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Merry Christmas - Waiting for family and the turkey I have always liked building models for other people. Even though my wife Peggy is in no way what you could call a “Car-Gal”, she really likes her 1989 Chevy S-10, which is mainly used to support her gardening hobby. For Christmas, I decided to build her a reasonable facsimile model of that truck. Because I did not have a stock S-10 kit, I started with the Revell GMC Cyclone kit and made a few changes like eliminating the turbocharger system and the front-drive components of the all-wheel-drive system. I also modified the grill, front bumper and spoiler as well as the rear bumper. The grill is actually modified from a ’55 Chevy. In side I installed a bench-seat upholstered with Scale Motorsports Mexican blanket decal. There are a couple of things that got done on the model that I still have to do on the real truck. On Peggy’s truck, the pickup bed really needs to be re-coated and there are a number of areas where the clear-coat needs to be re-sprayed. I used Scale Motorsport Faux-Fabric for the bed liner. This project probably would have been a good opportunity to learn weathering but time was of the essence as I did have a deadline of Christmas Eve. The paint is the closest Dupli-Color I could find and the red pinstripe is thin cut sign vinyl. The wheels are eighties Camaro which I think look pretty close to stock ’89 S-10 wheels.