'60 Chevrolet Fleetside Pickup "Home Town"

My new project is the AMT 1960 Chevrolet Fleetside Pickup.  I am using this kit to replicate the pickup truck used by Ben Napier on HGTV's Home Town TV series.  There are some differences between the '60 and the '62 pickups.  The hood and the grille are  different as the '62 has a smooth hood and single headlights.  Ben's pickup is also a V8/auto trans with dual exhaust and this kit has a six cylinder/manual trans with single exhaust.  The differences really doesn't bother me too much as I will build the '60 as is and I may use the hood from the Revell '65 Chevy pickup which is a bit too wide for the AMT '60 Chevy Fleetside, but I could cut it down.
I am aware of a '62 Chevy pickup annual kit, but they are too expensive to even bother trying to find one.  I am also fine with the straight six/manual trans in this kit.  The V8 can be found in a Revell '63 Impala kit, but I think that for the ease of building, I'll stick with the six.  I will be adding the wheels, hubcaps and tires, and the rear view side mirrors gifted to me by fellow Club member Tim.  I have the step-n-tow rear bumper from the Moebius '72 Ford Sport Custom pickup and I wiil need to source the decals for the doors.  My paint will be Polly Scale St. Lawrence Blue shot through my Badger Universal 360 airbrush.



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I took the first step to making the Revell hood fit the AMT body by sawing it in half and sanding the cut with a sanding wand. Looks pretty good! Now to shorten the hood front.



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Looking good Mike.

Nice correction Mike. Id be happy with the scale go cart..LOL.. I have the old AMT 60,62,68 Chevy trucks to restore someday once possible...I like the long beds a lot.

Thanks dublin boy and disaled modeler! I like long and short bed pickups, depending upon the individual model. I plan on building the go-cart at some point soon. Maybe painted like Ben's truck...

After an initial coating of Bondo and some sanding, I applied a coating of Mr. Dissolved Putty and sanded that. Now, to spritz some primer on the hood and see just how much more sanding and putty I will need.



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mrmike wrote:Thanks dublin boy and disaled modeler!  I like long and short bed pickups, depending upon the individual model.  I plan on building the go-cart at some point soon.  Maybe painted like Ben's truck...

Mike... I had the go cart many years ago it very cool. I like the 60-70 Chevys/GMCs too..have some Im wanting to restore once possible. I also love the 71-76 Dodges...very good kits...have a few old ones to restore as well once possible...same for some 61 to 63 Fords.

I plan on building the go-cart at some point soon. Just need to decide on a color for it.

Nice work on that conversion, Mike.

I started on assembling the 6 cylinder engine that is in the kit. I drilled the head and the distributor for plugs wires.



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Some work done on the Home Town Chevy pickup. I got the Revell wheels and tires assembled, the engine painted with Polly Scale St. Lawrence Blue and the distributor painted and wired.



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I finished the engine tonight along with the chassis which I'll paint as a unit with semi gloss black paint.!


I assembled the chassis and will paint the entire unit as one in semi gloss black and then pick out the details as needed.

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I have been playing around with the '65 Chevy hood and I am really starting to hate it. I doesn't matter how much I sand from whatever side, it just doesn't want to fit. The right side character line is just too high.

I assembled the '60 Chevy hood and, of course, it fits a whole lot better. Nice and flush and character lines all line up.

I think I am going with the '60 Chevy hood instead.

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I got the interior completed and the chassis is nearly done. I made a clear lens for the dash gauges.



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The go-cart is nearly done, but I found a sink mark in the top of the right exhaust pipe.



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Thanks Lee!

I have finished the chassis and the interior of the '60 Fleetside pickup by adding the wheels and tires. The go-cart has been receiving some touchups.



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I fired up the paintbooth this afternoon to paint the bumper, grille and the roof of the '60 Chevy Fleetside.



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I painted the '60 Chevy Fleetside yesterday afternoon.  Needs another coat or two of Tamiya TS-10 French blue instead of the Polly Scale St. Lawrence Blue.



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I painted the two tone and the black engine compartment on the '60 Chevy pickup body and the underside of the hood and bed.



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