheels from rolling freely. VERY careful sanding of the pin to remove the seem helps a lot. The other issue is that there can be a little flash in the holes of the wheel backs, again, very careful sanding or knife work can fix it but the tolerances are very small. Another thing that can gum up the works is paint, if you want a free rolling wheel leave the pins and the holes of the wheel backs bare plastic. Obviously there are drawbacks to rolling wheels but those are some tips for getting them if it matters to you.

A board member who's no longer active pointed me toward those tires a few years ago. They come on Newray 1/43 diecast monster trucks and scale out almost perfectly to 48" early monster truck tires. The rims might be a tad small but you can always embiggen the hole and use USA-1 or Bigfoot rims.

Yep, the Munsters kit is USA-1 with different decals.

There is an 80s Bronco to go with the Datsun, El Camino, and Dodge truck. There is also the USA-1 kit and the Bigfoot 10 and Snakebite kits. Then there is the late 80s Bigfoot leafspring kit that could be any truck from 3 to 7 but doesn't represent any one truck all that well, the Destroyer 2 kit is a reissue of this kit. There is the Destroyer 1 kit that is basically a reissue of the first Bigfoot kit with different decals. Then there are the Lindberg Raminator and Rammunition trucks and the AMT Grave Digger, Ninja Turtles, and Jurassic Attack kits and the Revell Grave Digger and Maximum Destruction snap kits.

A lot of it has to do with socioeconomic status as well. My wife's family is largey a bunch of white trash meth addicts or pill heads so they rarely have functional car, much less a way to move anything so when I have had a truck or large SUV I was the first call because they didn't have the means to do it themselves.

This is the God's honest truth right here, if you're a man and own a truck you'll be the first call anytime anyone needs something moved. Even friends of your friends you don't know will somehow know you have a truck.

My oldest sister's boyfriend is one of these flat Earth idiots. He's always thought he was more intelligent than everyone else even though he flunked out of high school and can't even hold down the most menial of jobs. He's really just a schizophrenic loser with delusions of grandeur who'd rather smoke bath salts than take his meds.

It didn't really have a torque curve, it was pretty gutless until the horsepower started coming in about 3000 rpm. Then it would start to pull.

We had a Traverse LTZ with the 280 some odd hp 3.6 and that thing would scoot pretty good for a medium sized SUV. Most of the power feels really high in the power band but once it started coming on I never found the end of it in normal driving situations. I could see it being a popular swap where space is limited or you need a nontraditional mounting orientation.

I've already decided the instructions are my enemy for this one. I'm going to try to assemble the whole body as a unit and then drop it over the completed frame and interior. There isn't a good way to follow the instructions with a painted body.

Continuing on my VW theme I'll be building Revells California Roller VW van. This kit seems to be dripping with classic Revell fiddliness with all the opening doors and multi piece body. I've got a resin Porsche engine on the way which may require a mid engine conversion, I'll know more once it gets here. You can't get these vans very low due to the tires being under the door so I'll most likely end up keeping the high riding 70's stance to avoid major surgery. One thing I'd love to find is a normal VW emblem for the front, if anyone has the Tamiya or Revell van kits and can tell me if it has a separate emblem I would appreciate it.

Yes, Vans are the theme of the 2019 Cannonball group build. Rob will be posting the official start thread soon.

Yep, my first work truck was a 96 F250 with a 300 in it. Yep, the Moebius motor is the big block six and is accurate up to the 300. The Moebius motor is wonky though and needs some work to correct. The bottom of the block angles toward the front a good bit and the transmission angles down from the bellhousing. Its almost like the crank centerline drops an inch or two from the #1 journal to the #7 journal and the transmission just follows along.

Every issue of the kit has the same 390 FE style motor even though that is incorrect for the later model trucks. The engine labeled a 460 in the posted picture is the same 390 that every version has. But blue is the correct color.

Congratulations, if I hadn't had an entry this year I totally would have voted for you. Your Sivlia is super clean and I hope to build one as good one day.

Thanks for posting the Pete, I had been wondering about a snorkel or even just some extra filtration for my bug. Definitely gives me something to think about.

You guys me itching to start so I got the basic bodywork done on the beetle. I radiused the fenders a bit for tire clearance and trimmed the corners. The rear tires are bigger than I wanted but they were in the parts bin so they're going on. They also matched the fronts which worked out pretty good. I'm going for a baja beetle look bit with all the stock panels instead of fiberglass replacements.

The AMT 41 woody custom has two small cone style air cleaners for the fuel injection intake.

You can go ahead and buy it and start test fitting any other parts you might want to use, you just can't start putting parts together yet.

Me too, I've got the kit picked out and the motor on the way and I'm dying to start.

Just be sure not to start until the official start date, I've made that mistake before.