It's a 1/25th scale kit, from AMT.
First up, tires and custom wheels, as seen on TV. The chrome has been dulled, and details highlighted. Also the tire tread is scuffed slightly. I'm going for a slightly used look, not new, but not actually weathered.
Gloss paint, slightly dulled, with details painted yields fairly good looking upholstery.
V-8 on a stick...
I had trouble with the dashboard. I wanted more detail than was really there and trying to paint it led to a mixed result.
Once assembled, it's very hard to see though.
I tried embossing power for a carpet. Never done that before... Again, a mixed result.
By the way, looking at the many, many photos out there of this car, from the show, it's clear the multiple cars used were not identical. There are a few differences. The odd mix of black seats and the tan dash and doors is consistent though.
I accidentally used the lens that were for the side spotlights as headlights. Oddly there were four of them. So I used the headlight lens in the side spotlights. No one will ever know...
The body was not a perfect fit. I ended up filing away some of the outsides of the interior. I've certainly seen worse though.
One last look at the engine... The hood did not fit over the air filter. It was close, but not good enough. So I glued the hood down.
It would have been nice if the kit had a hinged hood.
Done!
And ready to hunt!
For the body paint I used several coats of gloss black with the usual sanding in between down to 8000 grit or so. Finally I used a polish that left a "show room" finish. But I then sprayed it with a "gloss" clear coat I have that creates a fairly low lever of gloss. Using a regular car wax on that gave me exactly the sort of finish a well-driven older car has. It's not super shiny, but it is smooth and very consistent. It's a just the slightly oxidized look that I really like on this subject.
This was a pretty simple kit, but it yields a nice result without a lot of effort. My one complaint is that the truck does not open, and there's no parts for the well known contents of that trunk. Yes, it wouldn't be too hard to cut it and add hinges, but in my opinion the level of detail of the rest doesn't justify the effort - especially since I've never done that.
It's too bad because the kit does include a decal for the symbols on inside of the truck lid. It would have been been really nice to include in the kit the array of weapons that are supposed to be in there. Then again, this isn't a complex or expensive. It's just a "quick" project anyway.
See the whole album of photos for this project here:
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