'65 chevy stepside pick-up revell > almost done / special paint design

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys !!

and well the body is being stripped .. at least i hope it comes off ....

going to do it over from scratch

tried these wheels a bit big and not going to be as low as on the pic but i really did these wheels on the car , red needs o be changed to copper ..

the underside is dry and matt maybe i will d the strips from side to side in chrome

painted the chains and the chevy logo letters chrome , the bed floor will be made from real wood

some chrome on the chassis

[gautreau]

Great looking build so far. I'm really digging the steelie wheels. What kit are they from?

[Joker]

The red,baby Moon steelies are from the Black Force snap kit.

They are like rolling on 20's

[crazyrichard]

yes thats right from a black force snap ... got that from a guy and basicly the wheels looked cool to me


got all the paint of and doing some bodymods while i'm at it



new fender lips and hugging bumper





ridehight

[tooltas]

much better

[tyrone]

much better

x2.....

[outragis]

Looks awesome!

[bpletcher55]

I HATE TO JUMP IN ON THIS BUT DOSE ANY PICS OF THE BOX OF THE BLACK FORCE SNAP KIT I REALY LIKE THOSE WHEELS?

[Bigfordguy]

The build is looking good

[walt francis]

This baby is turning out great and i like both sets of wheels.

[Harry P.]

Nice work, Richard!

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys !!

and @ blair no sorry i never had the box i got this for free when i bought several kits and parts from a guy ..

but for you i just took my magic google wand and presto:lol: >> (was curious myself haha)

[crazyrichard]

in the end i think a higher force decided to ruin the cabine with a purpose .. it seems i missed something , above the grille and headlights the bodywork needs to run smooth and in my cab / kit it had some openings there ...

so i heated some kit sprue and welded it in the gaps



then flattened that



then put on some bondo thats now drying

also did some bonde on the edge of the front bumper and new fender edges so its smoother

[crazyrichard]

painted the turn signals with clear orange , sadly i could not avoid to paint the inner edge , but i'm planning to do the edge inside and outside in chrome so then that will be covered up








wanted to do the red of the rims in copper but in the chrome lip there was red shining through , not really obvious with the red centers because it looked like red reflection .. but it was actually red under the chrome shining true
so painting only the centers would result in red sticking out from under the chrome like a sore thumb
so painted them completly and i will look how this looks i can always paint the lip and hubcap chrome later



finished the dash cubbord (????) off with a round edge and pinstripe decal



after flattening and degreasing the body got a new coat of primer and well it was flawless and smooth .. i will sand it and do one slight coat again and then try the clear again so wish me luck





the pre-shaded panellines came out nice

[crazyrichard]

detailwork

fitted the inlet manifold , carb and drilled open distributor with wiring (old champain bottle strings)



the airfiter painted copper



the rims after drying a bit , the lines are now crisp again , they also seem deeper now



chromed the strips on the bottom of the bed



chrome on the inletmanifold with black in the deeper parts



gave al the chrome on the undercarridge a wash so its a bit darker



some parts in base black



and painted the distributor and wiring red

[bpletcher55]

RICHARD THANKS FOR THE PIC OF THE BOX ART,I DO NOT KNOW WHY I DID NOT THINK TO DO THAT, THE TRUCK IS COMING ALONG NICE KEEP IT UP!YOUR LIKE ME WAY TO MEANY PROJECTS GOING ON AT ONCE.

[crazyrichard]

thnx m8 and hhmm no i only do one project at a time , in fact when i was doing the garage i did not start any car build

now i took a break from the garage to build some cars , but i really only do one at a time and finish it completly and then take out a new kit ..

works best for me

dryfitted the engine

hated the way the valvecovers came out so i took some corvette ones with the chevy logo those where not high and by shaving some off the ones glued on the block made the nbew chrome ones on top of the old ..

the old where to glued to remove so using low covers worked pretty good

painted the chevy logo on the center of the aircleaner housing black keeping the logo copper , that was tiny

then handpainted the inner circle red , really pops and ads realism i think

good vieuw on the distributor , sadly when in the engine bay you cant see a whole lot of it anymore

[crazyrichard]

then it was time to do some painstaking painting , again all done by hand with black enamel paint ..

this time did the whole engine bay black , hated the white and i think the engine will pop more in a blank background

also did the roof again in copper metallic









inside of the wheel tubs painted black



the rims came out awsome i do feel i need to do a chrome lip





close up of the roof

[slusher]

Looks excellent so far, very nice work.

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

[hjracing]

I really like your build! The paint job is exelent and your colors selection is really nice.

Edited April 7, 2013 by hjracing

[crazyrichard]

thnx

well i tried bmf on the rims but that was not perfect , then some chrome paint with the handbrush , that looked more like grey ..
so i ended up doing the rims completly black leaving the outer edge copper , i really liked this look



the sticking out thing in the lip is a valve thing to add air that will be chrome later on







then again after all the werk for a second time i went for clear coat and this time it luckely came out great

[crazyrichard]

took the battery and made a bracket , some wiring and a decal , was all balck at first but the whole engine bay is black ..
so that would not pop and a lot of batterys are white plastic on the side so i tried to replicate that look





a dryfit to see how the engine looked in the black engine bay , bit dark on the pic irl it looks better



rolling on 20''

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the cab needed 2 more coats of clear to match the hood better

[hjracing]

Great paint job!

[crazyrichard]

thnx tbh its not flawless .. but it will do , never doing clearcoat and primer again , to much hassle next time i want white i waight untill i have time to buy some paint

dryfit of last night with the hood and grille

and the battery , needs to go in deeper just for the pics