1/48 Revell Pickup Truck

[gbritnell]

Awhile back I posted a thread on the conversion work I did on one of the old Revell 1/48 pickup trucks. Here's another one that I did. This one has the frame area modified with the cast in exhaust removed, a new driveshaft made, the engine compartment modified and firewall filled. I cut the rear wheel/tires in half and added a filler piece to widen them. The centers were machined out and aluminum baby moons and beauty rings were machined and polished. The fronts were then turned a little and a new tie rod was made. I cut the passenger door open and added door panels and interior detail. A buck was made for the windshield and a windshield was made out of sheet plastic along with the side and rear windows. The original never had any. I discarded the original basic Y block engine and made a new 302 Ford for it. The air filter was turned out of aluminum and polished. A complete dual exhaust was made. In the rear end a bumper was made and a duplicate tail light created. The finish is Boyd's blue with Bare Metal foil added for all the shiny parts. The wood strips in the bed were masked and hand painted with an added wood grain texture.

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[James2]

This looks really nice! Why not put a quarter next to it and post a pic?

[Raul_Perez]

Very nice mods, especially on something so small!!

The whole build looks very clean!!

Thanks for sharing,

[Don B]

Very nice and Very clean build. Looks great.

[gbritnell]

Thanks for looking and commenting. I don't have a shot with a quarter but I have one with it next to a 1/25 Ford pickup for a size comparison.

gbritnell

[bigphoto]

Very Cool, I am currently working on this kit I will have to take some pics and post them on the workbench.

Also how did you make the SBF?

[James2]

That is nice!