Brizio Posted October 16, 2022 Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) I always wanted to do a scrap metal truck, I have seen few when for work I was going in some small towns and loved them. A friend gave me this C20 last year. Somebody start to work on it, shortning the bed. Since the bed was chopped off, not accurately for a short bed. I decided to bring it back to "full size"... The kit is the AMT 1972 Chevy Fleetside. The truck has some trims, that I remove all of them except for the tailgate and passenger door. After I painted the dorr and tailgate in a different color. As some would have replace them at some point. The rest of the body after been damaged, was painted in a torquise color. When the body was completed I weatered few time. The motor is the stock that came with the kit, I detailed up little bit the engine bay, and added wires and hoses. I replace the rear tire with some more "agressive", this will help during the winter, they said... In the interior I added few details too. Seat cover is a must! Of course the keys, on the ignition. I printed out some comic books from that era like who drove was into comic books. And also smoked Marlboro... Now to the fun part, the back of the truck... I built a classic rack for the bed, this will help to contain all the scrap metal. I started to make a washer and dryer, a oven. But was not enough to fill up the long bed... I also use some car parts, like hood, door and fender. After I made a file cabinet, locker, bicycle cframe, trycicle a walker, lamp stand, and a bunch of other small things. Building all the stuff in the back was fun, challenging and toke longer than build the truck itself... Edited October 29, 2022 by Brizio 8
Brizio Posted October 16, 2022 Author Posted October 16, 2022 2 hours ago, avidinha said: That's way cool! Thank you Andrew! 38 minutes ago, fredo84 said: Darn Kool !!! Thank you Fred! 2
TarheelRick Posted October 16, 2022 Posted October 16, 2022 Love it. There is so much detail to look at. This truck is almost a diorama all by itself. Great work.
Metalbeast Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 If it was dark green and had a lot less junk in the bed it would look just like my uncle George's old truck. Love the weathering and the "cargo". ?
Brizio Posted October 17, 2022 Author Posted October 17, 2022 3 hours ago, TarheelRick said: Love it. There is so much detail to look at. This truck is almost a diorama all by itself. Great work. Thank you Ricky! I'm very atttached to this truck, mostly some stuff on the back, like the tricycle. It helped me to get a job as model builder. 17 minutes ago, Metalbeast said: If it was dark green and had a lot less junk in the bed it would look just like my uncle George's old truck. Love the weathering and the "cargo". ? I though to paint it green, I love the green color, like my truck. Thank you Kevin!
Zippi Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 Pretty kewl looking. From the looks of it, the ole boy had a good day of picking up scrap metal.
MeatMan Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 Very nice work! For a minute I thought that was the guy that picked up that pot belly stove I thew out. ?
thatz4u Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 Now that is excellent model scratchbuilding.....on a scale of 1 to 10...I give this a 12
happy grumpy Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 that's my kind of pick up. A true work horse and very well weathered. The engine bay is so realistic, I can almost smell the oil burning on the exhaust. Love the junk in the back.
Tom Geiger Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 Great model! Bet you had as much fun creating the junk! It looks like the guys who cruise around my town in garbage night!
Brizio Posted October 18, 2022 Author Posted October 18, 2022 17 hours ago, ChrisR said: Awesome! Thank you Chris! 14 hours ago, Zippi said: Pretty kewl looking. From the looks of it, the ole boy had a good day of picking up scrap metal. Nice quality scrap metal! LOL! Thank you Bob! 11 hours ago, MeatMan said: Very nice work! For a minute I thought that was the guy that picked up that pot belly stove I thew out. ? LOL! Thank you Dennis! 9 hours ago, thatz4u said: Now that is excellent model scratchbuilding.....on a scale of 1 to 10...I give this a 12 12 as 12000 lb of steel... Thank you Al! 7 hours ago, happy grumpy said: that's my kind of pick up. A true work horse and very well weathered. The engine bay is so realistic, I can almost smell the oil burning on the exhaust. Love the junk in the back. I know what you are talking about, I had a '74... Thank you Mario! 3 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Great model! Bet you had as much fun creating the junk! It looks like the guys who cruise around my town in garbage night! You win the bet pretty easy! Thank you Tom!
Kims Kustom Garage Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 Cool truck with lots of coll stuff in the bed ?
Brizio Posted October 18, 2022 Author Posted October 18, 2022 7 hours ago, slusher said: Outstanding! Thank you Carl! 20 minutes ago, Kims Kustom Garage said: Cool truck with lots of coll stuff in the bed ? Thank you Kim! 1
Claude Thibodeau Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 Hi Fabrizio! Very convincing, I feel I've seen such a truck many times in my life. Bravo! CT
TransAmMike Posted October 18, 2022 Posted October 18, 2022 Good lord Man, that is super impressive. WOW!!
Brizio Posted October 19, 2022 Author Posted October 19, 2022 13 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said: Hi Fabrizio! Very convincing, I feel I've seen such a truck many times in my life. Bravo! CT Thank you Claude! 13 hours ago, afx said: Impressive work. Thank you JC! 9 hours ago, TransAmMike said: Good lord Man, that is super impressive. WOW!! Thank you Mike!
NOBLNG Posted October 19, 2022 Posted October 19, 2022 Now that is one realistic looking rig. Well done!?
oldnslow Posted October 20, 2022 Posted October 20, 2022 Wow ! I could look at that for hours just to look at the junk in the back . Fantastic job .
Brizio Posted October 20, 2022 Author Posted October 20, 2022 On 10/19/2022 at 5:59 AM, NOBLNG said: Now that is one realistic looking rig. Well done!? Thank you Greg! 1 hour ago, oldnslow said: Wow ! I could look at that for hours just to look at the junk in the back . Fantastic job . Yesterday I add another piece of scrap metal in the back! Thank you Robert!
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