crazyjim Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Just completed this puppy. I primed with Platicote grey primer and shot some decanted colorshift blue/purple over that, and then clear. That's real wood in the bed. The 6 cylinder engine came out and I stuffed one of my BB 427 Chevy castings and valve covers in its' place. I made a console for the interior with a couple of my casted seats. Hope you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustBill Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Very nice Jim. I really like the body color and the extra touches you put into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Nice Jim!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Jim, that is really nice...I love the color-shift paint and the interior is really sharp looking (the seats look great). Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Beautiful paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haubenschild Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Looks great, love the dual exhaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue logger Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 nice job bro. what did you use for paint ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01blueedge Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 looks good i like the color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw035 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 jim another fantastic build....luv the interior and the paint.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Models by Bear Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Looks great would like to see a little more of the inside of the bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmikevee Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Hey Jim, This looks just great, I think the interior looks fantastic, paint is SHINY just the way you like it. Is the paint Plastikote too? I like the colorshift, haven't tried it before, but this is inspiring me big time. The wood in the bed is a really nice touch as well, just a sweet and clean build....oh, and did I mention it's SHINY? Very very nice Jim, thanks for posting. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Hey thank you very much folks. The paint is Rustoleum Colorshift from Lowe's. The can says to shoot over a black base. My spoon test shows a whole different tune when sprayed over grey, like this build. I decant the Colorshift paint so it goes through the airbrush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Nice work indeed, Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 It's SHINY :) Doc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Wow what a great looking truck, Interior is really nice .. but that paint its amazing real eye catcher.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Thank you. In the near future I'm going to use the Colorshift paint over a white basecoat. It looks pretty cool on a spoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Great model! Like Tom T. Hall, I love old pickup trucks, and this one is a beauty! Nice work!! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 A little too shiny. Nevertheless, I do dig it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lownslow Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 man that looks beastie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickRollerLT1 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Like it alot! The colorshift paint over the gray looks pretty good; reminds me of a pink-shift paint I remember seeing ona few tuner cars I saw in som mags many years back. Maybe I should do that to mine when I get to christmas (presents!) time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Like it alot! The colorshift paint over the gray looks pretty good; reminds me of a pink-shift paint I remember seeing ona few tuner cars I saw in som mags many years back. Maybe I should do that to mine when I get to christmas (presents!) time. Speaking of that ... The color reminds me of the Taurus "Iris" color in the very late 90's ... which conjures up a funny but true story. I worked for a large corporation that had many field personnel who were assigned full-use company cars. One of the little perks was that we could order our own cars with options and colors that we wanted. When I transferred to the Phoenix area, I found it to be a large regional office with many assigned full-use Tauruses (Tauri?) running around, most of which were common colors, but one of which was the irridescent "Iris" color much like CrazyJim's truck. I expected to see a female employee driving the Iris Taurus, but to my surprise ~ it was ordered by and driven by a bearded male employee. Being politically correct, I never inquired of his personal life but had my suspicions. Eventually I got to know him - well - and was somewhat surprised to learn he was married, for many years, and had three kids!! And, I eventually learned the reason for his selection of the Iris color for the Taurus: One of his daughters was struggling with school and was lagging behind the grades being achieved by his other two. He was about due to replace his existing, masculine black company car with a new car, so he bribed his daughter into getting better grades by promising to allow her to pick out the color of his next company car. The 'due date' for the improved grades coincided with the arrival of the new Taurus model year and his company car order. You guessed it, he was mortified to see Ford offering the new, iridescent Iris color in the new Taurus lineup and sure enough, daughter-dearest declared that to be her choice of color for his new company car!! I was impressed with his integrity and his courage: for the next two years he drove the rather effeminate looking company car to honor his promise to his daughter. He fielded the ribbing well. He did admit, however, that he took extraordinary efforts to rack up the mileage as quickly as he could! His next company car was again manly black and he never again offered that particular incentive to his kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Thanks fellas. It does sorta look like that old Ford color. A model is never too SHINY though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janne Herajärvi Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Very cool Jim. Nice color, i like how it acts on light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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