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Bruce Huxtable
Very convincing in all areas 👍 I'm liking this a lot 👍🙂

9 October 2021, 06:36

Neuling
Top work in every aspect! You can see here: swearing can help a lot! Even on bumper stickers ..........

9 October 2021, 09:06

Rui S
Great paintjob 👍

9 October 2021, 15:44

Brandon H
Excellent weathering here! Very realistic.

10 January 2022, 12:07

Mike Szwarc
Nice work! 👍 👍 👍

10 January 2022, 17:10

Jeremy O
Thank you everyone!

10 January 2022, 21:38

Spanjaard
It looks great, specially in the snow!

10 January 2022, 21:53

Christian W
This is so cool! A w e s o m e ! Those details are great.

11 January 2022, 15:06

Jean-François Lacoste
Nice work mate.

11 January 2022, 15:19

István Szücs
Really good, a real redneck ride! Nice sticker on the rear end! I love it!

11 January 2022, 17:14

Simon Nagorsnik
Beautiful work😁
Well done!

11 January 2022, 17:20

Jeremy O
Thank you everyone!

12 January 2022, 01:55

Dominik Weitzer
well done!

13 January 2022, 06:16

Villiers de Vos
Nicely detailed.

13 January 2022, 07:26

Richard Cheals
Outstanding weathering!

13 January 2022, 09:45

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Beautiful work! The firewood looks like the real deal and I think you did some great rust and chipping. 👍

13 January 2022, 11:34

Michael Kohl
That is how this one has to look like - down to the wood chips in the trunk. Excellent.

13 January 2022, 11:42

Jv
Well done much appreciated that you shere
Would love to see how you did it

13 January 2022, 12:18

Stéphane Jayet
impressive work and outstanding results !

13 January 2022, 13:13

Jeremy O
Wow, the response to this has been incredible. Thanks to everyone for the encouragement - this was my first auto kit in over 20 years and it was not a good kit to start again on, so it really means a lot.

14 January 2022, 02:20

Jeremy O
@WhiteGlint - the firewood is simply a 2" dia. branch that fell from an oak in my backyard, cut into 1" chunks, and then "split" with a utility knife. Very easy to do

14 January 2022, 02:24

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This was - legitimately - the hardest model I've ever built - Revell 1/24 scale GMC Snowplow.

You may have seen this, partially completed, in Fine Scale Modeler's highlights from NIMCON 2021. Since those photos were taken, I added more simulated road salt weathering, fixed some rusted areas that looked incomplete, added the spare wheel, and added details to the truck bed. These include a plastic tarp made from duct tape, firewood from a stick, fallen leaves punched with PK-Pro's leaf punch, a rusted tow chain, and a scratchbuilt cooler and hand axe.

For as much swearing as I did during this build, I'm very happy with the results of the first automotive model I've completed in 25+ years.

GMC Pickup (WI, 1980)

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