GB#2: ‘60 Chevrolet Fleetside Pickup

[kyledehart5]

Grille opening gives me nightmares after I did it on one grille 😂. Absolutely beautiful job. Looks amazing.

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406 Silverado kyledehart5 Thanks fellas. A little trick I picked up from a podcast was to apply Tamiya Extra Thin to scribed panel lines in order to 'melt' any rough edges... seemed to smooth things out on the grill as well. Of course, everything is horribly magnified with photos, but it looks decent to the naked eye.

Speaking of panel lines, this truck might be the first time I've scribed them without going outta the lines. I probably didn't make then deep enough or something... 8^I

[kyledehart5]

It’s a good idea. If I ever decide to attempt the opened up grille again I will give it a try.

[moparman18064]

The grille opened up nicely, looks like it was molded that way👍

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This kit is a bit of a dog. Too much cleanup and too many ill-fitting parts. Pretty much ALL of the attachment points / locator pins on the chassis and suspension parts needed to be bored-out or sanded down.

Not a big deal, but extra unnecessary work.



The square pin had to be filed about 40%.



Anyhoo, everything is ready for primer.

[aaronw]

The grill looks good, and great idea using magnets on the hood.

[406 Silverado]

Coming along very well on this one buddy. I hear you on kits like these being a bit of a dog and that shock is living proof of that fact. I have to deal with the excess mold lines and flash on just about every old/ re-released kit that I build.

[handiabled]

Just caught up on this one, fantastic work so far! That grill is awesome! The suspension chunkiness reminds me of the last car build I did years ago

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Apr 6, 2024 8:34:03 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Coming along very well on this one buddy. I hear you on kits like these being a bit of a dog and that shock is living proof of that fact. I have to deal with the excess mold lines and flash on just about every old/ re-released kit that I build.

Unfortunately so many of our favourite, older American cars are made from crappy old molds. :^( 

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Apr 6, 2024 8:49:12 GMT -5 handiabled said:

Just caught up on this one, fantastic work so far! That grill is awesome! The suspension chunkiness reminds me of the last car build I did years ago

Thanks Dood.  Even the steering wheel is warped. Not enjoying this build at all… add some negative modelling on my part and I'm just trying to push this one over the finish line. :^(

[buddho]

The grille looks fantastic. Great idea with the magnets.

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Update:

Subassemblies under way. All parts painted. Tried spraying directly from the can as opposed to decanting for the airbrush… mad that stuff comes out quick. Had to strip a couple parts due to runs plus carelessness on my part with a stray drop of thinner on the finished paint. Major mojo sucker… can’t wait to get thing off the bench.





FYI: There is nothing better than www.tamiya.com/english/products/87183/index.html for removing lacquer paint. No gooey mess or hard scraping, does not melt the plastic and works extremely fast!

[kyledehart5]

Well the engine and wheels look absolutely awesome. Sorry this kit is beating on your mojo. You’re doing great work. I’m

[406 Silverado]

Jeez dude. Sorry to hear about the paint stripping blues but it looks like you made it through this part. Thank you for the link on the Tamiya Paint Remover. Never heard of it but I'll be ordering some because I paint with lacquers all the time.

[moparman18064]

Engine looks great. A shining moment in the battles you’ve had with this kit. When I stripped my Demon, 91% isopropyl alcohol worked well on the lacquer paints I had used on it. It even removed the Tamiya primer. I will keep this one in mind for next time with a styrene kit👍

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Apr 15, 2024 1:52:53 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Well the engine and wheels look absolutely awesome. Sorry this kit is beating on your mojo. You’re doing great work. I’m

Appreciate it. That reminds me, even the rubber needed attention. A couple tires has scratch marks on the whitewalls; plus the tire beads had extra white on them that could be seen right up against the hub caps as opposed to being black rubber (if that makes sense(?)). 

Ok, no more complaining. Definitely building a Tamiya next  :^)

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Apr 15, 2024 4:24:29 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Jeez dude. Sorry to hear about the paint stripping blues but it looks like you made it through this part. Thank you for the link on the Tamiya Paint Remover. Never heard of it but I'll be ordering some because I paint with lacquers all the time.

It’s good stuff but quite expensive. Not sure I’d want to bathe an entire car body in it. 

[handiabled]

That inline six looks awesome! It sucks when something goes sideways with a bleah kit.

[406 Silverado]

Apr 15, 2024 7:28:24 GMT -5 70 STING said:

Apr 15, 2024 4:24:29 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

Jeez dude. Sorry to hear about the paint stripping blues but it looks like you made it through this part. Thank you for the link on the Tamiya Paint Remover. Never heard of it but I'll be ordering some because I paint with lacquers all the time.

It’s good stuff but quite expensive. Not sure I’d want to bathe an entire car body in it. 

  Right??!! 8 ounces for ......$21? Sounds like some good stuff though.

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Apr 15, 2024 6:16:46 GMT -5 moparman18064 said:

Engine looks great. A shining moment in the battles you’ve had with this kit. When I stripped my Demon, 91% isopropyl alcohol worked well on the lacquer paints I had used on it. It even removed the Tamiya primer. I will keep this one in mind for next time with a styrene kit👍

Hmm, I’ve tried isopropyl on acrylic… don’t recall trying it on lacquer… guess I thought it required something stronger. LA’s Totally Awesome can’t touch it, SuperClean works but it’s quite slow and requires some scraping. Brake fluid works but it’s too nasty to work with.

[lyle]

Apr 15, 2024 8:34:35 GMT -5 70 STING said:

Apr 15, 2024 6:16:46 GMT -5 moparman18064 said:

Engine looks great. A shining moment in the battles you’ve had with this kit. When I stripped my Demon, 91% isopropyl alcohol worked well on the lacquer paints I had used on it. It even removed the Tamiya primer. I will keep this one in mind for next time with a styrene kit👍

Hmm, I’ve tried isopropyl on acrylic… don’t recall trying it on lacquer… guess I thought it required something stronger. LA’s Totally Awesome can’t touch it, SuperClean works but it’s quite slow and requires some scraping. Brake fluid works but it’s too nasty to work with.

I use alcohol a lot. Even on models. I buy 99% online, a gallon a a time. Good stuff and it will remove almost anything.

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Apr 15, 2024 8:39:12 GMT -5 lyle said:

Apr 15, 2024 8:34:35 GMT -5 70 STING said:

Hmm, I’ve tried isopropyl on acrylic… don’t recall trying it on lacquer… guess I thought it required something stronger. LA’s Totally Awesome can’t touch it, SuperClean works but it’s quite slow and requires some scraping. Brake fluid works but it’s too nasty to work with.

I use alcohol a lot. Even on models. I buy 99% online, a gallon a a time. Good stuff and it will remove almost anything.

You crack me up.

Perhaps I’ll give it a try - it’s certainly more affordable than 25 year Macallan.

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Update: nothing too crazy, chassis pretty much done

[jeaton01]

Looks like a Tamiya kit from here!

[keavdog]

Looks fantastic. What do paints did you do your exhaust etc in?

[handiabled]

For the chunky chassis parts you started with you have this looking fantastic!

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Apr 15, 2024 22:01:36 GMT -5 keavdog said:

Looks fantastic. What do paints did you do your exhaust etc in?

The steering linkage and exhaust pipes are AK Interactive Xtreme Metallizer Chrome painted over grey primer, not gloss black. This results in a less shiny finish. The tranny is their Dark Aluminum over the same blue used on the engine block. The muffler was weathered a little with Tamiya’s Weathering Kit D. It actually turned out darker in the photo. I’ll take another photo under better lighting when the kit is complete.

A note regarding AK Metallizer paints. These are by far the easiest paints to apply!  They come airbrush-ready and cover beautifully with low PSI - “so simple a caveman can do it.”  The only caveat is they are a ‘little’ sensitive to over-handling and don’t like heavy applications of Tamiya Panel liner. I’m sure a coat of clear would remedy this.

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Apr 16, 2024 8:37:20 GMT -5 handiabled said:

For the chunky chassis parts you started with you have this looking fantastic!

Thanks man. Just trying to git ‘er done.

[406 Silverado]

Apr 15, 2024 21:50:22 GMT -5 70 STING said:

Update: nothing too crazy, chassis pretty much done

 Looks like a good mix of different lusters of black to provide some contrast and depth to the chassis. Details are well picked out too.

[lyle]

That is fine looking work on the chassis and engine.