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MPC '78 Chevy Stepside , Dec. 4, almost done.


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I've been directing more of my free time to my 1/1 project lately so it's been slow going on the models. 
I have done a bit more on the pickup though. 

I added some rub strips on the bumpers with sheet plastic cut into strips and painted semigloss black.

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And I've done up the alternator and power steering pump on the engine. I want to add more detail to this one than I usually do.
I didn't like the look of the belt assemblies I could find so I made my own by cutting the pullys free from a couple parts box pieces and making the belts with some small Evergreen strips.

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I love that truck. Those old MPC late '70's/Early '8's Chevies are very scarce. I was able to restore a '78 a couple of years back, and I was able to get my hands on an unbuilt '78, and an '80. I want to do a '80 Fleetside 2wd one day, but these kits are too valuable to cut up. I'll figure something out. I picked up a set of Fireball Resins' excellent 6-Lug Rally wheels for an '84.

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