iamsuperdan

You and I are on the same page with these trucks! But mine will not look like your last one. Will have a different vibe for sure.

So I was looking at my 454SS kit last night and brainstorming. I'll be building this part of the project first. Truck itself will most likely be silver and black, with some sort of a "pinstripe" in a bright colour. Still thinking about that. Definitely no chrome. Interior various shades of black/grey, with some of the exterior highlight colour brought in. 3D printing seats for it. I have a few different thoughts here. Also doing the newer style dash in this one. Body mods will include a rear roll pan, rear spoiler, new style grille, smooth front bumper, and a splitter...which I'll probably have to make from styrene. Wheels will be a two piece, in a scale 19" diameter. Big brakes behind them. Engine will be a 572 with a supercharger. Upgrading the transmission, rear end, and exhaust too. And the entire thing needs to be lower. Not slammed, but definitely lower. Lots to do, lots to print.

It sounds good, but will see if my skills and/or my schedule cooperates!

Snake is apparently doing fine, health-wise. From what I understand, he's just choosing to take a board break at this time.

I was brainstorming this last night, And I think I have a pretty cool build in mind. Three builds, actually. A C3500 crewcab duallie, using 3D printing and parts from my OBS wrecking yard. A 20ft car hauler trailer, fully printed An AMT C1500 454SS, with a number of upgrades. It's ambitious, and will take a while, but should look cool when done. I hope.

No, headache rack is from MODELLBAU1ZU24 over on Cults. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/headacke-rack-trucks-1-24-scale-v3

Just thought of this last night. With the recent re-release of the Chev C1500 truck, I think a revised and improved 454SS is inevitable.

Excellent work! The more I look, the more details jump out at me.

My predictions...another iteration of the new Dodge Charger tooling. And another new Bronco. Different trim level, maybe possibly a 4dr/

Looks great!

Yeah, springs on this one. The very earliest versions had the torsion bar rear end, and i built that version a few years ago. Wasn't as tricky as people said it would be. I like how the headache rack turned out.

As seen in MCM # 223. This is AMT's Kenworth W925. I've done a couple of these now, and as I said in the article, I like this kit, even though it's ancient and the molds are obviously getting tired. I upgraded the truck with some 3D printed wheels & tires, headache rack, mudflaps, and horns. Also added aluminum pipe for the stacks. Made them taller than the kit parts, and slightly wider diameter. The steer tires are definitely larger than stock, as I think it just looks better that way. Rears are slightly wider, but not by much. I think the tread patterns on both look much better. Each front wheel consists of the rim, brake drum/hub, and 10 lug nuts. Rears are just one piece, but look so much better than the kit wheels I didn't do anything special with the engine, because I never display these with engine showing anyway. I tried a few different front bumpers, but wasn't happy with how any of them turned out. Same for the grille. Paint is Tamiya Bright Red over Tamiya pink primer. Chrome is a Duplicolor Chrome spray. Turns out more like a bright aluminum finish, which I quite like. I use this paint a lot. Now I just need to get around to building the matching trailer.

Vapor Blue on the new Mustang GT looks amazing in the sun.

So one of these beauties actually landed here. Was too far in the process to divert. Should be the only one though. Ford are getting it picked up.

I'll get in on this. My all time fav truck.

This is the old Hot Rod Chevy Street Truck, is it not?

I couldn't imagine trying to tow anything with a 2CV!

Excellent work!

I am intrigued, and i'm not sure why.

More concert tickets! Extreme and Living Colour are coming to town in September. Two of my fav bands, and they've never come here before. Also, I reluctantly sold my Lightning. With the price drops that have happened, and the price drops coming, it was time to sell before the used market completely dies on these. And I sold it for more that I paid, so yay fleet incentives and rebates! On a related note, there are insane deals right now on remaining 2023 models, so I picked up another F150. This time a Lariat with the PowerBoost hybrid engine.

That's a lot of work! But so far, it's looking really good. Weird choice by the studio, to chop the roof off a Beetle. It's not like Beetle Cabrios are hard to find. The hardtops are significantly cheaper though, so that's probably the reason. I wonder what happened to it after filming. Probably scrap.

I know Duplicolor make a black primer. Having used their white primer, it sprays out quite smooth, so you don't need a ridiculous amount of sanding before applying colour. Black primer, then your colour should give you a nice dark green. Silver in between should brighten it up a little. Either way, green with tan will be a nice, classic combo.

Holy moly...that blue/white Suburban.

Bought tickets to see Billy Idol in August. And tickets to see Sum 41 in January. And we're going to see Killer Dwarfs on June 1st.