Revell '65 Chevy Pickup and Hemi Hydro

[tahiti7]

A good friend that used to build gave my this kit some time ago. I just finished it today. The decals were badly yellowed so I didn't use them. I'll need to find some others. Built box stock except: 1. I added some styrene tubing over the metal trailer axle to make it a larger diameter, 2. added lights and licence plate to trailer, 3. added some weight to the front of the boat to prevent it from tipping the trailer back and off the hitch, 4. added plug wires to the engine, 5. added a gauge cluster decal from the parts bin, 6. added 1/16" wide chrome strip to the truck bed and 7. added a rear panel to the boat interior (which prevented me from orienting the "stuffing box tiller" correctly). Painted Tamiya Coral Green and Pure White. Thanks to Stu111 for tips on detailing the truck bed!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 10 by tahiti7
added pic

[bondo bill]

kool duo

[PappyD340]

Very nice builds!

[espo]

Beautiful paint finishes on both the pick-up and the boat. Like how you detailed the boat interior and engine. Wish we had more of these we could build. The pickup chassis detailing and engine look great as well. 

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[johnyrotten]

Beautiful trio. Awesome work with the woodgrain and details underneath. 

[stavanzer]

Laser Sharp Build.

Your clean finish, thoughtful detailing and Tu-Tone paint really make an outstanding pair.

 

Good Show.

[tahiti7]

Thank you everyone!

When pulling off the masking tape on the boat gunnels it pulled some of the green paint with it leaving a ragged edge. Gonna try to touch that up to make a cleaner edge.

 

[STU111]

G’day Steve, I’ve been waiting for you to post this on the forum. Mate, what an awesome looking combo, the details on both the Chev truck and the speedboat are amazing. I love the pickup bed, but I have to ask, what did you use for the polished steel bed strips? Are they foiled? The bed looks very befitting of an immaculate pickup. Top notch. 👍🏻

[Zippi]

That would be pretty kewl to drive to the lake Steve.  Nicely done.

[ncbuckeye67]

That's beautiful! Super clean build.

[tahiti7]

8 hours ago, STU111 said:

G’day Steve, I’ve been waiting for you to post this on the forum. Mate, what an awesome looking combo, the details on both the Chev truck and the speedboat are amazing. I love the pickup bed, but I have to ask, what did you use for the polished steel bed strips? Are they foiled? The bed looks very befitting of an immaculate pickup. Top notch. 👍🏻

G'day Stuart! Thanks....the bed strips are 1/16" wide chrome pinstriping. I have some 1/32" (1mm) wide chrome pinstriping also but I thought the 1/16" wide looked more to proper scale. It was my first time using a wash on the bed. Thanks again for your tips on using it!

[tahiti7]

7 hours ago, Zippi said:

That would be pretty kewl to drive to the lake Steve.  Nicely done.

Thanks Zippi!

6 hours ago, ncbuckeye67 said:

That's beautiful! Super clean build.

Thank you ncbuckeye!

[NOBLNG]

Awesome!😎👍

[slusher]

Outstanding build!