AMT/ Model King 1972 Blazer

[DJMar]

Here's another one that I found in the box while looking for tires for another project. It's the Model King version, circa 2006. At some point in the past, the body & interior were painted, then stripped.

I mocked it up (taped it together) with some of the parts I found in the box with it, things I had built probably 15+ years ago. The front bumper is Evergreen tube, the interior has a front bench seat made from balsa wood (!), and there's a A-pillar mounted spotlight from the Revell Caprice kit. It's up on the stock suspension with kit tires, with wheels from the AMT Ford Courier kit. I think it sits too high, so it either needs a little lowering or bigger tires.

I think I was planning on doing some sort of fire/rescue vehicle back then, since lower body trim is sanded off. Who knows what direction it will go now.

I think I might want to replace the grille with the Iceman piece for the '69/70 Chevy & GMC trucks.

I also had this set of resin Chevy/GMC 4x4 rally wheels, which scale out to be about 18". I'm not sure if I like the look.

 

[NOBLNG]

Nice mockup DJ. If this kit is the same as the Crew Chief kit, it has some out of scale issues with the engine, differentials and a few other parts. I like the look of the larger tires.

[DJMar]

2 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Nice mockup DJ. If this kit is the same as the Crew Chief kit, it has some out of scale issues with the engine, differentials and a few other parts. I like the look of the larger tires.

I'm pretty sure the Model King release and the more current (2015?) Crew Chief reissue are the same basic kit. IIRC, AMT also released the kit under the Boondocker and Bandit names in the late 70s-early 80s, and I'm pretty sure there was a 1969 version released sometime in the 90s.

It's not a great kit, but I certainly like the look of it mocked up, height issues aside.