Saltie Olds

Oh, Nope. The hood looks like that, because I was trying to bend the hood, to fit the body better. But once I have everything done, shouldn’t be able to tell that I broke the hood at all.

At some point, I’m going to get a CJ-7. I’m also going to do a model of another CJ-7, and build it as close to the way I’d want a real one. But that one won’t be lifted.

This is what I’m talking about making those body lines wrap around to the back of the cab. Got the left side done, now I just need to get the right side done. Once I’m happy with the cab, I’ll be able to start working on the bed.

The parts fit the kit well and when I received the parts, they were well packaged and well wrapped.

Thank You. I’m $’10”, and think I’d be a lot more comfortable in a CJ-7 than a CJ-5. I like the looks of the CJ-7 more than the CH-5.

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I’ll be using some of these decals on my project.

Thank You. I’m thinking about dirtying it up some, after I get it finished, like it’s been going for some weekend fun, or keeping looking clean and new.

Not exactly sure how I’m going to end up building this one, but for now, I know the color combo I’ll be going with, but it may change, not sure right now. I got the hood and the ‘77/‘78 Dodge grille from Ra-STi’s Scale Assessories. So far, I’m really happy how the parts are, and extremely happy with how I got the parts.

I was able to get more paint and finished painting it. Forgot about painting the dash, so I’m thinking I’ll leave it black, to match the seats.

Got some clear on this. I ordered all three tubes of Tamiya polishing compound, I’m going to try my hand at using that on this build.

Got the fenders and hood done. That was the easy part. Now I’ll start working on sanding and filing the back of the cab, to make the two areas, where my index finger is, go around the back of the cab and line up to meet the bed.

Here’s the second part to my Chevy Stepside project. I’m going to be keeping this one as a 2wd, but I’m going to be lifting the truck and putting one a set of 31’s. If I’m able to, I’ll get a couple of the ‘95 GMC Sonoma kits and lengthen the Vortec Fuel injection and putting it onto this 454. If not, I’ll leave the fuel injection alone and have a blast building this truck.

I have a dually version of this truck as well, plus all of the parts I’m needing to convert it into a Club Cab. I just need to figure out when I want to start building mine. I turned 16 in April of ‘94, and was 19, when I graduated high school in ‘97.

I remember reading about this truck in an issue of SAE. When I was able to, I ordered that same grille from Uptown Automotive. I had a ‘98 Chevy C2500, with the 8-Lug wheels, and want to build a model of how I wanted to get that truck all fixed up the way I wanted it.

Thank You. Once I get my 1978 CJ-7 and my Saltie’s Syclone done, I’ll get a couple more of the AMT ‘95 GMC Sonoma kits, so that I could have all of the parts for the Part II of this truck, and start building that one as well.

Thank You. Glad you like it.

That’s an awesome rig you did. I’d love to get one of those and turn it into a compact motor home. I’d have a folding table and chairs on one side and a pair of folding up, to be flat along the side, twin size beds on the other side. I’d also have a small compact fridge in it as well. Maybe have a small sink as well.

While looking at this decal sheet, I got the idea to build my own custom tonneau cover using these. I might also see about using some craft sticks and photoetch bed floor strips and make the tonneau out of real wood and metal strips.

I’m going to clear the kit tonneau cover, but I’m also going to be building these into a custom tonneau cover as well.

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That Ram Club Cab, did you stretch the truck to a Club Cab? Or were you able to buy it somewhere? If you stretched it, great job. It looks like you bought it somewhere.

I’ll be using these wheels & tires, from the Revell ‘65 Chevy Stepside 2 ‘n 1. I’m wanting the rear end to sit up a lil taller, so I may end up using the rear springs from a MPC Deserter kit.