Nbseddie Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Began building this bagged and bodied single cab GMC but ended up turning it into a crew cab dually. I’m currently waiting on wheels and Dually bedsides, once I get those I can start building a frame for it but in the meantime I’ve been building the cab. I’ll be posting more progress pics in the future once I get some more done but hopefully all goes well since this is pretty much my first ever scratch built model, aside from the frame work I did on the single cab.
TarheelRick Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Looks like a good start. These conversions are fun for me to watch someone else do.
avidinha Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 I'm looking forward to watching the progress on this one.
Sty57 Posted September 13, 2019 Posted September 13, 2019 I like it a lot! Where are you getting the dually bed-sides?
Nbseddie Posted September 14, 2019 Author Posted September 14, 2019 19 hours ago, Sty57 said: I like it a lot! Where are you getting the dually bed-sides? Thank you, I found them on shapeways, they look pretty good but they’re going to need some work, since they don’t fully reach the bottom of the bed.
Koellefornia Kid Posted September 14, 2019 Posted September 14, 2019 Looks like a cool project! Will follow.
Sty57 Posted September 14, 2019 Posted September 14, 2019 Looks great! Are you going to mold the box into the cab and make it one piece? Or put the back of the cab in there? I never understood why no-one ever made a dually kit of the 70/80's Chevy/ GMC.
gautreau Posted September 14, 2019 Posted September 14, 2019 Great progress so far. I'll definitely be following this build!
Modlbldr Posted September 14, 2019 Posted September 14, 2019 Looks great so far. I like it. Are the filler pieces between the cab sections just plastic stock or are they from kit pieces? I'll be watching this one. Later-
Nbseddie Posted September 15, 2019 Author Posted September 15, 2019 10 hours ago, Modlbldr said: Looks great so far. I like it. Are the filler pieces between the cab sections just plastic stock or are they from kit pieces? I'll be watching this one. Later- Thank you, they’re pieces from a kit. I had 2 extra cabs, aside from a full kit, so I just cut them up to make the rear cab section.
Nbseddie Posted September 15, 2019 Author Posted September 15, 2019 16 hours ago, Sty57 said: Looks great! Are you going to mold the box into the cab and make it one piece? Or put the back of the cab in there? I never understood why no-one ever made a dually kit of the 70/80's Chevy/ GMC. Thank you i was thinking of making it one piece, since I’m shaving some pieces, like the handles and side markers but it’s a little much for my taste.
Nbseddie Posted September 17, 2019 Author Posted September 17, 2019 Took a little break from working on the body and decided to start on the frame. Just doing something simple, nothing fancy but can’t go much further, until I can find some wheels for it.
mikemodeler Posted September 18, 2019 Posted September 18, 2019 Nice start to a great looking ride. If you are looking for stock style dually wheels, check out Scenes Unlimited. If you want something more custom, a trip down the toy aisle at WalMart might yield something to your liking. There was a company that used to resin cast a crew cab dually, but they are long out of business and have yet to see anyone offer this since.
Nbseddie Posted September 21, 2019 Author Posted September 21, 2019 Made some progress on the frame today, been a little uninspired to keep working on it, since I’m still unable to find wheels but i decided to put the regular bedsides back on and mock up some 22” wheels I have to be able to finish the frame.
Sty57 Posted September 22, 2019 Posted September 22, 2019 I seen these wheels on the bay. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183919785786
Nbseddie Posted September 22, 2019 Author Posted September 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Sty57 said: I seen these wheels on the bay. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183919785786 Those are pretty nice, I might order them. Thank you. I tried ordering some from a guy on Instagram but for some reason he’s ignoring my messages.
Brandon Miller Posted September 24, 2019 Posted September 24, 2019 JPS Customs does some nice dually rims
Nbseddie Posted September 29, 2019 Author Posted September 29, 2019 Made a little more progress, now that the wheels arrived. I’m going to have to extend the dually fenders to fit these 26s but I have to say they look amazing already.
Modlbldr Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 Where did you get the wheels? Those look good. Later-
Nbseddie Posted September 30, 2019 Author Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Modlbldr said: Where did you get the wheels? Those look good. Later- They’re from 3dscaleparts.
Nbseddie Posted October 7, 2019 Author Posted October 7, 2019 Dually fenders are finally on permanently and I’m pretty satisfied with how it’s turning out. The frame fits very well and there’s no need for adjustments, now I can move on to finishing the frame.
Nbseddie Posted November 6, 2019 Author Posted November 6, 2019 Finally back on this thing after some time off. Body is pretty straight, lines match up beautifully but those bedsides look a little weird to me, might try to fix that.
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