amt AMT 1960 Chevy Pickup “KBCC Garage Go-Kart Hauler”

KbccGarage · June 29, 2024

I decided to build the AMT 1960 Chevy Apache 100 pick up truck. I have this truck in the stash for quite some time, and I knew I definitely wanted to do a engine swap. I was not sure what engine I was going to put in it at the time.
I wanted to lower the truck so I added Iceman Collections suspension parts. See the pictures below for my progress on this work in progress. Feel free to let me know what you think.

The the build of the kit is on my YouTube channel, KBCC garage This is the kit we started with. It’s been in my collection for a few years now I believe. Iceman collections LSX power plant. It’s pretty good. I really dig it. Miscellaneous suspension and brake parts from iceman collections Mocking up the LSX in the frame. Drilling a hole in the center for the shifter to go through. Marking up the rear suspension. The center section is from Iceman collections, the trailing arms are the kit parts and the wheels and tires are MCV Products. Here is the underside with all of the iceman collections parts mocked up. Here you see MCV Products weld Venturas. I really dig these wheels.. first markup on the wheels painted several parts together with a little paint . I really really dig these wheels. They look nice in a two-tone color. The centers are Tamiya gunmetal and the lips are model, master metalizer aluminum. DupliColor saddle tan over black primer. I also use a mix of tans and brown for the seat cushion. All decals were designed by my wife at DawnSmithArt.

Finally, we have color. I went with a two tone. The main body is metallic light blue by DupliColor. Believe it or not I have had this scan of light blue paint since 1999 and I have painted at least five models with this same can.

I really like how the recessed white paint went into the tailgate. This is all acrylic paint for the Chevrolet emblem.

Using acrylic mixes of browns and light, browns and tans I created woodgrain in the bed.
Molotow chrome on the areas between the wood. Probably needs a little cleanup, but I will get to it. No worries. ?
Here we see the exhaust headers I have painted them in model master aluminum metalizer I tried to replicate a little bit of the heat soak into the headers. Turned out OK ??

Iceman collections LSX all painted up, but there are more details needed. The two tone dashboard with white gauge face. The dash is painted the body color to match the body.