Rockedup Ricky's 53

[crawlbe4youwalk]

Hey Rick wanted to say congrats on rig of the month in Car action. Keep it up and you will win rig of the year with this truck!!!

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Thanks Nick.

I painted it transparent orange



Then I painted a light coat of racing red.



Then backed it all with black.



Does it look like rust to yall. It does to me.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Down to the bare metal



I went with white ,I like white trucks.






Getting started on the wood bed and tailgate latches



I haven't put one of these pics up yet.

[Nova's Ark]

I like white trucks also. It looks very nice and that is a lot of flex.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

I painted the bumpers silver, what do you think.





I got the bed done ,just working on the latches.

[Nova's Ark]

The front bumper just doesn't look right. It's to big and it looks like a boat side mounted to the front. Plus, if it were a 1:1, it would probably over heat since it blocks so much airflow to the radiator. I am a fan of your work, so I hope you don't take offense.

[Scale_Crawler]

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

The front bumper just doesn't look right. It's to big and it looks like a boat side mounted to the front. Plus, if it were a 1:1, it would probably over heat since it blocks so much airflow to the radiator. I am a fan of your work, so I hope you don't take offense.

x2 but its not my truck so if u like it thats what counts. other than that the truck is sweeter than yoohoo

[crawlbe4youwalk]

I like the front bumper the curves compliment the fenders well. You like white trucks? Dad's old truck looked nice in red!

[Georgerm]

imo the front bumper looks like a snow plow.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Originally Posted by Georgerm

imo the front bumper looks like a snow plow.

You never saw a snow plow , have you

Originally Posted by Scale_Crawler

x2 but its not my truck so if u like it thats what counts. other than that the truck is sweeter than yoohoo

I do like it. It will work real good too.

Originally Posted by Nova's Ark

The front bumper just doesn't look right. It's to big and it looks like a boat side mounted to the front. Plus, if it were a 1:1, it would probably over heat since it blocks so much airflow to the radiator. I am a fan of your work, so I hope you don't take offense.

No offence at all, thanks for being a fan,you made me blush.

Maybe it's the pic I took of it. Before I go building a new one let me post some better pics you guys can look at. I think they will look better black too.


This is a more level shot, if it was a 1:1 there's still enough air flow, It would be mostly fan doing the cooling, but how fast do you go on the rocks anyway.


Here's a side shot, it don't stick out to far does it. Now you can see how it wraps around like the front of the truck does.


Here's one from above, I wanted it to flow with the body and I figured it would slide on the rocks better and protect the body too.



I really want your thoughts on it, I don't want you guys saying here comes ROCKEDUP with his boat , I was out in the garage bending some wire around trying to come up with something else, But nothing yet. If I do make a new one I'll keep this one for this winter to clear the drive. LOL

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Here's the tailgate latch I was working on.



Then I soldered the chain to the pins.

Then I stuck it threw the latch and wraped it around the stud I solder on the back of the latch.



Then I put the stud in a hole in the bed and shoe gooed the stud on the inside

[Nova's Ark]

The tail gate latch is too cool. What is the chain made out of? I have had difficulty brazing hooks or chain that were not made of brass. Do you use a different type of flux or solder?

Getting back to the front bumper, the side and top view photos make it look much better and more proportional to the model. The front view still looks a bit off, but what the hell do I know? It's your rig and it is turning out very cool. Maybe a fair lead or some holes in the bumper would change it's appearance if you wanted to.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

I'm not sure what the chain is made of, it came from walmart it's a necklace. Same solder same way as always. but it is harder to do some things.

Front bumper, I was thinking of putting a winch hole with some rollers in it. Maybe that would make it look better to yalls .

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Here's the winch hole braceysdad wanted me to put in.

But I think it looks like a wench hole ,different spelling Jeff


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[Scale_Crawler]

i think that front bumper looks great just as tubing

[AXIAL CRAWLER]

no hitch?

had to ask

[karlos]

I think expanded metal would look good on the bumper instead of the plate. The tube work itself looks good. Nice truck!

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Originally Posted by AXIAL CRAWLER

no hitch?

had to ask

It might happen

Originally Posted by Scale_Crawler

i think that front bumper looks great just as tubing

But it gets hung up on everything, this one will slide right over.

Originally Posted by karlos

I think expanded metal would look good on the bumper instead of the plate. The tube work itself looks good. Nice truck!

I might put some light holes and a winch hole, I got some expanded metal I was thinking of putting over the light holes.

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

I painted the bumpers black they look alot better .

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

I'm starting to detail the inside alittle, Still got to make the shifters.