What a kit!! No flash anywhere with excellent engravings and details.

When I first received the G$ kit I knew I had to do something different with it – I was going to make a surf rod out of it. Searching through my spare parts I found some Center Line wheels along with some wide tires. The first modification was to cut out the spare tire wells on the front fenders and then fill them in with styrene and Bondo. While the putty was setting up I frenched the taillights.

The 4 wheel drive rear suspension would be next. It’s a very detailed assembly and could be a model in its own. I used different colors of paint to bring out some of the details.

The engine was the next assembly and I went the different color paints to bring out some of the details.

Since this was going to be a surf rod, the interior had to be able to accommodate surf boards. The kits seats were eliminated. Instead, high back Recaro bucket seat were installed for the driver and passenger while the rear compartment floor was covered with diamond plate. The kit interior side panels were used without modification.

I wanted to maintain some of the integrity of the original vehicle so I stayed with shades of gray and black for the build.

The body and fenders are painted with Duplicolor hot rod primer and I put on 2 coats of Pearl-Ex micro pearl mixed with House of Colors intercoat clear. Finally 2 coats of nason 2K clear were applied.

I’d like to thank IPMS and ICM for the opportunity to build the kit.