asfastasu Posted August 22, 2021 Posted August 22, 2021 Finally pulled this one off of the shelf of doom and finished it up about half an hour ago! I guess a rainy weekend was the motivation I needed. I say finished but I really mean done for now?. Still need a source for mirrors and add an exhaust. Used the engine from the Revell GTS Dart to represent a 400 big block truck. I mixed up Tamiya acrylics for Mopar engine blue, but for whatever reason, its showing a lot darker than it really is ( I guess my lack of picture taking ability is showing through). The body was sprayed with Tamiya AS-9 RAF Dark Green and the white is Tamiyas primer cleared with ts13. The box is a resin piece I bought off eBay about 10 years ago. The rest of the kit is Little Red Express. I think the tailgate represents an earlier truck(72-76?) but it was all I had at the time I started building this five years ago. The bumpers grill, and rims were stripped of their kit chrome and sprayed using Alcad chrome. I added the upper chrome piece and the lower trim to represent an SE? trim package. I added the drip tray/ trim as the kit one was barely visible, l also should of bmf'd it as well. I also drilled out the molded in headlights and added some parts bin pieces. Comments, criticism welcomed. 10
Zippi Posted August 22, 2021 Posted August 22, 2021 What a super clean looking build. Very nice detail work. With the right back drop it could pass for a 1:1.
asfastasu Posted August 23, 2021 Author Posted August 23, 2021 Thanks!! I see I also forgot to add the master cylinder, D'oh!! Oh well? That's what happens when you rush.
Classicgas Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 Lol. Did that with my 29 Ford. Took pics to send to friends, forgot to put on the exhaust tips.
espo Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 Great looking OEM style build. The paint looks like something that Dodge would have offered and the finish looks real smooth. Nice clean chrome trim.
Oldcarfan27 Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 Excellent build. Great color choice! Just remember, don't mix radials and bias-ply tires.
asfastasu Posted August 23, 2021 Author Posted August 23, 2021 40 minutes ago, Oldcarfan27 said: Excellent build. Great color choice! Just remember, don't mix radials and bias-ply tires Lol. Good eyes. Was wondering if anyone would notice. I lost one tire, it'll pop up in a month or so......right?
Tom Geiger Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 Looks great! Color scheme is very typical of the era.
Captain Spaulding Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 Great job on the pickup, really like the color scheme.
larman Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 Really nice job! We had a '78 Short bed Adventurer, my dad bought it new. I would love to find a resin short bed so I could build a model of it.
Watertown Posted August 23, 2021 Posted August 23, 2021 Super clean build with tremendous attention to detail. With some clever outdoor photography, no one would be able to distinguish this from the real thing. Well done!
81Jaybird Posted August 25, 2021 Posted August 25, 2021 That is very cool. I love the color combo. What a clean looking build. Wish there were more Dodges in that condition driving around. Nice job!!
Bills72sj Posted August 29, 2021 Posted August 29, 2021 I love it! It turned out great! I would love to build an 84 standard cab long bed like I had when I worked for Omaha Ice Co.
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