1978 Dodge pickup

[asfastasu]

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.

[Zippi]

What a super clean looking build.  Very nice detail work.  With the right back drop it could pass for a 1:1.

[oldscool]

Holy Moly! That is outstanding!

[Can-Con]

Great looking pickup.

[Classicgas]

Stunning!  Thought it was 1/1 for a minute. 

[asfastasu]

Thanks!! I see I also forgot to add the master cylinder, D'oh!! Oh well? That's what happens when you rush.

[Classicgas]

Lol. Did that with my 29 Ford. Took pics to send to friends,  forgot to put on the exhaust tips.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[thatz4u]

very nice, looks real, well done

[iamsuperdan]

Great looking truck!
 

[espo]

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]

Excellent build. Great color choice!

Just remember, don't mix radials and bias-ply tires.

[kelson]

A real beauty!!?

[asfastasu]

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?

[asfastasu]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

[Tom Geiger]

Looks great! Color scheme is very typical of the era.

[Captain Spaulding]

Great job on the pickup, really like the color scheme.

[larman]

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]

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!

[slusher]

Absolutely stunning!

[FLHCAHZ]

Really nice build.  Looks great with the colors

[81Jaybird]

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!!

[PappyD340]

Super nice Dodge!

[carrucha]

Cool Dodge pickup.  I like the color combo.

[Bills72sj]

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.