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07-26-2013, 07:58 PM | #1 |
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73/87 model kits
post some pics
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07-26-2013, 08:44 PM | #2 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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07-29-2013, 08:41 PM | #3 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
im saying custom models built
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07-29-2013, 09:36 PM | #4 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
i would love to have a few so i could make a crew cab dually
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08-14-2013, 10:12 PM | #5 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
i want to see ones you bulit
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08-15-2013, 12:55 AM | #6 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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 I build this one about 20 years ago Square wrecker kit Not a square but a cool ’72 K5 I built about 10 years ago. This is an old AMT kit as well. The exhaust that came with the kit was pretty sucktastic so I made exhaust pipe out of aluminum rods
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08-15-2013, 09:04 AM | #7 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
Those look very nice. Excellent work!
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08-15-2013, 11:58 AM | #8 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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 1/25 |
09-20-2016, 05:24 PM | #9 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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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09-20-2016, 08:43 PM | #10 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
few pics of mine
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09-20-2016, 08:55 PM | #11 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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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09-20-2016, 09:04 PM | #12 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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 |
09-20-2016, 09:26 PM | #13 | |
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09-20-2016, 09:53 PM | #14 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
No i got my susburban from resin realm
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09-20-2016, 09:53 PM | #15 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
U will also need the mpc deserter kit for parts
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08-15-2013, 02:31 PM | #16 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
Cool...anybody kno of a link where I can purchase a reg cab reg suspension?
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08-15-2013, 07:19 PM | #17 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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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10-01-2013, 04:36 PM | #18 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
i got a few i will post soon
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09-21-2016, 07:29 AM | #19 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
This started out as a short bed with a snow plow, made the bed longer and painted it just like mine.
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09-21-2016, 03:28 PM | #20 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
bbbc10 and Dieseldawg, thanks for the info. I will do some checking!
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09-22-2016, 06:25 PM | #21 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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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09-22-2016, 07:22 PM | #22 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
Not true.....you can get squarebody for same price
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09-22-2016, 09:20 PM | #23 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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!
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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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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05-15-2019, 03:03 AM | #25 |
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Re: 73/87 model kits
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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