Two weeks ago I picked up the Revell kit just for the engine to use in my '58 Nomad project I also ordered some Tamiya spray lacquer in candy apple green (TS-52) for the same project.
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When I opened the kit I found that the bench seat was perfect for an upcoming project so now I had a truck model I had zero interest in with no seat or engine. Oh well I will build it as a rotting wreck someday. Or so I thought.
While looking through my stash for wheels for the Nomad I came across an old '86 Monte Carlo kit that a buddy at work gave me a few years back. It had been started by his kids and was a total glue bomb with many parts missing. What id did have was untouched wheels, a couple of decent bucket seats and a badly glued but savable fuel injected 305.
Comparing the paint lid to the Nomad photo my wife declared that it was far to light a tone so I now had a can of Tamiya lacquer with no use for it. It was at this point I realized that I had the parts to fill the gaps in the Fleetside and could use the practice using spray lacquer and clear coat (I have never used these before since most of my work has been military. I also have always struggled with BMF but got enough time in on this that I am now comfortable with it.
So Christmas eve I hit the bench (a small desk in my living room so no I was not secluded) and got t work.
As this was meant to be a learning venture I didn't take build pictures but the finished work made me very, very happy.
The engine bay did not get any wiring but as those fuel injected 305s hid most f it anyway
It will be displayed with the hood up because I like the hood brackets
The interior looks rough in the pictures but all that stuff that looks like dirt turns into shading and highlights once closed up in the cab.
Didn't do much underneath since it would obviously be a show truck. Just enough to make it different than the shiny bodywork. There is currently no exhaust past the manifolds while I try to find just the right side pipes for it.
All in all this is not a subject that would normally appeal to me at all but I learned a fair bit on this one and it will make my future bright and shiny projects less intimidating to me