1992 GMC Typhoon (Scratch build Revell GMC Syclone)

[SkylineGTR34]

Hello everyone 👋😉

In addition to my Japanese pickups, I'm posting my first American entry, which is about an SUV called the GMC Typhoon. A sports SUV from the early 90s. I've been planning to build this model for a long time and already had a suitable kit on hand: the Revell GMC Syclone, in which the chassis and body are shortened to get as close to the original as possible.

Here's the kit box:

And thats what it should Look like in the end:

More about that later.

 

Best regards 👋😉 

Eugen S.

 

 

[iamsuperdan]

Awesome project!

Looking forward to the updates!

 

[SkylineGTR34]

10 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Awesome project!

Looking forward to the updates!

 

Good morning Dan, and welcome to my GMC Typhoon project 👋😉😎 Thank you very much. I'll be posting updates on the conversion project. Stay tuned for what's to come. See you then 👋😉

 

Best regards 👋

Eugen S.

Edited Friday at 12:00 AM by SkylineGTR34

[SkylineGTR34]

Good morning everyone 👋😉

 

Please don't be surprised, but I've already built the Syclone in Candy Lime Green with flame decals and gold rims. However, I wasn't entirely satisfied with it in the end, so I took it apart again and sanded off the old paint.

This is what my Syclone looked like before:

Afterwards, it looked like this, with Fujimi wheels for customization:

Primed and painted black:

 More updates later.

 

Best regards 👋 

Eugen S.

 

 

[FUSIONBOY]

I LOVED putting those together at the dealership!!!!  PDI included taking it to the gas station to put in 5 bucks and test drive.

There is also a Marlboro edition out there from a contest they did back in that time frame.

Looking very forward to this build!!!

[Keef]

6 hours ago, FUSIONBOY said:

I LOVED putting those together at the dealership!!!!  PDI included taking it to the gas station to put in 5 bucks and test drive.

There is also a Marlboro edition out there from a contest they did back in that time frame.

Looking very forward to this build!!!

 

[SkylineGTR34]

Good evening to you both, Rick and Keith 👋😉

 

Thank you for joining me on my project, and thanks for the pictures, Keith 😉😎

That's a great toy for the road, it really gave me a lot of power. Oh yes, the Marlboro Syclone also looks very nice in that red with the decals 😍 Revell also included the Marlboro decals so I could build this version. However, I'll have to saw off some of the roof and the pickup cover as well. I recently got a second Syclone kit from the first edition.

 

I also found another version of the Syclone here, which I'm planning to use for my next project:

Best regards 👋 

Eugen S.

[FUSIONBOY]

WOW!!!!! I had not Seen that Version of the Marlboro Truck! the one eye saw was white with red accents and Marlboro covers for the wheel centers. 

[SkylineGTR34]

Good evening everyone 👋😉

 

I recently received four S10 kits, or rather three of them. I bought the fourth Monogram Chevrolet S-10 myself. One of the two Waverider Chevy S-10s was already started by the previous owner but not quite finished, and it doesn't have any paint yet, which is a plus for me. I'll build that one as a Waverider, and I have something else planned for the other Waverider. But that's for the next project.

But now to the current project:
The renovation process begins:

That doesn't quite convince me, so I'll take everything apart and strip the paint:

 

It was a very long process, taking several hours. The fire wall was glued to the cabin:

The rear outer parts of the bed have already been shortened slightly, and the fuel cap has been sawed out:

More progress to follow later. See you then 👋😉

Best regards 👋
Eugen S.