55' willys pickup ( body built by pardonmyn00b)

[old man 52]

Dude . I check this all the time

[scale4x4]

I put her for sale today.


















































Was a pain trying to write such small letters,



its attached to the windshield with scale peices of tape Lol.

[scale4x4]

progress is really going to be slow with this new addition Lol.










Brothers!

[old man 52]

Dude you had me for a minute.

[XxRockStar199xX]

hey nice build, where did you get that new body from and whats the specs ????

[scale4x4]

its a 1941 zeek 1/2 ton dodge resin cast body

[old man 52]

Do you mean hard body resin.

[scale4x4]

he made the mold, and casted it with smooth-cast resin.

[old man 52]

Sweet, but you got to finish MY willys first

[scale4x4]

don't worry, ill finish the willys first, then ill move on to the dodge.

[scale4x4]

Ok, so I finally have an update for you guys. The flatbed is 95% done, I still need to make the removable sides, and a mount on the back for a pintle hitch, of course I remembered that AFTER I painted it the flatbed consists of 1/4" square brass stock for the frame, 1/8" C-channel for the supports, 3/16"x3/8" balsa for the planks, 3/8" styrene angle to cap everything off, and 120 pins to mimic the screws what a pain that was, but i like the look.


The bed is just placed on the chassis for the pics, so it may be alittle un-level.


I made a truss to mount the shocks in-board so i didnt need to cut holes in the bed for the shocks to stick through.


I think I may leave the wood as is, and just have it wheather natually, i kind of like it.( don't mind the overspray on the wood, it has since been sanded off)









Heres a shot of the truss, keep in mind everything is in mockup,, it will be painted black and the screws with have nuts on them,



And here is a shot of the mounts, 2 per side, where 1/8"x1/4" rectangle will slide into, for the sides, so they will be removable,




Thats it for now, let me know what you think

[old man 52]

I love it I cant believe how good its looks. How long did it take you to put all those pins in.

[scale4x4]

Thanks it really didnt take me that long, since the balsa is so soft, I simply just pushed them through. Though, my finger is still sore lol. The longest part was cutting the excess off the underside of the planks, without stabbing myself multiple times

[kdrodworks316]

Thats coming along nice, looks great! You forgot your phone number on the for sale sign, who do I make the check out to? I'd like to get my hands of one of those dodge bodies too, NOOB shut my down on building another willys.

[scale4x4]

Thanks, I couldn't fit my number on there Lol.

[XxRockStar199xX]

Originally Posted by scale4x4

its a 1941 zeek 1/2 ton dodge resin cast body

where did you get the dodge body at I want one asap for my rig

[scale4x4]

got bored so i made a pallet,

[scale4x4]

Worked on the flatbed alittle today, got the hitch mount and headache rack done, just need a pintle hook to complete it, and primer/paint.

[old man 52]

Do you have any taillights pick out yet?

[scale4x4]

funny you said that, I was just thinking about adding some brass on either side of the hitch mount, and putting axial tail lights in there... looks like im breaking out the torch and brass again tonight Lol. I just need the taillights