78 Dodge Stepside. (updates)

Here is the Cab, bed, tail gate, and hood,

Tackled a couple of items on the truck today. First, anybody else notice that with the AMT B Body cars they sell the hedders have no flanges on them? Other makers have them but not these AMT kits with the 426 HEMI hedders. I make my own. Pretty simple too. Just take some plastic sheet, drill 4 measured apart holes, then turn the drill bit on an angle towards the back on each flange and twist the bit to get an oval angled hole and do all 4, then stick the hedder tubes through and leave just a little sticking out and glue. When dried file down the nubs, shape the plastic flange as you want, paint and you have flanges. These hold much better on the motor and look cleaner on the build.
Other item I tackled was the bed. Hacked up another pickup truck bed and made a faux floor. I put risers on the front and back. I added styrene ribs, painted the entire part, added foil to the ribs and cleared the whole thing. I also pulled the motor out and set all the parts out and filed and shaped them. I now have the block and the trans put together and painted. Want the motor done this week.

I thought there was another one on this site? Much better detailed on the chassis than mine. I actually built this up pretty quick and was too concerned about the realism of the rear frame and suspension. I just wanted a Pro Street setup without the tires being way inward lie most Pro Streets seem to be. I set this up the way I like them. Thanks for the compliment Joe. This will not be a LRE with the stacks. The truck has to be done in a couple of weeks for a show. Not working on it today but this week there is going to be a bunch of work done. Hope by the end of the week to have a lot of this one buttoned up.

Mine is somewhere around here, probably a page back or just down the list

Yeah, yours and mine have been at this stage of building for awhile now. Your frame setup in the back is different than mine but they both look cool. Thinking I might have mine done before yours after all this time. I inquired and checked with the guy who made the cowl hood for yours. Seemed like kind of a jerk to me. Would not answer my questions even after I made mention you told me about him and his hoods. In short he did not share much except to say his stuff was on Ebay and that's what he had and that was it. Seemed kind of like I was disturbing him? So, no cowl hood in the end, which I wanted. Do not think the guy wanted to sell me one. I have pretty thick skin but I felt this guy just did not care for me so I quit communicating with him. Anyhow, buttoning up the motor for it and doing some interior detail. Hope to have it done in a couple of weeks, maybe??

Hi santachas if you really want a cowl scoop as Dale mentioned scratch one up yourself as it is super easy. Here is a pic with one I made up which only took me 15 minutes or so. I tend to make the sides of them a bit longer than I need so I can glue them from the inside of the bonnet.

Thanks, I could make one easily
I have made several for car builds. Just want a few hoods molded up and done. Not in a hurry to get one but one will evetlntually appear somewhere. Nice thing about having so many models with so many needs. I can just find something else I need instead. Lol.

Here's what they look like