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Gordon Smoak
Alexandria, Louisiana
This sleek looking ride is a Revell 1/25 scale 1999 Chevy Silverado. Gordon reworked a lot of the kit by first cutting the frame down and scratchbuilding the lowered suspension from sprue and spare parts. It sits on giant tires and rims from a Dodge Charger kit with larger, scratchbuilt brakes. “For the body I cut the roof off along with the B- and C-pillars,” says Gordon. “I left about three quarters of the windshield and A-pillars for the Cali-cruiser look. To accommodate the lowered suspension, I cut open the bed and painted everything with Testors metallic blue spray paint. Inside the cab, I cut out the backseats and put in a sound system enclosure. The two giant subwoofers are old laptop speakers that actually play music through a headphone jack underneath the truck.”