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Hi folks, haven't posted much, been mostly lurking and admiring. But I thought I'd put some pics up to hopefully get some tips, advice and maybe a TAD bit of critique(tongue-in-cheek) ;)

Anywho, awhile back in the welcome forum, I posted I'd been away from the hobby for 20+ years. Now I wanted to share a few EARLY pics of a model I've been building in my head for the same amount of time. I bought 2 of the AMT reissue "Super Stones" kits(one for a "just in case/future build") and I scored the Monogram F350 dually pick-up on e-bay to use in this, possibly over my head, kitbash.

I've been doing a lot of modifying to the largely disappointing AMT kit. Since the 1:1 truck I'm modeling after was a '79 F350 CUSTOM, I've had to remove all the body trim and molding along the bottom, fender and along the "groove" down the side. I also re-positioned the top of the windshield and filled the backside of the cab corners. On the Monogram kit, I cut down the under side of the extended cab floor to match the single cab of the AMT kit, removed the rear fuel tank and filled some low spots/pits in the frame. I de-chromed the grill and cut out the center to allow for a tube type grill made from styrene rod. I'm a bit perplexed by the headlights though as the '79 custom version had round headlights. I used a hole punch and temporarily white glued a piece of clear plastic over the existing headlights and may just fill the area around them with putty. From the dash, I removed the vents and glovebox lettering. Be patient, I'm incredibly slow and meticulous, my next update may take quite some time. But please have a look!

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Really nice work so far, Dave. Regarding those headlights, you might try a small pilot hole drilled dead center followed up with a roughly 7 mm bit countersink for the headlamp bucket, carefully monitoring depth. The real headlights are 7" so you'll need 7mm lenses. That's the way I'll be doing mine...

mike

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I hate to burst any bubbles but it was low trim 78 that had round headlights. All 79 had square lights.

Lol, no worries Chris, I DID ask for tips/advice/critique. :D I thought dad's truck was a 79 with round headlights, I just e-mailed him to get the correct year.

Really nice work so far, Dave. Regarding those headlights, you might try a small pilot hole drilled dead center followed up with a roughly 7 mm bit countersink for the headlamp bucket, carefully monitoring depth. The real headlights are 7" so you'll need 7mm lenses. That's the way I'll be doing mine...

mike

Thanks Mike, Great idea!

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I love the work you're doing looks great! What did you do to get rid of the cove trim?

Thanks Chris! I used these two bits in a Dremel tool and then varying grits of sandpaper wrapped around the end of a paintbrush. It's maddening trying to keep a steady hand with the metal round cutting bit though, I went a bit out of the groove on the passenger side door and straightening it back up is proving challenging to say the least. Don't sneeze and take some breaks!

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Sounds fun. every hobby shop in my area is out of this kit they all said i probably wont see one in the area til may... I wanna build my great grandfathers truck and build one more my style. orange 2wd just wouldnt cut it for me, gotta be 4x4 and blue.

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