jcbigpaw Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 So I finished a whopping 1 kit in 2021 and it was one I started in 2020. Sad. So my cure is to dive head first into a major slice and dice custom build which I need to have done in time for the West Coast Kustoms show in May. No pressure right? I will be using a couple AMT 50 Chevy truck kits and various other items to recreate the Rod & Custom Dream Truck. I have collected lots of pics and magazines from back in the day that show how it was built so I will probably follow that path for the most part. Why redo the work if someone else has already figured out the best way to do it? I’ll post some pics as soon as I start cutting. ☹️👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdrag1 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 One of my Favorite custom trucks, This will be a fun build to follow ! Good luck on the build !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Look forward to following along with the build. Seriously cool custom truck. I remember Mark Gustavson's version he was building, but I dont recall if he finished it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 i love that truck, even more with the first bed it had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Great project, definitely worth doing. And building it along the lines of the real one is always smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon wagon Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I think RMR resin is doing this truck I know Ray parsons did one and Ron got all his Masters e mail him and ask rmrmodels@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbigpaw Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Cool Hand said: Look forward to following along with the build. Seriously cool custom truck. I remember Mark Gustavson's version he was building, but I dont recall if he finished it or not. I don’t remember seeing Marks truck. I thought you were referring to the one featured in Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine but that was Bob Barnett Edited January 4, 2022 by jcbigpaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Great project and I look forward to following your progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbigpaw Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 5 hours ago, chris chabre said: i love that truck, even more with the first bed it had With primer or paint? I liked the primer better than the gold that came after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I like both the primer and the lavender/purple paint versions before it got redone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell C Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Cool Hand said: ... I remember Mark Gustavson's version he was building, but I dont recall if he finished it or not. Wasn't finished the last time I saw its progress at GSL. Here's two bits of the whole project, the first is Mark's video seminar on it with no less than Spencer Murray himself also offering commentary, and the second is the PDF file to Mark's big book, in which chapter 7 shows quite a bit of his fabrication work on the truck, PDF pages 41 - 73. Photos of the 1:1 truck are on page 23, and there's much more on the project in Chapter 10 starting on page 102. It's all at the other end of model building that involves very few kit parts, but details can be gleaned from it for a plastic kitbash. https://archive.org/details/gsl-xviii-dream-truck-gustavson-murray http://www.gslchampionship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HowToBuildChampionshipScaleVehicles.pdf Edited January 4, 2022 by Russell C page # typos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbigpaw Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 10 minutes ago, Russell C said: Wasn't finished the last time I saw its progress at GSL. Here's two bits of the whole project, the first is Mark's video seminar on it with no less than Spencer Murray himself also offering commentary, and the second is the PDF file to Mark's big book, in which chapter 7 shows quite a bit of his fabrication work on the truck, PDF pages 43 - 53. Photos of the 1:1 truck are on page 23, and there's much more on the project in Chapter 10 starting on page 91. It's all at the other end of model building that involves very few kit parts, but details can be gleaned from it for a plastic kitbash. https://archive.org/details/gsl-xviii-dream-truck-gustavson-murray http://www.gslchampionship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HowToBuildChampionshipScaleVehicles.pdf Awesome. Thank you for the links. 😎👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbigpaw Posted January 4, 2022 Author Share Posted January 4, 2022 30 minutes ago, Russell C said: Wasn't finished the last time I saw its progress at GSL. Here's two bits of the whole project, the first is Mark's video seminar on it with no less than Spencer Murray himself also offering commentary, and the second is the PDF file to Mark's big book, in which chapter 7 shows quite a bit of his fabrication work on the truck, PDF pages 41 - 73. Photos of the 1:1 truck are on page 23, and there's much more on the project in Chapter 10 starting on page 102. It's all at the other end of model building that involves very few kit parts, but details can be gleaned from it for a plastic kitbash. https://archive.org/details/gsl-xviii-dream-truck-gustavson-murray http://www.gslchampionship.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HowToBuildChampionshipScaleVehicles.pdf Having read through that material now I note that Mark was making a "Modern Dream Truck" or as it got dubbed Dream Truck 2. Theres an appendix at the very end which contains an article showing the completed model as Mark critiques it. It was very similar to the R&C Dream Truck but not a replica. Still many good details and techniques included. Marks skills are way beyond me so I'll stick to the plastic. Lol Thanks again for the links. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spex84 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 Now that's an ambitious project! I'm going to enjoy watching this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 That's going to be a nice looking ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geemoney Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Spencer Murray! GO!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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