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  1. My local club is hosting a show in October with the theme "Truckin". The theme doubles as a semi theme (date to be held is 10/4) and 70's customs. I have decided to build a  pickup from straight off the "Truckin" magazine pages. 

    I have had this 72 GMC kit for several years. Someone had poorly chopped the cab and filled the side markers and door handles so I started with cleaning it up. Still a ways to go on that.

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    I also needed some sunken taillights in the fenders so I am working on adding some frenched 66 Nova lights.

    I want to use these wheels that I pulled from a 70's Chevy rebuilder I have but I need fronts for them and I don't know what kit they come from. (Anybody know and have a set?) The spokes have a definite peak on them. If I can't locate a set I'll use the ones from my MPC 69 Charger 500 kit.

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    That's about all for now. I am planning to do a multi-colored panel paint job but haven't planned it out yet. A quick primer coat is next. I'd also like to find a dual carbed 454 from a Monogram Chevelle kit (or something similar) if anybody has one available. 

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  2. I finished this earlier this week. I bought it as a started kit with a painted body. The body only had a couple light coats of paint. I painted it with Testors Fathom Green paint. The kit tires I replaced with what I saw on line as more accurate BF Goodrich T/A Radials. These did not have as tall a sidewall but they look like the pics of 1:1 cars I found on line. Everything else is right out of the box.

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  3. Paul, 

    Sorry, I was unable to find any sheets of seat belt latches. Swore I had some but could only find a sheet with a couple racing harness latches.

    Sure wish I could have helped.

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  4. Not much of an update but, along with being busy, it has been raining every other day here, which makes for problems with spraying. I did manage to get the first coats of clear on the other day and got it in the dehydrator overnight. I'll do a light sanding and get a couple more coats of clear ASAP. I also  eed to get the white decal on the air cleaner. That will be fun. Nothing like decaling a dome.

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  5. On 6/3/2025 at 6:06 AM, Belugawrx said:

    Paint looks better, especially around the door lines. Looking good so far Tom

    Yeah, although I really liked the color originally, it was pretty thin in spots. I wish I knew what color it was. Looked like a greenish/grey silver.

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  6. 8 hours ago, meechum68 said:

    That looks like Tamiya Light Gunmetal .. it maybe the Tamiya Gunmetal. (I love those 2 colors.)

    The lighting in the pics makes it look gunmetal but it is actually Fathom Green. It is better seen in this pic that I couldn't get to load last night.

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  7. Got to looking at the paint on the body. Whoever sprayed it didn't spray enough coats and it had a few bad areas. I had some Testors Fathom Green on hand so I sanded a few spots smooth and shot a couple of coats on it. It's now considereably darker but it works.

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  8. Been a bit since I posted any updates. Got most of the engine done. Engine bay taped off and hit with some flat black. Finished the interior the other night. Now to get the body polished and the glass in.

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  9. Got it mocked up to see how tge tires look in the wheelwells. They are a bit smaller than the kit ones but once the body is glued in place I believe they will look just fine.

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  10. So, here is a pic of the body. It was decently painted when I got it and I don't know what the paint is. So, I can't touch it up.

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    I replaced the tires in the kit with some BF Goodrich Radial T/A's. They are smaller than the kit tires but look really close to fitting in the wheelwells the way the 1:1's did. Just finished handpainting the white letters.

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    Got the engine painted with some Model Master Pontiac engine blue. That's about all for now.

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  11. I started this project recently. The body was already painted a nice shade of green when I got it but I haven't taken any pics of the body yet. I will do the interior in something close to Buckskin. I started detailing the wheels and painting the chassis and engine. Got the chassis assembled tonight. More pics on my next bench session. I was in need of the white decals since mine are damaged. It looks like Duane Garner has come through for me. 

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