55 Chevy ute

Hi everyone, its been a little while since my last post. This is the AMT 55 chevy nomad built using the ute pieces. This is the shop truck for the Plum Lake Mill and Lumberyard. I added some stuff to the back and some planks for the roll bars. This has been sitting for about a year waiting to be finished along with a sedan delivery and a mild custom nomad. You may see the sedan delivery here soon. The background is a diorama I am working on. I hope you like it.

That's the first one i have seen built up as a ute, I tryed building on could not get roof to line up end up jumping on it,that fixed it.

Every time i see a ute version of these kits i think "what a waste of a great Nomad"! But this time i looked at it and thought " what an awsome ute that is"! Very well done DaddyO, diorama looks brilliant too man.

I was wondering who built this one! Looks great Dude!

Nice.

nice job

Cool

Top job looks great

Nice work , looks great - I tried to build it like this years ago and gave up .

Looks super neat, great job. Heck she's too good to be a work truck.

Thanks guys I appreciate all of your positive feedback. The roof on this was a real nightmare and it almost ended up being wall art many times. If you look closely there is a small crack at the base of the roof. As I was in the throws of final assembly I pushed the bottom up a fraction too hard and split the join. My testicles shrunk up into my body It was then that I decide to build it as a work truck that was the pride and joy of some car loving tradesman. I driilled holes in the rear quarters to accomodate the roll bars and added the "stuff' to the back and a little "rust". I liked the look of the ute and I think this is what kept me going. It is one of my favourite builds. Thanks.

Nice job, have always been curious how the ute version looks

Looks great. Perfect tradie ute. I love it.

Josh.

I'm with DeeCee on this one, every time i see a ute version of this kit i also think what a waste of a good Nomad. But WOW that is one fine looking tradie ute, that's one ute you don't see on the Gold Coast.

Oldgrump1 wrote:I'm with DeeCee on this one, every time i see a ute version of this kit i also think what a waste of a good Nomad.

You guys are looking at this the wrong way..... I may have carved up a good nomad but I now have a fine nomad roof to add to something else.... Is the cup half empty or half full? I can now build two phantom versions. Who knows where the roof will pop up next.
Thanks again guys for your kind words, I really do appreciate it. Cheers

going to get another one of these and have another go at build a ute.I have no problem cutting up a nomad body.