1992 GMC Typhoon (Scratch build Revell GMC Syclone)

SkylineGTR34 · September 4

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 · September 4

Awesome project!

Looking forward to the updates!

SkylineGTR34 · September 4

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 September 5 by SkylineGTR34

SkylineGTR34 · September 5

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 · September 5

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 · September 6

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 · September 6

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 · September 7

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 · September 7

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.

SkylineGTR34 · Thursday at 12:08 AM

Hey everyone 👋😉

My next update won't be long in coming. So, I'm continuing with the conversion process of the Syclone/Typhoon. A lot of trimming had to be done at the rear to match the original, and the position of the fuel cap has also changed: