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I didn't notice the snorkle. I went back and looked, it's not that bad. Blazer engine and body are looking good. Those wheels are a lot of work but I bet they come out nice.

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thanks Dale!
yeah, them wheels took a few hrs to do...lol
then i did'nt even use the steelie for the spare, found a chrome spoke, using it instead
pluggin'along.....
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made a spare tire mount for the bumper, but i aint going to use it. without the topper on to visually shorten the truck, it looked weird hanging off the bumper- way too long, too much overhang....so made a quick little mount for inside the truck
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hoping to splash some color on the body today or tomorrow..

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while waiting for blazer stuff to dry....
remember this....1/2 an hr ago
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and 5 minutes ago....
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hoping to find a spare cab before the blaze is done, would really like to make an extended cab out of this. if i can't find a cab, was also thinking of scratching up an old skool style camper for it....after it all comes out of the dot 3...lol
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Blazer is looking cool. I can't wait to see it painted. The old green will be cool.

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thanks Dale
had a couple screw-ups with the blaze. the dana 20 was to small for the lift and put the d-shaft right threw the trans crossmember and a couple other things. the '72's could come with a 205, so that's what it got and it clears everything beautifully now
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same wit the steering, crossover was hitting everything....so, dropped pitman & draglink, & a raised steering arm with a small steering block under it
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halfway threw the paint, third coat, one more, then clear it up. something oily must have got on the hood. tried to paint my way out of it, made a mess, tried sanding it out, bigger mess, so it's in the stripper right now, will try it again...
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but i'm loving the stripper right now, check out most of the '50....happy with how clean it came out, just have to clean up the glue joints
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Both are looking great, love the orange. I can't believe how good the dot 3 did. It looks brand new.

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yup, i was impressed with how clean this one came out, no sanding...yayyy!
well i was going to finish the blaze today or tomorrow, but now i'm having a conundrum with it....just scored some parts for a blazer today, right out of the blue, was not even really lookin'....
the '72 grille came with the kit, the '69 i just scored. the '72 bumper & grille are separate pieces, the '69 is all one, but the pass corner is damaged, so cut it off & use the kit bumper. decisions....:smoke:
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and usually a fan of base line trucks, no chrome or trim.....and i went and sanded all the molded trim off the blaze...look what else i got....hmmmmm tempting.
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and a topper. pretty good shape, was black, hit it with some white....
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also got some mirrors, the kit dont come with any (?!?) set of stock tires & tinted glass. any thoughts on any of this.
purdy sure i'm liking the '69'er...:lol:
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was fartin' around with the '50 while deciding what to do with the blaze.
nuthing fancy, drill out the bed rails and making it a small back window only cab.
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I though nk the 69 grill just to be different. I would use the side trim too. I would leave the roll bar loose so you can change your display every now and then.

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great minds think alike!
exactly what i was thinkin'..:lol:
overall i was not really impressed with the re-issue, like they could have fixed some things...this thing fought me big time during assembly, dont know why, trialed everything first...
check out the gap when the body hits the frame...what the?? you can see my glue right thru this thing.
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did'nt catch it untill it was going together, so a quick fix....
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jeez i'm stupid, just noticed i forgot the upper rad hose..:dohh:

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It may have fought you, but it came out awesome. It looks great with the top and topless. I didn't notice the hose either. LOL

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thanks Dale!
would'nt mind one more later and build it as a Jimmy, always been fond of the 67-72 gm grille. and i threw the hose in..
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and i have been searching for another '50 so i could make a super cab, but after weeks of looking, no success. unless i want to pay $60 or more with ship & exchange & customs.....and all i really need is just the back of the cab & the running boards- just cant justify the cost for that ...:waah: (aint telling the wife, but i already got about $40-50 in aftermarket for it, tires, axles,etc)
but i do have plenty of styrene.... except for angle, which i need more of...:lol:
so, taken a different route with the '50
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little more...
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The camper is an awesome idea. This is going to be bad @$$.

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eh, got to stretch this out Dale, stash is mighty low...:lol:
wit all the snow we got came a lot of shoveling... did'nt get nearly as much done as i was hoping
swapped out the platic wood for some real wood. also shaved off the front bed braces- just did not "flow" in my eye...
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first part of the camper- decals on. will make some blue window frames, add some jacks & lights and a grab handle. awhile ago when i made that canoe, enjoyed it, so making one for the camper, which means it will also need a ladder & roof racks
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Looking good, enjoy that snow...lol How's your dental work coming?

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snow, or more so the cold has been causing me nothing but grief on my '90 stepper Dale. doors keep freezing shut, pulled the weatherstrip off a couple times, tried getting the canopy lid open and the drivers handle snapped in half, then it bagged my starter, had to walk a couple miles home in -10 windchill....:waah:
so i said the hay with it, parked it, & re-insured the crewcab yesterday. half to use 4 hi a lot, in 2wd the locker keeps kickin' it sideways :metal::metal:
and i got 3 teeth done, 6 left. dentist fixed the half broken one, ripped out the nerves & re-capped it, and root canaled 2 others, shoved them back up, and fixed the chips on them. need 3 implants, their next. got held up cause a 3d scan showed up a fracture in my jaw where the teeth broke below the gum line . so thursday she jammed a screw in there & shot in some silicone, cement, mastic, whatever it was...give it some time, then she will try doing the implants.....woo-hoo, 2 more root canals coming up..:lol: in 3 visits she has jammed me with a needle 23 times!, but thats my fault, i told her i WANT "gentle dental"....
and have got a couple things done on the camper, just making axles for the truck
furnace and fridge vents are on, lites, ladder, and the glass is in, it's just clean at the moment, hard to see...lol
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Camper is looking great. Sounds like you'll have your mouth back together soon. I'll quit complaining about how cold it is here. Your cold temperatures are way worse. ...lol

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thanks Dale!
going to see her this friday...(dentist, man, almost 45 yrs without seeing one, then the last 5 yrs here.....jeebus...:waah:)
and we finally broke above freezing! still got a lot of snow though- blah! stupid thing, after all this snow for the last couple weeks, today me & the boy are going up the Coquihalla....in the snow... :lol:
got a couple trucks for christmas, hobby store nearest us has a real hurtin' selection of chevy's, but wife snagged me the wrecker, and my son got me the '41. half to figure out what i'll do with the '41, wrecker is easy- another "Alpine off road recovery" truck for the fleet :metal:
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son also got me this KX (almost an exact match for my old 1:1 KX)
detailed it up a bit, mite use it on the '50 on a front hitch mount, but i think it's a 1/32. in my eyes it seems a little off scale. i'll wait and see
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not a lot done on the truck, been doing other stuff. body work is 95% there though
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have been farting around with the camper mostly.
i really, really need to get my eyes checked. i never noticed that dimple on the camper this whole time :waah: now i got to try figure out what to do with it....
thinking i'm also going to re-paint the ladder black to match the roof rack
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here's where i been spending most of my time lately.
it seems the smaller you go, the bigger the price gets...almost a hundred bucks for just a few accessories, so i been getting creative (spell cheap...:lol:)
my sink is an Advil pill blister pack, not sure what the "fridge" is or from what, stove is scratched out of plastic with speaker wire grilles, and you dont really want to know where the fabric came from...:lol:
ok, i'll tell ya, the ONLY blueish material that was kinda to scale in my whole house, was a pair of my "used" fruit of the looms (just dont sniff it..:lol::lol:)
still need to add curtains (not F.O.t L.'s) and some camper jacks, and whatever else pops into my head
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I got a question. Are you stripping the paint off of a painted model? If so what is your process? Thanks.

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Sorry it's been so long but I've been doing long hours. It's looking great, you're doing awesome. Keep it up and Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!

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yeah, the '50 is a old model built almost 20 yrs ago.
Castrol Super clean is your friend, the purple stuff. fill up a tupperware tub and let it soak, rinse off with cold water. usually soak a couple days for a easier strip
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and for tougher paint, good 'ol DOT 3. same process as the purple, and rinse it with cold water too
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a lot depends on how the paint was applied, and what kind. some tougher paints (marine) i have soaked parts for a week and still have to scrub the old stuff off. the castrol also strips chrome off any model part in about 15 mins if you dont like flash on your models.

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not surprised your busy Dale, i probably added 6 or 7 hundred to your company's bottom line these holidays so far! :metal:
and thanks and Happy New Year to you too!
last couple pics of a dying year...:lol:
zee chevy stands on it's own, still needs everything, but it's up on four...even loaded, no sagging tail dragger :lol:
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only canoe's i could find blue were Coleman's & Old Town's. Old Town's logo was just letters & pretty boring, so another coleman it is...
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It's starting off as a good year. I woke up....lol. The 50 is looking great. Ilove the camper and the conoe.

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yup, waking up is half the battle....:lol:
things were cruising along nicely. changed the trans crossmember to fit the 427, just squeaks in on the inner fenders (with some tweaking) good clearance on the rad, but i did'nt check the exhaust :dohh:
six'er is a lot narrower then the 427. Turbo is much wider too
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exhaust is now banging on the frame...one thing the '50 has is real good vertical clearance under the hood. going to raise the motor mounts a bit, and prob put a tiny notch the frame
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started on the int. pretty much stock. just added the shifters and turn signal
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The stance looks great. I like the interior color too.I'm guessing trucks going to be blue.

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thanks Dale!
yeah, blue, blue, blue...gm medium brite blue. was digging around in the shed and found 2 frozen cans i was able to bring back to life...:lol:
really need to mock up more of the motor (i usually use just the block..) was a bit more involved than i first figured. notched the frame and raised the engine mounts, also had to take 3/16 off the bottom of the inners, shaved the firewall thinner & bent the exhaust manifolds a bit...but it's in there...
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woke up this morning to more of this stuff.....:waah:
snow day at work....:metal:
more work on the '50...lol
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these were a real p.i. the butt! tailgate hooks, took hrs, and made about 10 of them 'till i got the shape i liked....or stopped dropping them on the floor, never too be seen again.....some other junk....
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got most of the chassis done...
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body work is done, ready for some color....
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It's looking great. The chains and the little details amaze me. Raining like crazy here, it sure is hard to believe we're having a drought. Lol

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thanks Dale, need the chains to hold the t.gate up, camper is longer than the box...
some blue. tough color to accuratley photo....
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seen a vid on utube for these pens, they really do look just like the chrome on model parts. great for the bare spots where you cut the part off the tree. ordered a couple of them awhile ago, wish they would get here, would like to try it out on the '50
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I love the blue. It will be interesting to see how those pens work.

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following! i made a 65 stepper monster truck.

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hey, talk 'bout timing Dale, my chrome pen was in the mailbox when i got home
I FREAKIN' love this thing! super fine lines, and it is one of them few things advertised that actually does what it says. i will be getting more, it's my new favorite toy! gives me a woody....:metal::metal:
check it out...trim band on the visor, windshield trim, door handles & gas cap.....so far...
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stock kit chrome wheel, liquid chrome pen on the gas cap- looks a-1 to me, just have to try steady up my old hands a little better..:lol:
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