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Old 03-16-2009, 06:56 PM   #21
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looking good man!!
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Old 03-19-2009, 08:28 PM   #22
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whipped up a cage. need to finish smoothing some of the joints. also i don't know if it just me but does it look like the roof line is too low or do you think it looks ok?





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Old 03-19-2009, 09:41 PM   #23
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Looks a little low but without a windshield, its really hard to say. BTW, nice fricken work man! I wish I had the patience for something like that. Love the exhaust too. It looks like the exhaust on my 1:1 CJ-5.
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not alot done. this body is taking forever to get it the way i want it. made some headlights, gave them that 30yr old dinge look. did some more filling/sanding on the hood/fender area. and raised the height of the cage. i think it looks alot better now



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no work done. just showing off some goodies i got today



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Old 03-21-2009, 08:40 PM   #26
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you are doing an awesome job,where did you come up with the template for the grill?i have been searching but no luck.
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you are doing an awesome job,where did you come up with the template for the grill?i have been searching but no luck.
thanks man. everything was just freehand drawn onto paper then transfered to styrene. sorry i cant direct you anywhere for a template.


little update. didnt want to do it but i had to widen the trans tunnel. the transfer case just hung down way to far otherwise. now it will barely be lower than the frame rails once they're built.





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Old 03-21-2009, 08:58 PM   #28
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looking really good
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just got some good news so i figured ide share it. member caci623 is going to be painting a Willy driver for this build for me for free . very nice for him to do that

space on this rig is very limited so i had to shorten the servo mounts quite a bit




also had to compact everything to be stashed up under the hood








glossed up my old looking headlights to give them a more glass look




started to lay some color on the body. typing this while the first coat is drying. the bottom and the interior is going to be flat black and the body will be a gloss white

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Old 03-27-2009, 07:14 PM   #30
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Looks great. I twould take a lot of patience to build something by hand like that,
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Old 03-27-2009, 07:50 PM   #31
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I think you are doing a great job.....I wish I had time to do this....
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thanks guys. i didn't think i would ever have the time or patience to do something like this either. just decided to try one day. just knowing that soon i'll have something that is completely different is what keeps me on track and wanting to finish it now.
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Old 03-28-2009, 06:47 PM   #33
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started on the frame. not sure how things are going to mount up yet so i'm leaving the cross members out till then. was not looking forward to doing this but it wasn't too bad and i don't think it turned out that bad.



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Old 03-28-2009, 07:00 PM   #34
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I love it! Crazy cool and very nice looking details, I will be keeping a close eye on this one.
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Old 03-28-2009, 10:01 PM   #35
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just an idea cause i owned one and loved it but u should make the tail gate doop like the early CJ5s. other then that it is looking very nice can't wait to see more
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dude, your doing a kick a$$ job!!!
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alot more detail to be added. just thought ide put some pics up while i take a break







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Old 03-28-2009, 10:18 PM   #38
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sweet!!!!
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just an idea cause i owned one and loved it but u should make the tail gate doop like the early CJ5s. other then that it is looking very nice can't wait to see more
thats a good idea. right now i'm holding off on cutting out the tailgate cause the body will want to spring out. once i got the cage mounted i can begin on making the tailgate. if you happen to have some reference pics of what your talking about i'll see what i might be able to come up with.
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Nice work.

Pics of a CJ gate.

http://cj7.jeeplabs.com/images/Tailgate/DSC02396.JPG

I've debated doing that to the TJ. Would be nice to have a "work table" on it.
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