12-09-2019, 05:45 AM | #1 |
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MARTINSR gave me an Ertl scale model AD panel truck piggy bank. Over the last week I undertook to make it a clone of my full-size panel, including a front and rear lowering job and satin black paint. Here's the before pics; compare it to my real truck!
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12-09-2019, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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Dog gone man! That looks SHARP! I dig it brother!
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12-09-2019, 10:21 AM | #3 |
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Nice job, big difference...Jim
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12-09-2019, 11:35 AM | #4 |
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That looks great...I did the same with one for my IH build
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12-09-2019, 11:48 AM | #5 |
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that's really cool, nice work
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12-09-2019, 10:57 PM | #6 |
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Thank gentlemen! I'm hoping MARTINSR sees this because he gave me the toy truck.
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That is just too cool. Nice work on tucking the wheels inside the fenders were they belong.
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It's kinda making me mad; it has a better stance than my real truck!
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12-11-2019, 12:10 PM | #9 |
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When I was building my 57 AMT released a model of a 55. Of course I bought it, painted it the same color as my truck, and set it up on display. My truck is powered by a smallblock with crossfire injection so when I was at a swap meet several years later and spotted a partial model of an '84 Vette with Crossfire I picked it up. I took the '55 off the shelf and proceeded to do an engine swap, going as far as matching the Vette engine to the truck transmission. Several years ago AMT released a '57 Chevy pickup model so I used the grille and hood ornament to convert the '55 to a '57.
Meanwhile the real truck languishes, waiting until I have time to install the Hydravac, OEM sway bar, and NVG4500. |
12-12-2019, 01:08 AM | #10 |
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Daaaamn that is cool! You nailed it!
I have six unbuilt kits of an AD that I hope to build someday in the different versions my truck has been since new, think it will be quite a project but fun as hell. Brian
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Toys sure are quicker and cheaper to build than real trucks...
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12-12-2019, 09:17 AM | #12 |
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Honestly, you did a great job! I really dig it!
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Awesome job!
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