90' GMC TopKick C7500-C8500

[GvEman]

Great way of making the mirror structure!

[Serioga]

Originally Posted by GvEman

Great way of making the mirror structure!

Thank you!
So still working on small things: added a La brackets to fuel tanks

Here I've made a crutch to front baterry box bracket becouse it interfere with front cab bracket

Opened holes for reflectors.

I had a big gap in left front wheel housing. So I drilled semi axis and glued 1.2mm brass wire instead of standart pin. And glued 2mm brass tube inside coresponding groove.

I didn't like left fender panel line. Photo is bad, so I drawed it in photoshop

Now I made a template

...filled the line. And lower wind sheeld gasget (scrached, when cut off wipoers)

Sanded shooth

Rescribed, but not ideal any way...

Now everything is ready for priming. I have not used air brush for 2 years already

Now the result has confused me. The pigment is going down too quik So first part of spraying is O-key, but the second one give me semi transparent layer. The primer is Motip aerozol merged out for air brush.

[Serioga]

Some progress:
Here is Chrome frame around headlight lenses

Tried to copy with solder wire.

Turn signals and tail lights were found in my spares. And future reflectors below

Couple missing things. There is imitation of hood hinge environment below

It is deep, under lower edge of hood.

It will looks like this


Here I tried to fix oblique tyres with strips of styrol, around the rim. Looks better, but not ideal

Finally cut out flat windows

Here is how I made an imitation of engine sump (in case it can be visable from one of angles).
Used harden resin






Noticed, that I missed one thing before painting: dump bed gaps I should fill with putty. Now it already filled and waiting for spraying again.

[malscar]

great to see you still building this. Very good work on turning this into a masterpiece.

[Serioga]

Some small update
A friend of mine (probably known as Stratos75) have drawn and printed roof*lights:
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Here it is, fitted to my template.
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Finally sprayed chassis, plus couple more parts

... and head light recess. I alves slightly fail with masking.
But I'm glad, that this part of cab is finished. Though all plastic and rubbers on a cab are waiting.* *CRAZY*

And small tizer:

[Serioga]

Hello, Gents!
Slowly going to finish!*
Let's start from nice touches. Her I made small red copys from originals, painted chrome.

Sunvisors & front stand upholstery (marked with arrows).

Glued windscreen with epoxy

Rear window

I really wanted to make a crushed stone crumb on the tread, as in the photo

Yes, I planned to make the gravel*in the body from drying pellets. These are sometimes put in new shoes inside bags . I picked it up - from the packages from the glucose test strips. And then rubbed on a spatula (in the photo-on the right). In my opinion, it turned out better than ZIP*pigment.

And here on the right - a bottle of those pellets. It took me years to collect this amount.

Front wheels with nuts & nipples
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There is almost invisible nippers on rear wheels. Perhaps it is pointless*to make a nipple* on 10-hole disks.

Up grated tanks

Some chassis & body views




I found another way to replicate mud flaps. In electric shops*it is called "heat-conducting dielectric sheet". This rubber is 0.5-0.25 mm thick. It can be sprayed.

Ask questions! I will be glad to answer.

[DasWiesel]

Fantastic work! Looks like the best American trucks are coming from Russia.

[denilsonvm]

pretty cool project!

[Serioga]

Thank you, guys, for your comments!*
Going to finish. Side mirrors.



To finish this build I desided to weather dump bed inside. After couple of heavy loads (especialy - gravel) paint starts to slide away, leaving a bare metal, which starts to rust.
I started with silver alkid and dry brush. This is example of a wrong way:

So the next stage was to cover all this nightmare, using air brush with Mr Hobby's Burnt iron. The paper on photo is template. The*corners were sprayed with matt black. And dots of rust were squirted from hard brush. My first attempt. I guess I must change the brush & try different paint thickness



Also I learned to use pigment powder to make ground, stuck on the corners. First I fill corners with PVA glue and strew the powder over it. Then press*it down with a brush. When I got powder soaked with glue, I srtew a little more powder over. PVA leaves rubber like tape, when it dries, and it is better to cover it with a powder.

Next I sprayed it all using Mr hobby matt varnish with minimal preassure to fix the powder.

Tell me - what do you think about this work?

[Serioga]

For those who watched the building, here is the Dump Truck in gallery: http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...32#post7229632

[360spider]

Wow, its finally done? Congrats!