Ben269

This is the kit that I started with. If anyone is looking for these decals, let me know.

A buddy found this a thrift store and grabbed it for me, maybe 7 years ago? I Don't like the newer stock cars as much, but it was free and it gave me an excuse to build a car I always liked, the Kelloggs car of Terry Labonte. I started painting and ordered some decals, and then it sat in the box with the chassis done and the body partially painted for the next 6 years or so. Pulled it out the day of the Daytona 500, and got it finished last night.

This is a great project, I love these trucks!

This project is super cool. I like AMCs.

Thats an interesting choice as well. The truck is supposed to be a low buck hot rod, something a high school kid would be driving. Any of these ideas will work.

Thanks for the ideas, guys, I will for sure look into a few of these.

Ah, that's a good idea. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tip!

I haven't worked on this in several months. I am stuck. I don't know what I want to do with this interior. I was thinking about a mexican blanket style seat cover, but not sure quite how to accomplish that. Maybe a brown bench seat? maybe the dash should be red, I don't know. Stuck. I also was thinking about hot rodding the 6 cyl a bit. if you have any ideas, lets hear them.

Thanks for all the encouragement, everyone. Its the MPC kit.

Spent a lot of time just trimming and sanding to make the battery fit. Also added some posts to the rear to keep the chassis straight in the body.

Had fun with the carb last night. Added a few details that won't be seen.

Made the posts longer on the spoiler, just need to clean up the edges now.

This turned out amazing. I love the faded paint, and the wheels and tires.

This is a cool project, I like the idea. I have this kit as well, and the windshield frame is warped. I may do the same thing. Looks great so far!

This is a very cool project. Those wheels turned out really nice!

Im mostly happy with the chrome on the cage, but I think it got duller when I sprayed on the clear. Not sure if I why that is. Might have put it on to heavy?

I am building it as close to the real car as possible. I figured Drag racing would be the closest section for a Pro street car.

Thats what I am thinking, too.

I've had this for a few years, and finally got going on it. I really like these Hot Rod series of kits from Revell. Lots of good kits in the series, and several re-boxed older kits, but good subject matter on most of them. This kit is very well detailed, and I am enjoying the build so far. I'm going to use Alclad chrome on the roll cage, and that presents a challenge with the floor pan. You can see in the last picture that the lower part of the cage is molded into the floor. My intension was to paint the floor red for the carpet, then mask the red, so I can paint the black and then chrome on the cage, then decide whether to use flocking or embossing powder last. Not sure if that's the best strategy or not. We will see how it goes.

I love the paint on this truck, beautiful job! Who makes that color?

I just saw this on the side of a box. Looks like they made a Sedan Delivery at one point.

Tom, and Snake, thanks for the tips. Ill pick up some poster board, and give that a shot.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try using clear on the next chrome headlight car. There weren't any other parts to make it a panel, but it looks like one could convert it pretty easily with styrene. Not sure it Revell ever made one or not.

I painted the headlights with some thinned pearl white, to try for a more realistic appearance than the chrome. it looks alright, but not great. what suggestions do any of you have for better looking headlights? Also, any tips for photographing dark painted vehicles? Mine seem to always look like they are in the shade.

Finished! This was supposed to be an easy one, but I had some issues with decals and paint. Re-did the paint on it, and while its no show winner, it was a fun build that looks great on the shelf. Now I may try and pick up another and finish it like the John Buterra version. we will see, lots of others still on the bench.