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Robert Podkoński
Four hours?! Unbelievable... Fantastic team-work!

Treehugger
Is that maybe the old Humbrol metallic gray paint on the blue truck? I vaguely remember having such a Humbrol paint bucket.

Btw, I learned a trick off youtube. Vinyl tyres look better if you clean them with a swab dipped in alcohol, that removes the shine.

Bozzer
That's actually quite an achievement! I have to admit, it would've looked better with a colour, but I appreciate that time wouldn't allow. Maybe consider clear coating it, after masking up the clear parts? That would help protect the plastic, with age, and keep the prescious memories alive, that little bit longer?
Glad you enjoyed your time with your son. Hope he settles in Houston and continues with the hobby 🙂

István Szücs
I've got this kit in Lindberg box, I'm watching!

Martin Oostrom
That's an interesting car

István Szücs
Nice progress!

Lochsa River
Sweet Ride!

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Bill Newcomer
Following. I have been contemplating a kit bash to make a GMC pick up.

Tim Hofstetter
That grille is a good find, but it appears to be from the 1:24 Monogram / Revell Ramcharger, so it may be too big for the 1:25 AMT or MPC pickup. 8(

I ran into more trouble with the Chevy / GMC thing. The truck I'm trying to copy in a model is 4WD, and the Chevy pickup model's 2WD front axle support area is pretty dense so although I could scavenge the whole drivetrain from the Jimmy, I'd pretty much be forced to also scavenge its frame, too, after lengthening it for the longbed pickup... and the undersides of the cab and bed may then not work out unless I emulate any detail in the Jimmy's floor on the Chevy's floor. I may still get it done, but it's far from trivial.

My Jeep project is looking much simpler: I own a IRL '74 Jeep CJ5 Renegade with the 304; it's equipped with a snowplow. I bought the 1:25 Golden Hawk CJ5, but it ships with the 4-cylinder engine so I dug up a V8 from the 1:25 Honcho pickup to tuck under the hood, then I'm adding the snowplow from a 1:24 GMC pickup. It won't be exactly right but it'll be so close that nobody but me will be the wiser.

Does Scalemates have a Facebook presence? I hate to keep stealing Ken's thread here to talk about my projects. 😎

Villiers de Vos
Very nice paintwork.

Bob Hall
Cool beans thus far ! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Following.

Kenneth Gifford
Hopefully Round2 comes through with a new kit, or at least the missing sprues.

Villiers de Vos
Off to a nice start.

Lochsa River
Checking out a cool dragster.....inside a car body....

Bill Newcomer
How has it been going together? I built the Heavy Hugger version back in the 70's.

Kenneth Gifford
It's gone together perfectly. The biggest complaint is the sprue connections on the chrome parts, I think I could say that about any auto kit though.

Kenneth Gifford
The signal lights are in the kit. Not sure why you'd be irritated...

Christian W
I never saw them so far. I can't remember that they are in the box at all.

Bozzer
I was thinking about converting mine, back into a school bus? Can't be too hard, right?

Kenneth Gifford
Just chop the hood off and lower it back to normal height I would guess. The kit is almost as old as me so I think it will go on the collectable shelf.

Bozzer
I was thinking similar mate. Creating the interior, should be interesting. I'll do my research on that. Basically, I'll be building a bus, based on the shell. Everything will be scratchbuilt.

George Williams
I owned one of these, briefly, awesome car.

Bill Newcomer
Very nice. First yellow air cleaner I have ever seen.

Martin Oostrom
Great work!