Gmc General brgb2023

[53gmc]

Heres my entry for the 2023 BRGB, a gmc general. Will mostly be box stock, may change out the wheels since im not a fan of the small 10x20 wheels.

[Pete68]

Any color ideas??? That’s the way I like to build them box stock with a little updates. 

Edited February 2, 2023 by Pete68

[53gmc]

1 hour ago, Pete68 said:

Any color ideas??? That’s the way I like to build them box stock with a little updates. 

Definitely not the coke version lol. I might do a blue and white two tone. I thought about ford Wimbledon white on the frame and i wanna change the wheels to the spoke style ones of the autocar kit since theyre bigger and would fill up that wheel well a little better

[Warren D]

Smokey and the Bandit pt 2?

[Pete68]

2 hours ago, 53gmc said:

Definitely not the coke version lol. I might do a blue and white two tone. I thought about ford Wimbledon white on the frame and i wanna change the wheels to the spoke style ones of the autocar kit since theyre bigger and would fill up that wheel well a little better

I had my heart set on you building the Coke lol. The white frame would look nice with a blue/white cab hood sleeper with the traditional GMC tri color stripes dividing it. Just a thought   Warren has a good idea too now that you can get that sleeper from Dave’s Models. 

[Warren D]

I  used 11x22's on my General wrecker.  I seem to prefer the larger wheels/tires, the 10x20's always seem to look too small.

[53gmc]

5 hours ago, Pete68 said:

I had my heart set on you building the Coke lol. The white frame would look nice with a blue/white cab hood sleeper with the traditional GMC tri color stripes dividing it. Just a thought   Warren has a good idea too now that you can get that sleeper from Dave’s Models. 

Haha nah im a pepsi guy myself, That might be a good option to look into.

[53gmc]

4 hours ago, Warren D said:

I  used 11x22's on my General wrecker.  I seem to prefer the larger wheels/tires, the 10x20's always seem to look too small.

Yeah they look kinda goofy to me on the big trucks, and the gmcs seem to have a big wheel opening in the hood to fill

[53gmc]

6 hours ago, Warren D said:

Smokey and the Bandit pt 2?

I was always more of a fan of the kenworth in the first one myself ha

[Warren D]

5 hours ago, 53gmc said:

I was always more of a fan of the kenworth in the first one myself ha

Agreed, but the paint on the General in part 2 is nice!

[53gmc]

Got started on this while im waiting for parts on my camaro project

[tbill]

Off to a good start, can’t wait to see what color scheme you decide on.

[53gmc]

3 hours ago, tbill said:

Off to a good start, can’t wait to see what color scheme you decide on.

I havent decided yet on the body, but the frame and wheels will be white like in the promotional pictures 

[53gmc]

Got the engine/transmission done, frame and wheels are almost ready

[Pete68]

11 hours ago, tbill said:

can’t wait to see what color scheme you decide on.

Me too. Nice start I haven’t built one of these since around 1998. I think I’m going to get one and try it again. The white frame and wheels will look nice 

Edited February 7, 2023 by Pete68

[53gmc]

1 hour ago, Pete68 said:

Me too. Nice start I haven’t built one of these since around 1998. I think I’m going to get one and try it again. The white frame and wheels will look nice 

This ones got a ton of warpage and flash. Im thinking of off-white, metallic tan, and either dark metallic green or red in a similar style to the truck i posted, starting with the lightest color and the bottom 

[Pete68]

All of those colors sounds good. Did you have any problems building the frame?  I like this one you posted 

[53gmc]

13 hours ago, Pete68 said:

All of those colors sounds good. Did you have any problems building the frame?  I like this one you posted 

The biggest problem i ran into so far is the front springs dont have the pins molded into them like the instructions show. So i had to use the shocks and steering parts to kind of guess

[Gary Chastain]

2 hours ago, 53gmc said:

The biggest problem i ran into so far is the front springs dont have the pins molded into them like the instructions show. So i had to use the shocks and steering parts to kind of guess

I had the same issues with this kit, tanks warped as well and the air bags where not the same length. I posted the in my WIP GMC General thread last year. 

[Pete68]

10 hours ago, 53gmc said:

The biggest problem i ran into so far is the front springs dont have the pins molded into them like the instructions show. So i had to use the shocks and steering parts to kind of guess

Thanks. It’s so long since I built this kit I can’t remember my trouble with this kit seems like it was the sleeper lining up with the cab 

[Pete68]

8 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

I had the same issues with this kit, tanks warped as well and the air bags where not the same length. I posted the in my WIP GMC General thread last year. 

I’ll go take a look 

[53gmc]

Got the wheels and tires done. Frames built, just needs paint

[gotnitro?]

Paint looks good  ! White is soooo challenging to get even coverage, but will be beautiful on your General

[53gmc]

8 hours ago, gotnitro? said:

Paint looks good  ! White is soooo challenging to get even coverage, but will be beautiful on your General

Yeah it was definitely a challenge to get good coverage.  Thank you!

[53gmc]

Frames done, starting on the body. The hood and sleeper were pretty warped so its been a struggle. Thinking of running these straight pipes on this rig