1957 Chevy Cameo - "Foosified and Flintstoned"

[curt raitz]

When Revell issued the "Foose F150 Pick'em Up Truck" I got to thinking'...that 1957 Chevy Cameo sitting in my cabinet for who knows how long needs some new shoes.!

So I picked up the Foose F150 at the Local Hobby Shop (yep we got one in Hollister). Not stopping there after a little browse thru Jimmy Flintstones Web Page I found and purchased a chopped '57 Chevy Pick up Cab.

I used the chassis, drivetrain, seat (narrowed to fit Chevy cab), wheels and tires from the Foose kit. 

Found a soft rear bed tonneau cover in my spare parts box (quartered it to fit the cameo bed).

Chassis needed to be lengthened by 1/8" and both axles narrowed by 1/4", plus added a front bed support to the chassis.

Paint is Spaz Stix Candy Apple Green(1)/Candy Yellow(1) and Rustoleum Metallic Black. Both were air brushed and then buried in multiple coats of Testors UltraGloss Clearcoat.

Ran some 1/64" chrome tape between the two colors to give it a little "pop".

The most challenging part of the build was grinding the normal sized glass (front/rear) to fit the chopped cab from Jimmy Flintstone.

I had initially built the truck without the visor, but I'm glad I added it after these photos were taken.

I used the decal from "Firebird Design" for the truck bed.

thanx for lookin'

Edited March 12, 2018 by curt raitz

[THarrison351]

Looks great. And powered by Roush!

[Immortal Chips]

Looks great ? 

[Grumpa]

Very COOL truck Curt! Neat color combo! Where did you get the "Chrome" tape?

Edited March 12, 2018 by Grumpa

[TarheelRick]

Excellent build, that color combination really looks nice.  Also like the idea you used a "real" engine in it.  I also have one of these in my stash, probably need to look through it again to make sure it has not turned to dust.

[TooOld]

Beautiful !!

[curt raitz]

5 hours ago, Grumpa said:

Very COOL truck Curt! Neat color combo! Where did you get the "Chrome" tape?

Mark the chrome pinstripe is from "line o tape".  It can be found in a number of places.

 

[abelaxe]

This is AWESOME!  Beautiful paint job!

[crazyjim]

Very nice.  Love the SHINY

[thatz4u]

always love to see a Chevy with a Ford engine  

[Jim N]

Looks very sharp.  The paint and the detail work is outstanding.

[Foxer]

Looks beautiful ... the thin tape works!

[ATHU]

Awesome work!!

[majel]

Beautiful truck, I've always loved the Cameo.  Very unique color combination, but they work well together.  Do you still have a model contest going up north?  (I'm in Oceano)

[mikemodeler]

Nice color choices and I like the idea of using the Foose kit under the Chebbie!

[slusher]

A real beauty!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[curt raitz]

14 hours ago, majel said:

Beautiful truck, I've always loved the Cameo.  Very unique color combination, but they work well together.  Do you still have a model contest going up north?  (I'm in Oceano)

Thanx and yes we will be having a NNL type model car show in September.

[Grumpa]

On 3/12/2018 at 11:57 AM, curt raitz said:

Mark the chrome pinstripe is from "line o tape".  It can be found in a number of places.

 

Thanks Curt!

[Maindrian Pace]

Y'know, to me, that looks better than with the F-100 body; it just all fits and works well as a unit. Great proportions, great looking truck.

[Tom Geiger]

Great Model!  I built the Foose Ford and thought the chassis was pretty nice.  So I recently bought another kit with the thoughts of using the chassis under another body, and I do have my '55-57 Chevy pickup box on my work bench!   So thanks for showing how it fits.

[RAMBENNA]

awesome, looks great. love the colors

[Lunajammer]

On 3/16/2018 at 1:45 PM, Maindrian Pace said:

Y'know, to me, that looks better than with the F-100 body; it just all fits and works well as a unit. Great proportions, great looking truck.

X2.

[kilrathy10]

Excellent work...This bad boy is so well done....Amazing work....Very impressive....

[Metalmad]

Awesome Build !