redneckrigger Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Finally finished my replication of the 1985 GMC K3500 pickup, that I ordered new as a Sierra Classic, with all of the chrome. I beat her to death, and started a resto of her, with a dechromed look. Life interfered, and I sold her. This is the way she was supposes to turn out. It brings a tear to my eye, but I will always have THIS one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Great looking build. That is a "Truck truck."Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Nice. I like the color, what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 That is PPG Shopline Acrylic Enamel, 1985 GM Code #29 Dark Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBradKeselowski Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Great detailing !  How did you make the a/c lines and evaporater?   I have a 1/8th IROC Z that I want to put a factory a/c system in it but cannot find anything for tips.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Looks great, but where's the gun rack? ... and VT plates? Simply beautiful as a working truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Looks great, but where's the gun rack? ... and VT plates? Simply beautiful as a working truck. The gun rack is behind the seats..............the Vermont plates are being made! Thanks for the great words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 Great detailing !  How did you make the a/c lines and evaporater?   I have a 1/8th IROC Z that I want to put a factory a/c system in it but cannot find anything for tips.. For the A/C lines, I used the little rubber tubing that used to come with all of the AMT, MPC or ERTL truck kits, and inserted a piece of telephone wire into them. Then I painted the wire silver, and stripped the end a very little bit, and superglued little hex shaped beads to them to look like the nut on the end. They are from http://www.fusionbeads.com/color_family/Metallic/size_range/1mm?keywords=hex, and are the size 15 metallic silver ones. One package at $3.99 will last a lifetime. I am not sure what you would need for 1/18th scale, but these beads are available in many sizes and colors. I am sure it is just a matter of finding the correct size wire and tubing. The evaporator is just a piece of Evergreen tubing, filled on the ends and drilled accordingly. The A/C evaporator box is pieces and parts from the parts box, actually a Fuel Injection plenum from a mid 60's AMT Corvette. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Very nice! I had the chance to buy an 83 K2500 that looked almost identical to yours but didn't have the cash. It was a low mile truck that had belonged to a friend's father and was the perfect snow plow truck, only problem was it had the typical flaking GM paint job and had some rust on the cab and hood from sitting out.You did a great job with the details, seeing yours makes me want to get a long bed from MAD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 (edited) I kept looking at the tailgate, thinking SOMETHING was wrong. My feeble memory failed me, so I Googled the1 ton series tailgate. There it was, wrong size lights, wrong placement. So, back to the body shop. removed the lights, which of course removed some of the paint. Bodywork done, masking, repaint, new lights, and NOW it looks right. NOW I can stick a fork in it.........................until......! Edited March 30, 2017 by redneckrigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Againmikewins Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Such an awesome truck! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Yikes ... only you could see that, but I know what it's like replicating something you owned. At least, you got it registered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 Yeah, wouldn't want to be stopped and towed for an unregistered truck! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Great build!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Awesome Tom...looks very much like my 1 to 1Â other than its a GMC and its in much better shape then mine is...LOL.. Â I need to make a replica of mine like I want it to be like..LOL.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Looks really good Tom. Very cool replica. [BTW, that's also the original colour of my 1/1 '85 TransAm. ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Looks Great!! Complete with Hydro-boost and everything. Great work!! I like it. I still have an 84 K20. Maybe one day I'll be able to build a model of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Tom that turned out GREAT MAN!!!!! NOW if I could just get one of my OWN model trucks done, I'd have it made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 Looks Great!! Complete with Hydro-boost and everything. Great work!! I like it. I still have an 84 K20. Maybe one day I'll be able to build a model of it.Thanks, the Hydro-Boost was just a piece of SOMETHING from the parts box. At least I still have my old girl, a 1985 K3500, but now it's in 1/25th scale!Tom that turned out GREAT MAN!!!!! NOW if I could just get one of my OWN model trucks done, I'd have it made!Thanks, it WAS done, but then the "what if" bug hit me, and I put her back in the body shop for a bit. Finished up a conversion of the '84 front bumper to an '85 without the lights, chromed it, added a forgotten coolant overflow tank, buffed the paint, redid the entire exhaust system out of solder and made the correct oval shaped resonators, new scratched exhaust clamps, added a receiver hitch, and a few other items. Gonna be done just in time for NNL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Gotta love that "what if" bug..... it happens to me a lot as well......  Solder for exhaust? Thats a new one, (I can't find the right sized solder for such), BUT what I have found (for stock type exhaust pipe) is floral wire thats solid aluminum, and found at the Dollar Tree stores for $1.00 for 6 feet of it! -Look at a lot of my builds I've got on here and you'll see that wire, specially my '68 Roadrunner model!Sounds like you go in for a penny and come out with a pound!!!! NOT a bad thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckrigger Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Yup, have used that wire as well. But I find that the solder works very well, as it is available in several different diameters. 1/16 = 1.58", 3/32 = 2.38", and 1/8 = 3.17. Since all of these are outside diameters, they equate well to 1 1/2, 2 1/4, and 3" pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Yup, have used that wire as well. But I find that the solder works very well, as it is available in several different diameters. 1/16 = 1.58", 3/32 = 2.38", and 1/8 = 3.17. Since all of these are outside diameters, they equate well to 1 1/2, 2 1/4, and 3" pipe.Tom,I'll have to keep my eyes out for it!!! I myself find a lot of solder at junk sales for little to nothing cost-wise, and I have found a lot of solder that be great for making my own header piping.... I have yet top try/attempt it so... But thats coming, the time to try to make my own headers from solder and then I'll probably turn a "collector" to go to the exhaust pipe work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Very nice work Tom!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Nice work, Bud....The engine looks awesome..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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