StanGlover Posted December 3, 2021 Author Posted December 3, 2021 Interior is complete! Just some simple hand paint, Molotow Chrome pen, and silver gel pen details. Plaid decals are from Scale Motorsport, sku# 1962. The description says they’re supposed to be clear decals with a pattern so your base color can show through, but these turned out to have an opaque white background. Not exactly the look I was going for but I think it looks good as is. The bottom of the steering wheel ends up touching the seat which doesn’t look great. I don’t remember it fitting this way before I took it apart… remember to test fit! The interior tub does seem to be too shallow compared to a 1:1 truck. Once the truck is assembled it won’t be very visible anyway, so I’m going to leave it. This model was missing a taillight lens when I started, so I had to come up with a fix. They didn’t mold in a reflector bucket, so I just filled in the lens peg holes before I painted the body. I’ve chromed the area with Molotow, and once that cures my plan is to paint several heavy layers of Tamiya clear red to make lenses and fill the space. It should look decent enough for a shelf model.
Bullybeef Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 I really dig the plaid. Exceptional work on the interior. 1
espo Posted December 3, 2021 Posted December 3, 2021 I have always wondered how those decals would look, and I like how it looks here. I like how you're doing your tail lights. You might think about trying to leave a small edge of the chrome showing around the red paint to represent the factory trim. The exterior color and the interior look very much like the OEM and the tops that GM offered from the factory were either in black or white. 1
BuilderX Posted December 4, 2021 Posted December 4, 2021 looking good both inside and out!! Love the K5 blazers. Had one when I was younger 79. 1
Spex84 Posted December 7, 2021 Posted December 7, 2021 Looking great so far! I like how the paint and interior upholstery turned out. 1
StanGlover Posted December 10, 2021 Author Posted December 10, 2021 I tried to get my woodie decals applied the other day, but unfortunately they didn’t work out. They refused to lay flat and contour around the wheel openings despite my using Micro Set. So off they came, and she’s a base trim Custom Deluxe now. ?♂️ My taillight treatment seems to have worked out however. Molotow chrome base with several coats of Tamiya Clear Red Acrylic. I’ll paint on the reverse lights once my second coat Pledge floor gloss cures. I still need to apply Molotow chrome on the emblems and handles, but then she’ll be ready for final assembly! Chassis is finished. Since it’s not very detailed, I simply picked out the drivetrain in flat aluminum and the exhaust in metallic gray. Next time you see this she’ll be posted Under Glass! Thanks for following along and sharing your comments! 1
Mike C. Posted December 10, 2021 Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) I would really love to see some company re-issue or better yet make a completely new mold in higher detail of the 2nd gen Blazer. Maybe 1/24. Revell could just tweak their shortbed kit. The earlier(73-74) the better. They could get a lot of variations on such a kit. The market is out there. These 1:1 s are getting crazy popular now. Have you seen how much these things are fetching at auctions these days ?. They are the new Hemi Cuda's ? . Edited December 10, 2021 by Mike C. 1
StanGlover Posted December 10, 2021 Author Posted December 10, 2021 I agree Mike, that would be nice! Although I’d prefer a later ‘80s square headlight version… to each their own! My parents’ 1:1 ‘86 K5 sadly ended up being sold to one of those “We tow your junk car, you get $200” type companies several years ago. I know that tow truck driver quietly signed the title into his personal name, no way he was going to let it end up in the junkyard. ? The body and frame were rust free but the paint, interior and drivetrain were shot. None of us had the time or space to fix it up at the time so it had to go, but I still miss it!
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