73/87 model kits
 

post some pics

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Here you go

http://73-87.com/7387_Novelties/models.htm
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im saying custom models built

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i would love to have a few so i could make a crew cab dually

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i want to see ones you bulit

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Here are a couple of mine. Have many built square models just not pictures of all of them. The first is a AMT Fall Guy reissue with a 88-98 Sportside bed. The black one is a AMT Sod Buster (I think?) kit from the 80’s. Both are basically from the same AMT tooling.

I built this one about 5 years ago
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3194/3...5c5c955b_b.jpg

I build this one about 20 years ago
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3096/3...d7e80651_b.jpg

Square wrecker kit
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3484/3...28747ea5_b.jpg

Not a square but a cool ’72 K5 I built about 10 years ago. This is an old AMT kit as well.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3278/3...7f615a18_b.jpg

The exhaust that came with the kit was pretty sucktastic so I made exhaust pipe out of aluminum rods :lol:
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3184/3...43ac7978_b.jpg

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Those look very nice. Excellent work!

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been dicking around on this off & on for the last year.
started with a cab & box, scratch built frame, susp. & interior.
needs rear door windows, rad hoses, engine wiring, rear brake lines & fender flares. just found a sport r. bumper, so step bumper is off
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Cool...anybody kno of a link where I can purchase a reg cab reg suspension?
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I will have to get a pic of mine tonight. It is too bad so real concepts quit producing there line of diecast square bodies.

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how do you make a longbox

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Get 2 short beds and mold the correct length from one into another

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did'nt, came with the body. it was a '75 2wd crew i got from RMR Resin. he just sells body's, you have to buy a donor kit or fabricate everything else.
http://www.freewebs.com/rmrresin/nf125.htm
his stuff is pricey, but he makes what no one else does, & Ron (owner) is a stand-up guy

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did you make the bed

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nope, it came with the body
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this stuff makes great beds though. you just need to add the wheelwells from a model
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/evg/evg4530.htm

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cool!

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what kit is this

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it's 2 kits plus a bunch of homemade stuff.
RMR '75 crew
this was the front clip on the rmr body
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check out the emblem, don't ever recall a 1/2 ton crew
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depending on what your building, the rmr frame (right), might work for you, didn't for me
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and used this kit for the front clip, front part of the frame, axles & transfer case & the glass. also the mirrors, & chopped a visor out of the cab roof
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i got a few i will post soon

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do you have any 88/98 models

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Just joined this...I'm looking for a squarebody crew cab dually kit...do I need to order parts individually or does anyone know where I can find one? My bf has a 89 crewcab dually and has said multiple times he would love a kit with his truck...I would like to track one down by october for his birthday if possible...Thank you in advance!

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few pics of mine

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I have the dually your looking for got it off ebay.....I will give you the link so you can msg the seller to see if u can get one.......I also scratched built the correct interior since the interior on these models are 73-80

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here is the link, if you can find this crew cab dually your gonna need the mpc deserter for parts as this dually is custom made an not a kit

http://www.ebay.com/usr/francisco455...72.m2749.l2754

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Is that where you got your suburban too?

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No i got my susburban from resin realm

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U will also need the mpc deserter kit for parts

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cool to see this thread come back!
1774btcrew, also keep an eye out for the rare Modelhaus suburban, sometimes (rarely) they show up on fleabay- unfortunatley Modelhaus is out of business this year.
chevychick, does your boyfriend's crew dually look anything like this?
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two blazers morphed into a sub...
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revell snowplow truck turned into a longbox dually
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crewcab rollback made from scratch & junk- and i do mean junk...:lol:
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revell Hot Rod truck goin'up instead of down...
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flatdeck square.............................................................................................. .................................blazer
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84 gmc turned into a longbox
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and if anybody is looking for an easy way to get a chevy longbox, guy on my model board just started casting up these nice 8 footers
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yeah.... i do. prob get beat on for sticking them on a square thread though...
scratched up crew...
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single cab dually
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extended cab dually
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extended cab shortbox
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with coil overs & hydro steering
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Aslo there is a guy that makes just dually fenders and there is a guy on facebook named ron andrews that owns rmr resin that has a crewcab that he makes hut its a 70s model but its not a dually

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This started out as a short bed with a snow plow, made the bed longer and painted it just like mine.
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...73&oe=5868A9E8

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...32&oe=5882FEC8

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bbbc10 and Dieseldawg, thanks for the info. I will do some checking!

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If you search ebay for these it hurts your feelings lol Almost any other era truck can be had for 20-25 bucks. Want a square body? Nah that will be 80 bucks plus shipping

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Not true.....you can get squarebody for same price

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the '84 gmc/deserter is about the only decent kit being made right now, and it's not too expensive (unless ya live north of the border...) it's one of my all time favs, good to see it come back, cause the prices were getting stupid on the old '84 gmc ones- bite it ebay! :metal:
and for pretty much any other old square- hate to say, prices ARE getting retarded.....for a plastic toy....
if accuracy means nothing, revell has the snowplow truck. in my opinion, like most revell chevy's, their ( i'll be nice...) pretty lame, would'nt waste my money a second time on one....

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Wow the detail that you guys put into these is amazing - i never got into model cars but seeing this makes me give it some thought. I'm gonna have to buy some for my boys for Christmas

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Not at all true
That is correct.... more or less. The exception is you can expect to pay the most for a 67-72 kit. Prices on current issue kits, which are reproductions, are level retail... with a bit of fluctuation between resellers.

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The 73-87 kit I liked the best back in the day was the MPC 1978 Step Side:

https://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/mpc-7814.htm

It was only around a year or two before the kit was changed to a 4X4. The later 4X4 was a great kit too. You can see the original issue goes for big money these days. I hope Round 2 reissues it one day.

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I really liked that kit, too. I believe there was one issued with a black truck on the box as well. Maybe with blue graphics?