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Thanks Bill. A couple of areas that I did address with this kit was 1.) the elimination of the molded in accelerator and brake foot pedals and 2.) Cutting the one piece glass into two separate pieces and adding sun visors, and adding a shift lever, turn signal and tilt lever and ignition switch and keys to the steering column. The addition of PE pedals that were swung from under the dash was a really big help to the interior IMO.

Thank you Jeremy. Folks this one has now been moved to the "Under Glass" Section

These trucks have always been an interest of mine as they were a sleek looking truck with an out with an "in your face" and bold appearance. Although not fast by any means with 230 horsepower, they were aggressive looking, were among the fastest O.E.M. trucks out there at the time and they set the stage for the muscle trucks that followed in the years to come. It took me around 5 months to complete this one with most of the challenges being paint and the ending assembly of installing the body onto the frame. With a few pitfalls to work around it was a good kit to work with overall.

NICE! Thanks for the heads up Greg.

I do like the idea as well as the outcome of this build of yours Bill.

That's gotta be a good feeling.

Lookin good so far Mike.

Where are we at with this one John? This beauty looks like it's pretty much all but finished in the last few updates but I don't see an "Under Glass" thread on it.

Keep it coming Kerry. Lookin' good.

Very cool build. Love it.

Nice thread and very nice builds. I've already bought myself another one of these kits after building one and they really do build up nice. Mine in a "Demon II" theme paying tribute to the original Revell Street Demons theme of the 80's.

That is COOL!!! Say......does that kit have a cowl hood?

You've got that right about kit price Bill. Mine cost in the $50 ish range used and ended up not having the bumpers or grill in the kit.

Thanks for the heads up JC....heading there now....

Dammit boy! That does look good! Very nice job on this one. I'm building one as well (which will be in the Under Glass Section within the week) and the only big thing I didn't like about this kit was that the exhaust tail pipes needed tweeking a bit to get them closer to the body instead of hanging down a bit. Great work on this Tyrone.

You did a good job putting this one together JC. I hear what you're saying on a simple build. Lots of times it's difficult to stay focused with a really entailed build. Great work here buddy.

Well guys...………...I had more done on this thing than I thought. the only real setback was that the exhaust tailpipes hung down too low. I had to break out the mini torch and carefully shield all the surrounding chassis and apply a little heat to it to tuck it back up where it belonged. The ending steps are a bit finicky with the front bumper being sandwiched between the body and the chassis but I've now got that done. I still need to re-paint the tail gate and install the upper radiator hose, side rear view mirrors and do some last minute clean up, polishing and a couple of other things but this one's almost there.... …………..and completed engine bay.

Haven't seen this one till now but you can bet that I'll be following this one from here on out. Great work as usual JC!

I'll be checking into those. Thanks for the heads up John.

Thanks Carl. Thank you Mike! I appreciate your comments as well Curtis. This is definitely in the "too shiny" category for stock BUT I couldn't help myself with this one as I have a love for these trucks. If I had one I would want it to look like this.

Got the gloss coat on. Here in the photos this is about 6 hours after application so this is already nice n' dry to touch. It'll be another 3-4 days till I bring all of this out of the drying booth. I'm really stoked about how this finish is going to look on the completed build.I was pretty happy to make out the bulb letters in the middle of the light reflection on the body :

Thanks Tom. There's some issues along the way but it's a decent kit. Thank you Jeremy. I'd love to get ahold of a 1:1 version for a decent price. Probably not gonna happen but'd be nice. Thanks John. I've gotta watch how carried away I do get with the details. Builds take long enough these days and details add a lot of time to them.

Off to a good start. Very nice 1:1 truck btw. What's he runnin' in the 1/4?

Fantastic weathering and attention to detail Chuck. I'm likin' this!

What great ideas in motion! I would've never thought that up!!