GMC Jimmy

[bluestringer]

This one had a lot of warpage in the body, frame and interior. Nothing fit right. Did the best I could with it. Had problems with my BMF, couldn't get it to stick and that caused incorrect trimming, some I just finished with a sharpie. I shot revive it polish for the clear before I put on the BMF which may have been the problem. Body paint is Createx Opaque Red over white Autoborne Sealer. I tried to add some dust and dirt with Tamiya weathering powders to make it look like a work truck, came out ok I guess. I would have liked to had some bigger off road tires to put on it, but didn't have any. All comments welcome and thanks for looking. 

[NOBLNG]

That looks pretty good to me James!? It’s a shame about all the warpage, but it looks like you got it pretty much under control. Too bad they couldn’t have supplied some optional off road tires.

[bluestringer]

5 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

That looks pretty good to me James!? It’s a shame about all the warpage, but it looks like you got it pretty much under control. Too bad they couldn’t have supplied some optional off road tires.

Thanks Greg. I also noticed some things missing in the kit, no mirrors, no coil. Not sure what was going on with this one, but I like the kit and will probably try another one to see if I can get a better build. I'll get me some nice tires for the next one. 

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[David G.]

It came out good in spite of all the difficulties.

David G.

[Zippi]

That's a good looking GMC James.  Turned out nice man.  

[happy grumpy]

Nice looking Jimmy , you did a great job despite the issues. Of all the issues I encountered in all those years of modelling, warpage is the most difficult to deal with for me. Plastic is really hard to bend back into it's original shape. Looks like you nailed it though.

[bluestringer]

8 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Nice!

Thanks.

 

8 hours ago, David G. said:

It came out good in spite of all the difficulties.

David G.

Thank you.

 

8 hours ago, Zippi said:

That's a good looking GMC James.  Turned out nice man.  

Thanks Bob.

 

2 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

Nice looking Jimmy , you did a great job despite the issues. Of all the issues I encountered in all those years of modelling, warpage is the most difficult to deal with for me. Plastic is really hard to bend back into it's original shape. Looks like you nailed it though.

Thanks. Yea, I hate dealing with warpage, don't really know what to do to fix it. If you notice the third picture you can see a gap on the right of the windshield, that's due to warpage in the windshield frame. I didn't take any photos from the other side. If I did you could see where the top did not sit flush to the windshield frame, also the left rear body is sitting way out further from the rear wheel. But it was a fun kit and it's just a shelf sitter. 

[stavanzer]

Great Jimmy!

I hope mine comes out half as good!

[FLHCAHZ]

Very nice!

[cheyenne93]

Like it!!??? I have one that I am going to do like the 1:1 a kid i went to high school with had. Lifted, 38s all that.