Pre-war heavy Chevy...

[64Comet404]

Does anyone make a resin body for a late 1930's-mid 1940's Chevrolet truck. I would like to convert an Emhar Bedford into a North American-spec truck, but don't feel like modifying a styrene cab.

TIA.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Hows 'bout a '38 GMC COE?

   

https://www.ebay.com/itm/201447605799?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3D5ad9d2cb15b7458c96b15c878c8d55b5%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D201447605799%26itm%3D201447605799%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2351460&_trksid=p2351460.c100667.m2042

Edited November 24, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[64Comet404]

On 11/23/2023 at 8:03 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Hows 'bout a '38 GMC COE?

   

https://www.ebay.com/itm/201447605799?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3D5ad9d2cb15b7458c96b15c878c8d55b5%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D201447605799%26itm%3D201447605799%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2351460&_trksid=p2351460.c100667.m2042

Hmmmm...

Definitely an interesting selection. I'll have to check those out at the next show! 

[Brian Austin]

That resin cab looks nice.

 

FWIW, here's what a typical frame of the period looks like. 

https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1942_47/4247csm204.htm

 

More info:

https://vccachat.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/125810/old-online-chevy-manuals-links-update-1946-48.html

[stitchdup]

theres a 41 coe box van available on cults and maybe a few others. ignore any by louis dioramas as they are tiny and dont scale up.

[TECHMAN]

Jimmy Flintstone does the 1938 GMC cab, # NB303 which is now on sale for $12      His castings are traditionally a "little thick", and I'm told by a good friend of his, that the reason is so that they do not warp when left setting on a shelf, waiting to be built, for super long periods of time.   I've built several different things using his bodies, and have NEVER had one that was warped,  the usual plan of action tho, is to take a barrel sanding disc and "remove" a bunch of the excess from the inside of the piece.  Small price to pay for some really decent resin bodies that are affordable.

DJ

Edited January 20, 2024 by TECHMAN
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[stitchdup]

54 minutes ago, TECHMAN said:

  the usual plan of action tho, is to take a barrel sanding disc and "remove" a bunch of the excess from the inside of the piece.  Small price to pay for some really decent resin bodies that are affordable

DJ

save yourself a load of time and look for dremel tool #115, much faster than the sanding drum (its a router bit) and then use the drum sander toclean it up

[Fat Brian]

I've got the Flintstone part, it's not egregiously thick. I'll probably just stick a few door panel details to the inside and call it good. 

[TECHMAN]

On 1/20/2024 at 6:07 AM, stitchdup said:

save yourself a load of time and look for dremel tool #115, much faster than the sanding drum (its a router bit) and then use the drum sander toclean it up

The 1 1/2 inch drum on the Makita tool I use is built for cleaning the lifter valley on full size (REAL) engines...   Would be like putting the dremel tool (which I have a pretty full array of) on a truckload of steriods.  And, if I was using the little dremel made sanding drums, would take half of forever to cut away any excessive resin.   And I love the little router bits, I have one that "lives" in one of my cordless dremel tools, will do a 100 times the work of those sanding drums....    ?

DJ

 

Edited January 22, 2024 by TECHMAN
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