Project 053 -- Tyrone Malone's PaPa Truck

Chaz Gordon
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István Szücs
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Chris Greathouse
Welcome gents!

Bill Newcomer
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Danny Meer
Following 😄

Chris Greathouse
#2 All the paints called for in the instructions of The PaPa Truck, I probably won't use them all, but they're there. 🙂

Also the way I gather paint supplies is if I grab an open bottle off the shelf, I'll grab a new bottle as well, just to know I have it if needed.

Also 95% of these colors are also reused on the Super Boss.

Chris Greathouse
#3 I found an info card on the PaPa Truck 🙂

Chris Greathouse
#4 Kill the ChrOmE!!

Danny Meer
Cool info card 🙂

Chris Greathouse
#5 Chrome is gone. Here's a look at the decal sheet. A lot of long stringy decals... My mortal enemy!

Dominik Weitzer
Oh, Yes 🙂 . That's interested.

Chaz Gordon
I recommend some Vallejo Airbrush Thinner for those Model Colour paints, they are quite thick. I thin them for brushing too, although the metallics are great unthinned for adding little dots of raised detail like bolt heads

Slavo Hazucha
I'll tumble in here as well...

Chris Greathouse
@All, Welcome!

@Chaz, I have thinner and flow, no worries 🙂

Chaz Gordon
Heh, all those new paint bottles, I thoght you were trying them out for the first time, then I spotted the half used bottles. Vallejo's kinda pricey in the USA though isn't it? I've seen it in hobby shops at $5 a bottle.

Chris Greathouse
I buy online and they are usually under $2.50 a bottle. Same with 23ml Tamiya jars, under $3. and shipping is only $8, no matter how many paints are in the order. I usually get 15-20 paints. It feels like there's hardly any shipping cost when you divide by 20 😄

Chris Greathouse
#6 Talk about a big project! The chassis on this ridgid semi is 13.25" long! Regular COE Semi Tractors are only about 9.25"

Slavo Hazucha
I'd rather not ask how big MaMa truck would be...😉

Chris Greathouse
Tyrone Malone did create a Mama Truck, it hauls around the Boss Truck of America. It's the same size as PaPa, but a foot shorter in height. There is a PaPa info card in #3 of the album.

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Chris Greathouse
[img1] -- Red Mama looks like it's been extended by about 5' to haul the Boss Truck compared to original configuration in [img2]

Bozzer
Hope I'm not too late? This truck is on my wish list. Already have the Super Boss.

Chris Greathouse
You're good Bozz 😄 FYI for you, there's a 360 degree mould line around the top and 360 mould line on the left and right sides but all easy to clean up.

I've decided to split this project into 2 parts. The instructions leads to a perfect split between sections. I will be building up the chassis as one stage, then adding all the external and interior parts as stage two. That way my little workspace isn't overflooded with plastic 😄

Today I snipped off all the chassis pieces and really slowed myself down to concentrate on all the flashing and mould lines.

I'm trying to will myself to spray at least one coat of primer before bed. BUT my will to watch Netflix is stronger 😄

Slavo Hazucha
Give Daddy truck all the time he needs - big buddy should not be rushed... 🙂

Tom ...
Checking in

Chris Greathouse
Thanks guys! I will go as slow as my head will let me.

#7 Put on a mist of grey primer, followed by a couple of good layers of primer.

This is only half the pieces... anything related to the chassis, engine, wheels etc...

The truck itself is still in the box. A lot of pieces!

Chris Greathouse
#8 -- So, Got into a groove today on the chassis stage... I went from 100% primed in #7 (and left until next day) to #8 --- chassis 100% ready to be put together...

Dominik Weitzer
Those are a lot of parts. Nice paint! What is that color named?

Chris Greathouse
I'm going to assume you mean the main color, it's Vallejo Polished Gold.

Slavo Hazucha
Chris turning plastic into gold again... Can I test-bite if it worked?😉

Chris Greathouse
Ha! Good one Slavo!

Danny Meer
Those parts look golden 😄 nice job

Chris Greathouse
#9 Pieces! Chassis build phase started... Steps 1-49 of 62... 84 pieces.

PS I was going to add silver straps to the gas tanks, but I liked the gold look better 😄

Konrad -
Yesssss 😉!
Looking very shiny 👍!

Slavo Hazucha
Big daddy's cocktail mixer has arrived!😉 I can almost hear it... looking good!

Chris Greathouse
#13-15 Chassis phase is done, next is interior, then exterior, then finishing the kit

Tom ...
wow, looking sharp my man!

Bill Newcomer
Nice work. That is a pretty gold.

Dominik Weitzer
really good Looking!

Danny Meer
That chassis and motor really looks nice

Chaz Gordon
Looking forward to seeing the Interior detail level

Chris Greathouse
Thanks guys!!! Question: Would you chrome out the loading deck, or using something less "blingy" like aluminum.

Nathan Dempsey
Looking nice Chris! The golden chassis is sweet 🙂
My vote is chrome for the deck.

Chris Greathouse
The interior --- First, I'm keeping the diamond walls because it seems more like a V.I.T. feature vs smooth walls. There are alot of colors called for, it's kind of intimidating, but will give it my best 😄 Here's a picture of all of the color instructions, and also the color scheme I'm using. [img1] [img2]

Danny Meer
It's hard to find a photo of interior, have 1 picture where you can see a white seat, but that's it...
For the bed I think I would use alu style.

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Danny Meer
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Danny Meer
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Chaz Gordon
on the deck, accuracy would be a Grey matt finish, the photo looks like it's done in non slip paint. However, if the Kit surface is diamond plate texture on the deck plates, I'd go with an aluminium over gloss black.

Danny Meer
Those pictures are from this site..got alot of reference photo's 🙂
public.fotki.com/lot..apa-truck.html#media

Danny Meer
The deck has a diamond plate texture Chaz 🙂
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Chris Greathouse
Holy crap Danny, you hit the motherload for reference pics! I found several of these, but you found a lot more!

Danny Meer
😄 glad you can use them 😛 and it's not only for the Papa truck 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
Wow, those pics do show what you're after Chris.

Chris Greathouse
For the deck, I have is Alclad black gloss base and Tamiya XF-16 Flat aluminum, looked at a site that said those two would be an ok combo.

Chaz Gordon
Think that's a recipe for disaster, Oil based base and Alcohol based color. The Tamiya flat aluminium won't come out like an alclad aluminium.

Chaz Gordon
If you don't have the Alclad Aluminium, I'd go for Alclad Chrome.

Chris Greathouse
Chrome it is, I'll still do a test of the alclad and and XF-16 (probably on the bottom of the loading deck 😄 ) I've read that they are ok together but it's enamels and alclad that are bad. And alclad must be the base, with the acrylic over it, or problems will happen... but we will see when I try. 🙂 Thank you for the info. and my next paint order I'll get some Alclad Aluminum.

These interior instructions are making my head spin uncomfortably. I can't think of a step 1, step2 etc... to get it masked, sprayed, and not fu@k up... 🙁

I think I might hand brush the interior, hopefully it'll slow me down.

Chris Greathouse
I wish they had this in 1:25, skill 4 or something. It is an awesome truck. Shockwave Jet powered Truck (AMT 8267, 1:32)

Chaz Gordon
A matt varnish between overlapping colours should prevent disaster when masking. I use Tamiya tape, and havent had any issues masking overlapping coats where the bottom coat is a sealed coat, ie varnished or a cured gloss/semi gloss.

Tom ...
Definitely get Alclad Aluminium. It's gorgeous!

Chris Greathouse
Do you have any examples of the aluminum?

Chris Greathouse
#16 What do you think about the dashboard?

Danny Meer
Dashboard is very hard to do, I made 3 colored buttons on my dashboard, yours has more buttons on the left. I would try give them a color
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Chris Greathouse
Danny, yet another golden picture, thanks! And I'll dot some color on the buttons. Looks like I messed up a bit. There is supposed to be a second row of wood grain and buttons on the right. I'll fix it in the morning.

Danny Meer
I did the buttons with a toothpick 🙂 It's so hard to do those buttons on the right

Chris Greathouse
I did everything with a toothpick, it's the only tool I have that's small enough to use on the dashboard.

Chris Greathouse
How did you do the silver so cleanly on the gauge rings, and buttons so cleanly? Your dash is amazing! I was using a toothpick for all of it, and is nowhere near as clean.

Danny Meer
I used a toothpick aswell for the silver. I put a drop of paint on a piece of paper so I can use little bits of paint and every time before using new paint on toothpick I clean it. After the silver I do the black and touch up of the brown if needed.
And I use my magnifying glasses
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Chris Greathouse
#17 Cleaned up the gauges and added the woodgrain and colors I missed. Better from #16?

Danny Meer
Look's nice Chris, will come out great when cabin is done 👍

Chaz Gordon
+1 on the toothpicks, I also only use vallejo model air or 1mm pens for detailing, the extra thin paint picks up nicely on raised detail. as my eyesight isn't what it was, 2x reading glasses and a 5 diopter lit magnifier make it easier to see what I'm doing, I've also cut down a selection of brushes so the handles don't get in the way of the magnifier.

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Chaz. I think this is the first time I "REALLY" tried detailing a dash, but with Dannys tips on detailing and cleaning up the gauges... I'm happy with this dash... 😄 My next detail will be better.

Chris Greathouse
#18 So much chrome 🙂 It looks really cool! (the wire is my handle while I work the piece)

I'm almost done with the interior and exterior of the cabin, next will be the truck deck area.

Chris Greathouse
#19 Been masking window frames today, I like how they turned out, although they need a serious touch-up before I'm done.

Chris Greathouse
#20 Can anybody baby step by step explain how to fix this blob I accidentally created

JD
I'm waiting for some expert advice before I throw in my 2 cents. I'd like to know too!

Ben M
You could try sanding it down with 2000 grit and shoot it again with a thin layer

Chris Greathouse
Throw your question on the Newsfeed (marked as a question)...

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Ben, will try tomorrow 🙂

JD
Assuming that's acrylic, it may be un-sandable, and to avoid losing the rivet detail,You may have to break down and strip the whole panel and start again.( I know, that would suck)

Donald Dickson II
Thinner soaked paper towel. Remove the blob. Let dry. Give a light sanding to even it out. Spray again

Bill Newcomer
Purple lake unfortunately

Chaz Gordon
depends what brand paint you used, If it's Tamiya, some isopropyl alcohol on a makeup remover pad might shift it, really wet in the area of the blob and wipe the area clean of paint, then with a pad "damp" with IPA, lightly wipe until the edge of the area is on a sandable section with no raised detail. Then let dry for a couple of hours, and wet flat the edges of the area with 1000 to 2000 grit strips of paper. I also use scotch brite (genuine 3m only) cut into small strips to key and smooth areas like that.

Chris Greathouse
It's Vallejo

JD
Spraying a test piece on some scrap to experiment on is always wise...

Ben M
Lol I find a sure fire way to remove vallejo is to apply tamiya masking tape to it!

Chris Greathouse
#21 & #22 Interior done.

Danny Meer
Interior lookin great, hope you get that booboo sorted on your cabine

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Danny, I was able to make the booboo smaller, and clear that rivet of the blob, but the booboo is still there. But I'm doing my best, and having fun with it, that's all that matters 😄

Danny Meer
It's a nasty place to have that blob 🙁 I would use a sanding sponge of 3k with water and no pressure to get the blob away. but others already gave advise that may work better. hope you get it sorted. and like you said yourself, having fun is what counts 🙂

JD
Couldn't agree more...

Chris Greathouse
They all end up Crazy Chris's Used Car Lot anyways 😛 A showcase perfecting the art of Fu#king up and shrugging it off 😄 hahaha. Hey where's Bob?

Bob Hall
I is here ! LOL ! Looking great ! love your new chrome method ! Looks to be a definite stand out on "Crazy Chris's Used Lot" !

Chris Greathouse
Everything is done and it's now decal time. I'm going to have to build up the truck without really building the truck so I can align decals on the cab and the side rails. Then I can take it apart and spray a final clear coat.

Chris Greathouse
#24 half the decals are done 🙂 They look sweet 🙂

Bob Hall
Decal Ninja strikes again !

Chris Greathouse
Decals are done, not much to build aside from adding exterior chrome to the cabin since I've been building as I go. Then fitting the deck, cabin and chassis together, and I'll be done.

Bill Newcomer
Coming together nicely. Love the colors.

Chris Greathouse
Thanks guys 😄 With every decal I put on, my smile got wider... Like the rug in Lebowski's apartment, the decals really pulled the kit together.

JD
That decal work is spanking dude!

Danny Meer
Eyecandy in the morning 😄 lookin very nice Chris! 👍

Martin Oostrom
Life's fragile....

Bob Hall
Happened Yesterday, guy almost killed 5 of my comrades !

Chris Greathouse
Wow!! I watch a lot of wrecker recovery videos on YouTube (Ron Pratt's channel), but it's always the aftermath you see. That run away truck and crash would scare the sh!t out of me! I'd be wearing my brown pants that day!

Bob Hall
The Guys in Tan uniforms and Green jacket are Troopers, This is one reason I'm not a fan of truckers.

Chris Greathouse
Um... I don't think there are any fans of having a gigantic machine out of control and headed your way. 😛 Have you had any close calls like that?

Warren Inman
It wasn't runaway, it was just an idiot going way too fast for the conditions. Should be thrown in jail!

Bob Hall
Yes, plenty ! and Warren, he was !

Augie
Sweet jesus.. what a monumental (*^^&$%$ (the trucker I mean)

Bob Hall
What is that? a Peterbuilt ? There is Chris's Next Project ! LOL !

Bob Hall
But Back to the Papa, You got this decal thing down ! You've done more decals in the last year than I've done in 20 ! Looks Great !

Chris Greathouse
#25 DONE! Brought my MTV bad boy along for show... Photo's tomorrow... I'll have to makeshift a temporary photo set up, this guy is nearly too big for the booth.

Nathan Dempsey
Anytime I feel the urge to gripe about a decal I try to suppress it because I think about the monster sets that Chris has applied.

Slavo Hazucha
Looks like the real deal on the photos! 👍

Danny Meer
Very nice Chris! Can't wait to see the Super Boss on the back 😄

Bob Hall
Sweet Job !

Nathan Dempsey
That came out looking great Chris! I agree with Danny about seeing the cargo.

Chris Greathouse
Hell, I agree with Danny 😄 it'll look awesome. I'm setting up for the Super Boss project in the next day or so. I don't feel well today.

Konrad -
Very nicely done 👍!

Donald Dickson II
Very nice!

Martin Oostrom
Well done Chris! Get well soon

Chris Greathouse
Thanks guys!

Munkyslut
That's brilliant Chris! Looks the absolute dogs bollox 😉

Chris Greathouse
Hahahaha! Thanks (I think) Munky. 😄 LOL

Bill Newcomer
That looks great Chris. It is a shame not much of the gold frame shows.

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Bill... Lets keep the party going to the Super Boss!

Project 054 -- Tyrone Malone's Super Boss Dragster | Album by chrisagreat (1:25)

Christian Bruer
Wow, clean and sharp work 👍 👍 👍

Tim Heimer
Well done Chris!

Chris Greathouse
Thank you, thank you!

Thomas K.
looks good 👍

Bozzer
Mate, I just creamed my pants! That's super awesome! Fyi, the Bandit truck and Hideout truck are being released again soon, by Round2. I can feel a strong truck gathering here. Looking forward to the group build too. Mate, you rocked this build!

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Thomas and Bozz! Good thing the Hideout and the Bandit are being released again. (where did you find that info?) After building PaPa I NEED the Hideout combo. Now all they need to release is Mama Truck and the Boss Truck.

Bob Hall
modelroundup.com/Tyr..ck-p/amt-r2-1158.htm

Will be coming out late this month.

Chris Greathouse
I didn't find the Bandit on that site, just the Hideout... Is there a page for preordering the Bandit somewhere? Or a page to pre-order both

Bob Hall
Not sure if/or when that is to be released, but I'm sure it wont be to far behind.

Bob Hall
They had a list for original 1979 issue, so I assume that it will be reissued in an identical box as RND2 has been doing.

modelroundup.com/Pro..uctCode=AMT-5007PGP1

Chris Greathouse
Cool, thanks for the info!

Bob Hall
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Here's the one you need ! Snowman's rig from the Bandit !

This seams to be a place right up your ally !

modeltruckin.com/store/

Chris Greathouse
What's the Bandit?

Bob Hall
MMMMM as is in Smoky and the............................

Chris Greathouse
bear?

Chris Greathouse
LOL, but seriously, great movie, I have Bandits Firebird in my stash 😄

Nathan Dempsey
Oh yeah 🙂
Youtube Video

Chris Greathouse
Good montage there buddy, captures the movie well. You've struck a chord with me. I may see if I can sneak in the Firebird after the Boss and before the Aussie. Maybe. 😄 They don't make movies like they used too... And yes Snowman's rig would be awesome... along with the Rubber Duck and Pigpen and the HAPpY ToYz goblin truck.

Tim Heimer
Awe, I'd love to have the Kits for snowman's rig!!

Bob Hall
That Modeltruck link above is mainly decal sets for you truck nuts.

Chaz Gordon
Would love to add Rubber Duck's mack to my stash, hard to find that model of mack though. Planning one of my Aerodynes to be BJ's Rig, and at some point get a Kenworth conventional to do Snowman's. I'm also thinking one of my Petes will be the Coca Cola christmas truck, the Tractor is the easy part, the Trailer on the other hand.......

Paul Juliano
Another great piece Chris. Cheers!

Bozzer
Well, just to throw a spanner in the works, I'm already started on the Snowman Truck. I'm getting decals from modeltruckin.com. Jerry is a great guy. The AMT Kenworth is a great donor kit, and recently I picked up a reefer, although the fridge unit is totally wrong, so scratchbuild it is. For you truck nuts, the colour of the rig isn't black, but coffee black. I couldn't find a close colour here, so I mixed my own. Man, that was a mission in itself! When my decals arrive, I'll get some pictures up and start a new thread.

Chris Greathouse
PM me when you get pics and thread up. Sounds awesome.

Chris Greathouse
Thanks Paul!!!

Bozzer
No problem buddy

Tim Heimer
Too cool! I don't think you have to worry about the reefer unit on this build, at least the original one. which didn't use it, what you get is the units from the late 60's mid 70's which is correct! They changed them around the mid to late 80's and again in the 90's. Technology change. Best of luck, we'll be watching.

Bozzer
@Tim. If you look at the awesome pic, Bob supplied, you'll notice that the front wheels stick out? That's kinda where I'm upto. I have a cure for that though. On my reference pics, taken from the film, it shows a fridge unit on the front of the trailer, but I think it's fake, because there's no tank under the trailer? Lol, I just know some of you guys are gonna watch the film now!

Tim Heimer
Valid points! I just saw the wheel issue as well. It's hard to do Hollywood vehicles since they use so many versions as well as make up stuff! The last time I watched that movie I couldn't help but notice the gas prices back then on a gas station! LOL! The last time I saw the trailer was in ( The walking dead) Tv show. Could you post a pic of the reefer unit on your album please.

Bozzer
Now hear this, Now hear this! Skip to 15 mins Youtube Video

Chris Greathouse
Here's where a heart emoji would be great! That is an awesome find Bozz!

Chris Greathouse
Yay!! The video has the Hide Out and Bandit 😄

Chris Greathouse
🙁 It's not the Bandag Bandit. It's the same truck except all of the Bandag licensing decals are gone and it's just called the Kenworth Custom Drag Truck and Bandag is no longer licensing the Hideout either. 🙁

Bandag licensed, more decals - [img1]
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Less decals, no licensing - Both new releases - go to 20:00 mark - Youtube Video