'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[Ol Blue K20]

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

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale, need the chains to hold the t.gate up, camper is longer than the box...
some blue. tough color to accuratley photo....


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

[Ol Blue K20]

I love the blue. It will be interesting to see how those pens work.

[Deer_hunter_088]

following! i made a 65 stepper monster truck.

[dieseldawg142]

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....
check it out...trim band on the visor, windshield trim, door handles & gas cap.....so far...


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..

[Tetanus Express]

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..
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Interesting... I will have to pick me up some of those.

50 is looking good. 👍

[dieseldawg142]

thanks tetanus express
if your really into sniffing styrene, you NEED to get one of these pens. their the cats arse. just wish i knew about them long time ago, much easier than using BMF and looks way nicer than any paint. now that i've experimented with one, i'm ordering a couple more of the other sizes...i put it right behind my dremel in importance now

the '50 is mostly done. ran out of 3/32 tubing, so the camper jacks will have to wait 'till i can make a run to the hobby store (60 mile round trip...)
also still undecided about the visor. yeah, i know, i like them as much as i like Dale's beer, but it just don't look right with the camper on. looks good without the camper, but it dont "flow" when the camper is loaded...
anyways, so far...

[dieseldawg142]

couple more....

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by Deer_hunter_088

following! i made a 65 stepper monster truck.

post it up deer hunter!
i got a '55 Nomad wagon that i chopped into a truck, then monstered it up with terra-tires
also been slowly gathering parts for an off-road monster peterbilt wrecker

[dieseldawg142]

by the way Dale, how's your weather been? i was watching the news and it was showing flooding & some major damage down there.
it also said it put a good size dent in the draught your having, or still dry around you?

[Ol Blue K20]

The weather here has cleared up. We had a few scary days and I had to dig some ditches but stayed high and dry. Those pens look like they work great. I can think of some uses on our full size rigs as well. The 50 looks great. Awesome job, I'm not sure about the visor though. That body style looks great with them. But I've never seen a 50 with a cabover camper either. Great looking combo though.

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

But I've never seen a 50 with a cabover camper either.

neither have i...
and just for the halibut, i tried that chrome pen on a nick on my stepper bumper, perfect match! just haft to wait and see how durable it is now...
yeah, they were showing some beauty winter shots of Yosemite park on tv, lakes are filling, rivers are running, be good for you guys

[Deer_hunter_088]

Its not made to look pretty, i built it to look rough and tugged, like an ol pickup pulled from a feild, lifted to the sky, and havin a big block thrown in it.



The Drag car!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Motor from the Drag Car!!!!!!!!!

My derby car i built.

[dieseldawg142]

nice lookin' models Deer hunter!
looks like you a fan of '64-'66? see a row of trucks behind your models that also look interesting...
here's a '55 nomad turned into this....it's a little on the crude side, built it in the early '90's i belive


just ordered a bunch of swamps for the wrecker and the '41.
the wrecker is one of the more carpy revell kits. has all the molded in junk, visor, seat, exhaust, engine, master cyl, battery....on and on...but the deck is pretty nice. to eliminate a bunch of the molded in, going to swap the front clip to a '84 left over from my CCDW last yr.
truck #3 for the fleet....

[Deer_hunter_088]

Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

nice lookin' models Deer hunter!
looks like you a fan of '64-'66? see a row of trucks behind your models that also look interesting...
here's a '55 nomad turned into this....it's a little on the crude side, built it in the early '90's i belive
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just ordered a bunch of swamps for the wrecker and the '41.
the wrecker is one of the more carpy revell kits. has all the molded in junk, visor, seat, exhaust, engine, master cyl, battery....on and on...but the deck is pretty nice. to eliminate a bunch of the molded in, going to swap the front clip to a '84 left over from my CCDW last yr.
truck #3 for the fleet....
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I want to find a 67-72, because i love those, but i love the body style older, and i made the revelle wrcker into a flatbed, and when i get the time im making it more detailed. and thanks man! your models look awesome.

[dieseldawg142]

Originally Posted by Deer_hunter_088

I want to find a 67-72, because i love those

good luck! always on the lookout for ANY 67-72 kit, glue bomb, parts, whatever i can find.....prices are getting steep (for a plastic toy...)
wish Round2 would re-issue the '72 fleetside or the '72 gm stepside. thats all us styrene sniffers need
the aftermarket has plenty of 67-69 grilles and hoods to convert the '72's into older trucks
i too turned my revell wrecker into a flatdeck....and put the wrecker on a '72...
going for an '80's square in the fleet this time, hence the clip swap

[Deer_hunter_088]

whered ya ge the 72 kit at?

[dieseldawg142]

at a long closed hobby store back in '93 or '94...
thats when AMT was still making them. i just re-hashed it.
word on my model site is Round 2 (AMT) may be re-issuing the old chevy's again. have also heard there will be a short & long box, but that's just speculation right now. been a spat of cool old re-issues lately. too expensive to tool up new, so they been pulling old molds out and dusting them off. i totally imagine Round 2 will do something to counter the new Revell '66 Sub, due out anytime now, and which the wifey got me a pre-order on..
there is usually a few '72 chevy's on fleabay, but expect to pay prob $40 or more (??!!)
for some reason, most chevy truck models have been commanding un-real prices the last few yrs...BRING ON the re-issues! get them prices more realistic...

[Deer_hunter_088]

I just wanna build my 69 into a model

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, i can understand that. built a replica of my crew & camper, and one of my stepper. used to have one of my blazer and one of my '68 custom cab as well

started whacking away at the tow truck frame...


put some moulding around the rear winda and filled them god-awful holes revell always cuts into their cabs.........


found a firewall that will work and a spare set of inners, coming up short on a rad support-prob just scratch one.,.

[dieseldawg142]

and who has'nt done a clip swap....



just glued...no nothing done yet. hate etching body lines, so i cut just in front of them- one less big headache later on...

[Deer_hunter_088]

Dangggggggggggggggggggg looks nice

[dieseldawg142]

thanks deer hunter!

man, i love my caster, just put the order in 8 days ago and the postie dropped it off today....the 4 fat iroks are for the '41, the 38" swamps plus the 2 left overs are for the wrecker. parts box is getting real low on big block stuff. had a block, and that was it. ordered some heads, valve covers and exhaust, the rest i have


them inners fit beautifully, gud'n'tite.......with some minor trimming


just had to see how the swamps are gonna look. also chopped off the sucky molded visor and scratched one

[Ol Blue K20]

The wrecker going to be cool. I always liked the stack headlights on the square body.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale!
when it comes to squares, always been a bigger fan of the '80's trucks. to me they just scream "TRUCK" with a capital T! (maybe cuz i also own a '85...)
well that dam groundhawg nailed it in my 'hood...we JUST had our grass make a re-appearence after a couple mos, then this carp blew in yesterday, and it's still here today, will be here tomorrow, and not supposed to leave until mon or tues....


have'nt got much done on the wrecker last week, 71 hrs at work, but i foresee a change here pretty quick with the weather...
nobody would prob have never seen this, but i thought i would show it anyways. my caster is getting pretty good at making junk, nice little detail on the manifolds...will be getting more, much easier to put in the trucks than headers...


nothing fancy, big old torque tow truck motor..(not the air cleaner i will be using..)