1992 Chevy Silverado Sport

[DJMar]

Nice choice on the mirrors. The original AMT kits did include this style of the stock mirror, but the R2 reissue does not, unfortunately. Good to know they're available for 3D printing.

1 hour ago, av405 said:

I painted the headlight turn signals with Tamiya Clear Orange and foiled the backside of the top headlight housing to give the headlights what I believe is a more accurate look. I've always believed that there are some subtle differences between the top and bottom stack of lights on this generation of trucks. The foil method isn't perfect and maybe I regret doing it now, but at least it gives both stacks some contrast.

Re: the grille. There is a difference between the two stacks. The upper lens is the headlights, with the high/low beams mounted next to each other, while the lower lens covers the parking/running/signal lights, which are amber bulbs behind the clear covers. The lens pattern is different between the two, and it's especially noticeable close up. This is an area where the grille in the original AMT kit is more accurate, as the engraving has a different pattern for each set of lenses. It's subtle, but it's there. The "new & improved" grille in the R2 reboot misses the mark, giving you the exact same lens covers for both sets of lights.

IMHO, your solution for this works just fine.

For reference, here's 2 examples from the 1991 Chevy truck brochure:

 

[av405]

23 hours ago, obs.caleb said:

If you have them would you be willing to sell the black z71 decals from that sheet?

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[av405]

23 hours ago, DJMar said:

Nice choice on the mirrors. The original AMT kits did include this style of the stock mirror, but the R2 reissue does not, unfortunately. Good to know they're available for 3D printing.

Re: the grille. There is a difference between the two stacks. The upper lens is the headlights, with the high/low beams mounted next to each other, while the lower lens covers the parking/running/signal lights, which are amber bulbs behind the clear covers. The lens pattern is different between the two, and it's especially noticeable close up. This is an area where the grille in the original AMT kit is more accurate, as the engraving has a different pattern for each set of lenses. It's subtle, but it's there. The "new & improved" grille in the R2 reboot misses the mark, giving you the exact same lens covers for both sets of lights.

IMHO, your solution for this works just fine.

For reference, here's 2 examples from the 1991 Chevy truck brochure:

 

 

 

Thanks. I actually like the 3D printed design more as the mount is separate and more clearly discernible. The kit mounts kind of join up against the mirrors, making more of one solid piece. But I can understand this as it was probably meant to make the piece more structurally sound. The 3D printed mirrors are flimsy and the mounts can definitely be snapped off if not handled with care. 

You described the headlight differences much better than I could have. I did the exact same thing on my 1996 C-3500 build, but I think the effect looks better on that truck than on this one. The clear lenses on the C-3500 kit have a vertical line running down the middle and for some reason, the BMF looks less subdued on those lenses than on this kit's version:

[av405]

A couple of different updates for this month:

I recently bought the full box of AK Interactive Real Paint Acrylic Paint Markers. This was after I bought a single pen from that line to test out and absolutely loving it. I used RAL-8012 Rotbraun-Red Brown to give the seats some additional detail. I had to give the seats two passes for even coverage. Even though the center fabric looks lighter than it would in real life, I do like that the seats now have some contrast.

As you may remember from a few posts ago, I painted the hood with Tamiya Bright Red first as a proof of concept. When I painted the hood, I left a dimple in the plastic on the top driver's side corner. I was lazy at the time, but I regretted not dealing with it. I filled the dimple with Tamiya putty and then sanded the whole hood down for an even surface:

I then blended the area in with Tamiya pink primer and re-sanded the hood with 1000 grit:

Yesterday, I finally got a chance to paint the body and bumpers. I followed my usual routine of 3 increasingly heavier passes of Tamiya paint at 10 minute intervals followed up by Mr. Super Clear UV Cut. Again, all 6 passes of paint and clear were done concurrently at 10 minute intervals. 

Unfortunately I had some bubbles on the bed, so I will sand those down in a week and repaint them. 

 

 

Edited June 17 by av405
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[bandit1]

Cant wait to see this done... cool little project

[av405]

On 6/24/2025 at 1:29 PM, bandit1 said:

Cant wait to see this done... cool little project

Thank you, Sean.

[slusher]

Love the interior and color and the body color is very sharp also!

[FoMoCo66]

Those bubbles are just rust bubbles right? If so nice job replicating that . Anyway, nice job!

[av405]

On 6/28/2025 at 9:12 PM, slusher said:

Love the interior and color and the body color is very sharp also!

Thanks, Carl.

On 6/30/2025 at 1:55 PM, FoMoCo66 said:

Those bubbles are just rust bubbles right? If so nice job replicating that . Anyway, nice job!

Ha! Good point. Thank you.