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Thanks for the info. How would I go about stripping the paint off?

It's Testors from the small bottle brushed on the block. Maybe a second coat will look better but I'm thinking there is something wrong with the paint since it was hard to get mixed up. I'm more worried about the red paint on the box. It was Testors spray enamel in a rattle can.

Ok....need help from the pro's. I primed the box and cab yesterday and this morning I sprayed the red. YIKES....what happened??? Before I prayed the red I wiped the box down with denatured alcohol. I did a test piece and I noticed the paint came out fast and thick. I kept the part as far away as I could while holding the part with my left hand on a wire and spraying with my right hand. I now remember when I was a kid, painting was my nemesis. Not only that, the Testors orange paint did not want to cover the engine no matter how much I stired it. Man.....I have now lost enterst in this project.

Thanks Steve. I did see the Molotow pens at Hobby Lobby. I got the box put together and primed. Still needs a little cleaning up but I'm satisfied.

jjsipes, Did you ever finish your 50 pickup?

Thanks for the idea's on the dark gaps guys.

I got the bed put together this morning and I'm starting to see some mistakes I made. I now see a couple small low spots in some of the platic that I should have filled prior to glueing together. What are you guys using to fill low spots with? I also want to color the rear fender bolts inside the bed like on my full size 49. I guess a silver Sharpe would work for this?

Thanks for the floating black solution. Not sure what the process is but guess I can goggle it.

I saw this 50 pickup online and really like how it looks around the door gaps and around the vents. I'd like to do the same to mine. How were those dark area's created?

Plowboy, Thanks for thes info and pic.

Gives me an idea of what to look for. What is the width and height of one seat?

Here's a pic of the seats in my 49. At this point I think I'd be satisfied with any bucket seats that would fit.

I have full leathers seats out of a 2012 Ford Focus Platinum

I'm building the amt 1950 Chevy truck to memic my full scale 1949 Chevy truck. I need a set of bucket seats that will fit the truck. Anyone ever do this that could steer me in the right direction to what I would need to buy?

While I was at Hobby Lobby getting my Testors paint this morning I looked at the Testors small cans of spray paint and it is all Rust-Oleum I had some at the house so I tryed it and it's fine on the plastic. I painted the frame a flat black primer. I bought some flat steel Testors paint for the leaf spring and it looks ok. I may paint the rebound clips another color so it's not all one color. I did clean up the hood and body and got the hood fitting pretty good. I also ordered my 18" Torque Thrust wheels from Model Roundup. These wheels match what is on my full size 1949 Chevy pickup. This is all starting to bring back memories of when I was a kid.

Thanks for the info.

I have a question. I'm headed out this morning to pick up some Testors paint to get started on my 50 pickup. Do I leave the frame attached to the tree and paint it then touch up after I cut it from the tree or, cut it from the tree first then paint it? What do you guys do?

The local hobby shop wanted $4.09 a bottle for Tester paint so I found it at Hobby Lobby for $1.99 at bottle. I also found some Rust-Oleum Red Apple paint that looks pretty close to my full size 1949 Chevy pickup. Update: Just found these wheels online that are what I'm running on my 1949 pickup.

I took a trip to the local hobby shop and picked this clue up.

PM sent. Thanks.

I would appricate that.

Casey, I was thinking about the BB 427 but I'm guess I'm open to any V8 with headers that has nice detail.

I was thinking about a BB 427 but the 409 sounds nice. Have any pics you could share? .

I'm new to all of this so I have a question. I have purchased the AMT 1950 3100 Chevy Pickup and I want to replace the inline 6 with a V8 engine. I've been looking around at "3D Model Specialties" at their engine choices. Can someone help me with what engine would fit and still close the hood? Thanks.

I haven't built a model kit in 50+ years. Since I own a 1949 Chevy 5 window Restomod pickup I thought it would be fun to build a kit to look like what I drive. Did some poking around on the net and looks like the AMT kit was built a lot so I went on the hunt. The price range was anywhere from $19 - $40 dollars so I decided to check my local hobby shop. I've been flying RC planes for over 40+ years and always went to my local hobby shop for supplies. I knew if Scott didn't have it he could get it in a couple days. Just got back from the hobby shop and he had one on the shelf for $18.95. Picked that up plus some Tamiya cenment. Now the fun begins.