Oliver77

I munged the decal for the seatback speaker. The decals are admirably thin and seem to seat well, I was impatient and the Future gloss I used was still tacky.

That rear panel line exists on the car. Needs a little more finesse here.

The body in white. Decent fits. Subtle and easy mold parting lines. Be careful with the alignment on rear piece.

Interior goes together good.

I sprayed the interior Folk Art Cinnamon acrylic. Kinda more orange than I expected.

Chassis pan. I was not confidant about stock tie rod length leading to unaligned front wheels, so I cut the rod and sleeved it. After assembly I aligned the wheels and glued the sleeve. Worth it?

We begin as tradition demands! I epoxy tire weight lead into the motor. Motors are heavy, right?

Great solution to a fiddly part of this otherwise dead simple airbrush. I've just been putting up with the allen wrench all these years.

The wood in the bed looks great too!

Love the color combo. This is the better looking cousin of the AquaMochine! (search this forum)

Wow! Beautiful work!

Looking closer, it is an old truck, kept clean. Excellent!

Slick trick on that magnetic hinge! Cool aged truck showing off fresh tires!

Closer view. The bumpers and wheels are SnJ aluminum polishing powder over gloss black. Mirrors are Molotow Liquid Chrome. Hinges are Bare Metal foil.

This is the helicopter view.

I'm happy with the way this turned out. Assembly was made tedious by the 'pesky runner removal process.' Inexperienced modelers may have difficulty with cleanup of sprue attachment runners and getting parts to even fit together. Regards, Jeff Oliver

With the way the spindles mount, it looked like I could make the steering poseable. I cut the steering link from the axle, drilled the ends and made some pins to fix the ends. Then I assembled the link to the spindles. Turning radius 40 acres! LOL Regards, Jeff Oliver

I started with Hawk airplane kits and Bachmann Birds! Man I wish Atlantis could get those tools. Then the 63 Corvette came out and I just had to have one. It was built and rebuilt, added felt upholstery, brush paint, woodburning pen to melt-weld plastic (those fumes omg) and conversion to slot car body. I have a bunch of parts from early kits, ( those that escaped firecrackers!) Regards, Jeff Oliver

Thanks for looking! Regards, Jeff Oliver

Motor is wired and weathered kit flathead.

This is a cool old kit. Built a few, all fun.

Real chain on the tailgate. Scratchbuilt cart for the tanks. Dupli-Color spray paint from the (old) can.

In-progress photos and descriptions in the WIP forum.

The wire came from some old telephone wire. Thanks for looking! Regards, Jeff Oliver