David LaPell
Blackhawk
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- Sep 14, 2008
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Sometimes we see things, neat and cool but they need a little help. I have a thing for old cars and trucks, trucks mostly and like old guns they are an addiction, I've had this one since I was little and I used to get a Matchbox or a Hot Wheels car with my allowance every week or so when I was a kid. I sure wish I had all those cars now.
Well recently I came across an old Tootsietoy truck, and these were older than anything I remember playing with. It appears to be an International bubblenose truck and it's a pretty neat little truck on its own right, I am looking for a trailer to go with it. But it was just, blah. It was white and that was about it. The value on these isn't very high even mint. So I decided to give it a makeover.
I smoothed out the white paint, primed it and masked off the wheels and gave it a dark red topcoat. The bumper and grille are covered in Bare Metal Foil which has its own adhesive and then you buff it out with a q-tip. The headlights, I took a spent .22 shells and tapped out two circular pieces one for each size. Turns out it was the perfect size. I painted the tanks in black with aluminum for the straps and did the fifth wheel. I took and used watered down white paint for the spot on the front where it says Tootsietoy which gave it a look of white letter tires. Then I clear coated the whole thing.
I have a Chevy Cameo pick up waiting at the Post Office for me to start working on, about the same size.
Well recently I came across an old Tootsietoy truck, and these were older than anything I remember playing with. It appears to be an International bubblenose truck and it's a pretty neat little truck on its own right, I am looking for a trailer to go with it. But it was just, blah. It was white and that was about it. The value on these isn't very high even mint. So I decided to give it a makeover.
I smoothed out the white paint, primed it and masked off the wheels and gave it a dark red topcoat. The bumper and grille are covered in Bare Metal Foil which has its own adhesive and then you buff it out with a q-tip. The headlights, I took a spent .22 shells and tapped out two circular pieces one for each size. Turns out it was the perfect size. I painted the tanks in black with aluminum for the straps and did the fifth wheel. I took and used watered down white paint for the spot on the front where it says Tootsietoy which gave it a look of white letter tires. Then I clear coated the whole thing.
I have a Chevy Cameo pick up waiting at the Post Office for me to start working on, about the same size.
