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Has anyone converted the Revell 65 or 66 chevy FLEETSIDE from a short bed to a longbed? I interested to see how how you guys have done it?

very cool, you did a remarkable job on these!!! i have done a bunch of decals in photoshop as well. Any chance of sending the actual PDF file to people? would be a much higher resolution. I have some decal pages saved in Microsoft Publisher, i could "trade". they would be in a .PUB format tho

cool. We still have that same machine at my work. You nailed it!!!

Geez these pictures come out big! its making the Metallic paint look funny and shows all my flaws! The paint looks way better in person

Its almost done. Remainder of the underhood details done. Made all the oil filler, transmission dipstick, rad holddowns, made all the decals and added some factory firewall markings too

Did some more underhood stuff like adding a brake booster and master, along with a fairly accurate washer bottle from the parts bins. Again headlights are still wet!

Here is the grill installed. I made an A/C condenser since i was adding a complete scratch built A/C system. The new grill with open bars really shows of the condenser nicely. Headlight glue is still drying in these photos thats why they look funny!!

very nice Dennis! cant wait to see it done at the next meeting.

Cool, thanks so much for the info Graham! I deal with this electronics place. Does this look like the right thing? it would be 1 Meter length for about 10 dollars canadian, seems cheap enough as long as its correct. it says .81 size https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDetail/Amphenol-RF/A-1PA-081-01KB2?qs=zZwI6SfhpKSDvKwTZRTv0g%3D%3D

I havent been able to find the roll of Coax cable. Ebay has lots of short sections with ends on them tho. Has anyone bought these and cut the ends and striped them out? with the same results?

I topped it off with some photoshopped decals i printed out. Its got a Sinclair Pontiac dealer decal from Ontario, the Valve cover decal and Laurentian emblem is also one i made myself.

The completed model! this was a fun build. Thanks for all the likes and looks!!

This is a real car that a friend of mine use to own. It was a great reference for the project

A few more details and some foil work. Here is some of the underside during final assembly. I didnt go too crazy underneath, and with the color its hard to tell i have red oxide primer with the body color overspray. The exhaust front section is hand formed to meet up with the 6cyl properly. You have to look close to see my P/S slave cyl details.

Nice details, really like the 2tone color combo you have chosen!

Thanks for the tip Greg. I will have to give them a try. Did you buy them Locally??

Thanks guys! i really enjoyed building this one. The hardest part was researching and finding pics of the real car.

I painted the grill and front bumper with the new revell chrome, sprayed straight out of the can. very good results, but you still have to be careful handling. The outside mirrors are from the kit, but i added a thin framework around the glass for a more realistic look, also sprayed the revell. Ignore the white headlights in this photo as my Microscale is still drying! Also note my decals i made in photoshop for the side marker lights, BEAUVILLE Sportvan 20, and the CHEVROLET rear door emblem. I also have my new scratchbuilt door handles in place in this pic.

Thanks for all the positive comments!!! I hope my build inspires you to built a better MPC van kit, its got a fairly crisp and well proportioned body lines, but the rest of the parts sure need work! HA! Here is some of the bottom. I made up a set of vintage Alberta Canada mudflaps, these things were on just about every farm Pickup in the 1970's. The trailer hitch is scratchbuilt from evergreen square stock. I updated the diff with a nice 12 bolt cover, and scratchbuilt the shock from tubing along with new mounting points, all the kit stuff i junk! The exhaust is modified a fair bit to make it fit right and the front and rear tires have been relocated to fit the wheel wells properly, again a detail the kit really lacks.

thanks for all the kind words guys! its a really fun build.

Here is my version of Bill Jenkins Red and White 66 nova. I started with an old original stock release AMT kit that was already built by a friend. So i took it apart and rebuilt it! I converted the car to a Base Chevy II nova rather than a SuperSport. Grumpy's car was NOT a Super Sport. I added rocker mouldings and side trim with evergreen strips, Sanded off all the seat pattern and added a parts bin bench seat with some cloth pattern decals. then tried to make it look more accurate with some guages, radio delete, heater delete, 4 speed shifter, etc. Underhood i should have painted the engine all black in true Grumpy style, but i thought it would wash out all the detail. I changed over the valve covers to some better proportioned ones from the parts box. I took the SS off the grill and reconfigured the tailpanel with a custom made NOVA decal to hide all the SS stuff. Wipers are deleted, i used decals for the cowl vent lines and opened up the doorhandles. The decals are a mix of Slixx and Gofer. Wheels are parts box painted with Molotow(i know i know should have left them silver but they look so good chrome!). Paint is Ancient Dupont Centari single stage Ember red and Ermine white. I ended up making the GT-1 decal and the Racemaster decal because they were not included on either decal sheet. The stance of the car had to be altered considerably to get it right. Im happy with the way it turned out. There was so many little changes needed to make it a more accurate replica of the real car, but it was worth it! Thanks for Looking

This was a massive project in itself. the kit has the most horrible version of a truck dogdish i have ever seen. So i decided to turn one out of aluminum on a metal lathe. I added some raised areas seen in black and then cast them with the Amazing white resin. Painted them with Molotow sprayed out of an airbrush. The decals for the centers were done in Photoshop and sized acordingly to fit the resin castings. I printed Blue Bowties, Ochre Bowties, and GMC versions for future projects. The wheels and tires are Fireball 15" 70's era truck bias Ply, they look awesome!

Here is the interior finished and the engine installed, some plumbing done. I found the 1961 pontiac brochures all feature wide white walls, by 1962 GM was using pinstripe whitewalls. So, WIDE WHITEWALLS it is!!! gotta keep it stone stock. I cant remember what these tires are from, but they fit nice and look correct. Dogdish caps are a must on this build.