Bananaclip's Trail Toy

[Bananaclip]

I did something that I have never done before. I picked up a rig in the for sale section that was built by someone else. I purchased this little gem because it was built by a few great builders on the forum and it came with a slew of top shelf parts to boot. After a series of unfortunate events the truck finally arrived to me. This brings us to this build. The plan is to tear down and make it mine ....

What i received minus electronics and drive train.....



The rear bumper support was tweaked on the left side and was in the body. I was happy that it didn't crack the bed during shipment.




Out came the dremel and I proceeded to cut stuff up.


The front bumper was nice but didn't fit my taste. The rear bumper was very nice and I am going to change up a bit and use.

Traced out the thin bumper supports on a little beefier material


These should do the job


Started on the new front bumper



New rocker protection was also in order





This is all the pics I have for now. I made some more progress today and will get the pics up later...

[Lentsnh2012]

I love those sliders! Great work Mr. Banana.

[fr8cture]

Yep like the sliders and front bumper also.

[Derek Larsen]

Props for the Lowbrow Customs and Dime City stickers. I hope you're putting a scale brat bike in the back. :P

[2manyprojects]

Awesome!!


Sent from the lazy guy on the hard working phone.

[mtgrizzlymn]

Very cool! Bannana you build some nice stuff!

[z71baja]

what's the plan for axles?

[bloodaxe2008]

I need a work area where I can enter my zen. State. Must build stuff. Love the work. Now you have to a 1/8 scale truck . Grin

[Bananaclip]

Originally Posted by Lentsnh2012

I love those sliders! Great work Mr. Banana.

Thank you Lents

Originally Posted by fr8cture

Yep like the sliders and front bumper also.

And thank you kind sir

Originally Posted by Derek Larsen

Props for the Lowbrow Customs and Dime City stickers. I hope you're putting a scale brat bike in the back. :P

Yeah... I started 3 years ago with a free Honda cb since then I have fully rebuilt/restored/fully customized 5 vintage bikes. I just finished my T140v and next is my 69 Triumph T120 bobber.

Originally Posted by 2manyprojects

Awesome!!
Thanks buddy

Sent from the lazy guy on the hard working phone.

Originally Posted by mtgrizzlymn

Very cool! Bannana you build some nice stuff!

Thanks mgm. Still have the one ton?

Originally Posted by z71baja

what's the plan for axles?

I would love to run yota axles for the look but they havent proven to be very dependable. I have a few sets of fully loaded scx axles but I haven't decided as of yet. I might cut down some ar60's and shave the bottom of the diff's. Or if gcm would release their new axle housings that could work to.

Originally Posted by bloodaxe2008

I need a work area where I can enter my zen. State. Must build stuff. Love the work. Now you have to a 1/8 scale truck . Grin

Yeah the shop is a must when you do metal work. Metal dust in the kitchen wouldn't work out very well with the wife. 1/10 scale is were its at for me....

I am off Monday and Tuesday.. That's when I will get some more work done. I will try to sneak some stuff in between now and then to post.

[racin707]

Very clean fab work . Subbed!

[801RYAN]

Good looking front bumper .. Solid rod?

[Bananaclip]

Originally Posted by racin707

Very clean fab work . Subbed!

Thank you. I'm not the fastest builder but I'm pretty OCD

Originally Posted by 801RYAN

Good looking front bumper .. Solid rod?

4130 chromo rod

[801RYAN]

Nice

[rance.lee.73]

Very nice!!

[BadWagon]

This looks like it's gonna be a good one. Can't wait to see where ya go with it.

[imthatguy]

Very nice fab work sir. Keenly following this one. Bumper did it for me.

[Bananaclip]

Originally Posted by 801RYAN

Nice

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I built a 2.2 rig out of the 4130 to see what was so special about the stuff. I am now hooked. It's kinda pricey but I put so much time into these builds I want them to withstand some abuse if need be.

Originally Posted by rance.lee.73

Very nice!!

Originally Posted by BadWagon

This looks like it's gonna be a good one. Can't wait to see where ya go with it.

I have a general vision as to where I want this build to go. Of course we all change our mind along the way. One thing I can tell you that is going to happen is with the body. I really like the paint and stripes but I cannot stand the holes/hardware at the bottom of the doors. Also I'm doing a separate mount for the bed. I separated the bed and cab on my first yota build several years ago and love that look. So.....I will be sanding, filling holes, adding a few details to the body, separating the cab and bed and laying down a new paint scheme.

Originally Posted by imthatguy

Very nice fab work sir. Keenly following this one. Bumper did it for me.

Thank you sir. I am very happy you are watching the build. The bumper obviously isn't done, I'm waiting on a proper frame to show up so I can finish it up.

[BadWagon]

I'm in the same boat. I picked up a great body used, but I want to separate the body from the bed, so I'll have to repaint. I can't find the correct color to match the body.

I'm up in the air on the next color scheme.

Looking forward to seeing you knock this outta the park.

[Bananaclip]

I think I'm going to toss out this offer to someone. Instead of sanding the paint on this body, I am willing to trade this body and the rack that is made for the bobbed bed for a new primer grey TF2 body kit. If someone is interested in this shoot me a pm. I will put the offer in the trade section later. The paint job and decal combo is done very well and I don't want to sand someone's hard work. Oh the bobbed bed is done very well to!

[yjdavid]

Where do you get your chromo rod?