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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 02-26-2004, 08:51 AM

I bought a die cast 1/25th scale '67 Chevy Panel truck last year. It's got a blue/white US post office paint job, but submerging the metal body in a quart of brake fluid for 48 hours would soften up the paint enough to rub it off with an old tooth brush. Then youcan prime and paint it what ever you want. It's also 1/25th not 1/24th so there is a noticeable scale difference. Enough for me to nix my plan to cannibalize the '67 front grille for my AMT GMC '72 stepside, and shift the GMC grille to my Wix '69 Blazer to make it into a Jimmy.
But it's still a neat model. Has opening barn doors and front doors. With a lot of work a master modeler could add a 3rd door and side windows to make a proper sub. I don't have the time, myself, but it would be fun. SpecCast stock #87021.
www.libertyclassics.com

02-26-2004, 08:51 AM	#4
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,071	'67 Panel Truck I bought a die cast 1/25th scale '67 Chevy Panel truck last year. It's got a blue/white US post office paint job, but submerging the metal body in a quart of brake fluid for 48 hours would soften up the paint enough to rub it off with an old tooth brush. Then youcan prime and paint it what ever you want. It's also 1/25th not 1/24th so there is a noticeable scale difference. Enough for me to nix my plan to cannibalize the '67 front grille for my AMT GMC '72 stepside, and shift the GMC grille to my Wix '69 Blazer to make it into a Jimmy. But it's still a neat model. Has opening barn doors and front doors. With a lot of work a master modeler could add a 3rd door and side windows to make a proper sub. I don't have the time, myself, but it would be fun. SpecCast stock #87021. www.libertyclassics.com