GMC Pickup with Snow Plow

OK, when was the last time you built a pick-up kit that included a snow plow? :D Lots of possibilites for the beginner to scratch builders. I had a real '78 with a plow I used to rebuild every summer after beating it up in the winter. For this build, I'm going to hinge the lift part of the plow and add a hyd. lift cyl made from two sizes of K+S alum. tubing and some shrink tubing (for the outer cyl. detail). BTW, for you detaillers, check out prod # AKI229. Much more scaled for the lift chain for this kit than the Verlinden chains (and its pre-rusted!!). I'm building the truck itself fairly stock (out of the box) and if I can get all the plow bits to work I'll get a second kit to build a monument to my old real truck, Old Blue. About the kit, the basic model is nicely molded. Some parts may be tricky for beginners (bed and tailgate, rear cab bulkhead, trans and tranfer case and drive shafts) but take your time and test fit all the parts before glueing them together. It would have been nice to include the option for an older carb, air cleaner, and manifold but this is an easy fix for kit bashers. The frame and running gear really set this kit apart from other pick-up truck kits. The plow part of this kit is begging for some details and this might the project if you want to start learning to scratch build and detail models.

I have not worked on scale models in about 15 years. When I last did, the vast majority were made in the US. Now I see that most are made in China. This model did not fit as well as I had expected and that, I believe, is due to the manufacturing in China. You will need to modify some areas for the body and bed to fit properly. But, it did turn out pretty good.

First of this is a great kit I have ordered many and I love them there are about 116 parts on the kit so there are quite a bit less then I expected but that's okay I had a lot of fun with this kit and will continue to have fun with it pros on this truck is that you can take the plow pieces and out them on basically any truck kit and another pro is that it has an engine unlike the GMC wrecker kit cons in my opinion is probably the plow that there isn't a little more detail and if you put it were it is supposed to go it is really far forward so I don't put it on the mount but other then that it is a really cool kit fits well and looks good on the shelf and it comes with a Jerry can and a spare tire plus the plow and roll-bar and bed rails which I used on a 55 Chevy step-side kit I have and the decals on this kit comes off easy and stick well there were no regrets with this kit and I highly recommend this kit and many others in the truck series