BHarrison Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I may get some flack for this one. A lack of available subject matter has led me to look for late model trucks in other media. I found this one at Hobbytown last month. Its a Norscot brand 2014 Silverado Crew Cab. The main body is die cast but the rest is plastic. I have already begun modifying it and have most of it in primer. It has been converted to two wheel drive and had the modifications made to mimic a "Body Dropped" air bagged truck on wheels that scale out to 26". I have modified the inner bed structure with bigger tubs to clear the wheels and highly modified the front bumper in the same way 1:1 2014's are when they sit this low...... Before..... Its way more like a promo than a die cast in many ways. Since there isn't a part on it that won't be modified, I didn't mind building a die cast. This is a ride height and wheels mockup right before I started finishing the bed and priming the body..... Its not a look that everybody likes but its the kind of stuff I work on and build in 1:1. Thanks for looking...more update pics later today.
BHarrison Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Here is the bed after inner fender mods and a few coats of texture. The color matches the Brown I am painting the truck. Once it cures out it looks amazingly like a color matched Line-X which is common to do on these once the bed mods are made..... Here is a shot of the hood after rubbing it out. Its a Testors One Coat Lacquer color called "Root Beer" with 4 coats of their clear then polished to 12K.
Guest Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I like that Bryan! It looks like it's well done. After seeing what Cliff and Larry Read can do with a die cast, I've changed my opinion on them. I'll have to look for one of those the next time I'm at HT. I have a '62 F-100 project that's bagged and body dropped. I kinda got burnt out on all of the scratch building on it. Maybe this project will give me the push I need.
hjracing Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Great start! It's sounds like a cool build!
Chuck Most Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Cool! I just finished doing the exact opposite with a Maisto 2010 F-150 STX, converting it to a base-model XL rather than making it fancier. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.
Platerpants Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Nice truck, should lift it though. agreed
Tom Geiger Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) I may get some flack for this one. A lack of available subject matter has led me to look for late model trucks in other media. Won't get any flack from me. Your second sentence says it all. If a subject isn't available in plastic, and it is right in front of you in diecast, build on! You've made it a model. And when you think about it, it's pretty much gone full circle. Auto modeling's roots are taking apart promotional models to build models! Edited February 16, 2015 by Tom Geiger
BHarrison Posted March 5, 2015 Author Posted March 5, 2015 Here are some update pics for this project... This shows the smoothed rear bumper - corner steps and bulge around license area removed This one shows the bed liner detail in contrast to the paint..
mustang1989 Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Cool! Subject matter that I do know something about!!! I like the direction you're headed with this..
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