Szczerba's F350 Welder Rig

[Ants87ss]

is that a Tamiya body?

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by Ants87ss

is that a Tamiya body?

Yup. Answered in post #8 . Traded for it and the body work is legit.

[badBKO]

Hey Shane! Could you take a picture of the underside of the body for me? I think that's a cab I built.

[XSRCdesign]

Well... This should be good

[big bacon]

1. that summit bumper does look like it was made to fit. NICE!!!!! 2. Are you going more scale or are you going to compete with it? 3. thanks for giving me a flood of ideas for my Ford build. you rock my socks off! 4. will you be going to Disney for the rc4wd event in june? 5. Hows your Baby Girl doing?

[Bulldog]

I've been known to like big Fords! Following!

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by badBKO

Hey Shane! Could you take a picture of the underside of the body for me? I think that's a cab I built.

Here ya go.

Originally Posted by XSRCdesign

Well... This should be good

Should be. I hope.

Originally Posted by big bacon

1. that summit bumper does look like it was made to fit. NICE!!!!! 2. Are you going more scale or are you going to compete with it? 3. thanks for giving me a flood of ideas for my Ford build. you rock my socks off! 4. will you be going to Disney for the rc4wd event in june? 5. Hows your Baby Girl doing?

1. Minor trimming and it's a snug fit
2. Scale
3. Yup
4. Yup
5. She's good. See below

Originally Posted by Bulldog

I've been known to like big Fords! Following!

Same here. Building should go fast.

Oh, a little gooseneck that I cheated and bought. C1 yota loaded up.

[WesTX]

That trailer is killer. This should be good.

Wes

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by WesTX

That trailer is killer. This should be good.

Wes

Again, I cheated and bought that trailer already done up.

[STANG KILLA SS]

not cheating. older and wiser

[STANG KILLA SS]

any plans to paint or detail the wheels?

cant believe no one else hasn't asked for close up pics. those things deserve some more publicity.

[rcjeepbuilder]

This must be a pipeline welders truck pre 2016.... Now they drive around 1980 Ford Taurus station wagons with Lincoln 110 welders in the back..

Great build buddy!

[WesTX]

Originally Posted by Joshs4x4toyz

Not to jump in front but here are some close ups. Shane has been awesome with helping design these. Ive never worked with someone trading messages and such but it went smooth. We made a trade awhile back and got to talking about printed stuff and decided we would try to come up with a good set, because he had plans for this build. I dont want to speak for him but he still doesn't have his final set for this probably. Once the rest is stapled down a little more, we may make some changes to wheel or not, and get him a different color, who knows. Here you go though. They use 2mm hardware for caps (didnt have any for pics) and thank you for the kind words.

PS, I got his Hutchinson's..... talk about nice wheels

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Curiosity, I visited with a company a while back to do some 3D printing for my company. They were putting the 3D printed parts in a rubbermaid container with some chemical which would then smooth the finish due to the chemical in the air in that container. Didnt know what was out there for that these days.

Wes

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by Joshs4x4toyz

Not to jump in front but here are some close ups. Shane has been awesome with helping design these. Ive never worked with someone trading messages and such but it went smooth. We made a trade awhile back and got to talking about printed stuff and decided we would try to come up with a good set, because he had plans for this build. I dont want to speak for him but he still doesn't have his final set for this probably. Once the rest is stapled down a little more, we may make some changes to wheel or not, and get him a different color, who knows. Here you go though. They use 2mm hardware for caps (didnt have any for pics) and thank you for the kind words.

PS, I got his Hutchinson's..... talk about nice wheels
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Thanks for working on these with me for over a month!

Originally Posted by rcjeepbuilder

This must be a pipeline welders truck pre 2016.... Now they drive around 1980 Ford Taurus station wagons with Lincoln 110 welders in the back..



Great build buddy!

Ive seen some of those.

Im going for the "I've been working pipelines for two years" instead of "i just blew my first 6 months pay on a rig" look. Yea. Want that "I irresponsibly spend my money but I am not crazy" look.

Originally Posted by WesTX

Curiosity, I visited with a company a while back to do some 3D printing for my company. They were putting the 3D printed parts in a rubbermaid container with some chemical which would then smooth the finish due to the chemical in the air in that container. Didnt know what was out there for that these days.

Wes

Not sure on the final color, so a smooth finish may not be needed. Could always have Josh upload to shapeways to print too.


Front bumper simple mount.




SCX skid just for width.

[Joshs4x4toyz]

I really like those flares Are you familiar with those fiberglass crewcab bodies? If so, are they pretty much tamiya spec'd? I really cant wait to see this finished, going to be sweet. I love me some white collar welding rigs


Wes, yes, you can do a process called a vapor bath. Its a tub of acetone with your piece on a rack above the liquid. It works great for most things (made of ABS). I have been trying it on my micro bodies and it makes them glossy but not quite the nice "paint job" look I was going for. There are some other options I am trying like resins and stuff now, hope it works.

[msrace]

This build REALLY has me thinking about getting a 3D printer. Are the cheap ($350) ones worth it? Love the creativity here.

[WesTX]

Originally Posted by Joshs4x4toyz

Wes, yes, you can do a process called a vapor bath. Its a tub of acetone with your piece on a rack above the liquid. It works great for most things (made of ABS). I have been trying it on my micro bodies and it makes them glossy but not quite the nice "paint job" look I was going for. There are some other options I am trying like resins and stuff now, hope it works.

Thats it, cool to hear you are working on stuff. Always nice to see people pushing the envelope a bit!

Wes

[RiderZ]

Up five helper!!! Must be a 798er

[Szczerba]

Originally Posted by RiderZ

Up five helper!!! Must be a 798er

Heh?


Front hinge on the bumper mount using CarterFab and RCBro's various fab tabs.

Closed in the back of the cab. Made a velcro mount in the rear that also ties the interior into the cab. Double bam!

[imthatguy]

Done yet? Nice turk.