'60 Chevy Custom Fleetside

[mopar man]

wow when I saw that it never really caught my attention lol great work so far in the first pic it almost looks silver

[iceracer1]

New update:

I wanted to make the thrunk in real wood so I searched in the LHS for it. I found 1mm sheets of real wood
So we take the thrunk:


First I made a template of it and cutted it out of the wood.
After that I made the strips on it.


Than I covered it with some BMF and clearcoated it.


That's it.

I also polished the body. I really love the shine on it and this colour is very nice in the sun!













Kris.

[ketje]

looking good

[modeltech]

keep us posted on this build!! i am really liking it!!!

[tigeraid]

very, very cool.

[mopar man]

Originally Posted by Crawlin Around

Yea....your totally right....it is the same kit.......................................




rub one out.....

if you read the last part of that post it says that these parts might fit THIS kit meaning the picture of the kit that he put up

[NOSFERATTU]

Originally Posted by tigeraid

very, very cool.

+1

[iceracer1]

Made some progress

First little detail was paint the logo inside red.



After that I painted the windowtrims in flat black. This time I used the Tamiya Paint marker for it. It works very easy and the paint is easy to remove. Got this done is less than 2 minutes!



The things on the side (don't know the name english) are covered with some BMF. After that I also placed the windows.



The thrunkdoor was to much polished and the plasticcolour shines through it so I fixed it with some BMF I think this problem is nice solved now I'm also thinking to paint the Chevrolet logo in black or something.....


Talking about black..... I was not a big fan of the body colour in the enginebay so I painted it all in flat black.



I also finished the engine. I used some sparkplug wires and the rest of the engine was just stock, exept for the colours of course.





And a dryfit:




I also added the licenseplates on the front and rearbumper:



Just like this kit

Kris.

[tigeraid]

Glad to see you keeping the straight 6, it's nice and unique.

I must admit the black window trim is a little off-putting, but I'll wait and see how the whole truck comes together... just seems weird to have chrome trim all over the truck but not around the windshield.

[Dean23]

I agree with tigeraid..the black trim doesnt work for me either. I think chrome window trim would be better! It would work well witht he chrome grille wheels and chrome cab louvers. If you are going to ppaint the chevrolet letters on the tailgate, may I suggest going with white or silver....I think it would look better!

[NOSFERATTU]

Very nice works Kris.

[iceracer1]

Made some progress last days.

First the frontgrille. I painted it black and cleaned it up so the chrome looks came back. I also installed the headlights.





Also the engineroom is almost finished:


The chassis is also finished. I only have to lower it. (will be a problem...)


The lightunits had to be in body colour but the paint was empty so I painted them Silver Leaf. I also painted the chevrolet logo in white.





From some stainless steel I made 2 new exhaust tips on a lathe. I also made some sharper edges on it.


and this is how it most be


I also finished the interior. First I painted it flat white. The floormats are painted black. The doorpanels etc and dashboard are white and lightblue/grey with BMF strips.

The steeringwheel is stolen from a '70 Dogde SuperBee









And a overall view:


It will be a hard job to lower this chassis. After 3 hours trying and thinking how to lower it I didn't managed to make a dessision. Now I'll lower it the easiest way and try to work clean.

Next update it will be finished

Kris.

[Mr. Me.]

Great colour! Waiting to see it finished

[tigeraid]

Looks awesome, the engine bay is just right too.

[BJ3113]

thats some awesome looking truck!!! Very Nice