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Here's a quick awaited update. As some of you read......I couldn't use the SSR interior...but I did utilize the bucket seats still though. Here is the 55 tub and SSR buckets after paint and some embossing powder. The dash will get a 2 tone treatment of thr tan up top like a dash pad, and the orange body color on the bottom.

About 2 to 3 mm gap...I took as much off as possible in all areas. If I took anymore the air buffer would burn through the floor pan, lol.

I tried the entire 55 tub with the SSR console...way more work than I want to have to do. I'm ready to be done with this build, lol.. Is that bad? I'll have some interior pics up tonight of the 55 tub. Or what I have done to it.

I wish I could. If I go any thinner, the floor will be non existent. So it's pretty much a dead end on that.

Thanks Wayne. No big deal I guess...just disappointed in the work that I put into it. Oh well, lesson learned from my first non box stock build, lol.

Little update for you guys. Although I haven't worked on this one in a while, I did last night. It has hit a stand still....all the mods for the SSR Interior were for nothing. The cab will not sit all the way down in the rear so it isn't touching the frame...causing the bed side bodylines to not line up...so its off to the junk pile for that interior. Will have to use the 55 interior I sat both interior tubs side by side from the beginning. The SSR tub was taller, so I took my air buffer to it and thinned it out as much as possible without going through the plastic. They sat the same height. Well I thought. When I sprayed the interior yesterday, and then went to put it in the cab then sit it on the frame, it looked perfect.......then I noticed the severe rake from the rear of the cab. I placed the bed on, and the body lines are not even close to lining up between the cab and it. I couldn't mock up the bed with the sides on it because I didn't want to glue it and not be able to get it apart for paint or screw up my body work on it. Oh well, looks like I'll have to use the 55 interior with the SSR Bucket seats.

Thanks! Although I haven't worked on this one in a while, I did last night. It has hit a stand still....all the mods for the SSR Interior were for nothing. The body will not sit all the way down in the rear so it isn't touching the frame...causing the bed side bodylines to not line up...so its off to the junkpile for that interior. Will have to use the 55 interior.

Thanks Andy! Going to practice some more on some old bodies before I spray my next project with it. Try different needle sizes and air pressures.

Thanks for the response! I will definitely be trying this possibly in the near future.

Thanks! It will be even better with some clear on it so I can polish it even better.

Thanks guys! It's definitely been the longest project I've worked on. Here is a mock up to show the gloss even without clear coat.

Just a mock up to show the gloss even without clearcoat

thanks!

Thanks guys! As you can see the light really turns the color from different angles. I can't wait to get this one underglass.

Well I finally got the body sprayed in the clear orange. It was a battle to the end though. Ran out of the ts 73 spray. So I had to try my hand at spraying the clear orange on with my new airbrush. After screwing up my hood, I figured out how to do it. All is done minus the hood now. It has to be stripped and redone with a base then top color coat.

Thanks! I got the body sprayed orange over the weekend.

Thanks Bill. Not bad for my first airbrush job huh? That TS76 is awesome. Only silver metallic that seems to be correctly scaled with the metallic. Here it is on my RX-7 that I did as well for reference.

Thanks Richard!

Thanks Bruce! Tommy, Yes the base was also a TS Spray, TS76 Mica Silver. The metallic under the clear orange is what gives it its depth. I would assume it would work just as well with clear blue too. This color is for my next project. I laid a Mica Silver base for a TS51 Racing Blue, not a transparent color, and it made even it have more depth. Sorry for the bad pic, but you get the idea....left one is just TS51 over Tamiya White primer. Right one is TS51 over TS76 mica silver. Way more pop to the color.

Thanks guys! Glad to have some color on it. Give it a little time to cure out then I'll clear it and polish it.

Well I finally got the body sprayed in the clear orange. It was a battle to the end though. Ran out of the ts 73 spray. So I had to try my hand at spraying the clear orange on with my new airbrush. After screwing up my hood, I figured out how to do it. All is done minus the hood now. It has to be stripped and redone with a base then top color coat. As you can tell, the light really has an effect on the color from all different angles.

thanks a lot guys!! Finally got the body done this weekend!

Love the build! Patina is perfect on this truck. What method did you use to sand off the paint after you shot your primer, then color? What was your base color? How did you get the decals to be worn in areas as well? Also where'd you get the decals from? I have a 50 5 window Chevy truck that I'd like to do as a patina'd GM High Performance shop truck.