You’ll need to look twice at this truck to tell that it’s not actually a real truck at all, but instead a super-detailed replica of a damaged Toyota truck.

Built by a user with the screen name PardonMyN00b on ScaleBuildersGuild.com, the work done to the body to make it look like a real off-roader is amazing.

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He notes that he heated the front inner fenders and then stuffed the tires into them, noting it’s the modeling version of beating truck fenders with a hammer.

Even though the paint is polished to a mirror finish, he did a fair amount of work to create the damage one might see as a result of a rollover or a handful of encounters with the great outdoors.

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Damage work includes:

  • Scratching of the inside of the toy’s bed
  • Weathering of the bed with various chalks
  • Spots of flat black airbrushed on in patches
  • Silver paint dry brushed over dents
  • Re-created rusted dents randomly placed in different spots
  • Scratches via fingernails being drug across the body

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The body sits atop an SCX10 chassis with Super Shafty Bomb Proof transmission attached to a GCM motor mount, MIP driveshafts, and GCM transfer case. Naturally, the toy driver looks slightly terrified, probably one of the most realistic features of the built.

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It’s certainly not built for power, but the realism is unmatched.