Jordan White

Here's a good tutorial I found: http://www.briansmodelcars.com/tutorials/tutorial/109 Course, to be honest, I'm sure yours will turn out better than the one built in the tutorial!

Classic: Best one ever!

Where the heck did you get that kit from? It looks great! Edit: just saw you said it is a promo.

Anyone have an update besides Jared here? I for one would like to see some more progress on these builds!

Isn't this just like the "Snowball project"?

98mph in '99 Tahoe (governed top speed), 110mph in '93 Saturn SC2, 85mph in my '89 Jeep Wrangler.

Hey Bill, Year One specializes in parts for muscle cars, and they have great pictures of the emblems/scripts. http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/fbshopmain2.asp?cat=E (Body -> Emblems/Nameplates) Hope that helps! Oh yeah, I just purchased the book of yours "Building & Detailing Scale Model Pickup Trucks", I can't wait to look at it (it looks like a great book from the previews on Amazon)!

When I made some for my '72 Blazer, I used a cheap $2 rubber floormat from Walmart, and just cut pieces from it. BTW, those bumpers look great!

Depends for me. Paint if it is a more basic design, and decals for more complex designs.

Agree 100%.

Those are wheel covers (since you can see silver through the spokes), and they must not have been real popular. I did find them (or at least I think I did) at an online store that sells hubcaps though: http://www.hubcaps.org/daytona.html It looks like the ones on her car are the spoked wheel covers, with the plain center pieces (that fit around the lug nuts).

Apparently, they will be re-releasing the Monogram Ford F-250 kit (I already have an order placed for mine! ) According to Hobbylinc.com, it is supposed to be out at the end of March. http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mon/mon857212.htm

Alright, count me in with a 1990 Ford F-150 Custom 4x4 Of course, I won't be able to start building until at least April!

Hi, welcome to the forums and the hobby! I would suggest looking at a local craft/hobby store (Micheal's/Hobby Lobby/etc.) for a set of paint pens. They come in various tip sizes and make painting thin or small details a breeze. I have a white one for tires and a silver one for trim/gauges/etc.

If you need badges or logos to make decals for your model trucks and SUVs, check out www.lmctruck.com . They have online catalogs for all Chevy, GMC, and Ford trucks/truck based SUVS, as well as 1994-2008 Dodge Rams, and 1997-2006 Dakotas/Durangos. Once you find the catalog for the vehicle, just "flip" through the pages until you find the page with the emblems, and simply copy the page into a photo editing program. Here's an example of the page I was using to get 2500 emblems for the '99 Silverado kit:

Not that I'm adding anything to the convo , but when I was younger I always thought there was a steel ring that was attached to the wheels over the holes. Later I found out that it was a chrome trim ring reflecting the hole and causing an edge in the middle.

IF you'd rather purchase the stock Silverado, then you can still get it from here: http://www.modelroundup.com/mrcategory1034.htm Otherwise, the Custom version is still sold pretty much everywhere.

Bah, then the ride height is too tall. Guess I'll have to scratchbuild me a 4WD system for it! (Actually I sent an e-mail to see what the kit looks like that Perry's Resins makes).

I said the stock '99 Silverado kit, which isn't produced anymore, but still can be found online (I ordered one from Amazon recently). This kit.

Alright, so you have two options (as far as I know): 1) Use the chassis from the Tahoe kit, as mentioned. Everything is set, but there probably isn't much detail. 2) Used the suspension from the Revell Stock '99 Chevy Silverado kit, since the suspension didn't change much between the two generations. There will probably be a bit of fab work, but it will be more detailed.

What kit are you planning on using for the body?

In this picture you can see the front differential is on the driver's side of the subframe. A solid tube runs towards the passenger side. At the frame rails, the axle powers the front wheels with a pair of half-shafts.

2WD uses coil springs and shocks* 4WD uses torsion bars and shocks* *In addition to the double a-arm arrangement. Check out these links for diagrams: 2WD 4WD

Hey everyone, I'm representing probably the entire northwest corner! As it says, I'm up in Houghton (that's Houghton, not Houghton Lake!) where there's plenty of snow and lots of old people!