Mj-Styro

Except for a few things under the hood and adding wiper arms shes done for now......hopes to get bumpers for her in a week or so.....

thanks Guys!!! I went ahead and detailed the grill etc, even tho they aren't the best, they are just tacked in place, with hopes of getting some on the 18th of april....... Looks like the passenger dropped alittle, didn't even notice it LOL i'll get that fixed when i find a windshield for it and a firewall......... I think Irvin is gona be shocked, well maybe not he said i might get it done in a week LOL...........

Update. got some BMF work done.......

Here it is in its coat of clear, after the polish i gave it a couple more coats of color, then went in for the clear 20 minutes later, three moderate coats and the final coat was a heavy one....... I dont even think i have but 5 hours in it at best............. Well i hope you like................ OH the tires are Satco's Firestone Deluxe Champions with gold line........ and cragar wheels.......

Here she is in primer. so far so good.........also now was when i started the putty work on the edges of the cowl..... shot before putty Here's acouple light coats, that i polished out.......

After taking the dremel to the hood with a cut off wheel i got it removed as well as the old cowl......... Donor car was the '66 buick Dirt stocker........ (part of the front clip and hood) but he had a stock resin hood so i grabbed it.....

attempting to restore a glue bomb.....Picked this up off Irivin. (Arterrake).............. The hood was pretty glued in, and it looks like some one pulled the firewall out and part of everything else with it.......

I ended up putting in another cross beam, was gona just use the one and thought well it might come in handy if i put another one in..... Then ended up building two rollers for two chain hoists. now it can be used for acouple more things then just the one chain hoist.

Some updated pics, i do have the siding on and the trim works.....working on the doors right now and have the small double side door done, and it they open too, and with the drop latch it keeps them closed........

Thanks Lowjay! slowly getting there.......

Getting closer! This is where i am at now.......next up is working on the doors and to start to fill it up LOL! Hope you like, its nothing fancy! been at it acouple weeks now as i have some free time........

Here's some more pictures keep in mind i did this one stick at a time LOL

Well to make it official i decided to make a pre-diorama with breaking ground........

Well did manage to get alot done, but for some reason it faught me! so for now its int he display cabinet, still needs a battery, front bumper (which i cant get straightened out ACK!)......will have to strip it and start over, gona have to do it adifferent way.......... exhaust is done,even added a receiver hitch after the pics were taken. Still need to locate some stock 72 blazer wheel covers so i can cut off the lock hub detail, which iw ill be doing soon... The i just waxed up i fiqured this way its only sitting here and not on any tables some where........ Also started the 88 Chevy Suburban last night and have a chassis all set up for it now..........

Have the interior installed, carpeted the back (hard to get a pic of right now) need to do some touch up painting yet thru out.........plus some detail painting under the hood......... Filled the front bumpers turn signals still need to sand them, Did a trade a week ago and waiting on a unbuilt kit to come in cause i need the exhaust off of it.........(thinkt he post office lost it tho) so i may need to locate another one, or just scratch build the exhaust.......Still need to make drive shafts for it. Locate two sqaure headlights, and detail paint the turn signals and side marker lights........... The hood still needs to be water sanded to smooth it out some more......... Next will be the hard part i will be making the topper side window trim from scratch so this will take some time............. Well hope you like, its gona be another one off off my bench fairly soon.........not alot time to work on it right now but i have been squeezing some time in here and there.........

The top grill is a 1984 GMC one i modified to replicate a 1986 Chevrolet grill.....didn't care for the alum look so i BMF'ed it..... Still along ways to go yet...........

I should have added it was gloss black............sorry for leaving that part out

Got some color on the body last night late, then this morning i shoot the doors and tailgate.........

WOW Dave! this looks like another winner! very nicely done and thinking out side the box has really paid off so far1 keep up the great work!!

Thanks! This started out as a GMC but you should be able to find a Sod buster pickup around, or the 79 both from MPC and both 4x4s..... Here's a pic of the 1:1 of mine

Spent the evening putting in the door jambs, installing the door panels on the doors..........not that i have everything primed i just may add some color yet this week...........we will see......

Finally after a third coat of primer and two block sandings i happy with how it looks now.........waiting on some pieces to show up so i can get started on the interior, thats gona take some time......... The bumps you see is water droplets had just got done washing the body......

Here's a few in-progress shots. The topper is from a MPC 1980s Ford bronco.....the side windows i cut out from apiece of sheet stock and gave it a rough opening..... Second stage of putty Decided to open the doors on this project.... Building this to replicate my 1:1, been on the mind for some time now and decided it was time to start it.......

Here ya go! my best! i could do......

Getting closer!!