Galvanised steel Fj pickup truck

[Stormin2u]

You are truly a Master Modeler something most of us aspire to be, but a talent like yours is truly a gift. Will you be sharing any other projects with us at some point in the future? I would love to see more of your work boats, trains, planes, dioramas anything.....

[Trikster]

You asked about the turn lights... In keeping with the theme of the truck, I think the round ones would look best. But since you are doing the whole weathered look, only put on one light and make a mounting hole for the other one and do your rust treatment around the hole.

[ElChupoCabre]

I think that the square ones look pretty cool. A little more detail...but feel that you will have no problems makin it happen!

[Fracture]

Originally Posted by Stormin2u

You are truly a Master Modeler something most of us aspire to be, but a talent like yours is truly a gift. Will you be sharing any other projects with us at some point in the future? I would love to see more of your work boats, trains, planes, dioramas anything.....

To be honest i havent actually done alot of stuff before! The only other rc's that i have had were a tamiya wild dagger (that got 4-linked then thrown in then destroyed), a blazing star (that got modded into a trail rig kinda), and a losi xx(that i stole the tranny from).

This truck is the first thing that im really thinking through and taking my time on, i haven made half of the parts twice to get them right:neutral: and i did model the entire thing first on computer, great for checking clearances and stuff.

I model and texture weapons and vehicles for games
Its kinda a similar sort of thing
some of these are quite old.(especialy the hilux)



i rendered the m14 into that pic... then tried to make it look like cod4.

Originally Posted by Trikster

You asked about the turn lights... In keeping with the theme of the truck, I think the round ones would look best. But since you are doing the whole weathered look, only put on one light and make a mounting hole for the other one and do your rust treatment around the hole.

That could be awesome! i think i will give it ago. the round lights a older, theyre also a bit less imposing.
There are gonna be some high expectations for the rest of this project

I thought a wooden bodied d90 running on FracBFG's reduced to 1.9 would make a scale yet capable rig

of course i still want to make a stock looking hilux, maybe on narrowed, reduced hummer tires (yes! stock hiluxes do have small wheels)
the smallest ive seen a hilux on is probably tamiya BFG's, a completely stock look would be cool imo
Something like 1badjeepbruisers clone is bloody awesome but it still looks like a trail rig, as opposed to a neglected stocker

something like that, one that belongs on a back street in fiji

All this craftsman/modeler talk... imagine what someone who details n-scale trains could do!

You guys reckon i should try to a howto when i make my new BFG's? the mods can always delete it if its shit...

hey this is my dads old truck... he sold it when i was 4 though.



cya guys
frac

[red jim]

I am still on the fence about trying to build an 84 to 88 Toyota pickup,my current 1:1 DD/wheeler and looking at all the work involved the only thing I have is a work area thats just as messy.This is the coolest cruiser I've seen,great work.

[Trikster]

I would love a how to on the BFG's...

[Fracture]

Originally Posted by red jim

I am still on the fence about trying to build an 84 to 88 Toyota pickup,my current 1:1 DD/wheeler and looking at all the work involved the only thing I have is a work area thats just as messy.This is the coolest cruiser I've seen,great work.

I say do it

Originally Posted by Trikster

I would love a how to on the BFG's...

lets hope the hobby shop has my tires today then

Updates

I had ago at the fender lights as Trikster suggested and i reckon they look pretty good
heres the result:



I made the light stem a bit long, looks fine from a distance though;)

[Trikster]

Freaking love it man! In some of the pictures I cannot tell if I am looking at real or scale!

[chrisjlittle]

old skool lights under the grille surround! like this:http://www.trentperformance.com/imag...ront-grill.jpg
if that's too much trouble I'd definately go for the round fender markers.

[Stormin2u]

That's unbelievable, I would have bet anything that you had a collection of amazing models, lol that fact highlights your natural talent for modeling even more. Thanks for your response.

Originally Posted by Fracture

To be honest i havent actually done alot of stuff before! The only other rc's that i have had were a tamiya wild dagger (that got 4-linked then thrown in then destroyed), a blazing star (that got modded into a trail rig kinda), and a losi xx(that i stole the tranny from).

This truck is the first thing that im really thinking through and taking my time on, i haven made half of the parts twice to get them right:neutral: and i did model the entire thing first on computer, great for checking clearances and stuff.

I model and texture weapons and vehicles for games
Its kinda a similar sort of thing
some of these are quite old.(especialy the hilux)



i rendered the m14 into that pic... then tried to make it look like cod4.


That could be awesome! i think i will give it ago. the round lights a older, theyre also a bit less imposing.
There are gonna be some high expectations for the rest of this project

I thought a wooden bodied d90 running on FracBFG's reduced to 1.9 would make a scale yet capable rig

of course i still want to make a stock looking hilux, maybe on narrowed, reduced hummer tires (yes! stock hiluxes do have small wheels)
the smallest ive seen a hilux on is probably tamiya BFG's, a completely stock look would be cool imo
Something like 1badjeepbruisers clone is bloody awesome but it still looks like a trail rig, as opposed to a neglected stocker

something like that, one that belongs on a back street in fiji

All this craftsman/modeler talk... imagine what someone who details n-scale trains could do!

You guys reckon i should try to a howto when i make my new BFG's? the mods can always delete it if its shit...

hey this is my dads old truck... he sold it when i was 4 though.



cya guys
frac

[Fracture]

Originally Posted by chrisjlittle

old skool lights under the grille surround! like this:http://www.trentperformance.com/imag...ront-grill.jpg
if that's too much trouble I'd definately go for the round fender markers.

Man, a TLC icon would be nice Id rather have a mint Fj though
I think i may do an authentic grill, with those bits underneath it and 2 white small lights
like this:

If i can be bothered

Im gonna strip the truck down soon, paint stuff black and give it some more leafs in the rear - Currently its pretty much on a droop setup

[Trikster]

Not to get off-topic, but what game do you do the models for?

[Fracture]

Trikster, The models I have made have been setup for source engine,-this includes halflife 2, counterstrike source, TF2 and a whole bunch more.
Theres quite alot of work seting the stuff up for a game cause the weapons all have first person animations for reloading and stuff, takes ages to do.
I was casually working on a hl2 mod with a friend but kinda lost intrest.

Frac

[Fracture]

If u love scale stuff shield ur eyes

These dont actually rub on anything and they are an almost bolt on fit.
These would be fricken awesome for some extreme snow/mud crawling but to bad, i broke one of the tracks

So no, im not keeping them


Yeah, i really didnt need to post that

Oh yeah they are the mattracks off the cheap rc's and yes they are on backwards

[ZJman]

wow your work is amazing, where did you get those track things.

[Fracture]

Theyre off a cheap radioshack f350, search google and im sure you will find them. some info in this thread New Radio Shack Mattraxx ..... CRAWLER POSSOBILITIES? MAYBE

[cyberhog05]

Wow! You have a sweet talent. I wish I had the patience for that kind of build. Top Notch!

[chrisjlittle]

Originally Posted by Fracture

Man, a TLC icon would be nice Id rather have a mint Fj though
I think i may do an authentic grill, with those bits underneath it and 2 white small lights
like this:

If i can be bothered

Im gonna strip the truck down soon, paint stuff black and give it some more leafs in the rear - Currently its pretty much on a droop setup

That's actually what I had in mind, I just couldn't find a pic The icon is really nice in person, but simpler than you might imagine. The aluminum tub isn't dead on, it's lacking some of the detail of the oe toy tub. So, I too would rather have a mint fj. Keep up the good work

[wrx-n-ktm]

INSANE!!!! I wish I had 1/4 of your skill/talent! Keep up the amazing work

[slither302]

maybe i missed it during these five pages but if not i call FIRST DIBS on this badboy if you ever want to sell it. Sorry for the interruption let the build thread continue