bobss396 Posted February 14, 2024 Posted February 14, 2024 Nice work! I just picked one up, plans are to do a wheel-lift type of wrecker out of it. I have had Duplicolor paint issues as of late too. I have been picking up cans of Mopar touch up paints on eBay, with much better results.
slusher Posted February 15, 2024 Posted February 15, 2024 Paint looks great and i may use it in the future to build a replica of my lat nephew’s truck..
av405 Posted February 17, 2024 Author Posted February 17, 2024 On 2/14/2024 at 5:14 AM, bobss396 said: Nice work! I just picked one up, plans are to do a wheel-lift type of wrecker out of it. I have had Duplicolor paint issues as of late too. I have been picking up cans of Mopar touch up paints on eBay, with much better results. Thanks! Do you have a link for the mopar paints? Is it spray paint? On 2/14/2024 at 9:34 PM, slusher said: Paint looks great and i may use it in the future to build a replica of my lat nephew’s truck.. Thanks Carl! I got just the color shade I wanted.
bobss396 Posted February 18, 2024 Posted February 18, 2024 Mopar touch-up paints on eBay, you can sort it by spray paint. I also select free shipping as a filter. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2332490.m570.l1312&_nkw=mopar+touch+up+spray+paint&_sacat=0
av405 Posted February 19, 2024 Author Posted February 19, 2024 12 hours ago, bobss396 said: Mopar touch-up paints on eBay, you can sort it by spray paint. I also select free shipping as a filter. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2332490.m570.l1312&_nkw=mopar+touch+up+spray+paint&_sacat=0 Does it lay on thin?
bobss396 Posted February 19, 2024 Posted February 19, 2024 28 minutes ago, av405 said: Does it lay on thin? I would say so. I warm it up first. I like it over duplicolor. 1
av405 Posted March 20, 2024 Author Posted March 20, 2024 It's been a while since I've posted an update. Long story short, I laid the clear on too thick during my initial paint session so I had to strip and repaint. I only had enough clear left to do the hood and tailgate. Once I get more, I will finish clearing the rest of the body. This picture really shows the difference between the Tamiya Dull Red uncleared and cleared. 2
bobss396 Posted March 30, 2024 Posted March 30, 2024 The TS-33 Dull Red is great. I just used some on an AWB Chevy II and cleared it with a Hobby Lobby matte clear. I bet that Tamiya TS-65 clear pearl would look great over it. 1
av405 Posted March 30, 2024 Author Posted March 30, 2024 On 3/28/2024 at 4:24 PM, DaveB said: Awesome work on this! Thank you! 5 hours ago, bobss396 said: The TS-33 Dull Red is great. I just used some on an AWB Chevy II and cleared it with a Hobby Lobby matte clear. I bet that Tamiya TS-65 clear pearl would look great over it. I originally purchased TS-33 to do a red interior on a future OBS project. I ended up buying more because of how versatile it is, especially depending on what clear you use. 2
bobss396 Posted March 31, 2024 Posted March 31, 2024 18 hours ago, av405 said: Thank you! I originally purchased TS-33 to do a red interior on a future OBS project. I ended up buying more because of how versatile it is, especially depending on what clear you use. Tamiya had a red primer I was considering. I made up a couple of samples and eyeballed them before opting for the Dull Red. 1
av405 Posted April 5, 2024 Author Posted April 5, 2024 (edited) Here she is all wet sanded and polished. I wet sanded with 4000, 6000, 8000, 10000, and 12000 grit pads. I then buffed it out with Meguiars Scratch X, Ultimate Compound, and Ultimate Polish. I'm still working on my polishing skills, but I figured the truck finish looks shiny but not perfect, just like on a real truck. I still have some detail painting to do on the cab, but the bed is just about done. Unfortunately, the rear bumper had a small chip on the otherwise great chrome finish. Not huge by any means, but enough to bother me: I decided this would be a great time to use this Gofer Racing bumper sticker decal set that I have: I went with something appropriate for the 90's and that still fits my overall theme: Edited April 5, 2024 by av405 1
bobss396 Posted April 11, 2024 Posted April 11, 2024 I like it a lot. I'm still not sure what I'm doing with mine. I have a later wrecker bed I got on eBay, but the quality is not there. I could go ramp truck with it. The paint on yours looks amazing.
av405 Posted April 12, 2024 Author Posted April 12, 2024 13 hours ago, bobss396 said: I like it a lot. I'm still not sure what I'm doing with mine. I have a later wrecker bed I got on eBay, but the quality is not there. I could go ramp truck with it. The paint on yours looks amazing. Thanks! Ramp truck sounds good. I don't think I've seen someone make a model of one out of this particular truck.
Pierre_tec Posted April 22, 2024 Posted April 22, 2024 Love the finish, look very close to oem. A that rear bumper look so nice, that now I will not finish mine with out some bumper stickers!
av405 Posted April 22, 2024 Author Posted April 22, 2024 5 hours ago, Pierre_tec said: Love the finish, look very close to oem. A that rear bumper look so nice, that now I will not finish mine with out some bumper stickers! Thanks! It's very common to see these old trucks with some kind of bumper and/or rear window sticker.
av405 Posted April 22, 2024 Author Posted April 22, 2024 8 hours ago, ChrisR said: Looks great! 5 hours ago, dino246gt said: Fantastic build, looks about perfect to me! 4 hours ago, slusher said: beautiful Chevy daulie! Thanks!
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