Post by EchoBravoSierra on Jan 8, 2021 17:56:46 GMT -5
Second completion of 2020. This one was started a few years ago, and was messed with and put away long term a few times before I finally dug it back out and finished it on New Year's Eve. Paint is Tamiya spray cans. Bed wood is painted and stained with one of the Testors CreateFX stains (I don't remember which shade), and the bed strips are Molotow pen. Decals are from the AMT 50 Chevrolet 3100, the Texaco version, obviously. The toolbox and gas and water cans are resin copies I made of kit pieces, and the fire extinguisher and jack are parts box/borrowed kit items. I intend to make an older style bottle jack to throw in the bed in place of the 60s style bumper jack. I intend to create a sheet of vintage Texas license plates to print on 4 x 6 photo paper, and this one will receive a 1937 Texas "122020" plate.
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The fog lights are spotlights stolen from a forgotten kit source, and the mounts are scratch built.
The kit's artillery wheels are slated to be used on something else, so I used the steelies here. The spare is an artillery, so I elected to use the spare tire cover rather than have the spare not match the steelies. The cover pokes up over the bed side, so you can see that it's empty. I found a reject resin tire I had poorly cast, cut it apart to fit the space, and placed it in the spare tire cover so it would look like it's occupied. I strategically positioned the Firestone logo in the visible area for a little added detail. I tried to pin the cover to the bed side for strength, and broke a drill bit off in the spare cover. I anticipate this will break if/when I take this model somewhere, so I will probably have to pin a chunk of styrene stock to the support inside, then pin that to the bed side for solid mounting.
The tailgate chains were made from wire and some little chain pieces my wife gave me when she modified a necklace of hers. They are functional if you have a decent set of tweezers, good eyesight, and a steady hand.
Plug wires are sewing thread to look like cloth covered wire, and the tubes are styrene rod with holes drilled in them to accept the bits of thread.
On one hand I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and on the other hand, I see a lot of flaws, and had issues with installing a part just to break it off later and have to glue it on again. Some of the issues seem magnified in photos, and some are less obvious in photos than they are in person. Overall, I'm pleased with it and will enjoy seeing it in my case.
The fog lights are spotlights stolen from a forgotten kit source, and the mounts are scratch built.
The kit's artillery wheels are slated to be used on something else, so I used the steelies here. The spare is an artillery, so I elected to use the spare tire cover rather than have the spare not match the steelies. The cover pokes up over the bed side, so you can see that it's empty. I found a reject resin tire I had poorly cast, cut it apart to fit the space, and placed it in the spare tire cover so it would look like it's occupied. I strategically positioned the Firestone logo in the visible area for a little added detail. I tried to pin the cover to the bed side for strength, and broke a drill bit off in the spare cover. I anticipate this will break if/when I take this model somewhere, so I will probably have to pin a chunk of styrene stock to the support inside, then pin that to the bed side for solid mounting.
The tailgate chains were made from wire and some little chain pieces my wife gave me when she modified a necklace of hers. They are functional if you have a decent set of tweezers, good eyesight, and a steady hand.
Plug wires are sewing thread to look like cloth covered wire, and the tubes are styrene rod with holes drilled in them to accept the bits of thread.
On one hand I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and on the other hand, I see a lot of flaws, and had issues with installing a part just to break it off later and have to glue it on again. Some of the issues seem magnified in photos, and some are less obvious in photos than they are in person. Overall, I'm pleased with it and will enjoy seeing it in my case.
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