First scale build: Caged Silverado

[Jbird0007]

My first build, started off with a SCX10 kit, proline powerstroke shocks, handbrothers steering kit and grey beadlocks, not much for upgrades. Saw a nice truck on here that inspired me, Speed88's chevy speed's SCX10 build

I bought the proline body, painted it up but it seemed to lack true 'crawler' appeal. In a mix between crawler and prerunner motivation, i chopped the bed and tailgate and fabbed a rollcage for the back. heres some quick pics, its nowhere near done, still needs some more bracing and painting etc.

hope you guys like it,

[grimgard]

Sweet looking build! Are you sure its your first? lol. Any plans on adding some LED's?

[Jbird0007]

haha yea it's not my first rc, but it is my first crawler. I'm working on a custom fabbed western style front bumper, rear bumper, led's, light bar, the roll cage, and tire mount (all just in the meantime until i can afford a hilux body lol)

[saturnsl89]

nice truck how are the proline shocks?

[Jbird0007]

the powerstrokes are awesome really smooth and they just look the best. the price is a little unsettling but i picked these up on ebay, only $55 for the full set, shipped!

[S ARR T 8]

Looks awsome great job.

[timmy85]

Originally Posted by Jbird0007

the powerstrokes are awesome really smooth and they just look the best. the price is a little unsettling but i picked these up on ebay, only $55 for the full set, shipped!

X2 on the shocks!!! they are bad a$$!!!!! very nice chevy! i like the dove tail rear!

[speed88]

Looks great man! I need to get me a set of those PL shocks.

[nitro_star]

something a lil different, but i like it. just need to de-anodise the in beads, the green stands out like dogs b***'s. the PL power strokes look at home under that shell

[Jbird0007]

haaha i know the green really ruins it ill be getting rid of it very soon

[Jbird0007]

A quick update, didnt do much but un-bent the bed, and then reheated it right where it met the cab and bent again, trimmed the skirts a little, and the wheel wells. Just picked up a couple of these sweet lookin fire extinguishers, scale looks great, theyr all metal, and its actually a butane lighter! heres one on my rig, i put a few of them up for sale on ebay, $20 shipped if anyones interested, theyr really pretty awesome!!







how ironic, a flaming fire extinguisher!!!

[Mini]

Sweet build how do you like those shocks was looking to picking some up for my build.

[ANoodle]

That thing is sick, I actually want to build a scale rig that looks just like my 01 GMC 2500HD.
Nice

[Jbird0007]

Originally Posted by Mini

Sweet build how do you like those shocks was looking to picking some up for my build.

the powerstrokes are awesome definitely reccomended if you can afford them.

[Jbird0007]

Originally Posted by ANoodle

That thing is sick, I actually want to build a scale rig that looks just like my 01 GMC 2500HD.
Nice

thanks, yea i really like this body, requires a bit of trimming in order to clear the wheels ( body posts are raised all the way.) its a bit dirty now, i wish i hadnt chopped it up so messy, if i could afford it i'd like to re-do the cuts now that i know the look im going for. oh well, if i dont like where it's going ill pick up a hilux

[pardonmyn00b]

Lol, I wouldn't consider them fire extinguishers if they light fires.

I like the truck though and I'm glad it's not another Honcho.

[generalee7]

I like the fire enhancers :-P

[rtousley]

very clean truck.
Do you have any body off pics

[chicostaxxs007]

nice rig go chevy

[70duncan]

Wow, That rig look great.

Nice job on the doved and tubed bed . Looks good. Not sure the western bumpers or going to complement the pre-runner look though.