06/29/22 - 1/18 Petty/STP Craftsman Trucks-Project Complete

[oldtimer]

Sneak preview of Ford F-150

[oldtimer]

Finished the Ford F-150.











And a few shots with the Dodge and Ford together.







Chevy's next!

[oldtimer]

This is what happens when you get in a hurry.

Notice the relief where the rear taillight should be.



Notice how nicely painted the Chevy body was.



On both the Ram and the F-150, the taillight detail was incorporated into the diecast mold. For the Chevy, well . . .

One would think that three models, for the same racing series, produced by the same diecast manufacturer, contemporary to each other, would share common details.

In fact, the chassis are identical (no distributor on the engine, so . . .) and almost interchangeable, but . . .

For some reason, for the Chevy, they decided to have a plastic insert for the taillight.

I didn't notice it, and didn't point it out to the guy who strips the models for me.

His solvent is so strong to cut through the paint on the diecast that it dissolves anything and everything, and in this case, the Chevy taillight inserts.

As I reassembled the Chevy, I carefully placed (and glued) the front grill inserts in.



Got to the back of the model, looked in the Ziplock where I store all the harvested parts, and alas, no taillights.

So . . . JB Weld to the rescue.





Nice calm day today, got a coat of primer on this morning, hopefully get the color down this afternoon.

Plus, these were delivered from Sam Lopez with Three Amigos Decals yesterday.

[tubbs]

wow, JB WELD!! nice fix on something that caught you by surprise.

[oldtimer]

Fixed the Chevy taillights.

Here's the painted version (yes, I know, I probably should have added some Bondo to fill in the voids).



Here it is with the decals added.



I also have decals for the Ram and F-150.

[oldtimer]

Notice anything different?

[oldtimer]

Sneak preview (Chevy needs to have the passenger side decals added).

[mopar]

All 4 of these trucks look awesome! I like the update on the ramp truck.

[oldtimer]

Chevy Silverado completes the trio!

[tubbs]

nice stuff. as i said before, never really messed with diecasts before. you may have mentioned this before, but how many diecasts are you sitting on, do you think?

[oldtimer]

Thanks for the comments!

This project was really satisfying.

Even though I started downsizing following my retirement two years ago, and have sold or donated over 300 1/18 scale models, I still have about 500 on display.

[oldtimer]

Set up a tow rig for the Dodge truck.

Here's a link to the build album for the truck.   flic.kr/s/aHsmHLjpjV

It is an Anson Dodge dually cab coupled to a Premier Classix resin box bed.