65 Chevy stepside 409

[Fat Brian]

This is loosely based on a truck I've driven passed at work for years. The color is the same but I took some liberties with the engine and wheels since the actual wheels are boring and I don't know what the engine is.

This engine is a mix of parts from the Revell 60 and 62 Impalas with the truck transmission. The air cleaners are from the USA-1 monster truck. The wheels and tires are from a recent release of the Revell 57 Chevy with some parts box adapters. The suspension is lowered 4mm in the front and 2 in the rear. I rebuilt the bed top rails with Evergreen since the ones in the kit were very warped and uneven. 

The engine swap was more difficult than I expected considering the W block came in this body style of truck. The engine doesn't play nice with the motor mounts on the frame and the exhaust manifolds point right at the lower control arms.

[89AKurt]

Looks great from here!  I made the mistake of stuffing a 1/24 427 into a 1/25 Corvette, about half way I hunted down the kit boxes. 😬  Finished it.  I found out the engine mounts are different on my '56 GMC Pontiac engine, than the SB in there now, front engine mounts big difference.  But serious, I like the patina.  Too bad the kit windshield is so thick and wavy.

[Fat Brian]

32 minutes ago, 89AKurt said:

Looks great from here!  I made the mistake of stuffing a 1/24 427 into a 1/25 Corvette, about half way I hunted down the kit boxes. 😬  Finished it.  I found out the engine mounts are different on my '56 GMC Pontiac engine, than the SB in there now, front engine mounts big difference.  But serious, I like the patina.  Too bad the kit windshield is so thick and wavy.

I tried the hairspray thing but even with three coats the top layer of paint is firmly attached. I had shot some rust colored paint over the red primer and it had a bit too much texture and I think the green had enough to bite to that it wasn't going to budget. Yeah, I don't know what is going on with the windows, its not as noticeable as long as you aren't looking through both at the same time.

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

That's cool!

[89AKurt]

2 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

I tried the hairspray thing but even with three coats the top layer of paint is firmly attached. I had shot some rust colored paint over the red primer and it had a bit too much texture and I think the green had enough to bite to that it wasn't going to budget. Yeah, I don't know what is going on with the windows, its not as noticeable as long as you aren't looking through both at the same time.

Actually, the more layers of paint, the better.  Many vehicles get repainted other colors.  I've used hairspray to use real sand to make sand dunes, meh.  I love using salt, like the '48 Canopy Express that I entered in the last GSL.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yes, I like that a whole lot. Very very nice effect.

[NOBLNG]

Nice work! That patina looks very realistic.👍😎