WIP Chevy Fleetside

I will try to lower the suspension on the front end 

Rear is lowered by 4mm 

The front of the bed has these ugly openings too 

So I closed them  

First steps on the engine 

Removing the beaded line around the rear wheel well 

Done 

Other side as well, but why? 

That’s why! 

Starting on getting the cab in one piece. Blue is sprue glue 

The bonnet is a 4 piece contraption. Will need some effort to get it nice 

Added a thin rod over the seam line. Makes it more pretty and a bit stronger 

The front end need some putty 

 

Spreading the body a bit for a better fit with the rear end 

Made a bed cover from 0.25mm sheet 

Added some h-beams for strength  

Reworked the grill 

Dry fitting 

 

All parts cleaned 

All parts 

Primer on 

Primer on 

Let's give this a go in the airbrush 

The results are passable. I'll let it cure before a verdict 

As this paint takes a while to cure (supposedly), I have covered the pieces, while letting enough room for ventilation 

This looks good! 

These too 

Not so good 

Downright bad 

 

 

 

The red engine that could? 

Much better, let’s see after curing… 

Much better, let’s see after curing… 

Much better, let’s see after curing… 

Test by request. The plasticard is 48hrs old sprayed Molotow, slow and heavy. The clamp is 24hrs old, sprayed quick and light repeatedly 

Masked both with a piece of Tamiya tape 

After 2 minutes maximum, the tape damages the paint 

And even after 48hrs, the paint is damaged 

After sanding 

 

The exhaust doesn’t fit anymore as the suspension has been lowered 

Cut it shorter, opened up and dirtied a bit 

Chassis is place 

Sprayed 2k clear with my new 0.5 airbrush 

Wired 

 

 

 

Too heavy! Orange peel everywhere 

To take a break from sanding down the peel, I painted some red on the hub caps. 

 

And did some work on the interior. 

Sanded and polished. This is as far as I dare to go. 

 

So I went for the full garish look. Chrome everywhere! 

This looks nice 

The bed is all done and closed 

Some more parts in there 

She’s rollin’ 

More drivable with a steering wheel 

The interior needs to go into the cab 

There’s stuff in the way when trying to fit the body to the chassis 

 

But it worked! 

Nearly there