dino246gt

Hey, I finally put some more time into the Riv, been busy with "stuff" and working on that slammed '62 pickup re-build. So here is where I'm at so far, carpets actually match better than the pics look, but I'm pleased with the colors. I'll elaborate on what I did later, now it's time for dinner, just didn't want this concept to be left out for too long. Ciao!

Oh man that is so beautiful!

I like both sets of wheels, but maybe it's just me, I don't want to build a model using the stuff that came with it, LOL.

I did a 6 cylinder one years ago, you're off to a great start..

Good plan

Amazing attention to detail, such a great conversion, love it!

This is why I buy cheap kits with missing parts, they are good for something! After the handles were removed and slightly cleaned up, I drilled them and super glued beading wire then sprayed Revell chrome. Here's how this interior is coming together, so much fun! Remember these pictures are huge, and it'll all be inside a cab, so the rough edges won't really show, cheers!

Fantastic work on this and it IS where the fun is, it looks SO much better, I wish AMT would've done all this. Great job Greg!

Man that looks fantastic, beautiful paint and foil, perfect stance, sweet!

Nice engine detail! I'm sure you'll make a beautiful Morgan with the rest of it. Have fun!

I'm always wanting to try something different, so I made up some plaid pattern and printed it on regular paper. I glued the paper with white glue right onto the Mustang seats which are Tamiya white primer with flat clear. I think it'll look okay, the whole truck will be one colour, Tamiya TS-44 so a bit of contrast might be nice, and with white wheels and underside, it keeps it all blue and white.

Here's the bottom of that scratch built interior tub. And, how it'll look once it all goes together. Of course there's a lot more to add and detail, but because it's such a "Frankenstein" I'm happy that everything fits, test fit, test fit, and test fit again and again, LOL

So I started making an interior, with this tunnel, which needed a side "pod" to clear the shift linkage. Made up some interior doors, around the windows will be double thickness, upper cards triple, and the lower panel as is, single sheet. Opened up the dashboard and getting the "tub" figured out. Once I finish the floor, it has to drop straight in from below, there's no room to wiggle it in. Trying to fit the pieces together so that they fit the body and the chassis, with only 2 hands is challenging! That solid piece along the back is only temporary. Here's the pieces so far, seats are from the same Boss 302 kit that I stole the engine from.

Man that thing is the coolest, love it!

The rare "Cross Boss" intake does have two upper rad hose inlets. I guess I could've made something to bring those together and only have one upper hose, but since I was scratch building a rad anyway, I went with two. I still need to make that linkage piece.

For the rear, I molded the sides of the roll pan to make it look more cohesive. Then I cut a slot at the bottom of the tailgate to also make the roll pan seem like a better fit. Overall, I'm okay with the rear styling, even though I would have preferred the stock rear tailgate and bumper.

Behind the grill is going to show so I cleaned up that lower bit by adding styrene. If you recall, the front custom piece as well as the rear custom parts were really glued on and puttied and actually not straight or square, so I worked with what I had.

I cut a tunnel and some tubs from junkpile pieces, like this floor. Then I fitted styrene sheet to create a bed floor with clearance for the bags to drop it down. Getting my fingers in to putty and sand was a bit of a problem, but I persisted and got it good enough.

Wow, that's looking so much better now, great improvements!

From the underside the firewall didn't meet the outer body panels. So I made up little pieces to fill that out. Fun stuff, probably not important but I like doing little things like this.

I modified a firewall from the scrap heap and fitted it. I made a hinge and some under hood structure. Test fit, should be good enough. Grille is 3D printed '62 with the top and bottom center sections removed. Still working on that.

I made these "things" to dress up the upper A-arms as they show under the hood. I scratch built a big aluminum rad to keep things cool. So here's where I'm at with this build: Cheers!

R/C wheels and tires in the one inch size are perfect for 1/16th. I widened the wheels from that Nomad kit and made Jeep bolt patterns. Here's how the one inch R/C tires fit those. I know these aren't for you but they do have a wide assortment of tires in one inch size.

I can't recall ever seeing that kit either, but man it looks like it'll be very cool built by you!

I love saving glue bombs, and a '63 Riv is one of my favs, so I can't wait to see it!