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I have the same kit, but mine says "ERTL Stock No. 6552. supercedes AMT Stock No. T310". I bought it at a flea market for $20.00 Cdn.

Got a few coats of paint on the body. The pictures don't show the paint very well. I would describe it as a metallic copper-ish color. The earlier chassis pic probably shows it best.

This kit is a very easy build since there is no engine to deal with and every thing fits nicely together. I am debating whether to paint the interior or leave it as I am not really a fan of black interiors. Color is Tamiya X-46 over red oxide primer.

I am currently building the Tamiya Porsche 911 GT3 and it goes together beautifully! No engine to build and it's molded in three colors so it doesn't really even need paint.

This looks like it could be a real nice truck! Looking forward to your build.

I agree. I like the looks of it now!

I started trimming the flash off a flea-market Ferrarri that I thought was complete, only to find that one wheel rim does not match the other three ?.

Thanks All. Paint is Premier Colonial Red from Canadian Tire, decanted and airbrushed. The Testors gloss clear-coat didn't affect the paint on my test, but did wrinkle it on the cab a bit, but I don't feel like stripping it and starting over. It turns out the hood doesn't fit very well either. I did test fit the cab (it was pushed as far forward as possible) and I made some locating pins for it, but I didn't test fit the hood. If I had, I likely would have had to notch the front fenders a little deeper to get the cab farther forward?

Not actual work on a car...but an accomplishment. I made an airbrush cleaning pot. It cost me $3 for the PVC elbow and the copper I had laying around.

Really nice. Great job on the rack and ladder!

Excellent job on those flames! Love the stance and the wheels too.

Nice clean build. I like it!

I've got the cab and the box finished. I had no idea the bottom would look so good or I would not have bothered with the decal in the bed.

That windshield mounting looks great. I wish I had thought of that while doing my Mustang.

Okay, I am happy with it too.

Got the firewall and dash done. I see I need to clean up that trim a bit. The camera reveals stuff my eyes alone can't!

Well I took the easy way out. This is Tamiya acrylic flat black free handed and cleaned up with some nice tapered cotton swabs that I got at a local electronics supplier. It needs at least another coat, and I may try semi gloss?

That looks GREAT Gerry! If I screw up the paint I think I will try that instead of painting the whole thing black and then trying to do the reverse of painting the slots. Did you strip the bumper and headlight bezels also, or is that the kit chrome still? Do you have a thread on that truck somewhere?

Molotow is great for small items and touch-ups and can look really decent on larger trim if done well...but there is no way you could duplicate the results shown above. That looks just like real chrome trim on a 1:1! JMO, Greg.

Thank you All for the suggestions. I think I will try the gloss black. I don't believe the panel line accent would work well here because the slot is very wide and the accent very thin. Stripping it and using a Molotow pen or silver sharpie will be a last resort if I screw it up. I am going to try to mask the bars with some 1mm tape I just bought and spray it. I have some self-etching primer that I may decant a bit and give it a mist coat to help adhesion to the chrome. Wish me luck! Greg.

Very cool! I am currently building a stock version of this kit. Yours takes a lot more imagination and skill that’s for sure! How about a flat deck with a hover bike on it instead of the box?

I started this one earlier this winter.

I am working on a ‘41 Chevy pickup. The grill has wide shallow indentations that represent the open slots. What black paint would look better, flat or semi-gloss? Actually opening them up is too difficult and would destroy the chrome. I think the SG might give the illusion of more depth.

Thanks for the offer...PM sent.

Just checked and it is definitely 1/24th, it measures 7-1/8” overall.