1952 Chevrolet 3100 with cap and trailer

[Chuck Most]

This started out as the AMT 1950 3100. Conversion to a '52 consists of replacing the molded door handles with push button handles (taken from a Revell '50 Oldsmobile in this case), filling in the driver's side cowl vent, modifying the hood side badges (cutting away the 3100 basically), and adding wing vents to the windows. I also used the valve cover and air cleaner from the custom version of the kit just because I could. The topper was constructed from various bits of Evergreen plastic and Chesapeake aluminum mesh, and the trailer came from the '63 Nova Wagon 3 in 1. The trailer was given a set of '50 Chevrolet truck taillights.  I also filled in the quarter windows to give the truck a low-line, base model feel. I don't believe that "base model" 1952s had white grilles  (bumpers yes but the grilles seemed to have been body color) but I liked the look so I went with it. 

[mchook]

Love it!?

[James2]

Absolutely perfect, I like it all. Fit and finish right down to the window stickers!

[the goon]

Amazing.

Mark

[Rusty92]

Very nice. That red is so great. 

[slusher]

fantastic build!  I like the camper and trailer…

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Jonathan]

Really great work!

[Tom Geiger]

Very cool Chuck!  My kind of truck!

I used the engine chrome on mine too!

 

Edited January 24, 2022 by Tom Geiger

[crazyjim]

It looks so real in the pics.  Good job.

[TonyK]

That looks great! Everything!

[ewetwo]

That is so cool looking.

[afx]

Very nice.

[cobraman]

Pretty darn cool.

[Watertown]

As always, another great build, Chuck! Great detailing, and I agree with your choice of white for the bumpers/grille. Thanks for continuing to inspire the rest of us. Happy New Year!

[happy grumpy]

My favorite pick up. I have a soft spot for these old chevy trucks. Great build.

[espo]

Great looking finishes. Your last picture reminds me of so many of these from the past. Guys had to build their own camper shell in the old days, and this gives it that look. 

[NOBLNG]

Nice job! Very clean looking build.?

[bisc63]

Very nice, realistic model cleanly built and beautifully presented. Well done.

[Smoke Wagon]

Alright, I can get past those bumper stickers and appreciate a nice build. I really dig the scratch built canopy and that you made it into a 3 window truck. (AMT always should’ve included flush opaque plastic inserts for that). Nice job on the trailer too, those matching fenders set it apart.

[Painted Black]

Very nice.. What paint did you use for the red? Thanks

[PappyD340]

Great looking rig, well done!

[thatz4u]

what they all said x 2

[Chuck Most]

On 1/26/2022 at 9:04 AM, Painted Black said:

Very nice.. What paint did you use for the red? Thanks

This, with a couple coats of Testors Dullcote on top

[Chuck Most]

Thanks for your thoughts, guys. I'm actually pretty happy with the way this one came out. Think I started the old '22 hobby season rather strongly... let's see how far I can fall. ?