GMC Astro double bunk

[The Brush]

Whilst paint is drying on other projects, I thought i`d post a few older builds. This astro d/bunk has air suspension,movable steering axle, Opening driver door,  The grill, heat shields & wipers are P/E,Tanks from aluminum tube home made ,Bumper from plastic card. Cab & frame are airbrushed then stripes masked & brush painted Inspiration for this build came from a picture on the web. Thanks for looking

Edited November 11, 2024 by The Brush

[Jim B]

Beautiful Astro.  Very well done.

[Bronzekeg]

excellent build!!

[trick my mixer]

Good looking Astro for sure.!!

[James2]

A fine-looking rig for sure....

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Bills72sj]

Pretty neat truck. What kit did you start with? Any aftermarket parts?

[Doug 1061]

Now that's something different.  Looks great.  

[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[slusher]

Beautiful semi!

[The Brush]

Thanks for the positive comments, Here`s a couple of pics of the original idea i used. 

[The Brush]

9 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Pretty neat truck. What kit did you start with? Any aftermarket parts?

Thanks for comment, The kit is AMT Astro 95 with ATL decals, rear air suspension is from a GMC general ( not the type used on the real truck) P/E Parts fret from CTM 

[RoninUtah]

Beautiful!

[Old Buckaroo]

Very nice looking truck, and you really did it justice. Love the old stripe scheme on it. It looks like it rolled right out of the sales brochure!

[Biggu]

Wow. What a ton of work went into that …. The paint is beautiful, the stripes are perfectly done, some very nice subtle touches on this. Super nice job. 

[Mr mopar]

Well Done ,I'm glad someone did this model !

[Jürgen M.]

Awesome! 

The headlights remind me of a Ford 9000! 

[Rockford]

What a fantastic piece of work. Excellent paint scheme. Any Astro is a sight for sore eyes but this is a stunner. 

[BK9300]

I agree with Jeff regarding your paint job (and all the details!) - all that masking would be a real patience tester and your paint laid down really well!

[The Brush]

On 11/16/2024 at 10:52 PM, Rockford said:

What a fantastic piece of work. Excellent paint scheme. Any Astro is a sight for sore eyes but this is a stunner. 

Thank you steve.

[The Brush]

On 11/16/2024 at 11:42 PM, BK9300 said:

I agree with Jeff regarding your paint job (and all the details!) - all that masking would be a real patience tester and your paint laid down really well!

Thanks Brian, I masked it out in three stages, Cab roof, Then upper cab sides & finally the front & lower door. letting it dry between stages.

[Jürgen M.]

Just wow! May I ask how you masked the stripes?

I'd love to widen my horizon on that. Looks just perfect! Would have guessed they're decals! Perfect job!

[Gary Chastain]

Sharp truck, nice details

[The Brush]

On 11/19/2024 at 6:18 AM, Jürgen M. said:

Just wow! May I ask how you masked the stripes?

I'd love to widen my horizon on that. Looks just perfect! Would have guessed they're decals! Perfect job!

Hi Jurgen. I`ll try to answer your question, First i did the design using a graphics software, printed it off on thin card to use as templates,Then cut these out of blue vinyl i had, starting with the roof stuck 1mm masking tape down butted up to this a large stripe then 1mm masking tape gap & so on . the 1mm lines on the front & sides i added last with 0.5 masking tape gap. Then remove larger tape to paint in lines. I used enamel paint. If you mix a colour make more than you need for touching in etc. Hope this helps , If you need any further info just ask. All the best Graham.

[Jürgen M.]

Wow!

Thanks Graham! I'm impressed! That's quite some work you put into that! 

And it's an interesting way of approaching it! 

I might try that on my next build!