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The Saturday Evening Post is another good source for those ads as well, plus they tend to be a much larger size that National Geographic.

I beleive it's just a marketing thing. According to X-Actos website, they are still owned by Elmers (the glue company). I've heard similar reports over on Spotlight, however the guys there have been seing them in Revell packaging rather than Testors.

Cool build. I'm hung up wiht body work on the Dust Devil. Trying to get a good base to lay down the topcoat. Kind of hard to get time to do it right, between the cold and all the other projects I've got going . You have inspired me to get out my 3800 Napco truck and start working on it again. I'm going a different route, as I'm modifying the chassis to match the original.

Nice.

I agree with doing the 4x4 setup, too. Howeverm the setup from the '84 GMC (exept for the incorrect for '84 NP203 T-case) would be much better. The axles are far more prototype accurate than the ones in the Blazer.

Same here. It also depends on what type of stripe is being used, like say a musclecar stripe package vs a custom vehicle.

Yes. The alxes are bit undersized, they have a very similar appearance to the axles in the AMT '72 Blazer. The lower engine/trans/transfer case/exhaust is molded to the chassis, there is no opening hood or upper engine detail. The interior isn't bad, though there is a bit of a fitment issue. The chassis has a few fitment issues, too. The body is actually not too bad, and would make an exellent start to build a custom 4x4 from. If you can get ahold of the AMT '84 GMC, the chassis/engine/dirveline can be used under that body to make a full detail kit. The chassis will have to be shortened, or you could modify the existing snapper chassis to take the glue kit parts.

I have that kit. It is 1/25. Here's few pics. this one shows it in comparison to an MPC '77 Chevy 4x4, which is the kit that the later MPC 4x4 Chevy and GMC pickups were derived from. Notice how close they are. Here's a side veiw shot, showing the wheelbase difference. The K5 Blazer is a 106" wheelbase, the K10 Pickup is 117". One last shot. This one shows the Amt Blazer in comparison to the Monogram 1/24 scale Blazer "Mad Mudder" kit. The wheelbase on the Monogram is almost the same as the 1/25 scale MPC pickup.

Great tip. I had come up with a similar idea as well. I went to Brothers and Classic Parts fo America (formerly Chevy Duty) myself, as I felt their catalog layout was easier to use to get individual images. In addition to the fender badges, they also have lots of good images of dash gauges for the older trucks, as well as glovebox trim, like the woodgrain used on the early Cheyenne trucks '69-'72. It's also handy if you want to make a 3/4 or 1 ton truck, as the proper badging can be found there as well. Don't forget to check out the underhood decals, too!

I have a Fujimi GT-R with engine, and it does in fact have said engine in the box. I only paid $14 for mine. Mine is kit #37943.

2nd on lowering the pressure.

You'll also need the X member from the '55 convertible a well.

The Tahoe package was available on both the S10 Pickup and the Blazer, 2 and 4 wheel drive. It was basically the same as the Silverado package on the full size Truck, Blazer, and Suburban. There as also a Durango package that equated to the Scottsdale on the full size. I'm very familiar with them, my family has owned this one since it was new. It does have the Tahoe package, as well as the Off Road package.

Shouldn't be too difficult to replicate that setup. I would suggest researching Marmon-Herrington 4x4 conversions. They were the ones that manufactured the original conversion kit. I recall that truck from Vintage Truck a few years ago, it has an M-H conversion.

Must be a Canadian variant, as the US spec W/T only came with the 4.3 V6 and base 1/2 tons suspension. They didn't even come with the regular Cheyenne grille, only the low end black plastic one.

I admit, I misunderstood your original post a bit. Namely the modify part. It's just that I've seen it so many times where a builder, while the intentions were good, simply plopped a 1/2 ton pickup cab on a heavier truck chassis without doing any of the corrections.

If you look, the fenders are not the same as a pickup. The openings are much larger and are also flared. There's also differences in the grille opening and shape. I should also note, most of my comments are directed at '50s trucks. On a side note, that cab is available from Modelhaus as a Chevrolet, '64-'66.

I would go with the Dana. It's a little small, but the basic shape can be passed off as a Spicer 70, which would be more like what you would find under a pulling truck.

Update on the Dust Devil. Here's the chassis mockup. I've swapped the intake out for a 4bbl, as the kit intake is an incorrect 2bbl. Full time 4x4 trucks used 4bbl carbs. I am using an incorrect manifolt, as it is the one from the AMT '66 Nova (I think, came out of the parts box) and it is going to have a Holley carb, but since it is a custom truck, I don't think it's out of place. This is a mockup with the cab and interior in place. There's still some primer work that needs done, and I need to work out some issues with the fender badges. Seems the primer I used wantes to bury them. I've also got a couple of side projects I'm working on with it. Model King '72 Blazer. Still in the planning stages, it is getting an engine swap to the 350/350 combo from the '84 GMC, I wanted an automatic in it. I added the t-case adapter from a junk parts box trans to adapt the kit t-case. '68 and '69 MPC Chevies. Both were aquired through Joe Chernauskas as builtups. The blue '68 was a very nasty gluebomb, with an incorrect engine (the 427 form the IMC '48 Ford) 3 mags of unknown origin, and 1 Hurst mag. It had ben built as a tow truck, and didn't come with any of the stock parts. I'm converting it into a C30 with a corrected wheelbase and chassis. The grille was redone with Alclad. The '69 was built as the firetruck, but did come with the original box and all the unused parts, including an untouched pair of bedsides and tailgate. It's getting converted into a K20, using the chassis from the '84 GMC. The rear axle will be getting replaced with a more accurate one, which is in the next pic. This is the axle I'm working on. When it's done, and cast, it will be an Eaton HO 52/72, which was used in most Chevrolet and some GMC 3/4 and 1 ton trucks from '47-'72. It's based on an axle from a Quadzilla kit, with the 3rd memeber replaced with one that is partly a casting from a Jada diecast '53 Chevy tow truck, and partly hand fabricated. Once done, I will be popping a mold and casting it. Got 4 projects requiring 5 of these axles; the 2 trucks pictured above, a '72 Camper Special (which could also use a Spicer 60), and a '57 Chevy 3800 Napco 4x4, which needs 2 of them. Thanks for looking.

That's not really accurate. While most truck companies did indeed use the same basic cab for their larger trucks, the doghouses were never truly the the same. Most tiem, at least the fenders were wider, and in many cases the hood and fenders were physically longer than their light truck counterparts. It should also be kept in mind that not all light truck manufacturers made trucks in that weight range. Take Chevrolet for example. Chevy did not offer a truck over 2 ton until '56, and even then that truck was only a 2.5 ton w/tandem axles. GMC did offer a truck in that range, but as mentioned, the doghouse was nothing like the lighter trucks, and in the case of the larger trucks, the cab was different, too.

Slick!

Looking good Terry!

You do still have to take the same precautions as you would with spray cans. You still have both paint solids and vapors getting airborne, though it is less to an extent. I do my painting in a garage/workshop that's separate from the house, so it isn't an issue for me. Here's a bit of inspiration from my wip stash.

1955 Chevy 3204 long bed 1/2 ton.