Jonathan

That's what I'm thinking, too. Wheels are currently in the purple pond, to strip the chrome and clean them up. I'll probably use Alclad II aluminum and Tamiya gloss black for the wheels. I cut up the seat that I have and have tweaked it to more look like what's in the pictures I've found. I'm hoping to try this as my first resin cast .... I did find that the "custom" steering wheel in the Revell Oldsmobile 442/FE3-X looks a whole like the steering wheel in the Marlboro Syclone. Not much update currently, you know "life". More to come soon, I hope ...

Crazy! I love it!

The more I look at the wheels, the more I realize they're not even close. I guess the same era, at least?

I know these not are the exact wheels used on the Marlboro Syclone, but I think with painted centers, it'll be close enough. I found these on eBay and hopefully they'll be here soon. At least to the casual observer, I hope, I can come close to these... Also, can anyone identify this seat? I found one in my spares, but I have no idea where it came from. I did buy a mixed lot of seats several years ago, and I guess it's from that; but I don't what kit this belongs to. I think I can get close to the seats used in the truck by starting with this. Problem is, I only have the one. Maybe it's finally time to learn how to cast resin copies? (Ignore the "line" at the front of the seat) Here's what I'm trying to replicate:

I'd use Tamiya Oxide Red or Tamiya Gray Primer, followed by the TS-40. But that's just me. I've felt that I've been more successful spraying over than primer than not. But, people have had great success with and without primer.

Nice work so far!

awesome, thank you!

That is incredible work!

Awesome! I love seeing these sorts of sponsors; and I really Texas Pete!

That is very nice!

Minor work, probably not worth reporting. I filled in the small cut outs that are on the kit's back window with strips of styrene. I think this will be visible from inside the cab once this is all done. ... And I'm trying a different approach to the roof. I had previously cut out the targa top, and I've glued one piece of styrene sheet in it's place, but this is attached just below the existing roofline. I'll then score this a few times and hopefully have the "T-top-frame-targa-roof" thing in place. I flipped the body of a Tamiya T-top 280ZX to trace the outline, but I need to refine it before I start trimming. I've reinforced this from the underside, too. Hopefully, I can blend this all together in some semblance of what it should look like. Artistic license, yeah, that's it. The frame you see below will be the frame for the back window. I think. Thanks for looking ...

I hope I can meet those expectations

I think I'm going to have to wing it a little on the wheels....

There's a stock Revell Beretta? I've seen the AMT version ...

Thank you, Robyn Martin! A great trade from my more southern neighbor.

We'll see where this goes; and I normally don't post in-progress pics of something that I feel may be a little out of my comfort zone. I'm going to attempt to Frankenstein parts from the remains of an early issue of the Revell GMC Syclone, parts from the Monogram S-10 "Waverider" that I picked up somewhere, and a few bits of styrene to build something similar to the Marlboro Syclones that were part of the 1992 "Marlboro Syclone” contest giveaway. I wasn't aware of these until trying to find Syclone pictures for yet another Syclone that I have planned. (can't have too many projects in the works, right?) To my knowledge, 10 of these were built from existing Syclones pulled from the assembly line and shipped to American Sunroof Corporation for the conversion work. For my build, I have no plans to add the Marlboro logos, but do plan to use the similar markings that were part of the 2010 issue of the Revell kit. According to what little I've read, the Marlboro Syclone featured the following changes: ASC converted the roof to a targa-style roof panel with mounts in the pick-up bed -> I've cut out the roof; I'm thinking about building a 'holder' for it for the bed, if I can find a picture online showing what this looked like. C.R. Laurence PowerLite slide-down rear window assembly -> I've started making a frame for this; obviously it won't really roll down here. Guidon hard tonneau cover -> I think I can fashion this from a part from the AMT S-10 Boyd Coddington “Cobra” wheels with Marlboro emblem center caps & Goodyear Eagle GS-C tires --> hmmm....? PPG Industries “Hot Licks” Red paint --> I'm going with Tamiya for this. White strobe stripes, windshield decal, & Marlboro emblems provided by Graphik Concepts -> decals in the 2010 release of the Revell Syclone have the strobe stripes. I don't care about the Marlboro logos (to each his own) Recaro leather seats with Simpson 5-Point racing harness --> Not sure how I'm going to do this? I think the seats in the old, and I guess rare, Testors/Fujimi Nissan MID4 kit seem to be close. Custom Momo “Evolution” steering wheel --> I need to source this. Sony sound system --> not sure it'll be noticeable. PROMPaq performance chip and Borla stainless steel exhaust --> I need to find pictures of this. Bell Tech suspension dropped 3 inches --> I plan to modify the "lowrider" suspension from the Revell 3-n-1 S-10 Lowrider So far, I've cut out the roof and added the crossmember that is prominent in some pictures of these trucks. I need to possible modify this to reflect what appears to be a interior/concave fillet at each end - very much like T-tops. This is the inspiration. Picture lifted from the International SyTy Registry: Interior pic nabbed from Road and Track:

Yeah. Nothing changes w/ the Cobra molds. And I tend to buy them, either Revell or AMT, when they're released. I'm still (not!) waiting for the Academy 1/24 Daytona kit, announced in ... 2012, I think. It even had a kit number assigned (15507). And ... nothing.

I think I have a stock part on the way. Thank you all. We now return to our regularly scheduled discussion ...

Quoting Casey from last decade, I realize. But -- and you all know this I am sure -- Casey is a super great guy to do any work with! He is an absolute asset to our community here and to our hobby in general.

Nice build. I've always liked these kits. The color looks great.

wow

I have the Custom Silverado and Waverider Boat, kit #85-7666 in my stash. Sadly, it only includes the custom grill and headlights. If I could get ahold of the stock front end treatment, I'd be pretty happy.

Cool! I'm not sure I've ever seen the "hard top" successfully used on this kit. Nice work.

Wow! What a difference your improvement makes to the overall appearance of the kit. Somebody call Round2 and tell them to look at Eric's work!