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That's a neat collection of trucks! I especially dig the truggy, very realistic separation of the original truck and the custom fabrication.

He he, some shameless promotion of my favorite S-10, mine!

 

Here she is clean,

 

but she's much more fun when getting dirty!

 

 

I have a kit and plans for an exaggerated version of my truck but it's on the back burner right now.

Lot's of bodywork going on at the bench.

 

Adding the extra material for the bed sides.

 

After drawing a rough idea of how the body will be cut a I added more styrene to the wheel openings.

 

This is the first time I've used two part body filler on a model. I always thought it'd be a pain to mix and apply in small amounts. I picked up a small kit of glazing putty to try out and so far I really like it. The amount of work time you have with it is about the same as the Squadron putties I've been using. After that it set up much faster though so sanding and getting to your second layer can happen quicker.

 

Trying to get the new bedside contour to match the the original. It's pretty close so hopefully a primer coat will be going on soon.

Oooooh I love me some S-Series trucks! I dig the pics, 1:1s  and models. I've got a few planned for the hobby bench but like Jared said,  my full scale needs some attention this spring. MN weather had been teasing us these past two months.

Jared, I just went through that thread that you linked, I was thinking about that when I saw this one but couldn't remember how long ago it was. Your truck has come a long way from that first pic you posted, looking good!

Cut off all the mounting posts from the under side of the Silverado body.

 

Then glued styrene tubes along the bottom of the bed. I tried to get them as parallel to the body as possible.

 

Then cut the bed across the wheel wells. I have some brass rods that fit nice and snug in the styrene tubes that will allow me to adjust the length of the bed while keeping it aligned.

 

The last couple days I've been building a new chassis for the cab area. Pretty much just winged it with syrene rods, a pair of A pillars from a NASCAR chassis, tape, and super glue.

 

After removing the tape and pulling the body away from it, out dropped a decent looking frame!

 

To make room I cut the rear part of the kit chassis away, surprisingly it is still pretty rigid.

 

The new piece fits in quite nicely.

 

After adjusting the bed to the length needed to fit the chassis I glued on a few more temporary reinforcements and then started to fill in the missing material. Started with the top of the bed.