bill lanfear Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Well it is finally finished! Started with the Revell 65 Chevy step side. I used the cab, hood, firewall, seat and door panels, suspensions and parts of the frame, windshield and a few little do dads from the kit. I fabricated from scratch or on a computer and printed the following: Front turn signals, grill and letters, 305 V6 engine, V6 emblems on the hood, mirrors, dash board, rear small window insert, toolbox, entire bed, rear bumper, and 6 lug rims. Other mods include lengthening the frame, new pedal braces, emergency brake lever, steering wheel, raised the seat and made a seat cover, made a shifter, cb radio, antennas, and tailgate chains/ brackets. I am happy with it for the most part. Its not my best work but overall not bad. I go back in and redo the wipers as I dont like how they look. Most of you know I will offer the parts once I get a website put together. My focus right now is getting the 67-69 Ford grills finished and out to market. If you can't wait, I can do some limited sales if you PM me. Thanks for looking and of course comments are welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk11 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Wow! Great work, Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmodelbuilder Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Great job on this one. Really like how it turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89AKurt Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Very nice weathering, and detail work. The wipers look fine, but you think they need to be less beefy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Great looking truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Mighty fine looking old warhorse. Really like the weathering, makes it look well worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Great Weathering. Very realistic. Nice work. save for my work desktop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Oh, that is too cool... Excellent work, my friend... All the little subtleties make it such a nice thing to look at.... Very nice work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Vinton Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Outstanding! If I may ask, how did you do the seats? I was hoping to do something similar in a truck I am building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill lanfear Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 Thank you everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill lanfear Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Scott Vinton said: Outstanding! If I may ask, how did you do the seats? I was hoping to do something similar in a truck I am building. Thank you, The seat was a new experiment for me. I scaled some patterns on photoshop and just printed it out on regular paper, sprayed some glue on after sanding the seat and then applied it in two pieces. If I were to do it again I would figure out how to get the paper a little more wet to better lay around the bends but be careful! too wet and the ink runs. More spray glue might do it. I painted the edges with black to seal them and then dry rubbed some dirt powder to give it the "dirty used" look. Its simple but effective. I thought about decals but not sure how they would turn out. This method is far easier for me. Maybe someone here has a better method????? I would be interested in hearing any ideas if they do as I am always looking for new ideas as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Very realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 3 hours ago, bill lanfear said: Thank you, The seat was a new experiment for me. I scaled some patterns on photoshop and just printed it out on regular paper, sprayed some glue on after sanding the seat and then applied it in two pieces. If I were to do it again I would figure out how to get the paper a little more wet to better lay around the bends but be careful! too wet and the ink runs. More spray glue might do it. I painted the edges with black to seal them and then dry rubbed some dirt powder to give it the "dirty used" look. Its simple but effective. I thought about decals but not sure how they would turn out. This method is far easier for me. Maybe someone here has a better method????? I would be interested in hearing any ideas if they do as I am always looking for new ideas as well. Super nice truck Bill! The more I look the more I see! Wonderful and I'd be up for the GMC conversion parts once offered. I just created some seat covers. I was over thinking it but tried something simple. Design printed on ink jet printer, glued with Elmer's glue. It went on very well and adhered to all the curves on the rounded edges of cushions I created. Paper got wet enough to comply, but dry on the print side so there were no runs or other issues. I was very surprised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Very nice build! The weathering is perfect! I like that engine! I really need one myself!! Excellent Work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I had followed your build on this and it turned out fantastic. It is just so realistic looking and I learned a few thing about build techniques along the way, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 great job , looks so 1:1 can't hardly tell its a model build. fine work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 OUTSTANDING, very realistic weathering!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Nicely Done, excellent weathering and detail. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 nice work and love the details. I would be interested in some of the pieces when you have the website up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Wow. Just wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 cool looking truck - well done! like the weathering and the Details on the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill lanfear Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Thank you everyone for the nice comments! Tom, your seat cushions turned out awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazz Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Great looking truck. Love the detail ! What tires did you use for the front ? PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Impressive build!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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