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Thanks to Raytheon, I was able to put the master touch on a Christmas present for my Pop! Rayth, thanks again for the URL to the license plate!
Granted, I'm a bit rusty at building cars, or in this case trucks. Probably been about... oh, the better part of 15 years since I built one. But when I found this kit of Pop's old Chevy C-10, I couldn't resist! Plus, I have an excuse to build & give a gift that brings back some great memories!
I was working on it & wraping it up till about 1am Christmas morning! All the detail shots were taken outside on my Mom's front steps right before sunset Christmas Eve. Nothing like the last second, eh? Here's a quick beauty shot. The base is one of those acrylic display boxes, sans the box in this shot.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/Beauty1.jpg
The kit had the truck pimped out- thin tires, different grill, etc. The tires are aftermarket. Also, the interior lacked any real detail. The dash was okay, but I added the "three-in-the-tree" shifter, PRNDL gauge on the colum, turn signal lever & parking break. The gauges were given several coats of Future for the "glass look".
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/dash2.jpg
The seats in the kit were bucket, so I had to make a bench seat. I also made the seatbelts out of masking tape & small squares of styrene. The window crank & door lever were also scratched. I also pastel chalked the seats for wear.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/Seat1a.jpg
When he had the truck, we had a gravel driveway & an old phone pole to bump up against so you didn't roll down the hill. Here's the pole, made from a stick I found in the woods behind my house, painted up to look a bit more in scale. The grass is aftermarket as well as the in-scale gravel, held on with Elmer's.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/LogGrass.jpg
The front bumper was the biggest PIA. The kit had a mesh grill, my Pop's had the "bar". Off came the mesh & I built a bar, cutting holes for the orange hazard lights. My first ever attempt at using Future mixed with food coloring! Not too shabby, but it took about three days worth of layering & drying to get enough Future to fill the holes. Another feature I put on was the white "steel tubes". Easy enough with tube styrene. And of course the big help from Raytheon was for the license plate! The link gave me the plate for the last year I knew he had the truck (1983). There's almost no way to know what his plate was, so the "71" is for the home county in Indiana, the "P" is for Pops, & of course the 2006 for this year. My friend used his Uber printer at work to get me some nice sharp prints.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/FrontBumper.jpg
Merry Christmas, Pop!
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/Open1.jpg
Granted, I'm a bit rusty at building cars, or in this case trucks. Probably been about... oh, the better part of 15 years since I built one. But when I found this kit of Pop's old Chevy C-10, I couldn't resist! Plus, I have an excuse to build & give a gift that brings back some great memories!
I was working on it & wraping it up till about 1am Christmas morning! All the detail shots were taken outside on my Mom's front steps right before sunset Christmas Eve. Nothing like the last second, eh? Here's a quick beauty shot. The base is one of those acrylic display boxes, sans the box in this shot.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/Beauty1.jpg
The kit had the truck pimped out- thin tires, different grill, etc. The tires are aftermarket. Also, the interior lacked any real detail. The dash was okay, but I added the "three-in-the-tree" shifter, PRNDL gauge on the colum, turn signal lever & parking break. The gauges were given several coats of Future for the "glass look".
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/dash2.jpg
The seats in the kit were bucket, so I had to make a bench seat. I also made the seatbelts out of masking tape & small squares of styrene. The window crank & door lever were also scratched. I also pastel chalked the seats for wear.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/Seat1a.jpg
When he had the truck, we had a gravel driveway & an old phone pole to bump up against so you didn't roll down the hill. Here's the pole, made from a stick I found in the woods behind my house, painted up to look a bit more in scale. The grass is aftermarket as well as the in-scale gravel, held on with Elmer's.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/LogGrass.jpg
The front bumper was the biggest PIA. The kit had a mesh grill, my Pop's had the "bar". Off came the mesh & I built a bar, cutting holes for the orange hazard lights. My first ever attempt at using Future mixed with food coloring! Not too shabby, but it took about three days worth of layering & drying to get enough Future to fill the holes. Another feature I put on was the white "steel tubes". Easy enough with tube styrene. And of course the big help from Raytheon was for the license plate! The link gave me the plate for the last year I knew he had the truck (1983). There's almost no way to know what his plate was, so the "71" is for the home county in Indiana, the "P" is for Pops, & of course the 2006 for this year. My friend used his Uber printer at work to get me some nice sharp prints.
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/FrontBumper.jpg
Merry Christmas, Pop!
http://planetmyhill.com/Modelmaster/PICS/Pops_Truck/Open1.jpg