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Old 12-21-2022, 08:18 PM   #1429
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My '64 Econoline was an old hydro company vehicle. Relatively low miles considering it had been a work truck. The guy I bought it from crammed a 351 into the dog house between the seats. Would pick the front wheel off the ground for 50 feet. All done up inside with bed and bar.
Had it for a year or so when in the Army. A lot of guys would borrow it after meeting girls at parties but never drove any place.
So what you're saying is; You pimped your ride.
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Old 12-21-2022, 08:27 PM   #1430
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So what you're saying is; You pimped your ride.
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Old 12-29-2022, 11:59 PM   #1431
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So...

Two weeks ago I picked up the Revell kit just for the engine to use in my '58 Nomad project I also ordered some Tamiya spray lacquer in candy apple green (TS-52) for the same project.



When I opened the kit I found that the bench seat was perfect for an upcoming project so now I had a truck model I had zero interest in with no seat or engine. Oh well I will build it as a rotting wreck someday. Or so I thought.

While looking through my stash for wheels for the Nomad I came across an old '86 Monte Carlo kit that a buddy at work gave me a few years back. It had been started by his kids and was a total glue bomb with many parts missing. What id did have was untouched wheels, a couple of decent bucket seats and a badly glued but savable fuel injected 305.

Comparing the paint lid to the Nomad photo my wife declared that it was far to light a tone so I now had a can of Tamiya lacquer with no use for it. It was at this point I realized that I had the parts to fill the gaps in the Fleetside and could use the practice using spray lacquer and clear coat (I have never used these before since most of my work has been military. I also have always struggled with BMF but got enough time in on this that I am now comfortable with it.

So Christmas eve I hit the bench (a small desk in my living room so no I was not secluded) and got t work.

As this was meant to be a learning venture I didn't take build pictures but the finished work made me very, very happy!












The engine bay did not get any wiring but as those fuel injected 305s hid most f it anyway.





It will be displayed with the hood up because I like the hood brackets.





The interior looks rough in the pictures but all that stuff that looks like dirt turns into shading and highlights once closed up in the cab.




Didn't do much underneath since it would obviously be a show truck. Just enough to make it different than the shiny bodywork. There is currently no exhaust past the manifolds while I try to find just the right side pipes for it.



All in all this is not a subject that would normally appeal to me at all but I learned a fair bit on this one and it will make my future bright and shiny projects less intimidating to me.
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Old 12-30-2022, 12:35 PM   #1432
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Old 12-30-2022, 10:10 PM   #1433
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your 'quick-n-dirty' 'learning' vehicles are about 10 times better than my best model work...
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Old 12-31-2022, 03:47 AM   #1434
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your 'quick-n-dirty' 'learning' vehicles are about 10 times better than my best model work...
Should see it IRL. Amazing.
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Old 12-31-2022, 11:13 AM   #1435
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your 'quick-n-dirty' 'learning' vehicles are about 10 times better than my best model work...
Believe me I am not being self deprecating when I say I have a fear of using gloss lacquers. I have never, ever, had a gloss coat I was even remotely happy with. Didn't matter much when doing most of the car models I do since they are old and beat on anyway. It is however very important that I master the process before I have to paint the '58 Nomad as it was very shiny and the only way to replicate the paint is to use spray can lacquer.

If I can repeatedly pull off a gloss coat half as good as @Kaotic Lazagna does I will be overjoyed.
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Old 12-31-2022, 01:43 PM   #1436
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...and the go kart!
I knew you would like the go cart!
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Believe me I am not being self deprecating when I say I have a fear of using gloss lacquers. I have never, ever, had a gloss coat I was even remotely happy with. Didn't matter much when doing most of the car models I do since they are old and beat on anyway. It is however very important that I master the process before I have to paint the '58 Nomad as it was very shiny and the only way to replicate the paint is to use spray can lacquer.

If I can repeatedly pull off a gloss coat half as good as @Kaotic Lazagna does I will be overjoyed.

I'm pretty sure you can pull off an amazing gloss coat. You are a far superior modeler than I am.
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Here is the final display with the 3d printed heads my son painted. It is at Finest Known rare coin dealer in California. You have the emperor, then their coin. They want 4 more sets, and the civil war coin department wants to do several display cases too.

The old guy in the pic is my son's history teacher at CWI who is in charge of these projects, and approached my son for the work.

They have been contacted by the Guggenheim museum for similar work. My son is so excited.

Sorry pics aren't the best. They were sent to my son by his teacher.
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Here is the final display with the 3d printed heads my son painted. It is at Finest Known rare coin dealer in California. You have the emperor, then their coin. They want 4 more sets, and the civil war coin department wants to do several display cases too.

The old guy in the pic is my son's history teacher at CWI who is in charge of these projects, and approached my son for the work.

They have been contacted by the Guggenheim museum for similar work. My son is so excited.

Sorry pics aren't the best. They were sent to my son by his teacher.
Glad you included the pictures with the coins! The first picture without them is sort of creepy.
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Link is to a different forum that I'm on, but I was impressed that this guy is 3D printing his own C8 Corvette model since none existed in 1/8 scale: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...project-2.html
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