modelcarcrazy Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) This is my show rig finished up. I’ve had the Corvair built for a while and I posted it on here when I had Photobucket, but it got sunk in the vast sea of watermarks. It has a new life as a trailer queen, being hauled by my 84 GMC pickup. The trailer is an MPC piece my late brother in law gave me back in 1988. The Corvair was built using a set of IROK wheels and tires from Pegasus, along with their disc brake set. I added some aluminum exhaust tips, some engine wiring, with scratch built license plates and shifter. It was painted with Dupli-Color medium Maui blue metallic that I found at Ollie’s for $1.59, with some clear that was cut and polished. The trailer was given to me by my late brother in law back in 1988, and I’ve saved it until now waiting on just the right project to include it in. It started out, when I got it, with dark blue enamel paint and all the cross braces were broken. I stripped the paint and fixed the cross braces, then scratch built the ramps and the trailer hitch, along with the safety chains. It was painted using Plasti-Kote Ford silver metallic, that I again found at Ollie’s for a $1.99. I covered the running boards and ramps with craft paper, trying to get everything uniform. The wheels came in the AMT Dodge D50 pickup with parts box tires. The 84 GMC is the MPC Deserter 4 wheel drive that I converted to a 2 wheel drive. It took quiet a bit of work to get it there, but it was worth it in the end. I used a Foose pickup for all the front and rear suspension. I had to c notch the frame and the bed floor to get the stance I was looking for, and scratch built coil over shocks for the front end. The wheels, tires and brakes came from the Revell Concept Camaro snap kit. The engine came in the kit, with parts added from an AMT GM NASCAR kit, along with the headers from an AMT 55 Chevy Stepside pickup. The rest of the exhaust is a combination of soldier, Foose pickup pipes and mufflers, and aluminum tube for tips. The interior has scratch built door panels and trim, along with armrest and window cranks and a few other tricks. It was covered with Tamiya dull red and matching custom mixed flocking. On the exterior, I added headlight lenses from the parts box, and modified the front bumper. Windshield wipers were added from the Lindberg Chevelle, door handles from the Foose pickup, and side mirrors from a Saleen Mustang, along with the rear bumper from an old Bigfoot monster truck. The tonneau cover was scratch built, along with the tags on both ends. It was painted using Dupli-Color pure white from, yes, you guessed it, Ollie’s for a $1.29. The kit decals were used for the stripes and cleared and polished. I built these in memory of my brother in law, David Wood. He passed away from cancer in 1994 at the age of 36. I tried to build this as outstanding as he was. He’s the only person I ever met that loved model cars as much as I do. I still miss him. Edited May 24, 2022 by modelcarcrazy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70 Sting Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Super fine work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy124 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Looking totally cool, great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 All 3 look pretty nice. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Nice pair of models. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safire6 Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Wow, all three are beautiful! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 I agree with the others, very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Mister......THAT.....is frickin' SHARP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Three thumbs up for this nice trio! 👍👍👍 I especially dig that super clean looking Corvair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Great looking show setup. I like the build style of the Corvair, and the pickup chassis looks good. The Trailer looks better than the trailer kits I have seen from other sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheyenne93 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Great looking trio!! 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davewilly Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Great looking set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG Scale models Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea0863 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Super sweet set-up, although I am particularly in love with the colors and build on that Corvair! Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 All three look fantastic!! 🔥 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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