I started with this casting, since it had decent wheels and factory window glass where the earlier Lledo Days Gone version didn't, got it apart, and started from there.
I then took to scratchbuilding a flatbed around a partial Greenlight SD Trucks WorkStar bed and rear bumper I had lying around, so that I had a decent rear bumper, a place to install a trailer hitch someday, and ready made taillights.The rivet was also taken out of the frame before I started fitting things.
Here is the bed in bare wood, awaiting a coat of Apple Barrel "Pavement" (also a good match for machine tool grey) with a printed, scaled, and Modge Podged rusty diamond plate texture on cardstock for the bed deck.
This will be painted in rattle can red with light weathering and a bit of surface rust/oxidation on the body, as a typical classic farm truck. I plan on installing an M2 Machines fuel tank under one side of the bed and an under-bed "work box" tool carrier on the opposite side from the fuel tank. Interior will get a simulated saddle blanket seat cover and typical detail & weathering.
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