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08-08-2011, 09:42 PM
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08-08-2011, 10:07 PM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Couple quick pics.
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08-16-2011, 11:46 AM
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Looks like I tracked down a body for this rig (front clip) It'll be a little bit before it gets here (on the slow boat) but that's still good news. Once it gets here I can start the front fenders and steering. I've got to get all the links replaced with steel soon and then get the wheels chipped and scraped so I can get them rusting also. |
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08-18-2011, 08:02 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Golden
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You can always throw the wheels in a burlap sack with some sharp rocks and shake it up to get some "real" rock chips in the paint.
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08-18-2011, 08:32 AM
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08-18-2011, 08:49 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Love this rig Josh, only thing I would change is the wheels, needs some beat up mismatched wagon wheels!  |
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08-18-2011, 08:58 AM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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If you need some plastic dechromed, I just found out that gasoline does the trick really fast and random. Had a tank leak out a gallon in my garage over the weekend and it totally screwed up some plastic bumpers.
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08-18-2011, 09:05 AM
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 These are the RC4WD steel wheels. | |
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08-18-2011, 08:30 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The "Hive"
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You sir need to get with it!  Put the Wraith down for a minute! |
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08-18-2011, 08:34 PM
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Once the body gets here from overseas I'll start making a bunch more process. I'm thinking about painting most of the tube and letting the rust work back through it. It's awesome working with the method that it SHOULD look like shit! | |
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08-31-2011, 03:02 PM
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These came in today. They may find their way onto this rig now.    |
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08-31-2011, 04:59 PM
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FYI a little DOT3 brake fluid will do the job without hurting the plastic. Used to do this with model cars years ago. Quote:
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08-31-2011, 05:01 PM
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Ive been told that muriatic acid will rust steel quickly. Quote:
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09-01-2011, 12:00 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Outside DC
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Just missed this...another great thread Harley. |
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09-01-2011, 12:03 AM
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09-01-2011, 06:40 AM
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The steel is already pretty good. I'd like to find a way to weather the wood more than anything.
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10-16-2011, 09:26 AM
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The Rat Rod bodies arrived for this truck last week. Trimmed one up roughly the other day. It will be trimmed quite a bit more still.  |
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10-16-2011, 10:10 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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I like it, but your wheels are still to pretty. Last edited by dezfan; 10-16-2011 at 10:16 AM. |
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10-16-2011, 10:15 AM
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/\ This works great on galvanized metals. I do it to all solid rod I use before I braze, will take the coating off of brake line also... ::::::::::::::::::Will eat through concrete and brick:::::::::::::: Dunno about the powder coated metal though...  truck looks awesome so far hope this helps. hydrochloric acid and steel wool reaction happens about a minute into video | |
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