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I decided to build the AMT 1960 Chevy Apache 100 pick up truck. I have this truck in the stash for quite some time, and I knew I definitely wanted to do a engine swap. I was not sure what engine I was going to put in it at the time. I wanted to lower the truck so I added Iceman Collections suspension parts. See the pictures below for my progress on this work in progress. Feel free to let me know what you think. The the build of the kit is on my YouTube channel, KBCC garage This is the kit we started with. It’s been in my collection for a few years now I believe. Iceman collections LSX power plant. It’s pretty good. I really dig it. Miscellaneous suspension and brake parts from iceman collections Mocking up the LSX in the frame. Drilling a hole in the center for the shifter to go through. Marking up the rear suspension. The center section is from Iceman collections, the trailing arms are the kit parts and the wheels and tires are MCV Products. Here is the underside with all of the iceman collections parts mocked up. Here you see MCV Products weld Venturas. I really dig these wheels.. first markup on the wheels painted several parts together with a little paint . I really really dig these wheels. They look nice in a two-tone color. The centers are Tamiya gunmetal and the lips are model, master metalizer aluminum. DupliColor saddle tan over black primer. I also use a mix of tans and brown for the seat cushion. All decals were designed by my wife at DawnSmithArt. Finally, we have color. I went with a two tone. The main body is metallic light blue by DupliColor. Believe it or not I have had this scan of light blue paint since 1999 and I have painted at least five models with this same can. I really like how the recessed white paint went into the tailgate. This is all acrylic paint for the Chevrolet emblem. Using acrylic mixes of browns and light, browns and tans I created woodgrain in the bed. Molotow chrome on the areas between the wood. Probably needs a little cleanup, but I will get to it. No worries. ? Here we see the exhaust headers I have painted them in model master aluminum metalizer I tried to replicate a little bit of the heat soak into the headers. Turned out OK ?? Iceman collections LSX all painted up, but there are more details needed. The two tone dashboard with white gauge face. The dash is painted the body color to match the body. Stopping point for the moment. Adding the coil wires. More to come as I work on this. I’m having as much fun as I can. Thanks for following.

Cool. I’m going to post progress pictures in the WIP section here soon. I actually logged in here precisely to do exactly that when I saw this. ?

Thanks for sharing this! I started my build just before I found out about this one coming out.

Thank you so much! This helps me out a lot! ???

The guy who owns the actual truck contacted me on Facebook. He sent me a video of the truck in action. I’ll try and share it here. If he sends me anything else I will try and share it with you…if you like. RPReplay_Final1718365987.mov

Hello folks! I recently started working on the AMT 1960 Chevy Pickup (with the go-kart) but later, after I had started the project, I discovered the older version or the street machine version. My question is, what are differences between the two kits? The box art suggests that the street machine has a lowered stance and I was wondering if anyone else had built them and know if there are any differences between them. Thanks everybody!

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? I’d be curious to know. It is a REALLY cool truck.

I really dig this build. I love that the ride height is adjustable.

Thanks! My wife designed and printed them!

Appreciate it! My wife designed all of the decals for this build! She is a great artist! Thanks! ?

Hey thanks! I love them too. They are a little fragile, but they turn out pretty well. It’s actually not based on a real car, but the color is. I saw a car on YouTube, a convertible, in a similar red. Appreciate the kind words! ???

I had this AMT 1970 Chevy Impala kit stashed away a couple years at least. I was 100% sure I was going to do it as a lowrider, but I was not sure of the direction I wanted to go. I was holding out until I could get ahold of some more appropriately sized spokes. The Pegasus gold D’s are just a little too BIG for a lowrider (in my opinion.) Most of my cars have a static stance…meaning I haven’t built one that actually raises and lowers since the early 2000’s. So, with this one I locked it in low down…as if the driver let all the cylinders compress after they parked it. Anyway, I wanted to do a nice street cruising old school with murals. After I saw a YouTube video with a red metallic 69 Impala lowrider, I knew the color I wanted, and what direction I wanted to go. All of my builds have a name… or a theme. I built a lowrider dedicated to my niece in 2022, so I decided to do this one dedicated to rest of my family. My wife came up with the name, “Family Blood” because of the color and it includes my blood…my family in the side murals. My wife, an AMAZING artist, designed ALL of the roof and hood patterns and the murals on the rear quarter panels. The build features Showcase Hobbies fender skirts, Iceman Collections wire wheels, and DawnSmithArt designed decals over Tamiya Metallic red and Aluminum paint (clear coated with DupliColor 1k clear) Thanks for checking this out! Keep sharing your amazing work too fellow builders! ???

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Appreciate it! Straight out of the box it is a bit disappointing, however, when you bring the AMT/MPC 69 Olds 442/Hurst to the mix it helps spice it up a bit!

Thanks! It’s a mix of Createx Pearl Lime and A craft color called Festive Green over Wicked Colors Gold.

Sometimes you have to challenge yourself. Now, MPC and AMT get a lot of hate, but they have some of THE BEST subjects for builds. Despite some lack of some items needed to complete them easily out of the box, they can be really good fun projects. This was the case for this MPC 1972 GTO. The main issue I had with this kit was lack of a proper detailed chassis. So what did I do? I got a spare 69 Olds 442 chassis out and remedied the ailments of the GTO. I LOVE this build because it reminds me of something my brother would have done in the old days. Iceman Collections Cragars, the Revell 66 GTO 389, and my wife’s “Judge-Like” stripes make it one of my favorites to just look at on my display for long periods of time. Here’s some pictures…

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I just saw a post by another user here, jdhog, who was inspired by the same truck as I was. This was my second attempt at making a similar truck to the one I found on the internet/Youtube, so I named it “Take II.” It was made using a combination of the 78 MPC D100 and the Lil Red Express short bed step side kit (chassis) I found a Missing Link D100 resin short bed and used it as a template to cut down the MPC long bed. For reference, or to follow the build go to the KBCC Garage YouTube channel! Thanks jdhog for sharing your progress! I can’t wait to see how your project turns out! That color matching is amazing!

This color mixture looks exactly right! Great job matching it! ???

Looking REALLY GOOD! This EXACT truck inspired me to do two trucks based on it. The first was not that great, on my second try I got a lot closer. I called the 2nd one “Take II” because it was the second attempt at the truck. You can find it on YouTube if you like at the KBCC Garage channel. That color you mixed is ??!