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I am building this A100 pickup for the Classic Plastic Model Club Challenge at our September show. The theme is pickup trucks any way you want. The look I am going for.
I am using the Lindberg Little Red Wagon kit and my paint will be Tamiya TS-39 Mica Red.
My wheels of choice.
And, disc brakes, too.
I filled the bumper mounting holes.
I have modified the suspension to lower the truck to where I want it.
More to come...
I finished the engine last weekend.
After looking at the pictures of the Overhaulin' A100, I decided to make a filler panel for the tailgate.
I threw the disc brakes into the purple pond this morning to remove the chrome plating. I'll paint the brakes with Model Master Metalizer later.
COOL !
Still occasionally see an A-100 in Hot Rod Magazine after being tricked out by the owner.
The A-100 seemed to be everyone's choice of utility vehicle on the mid 1960s Batman ttv show.
http://vintage-vans.forumotion.com/t24643-a100-on-batman
as well as Hawaii-5-O.
Looking forward to viewing your future posts of the A-100 build.
Thanks Goose! I use to work for an electrical contractor for one summer who had an A100 van. I believe he drove that van into the ground over time.
Bye-bye lettering! I'll hit the body with primer to check my work.
A mockup with the tailgate in place.
The tailgate with some initial sanding done. More sanding is needed and then I'll fill the seams with some putty.
looking good so far Mike, and out of curiosity were did you find that model I don't see a lot of places that sell Lindberg and I've never seen their A100, unless it's from someone online
I bought this kit several years ago at my LHS...Hobby Emporium. IIRC, this kit has been re-issued as a Coca-Cola A100. I don't know if the Little Red Wagon parts are in the kit.
Looking forward to seeing more progress pics Mike-excellent work being displayed.
Bob
Mr Mike I don't know if the Little Red Wagon parts are in the kit.
I don't know if the Little Red Wagon parts are in the kit.
I bought the Coca Cola truck kit recently at my local Hobby Lobby.
The kit includes the slicks, mag wheels, etc, to build the Little Red Wagon- just no decals for that truck.
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Thanks guys!
I finally got the body into a coat of primer.
It looks like I got all the lettering off the nose and the rollpan looks fairly smooth.
But, I found four sink marks on the bed sides. I guess I'll be getting the Bondo out again...
Woo-hoo!! Out of work early for a long weekend! I sat down this morning to work on the A100 by performing more bodywork on the tailgate and bed sides.
I realized that there was another part that would need bodywork, too. The inside piece of the tailgate has Dodge lettering on it. I was going to use a piece of sheet styrene, but opted to apply Bondo Glazing Putty first since the styrene would have been too thick. If this doesn't work out for me, I'll cut out the lettering and fill in the hole with a piece of sheet styrene.
Last weekend, I decided to fill in the score line on the body pan for the A100. I applied Model Master Liquid Cement to the channel and fill it with strips of Evergreen styrene.
As I had expected, the glue bubbled on the other side of the pan and a little sanding removed the bubble.
I spent quite a bit of time sanding the underside of the pan. I'm not too sure if I wanted to go ahead and apply some putty here as I am afraid I would end up making more of a mess than anything else especially with the ribs of the pan being a bit shallow.
You do nice work Mr. Mike.
Didn't they also paint a Jet Ski to match that truck on the TV show ?
O.J.
Yes, they did refurbish a Jet Ski with trailer for the A100 on Overhaulin". Good memory! I had forgotten about the Jet Ski. Here's a picture that I found.
Hey Mike!
Welcome to Finescale! Nice to see you over here too!
This is a really cool project! What a way to turn a "nerdmobile" into something cool and radical!
Yes Sir ! That's the one, Mr. Mike
Revell made a 1/25 scale Jet Ski/trailer ........that would look soooo cool with your truck ! Looking forward to seeing more of your build.
Hmmm...maybe I should look for one of those to go with my A100. Hmmm...
Off to a great start Mike! I have been wanting to build one of these, I am anxious to see the final results!
Ed Sisco
On the bench: 1/48 Hobby Boss F3H-2 Demon & 1/48 Trumpeter F9F-2 Panther
On deck: 1/48 Grand Phoenix FJ-4 Fury double build
Thanks Ed!
I decided to dig the A100 out and work on the body some more. Bodywork has to be one of my least favorite things to do in the world of model building. I keep plugging away at it so with time, I may become more experienced at it. I worked on the tailgate as I am trying to get the contours correct.
I am still working on the sink marks on the bedsides. I need to get this really smooth!
Nice color !
What paint are you using?
No paint yet, just priming and sanding! I am going to paint the A100 with Tamiya TS-39 Mica Red.
very cool idea... looking good so far.
Felix P.
Plates R' Us - "Your place for Model Car License Plates"
Thanks Felix!
It's been a while since i worked on the A100, so I started with installing the tailgate and the doors.
Getting the hinges installed wasn't as bad as I had been lead to believe. Then I went and broke one of the tiny pins on the lower right hinge. I drilled out the hinge and will use a piece of a nail epoxied into the lower hinge.
At this point I hate the doors themselves. There are fairly wide gaps by the windshield. I am having second thoughts about building this truck for my Club Challenge, but I am too far along to stop and start another truck. I'll think about my next move on this before progressing.
I decided to remove the doors from the body and will try to get them to fit within the door frame better.
Having the doors and the internal mounts out allowed me to add the new hinge pin.
This is where I'll be focusing my attention...the cutouts for the hinges on the body. I need to deepen the cutouts more so I can get the doors fitted better.
I mounted the doors again, but this time they are more to my liking.
Very nice modification !
very nice
A little time spent on the A100 this afternoon. Another coat of primer on the body, tailgate and doors. I need to spend some more time on the tailgate sanding.
I made carpet with embossing powder and added a coat of paint to the top side of the floor pan.
Nice job!!!
That's coming along nicely.
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