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AX10wannabe · 02-24-2011, 08:04 PM

if i have to use a blue straw or something i will and just paint it.

AX10wannabe · 02-27-2011, 06:48 PM

on the way home from alberta yesterday i got to thinking that i want a scale tuber but i dont have the money to buy a honcho kit and build that up.... so i got to thinking about trying my hand at making an aluminum body of a 1979 Ford F150.. here is the style i'll be after >http://www.cardomain.com/ride/219551...aysville-ky-us.

so i'd build the tuber with little tabs so i can mount the panels, then build the molds for the body panels out of wood and smooth them out with bondo. the body style looks fairly easy to make.

i'd build a tuber similiar style as this one from Metal Masher > old comp truck turned scale truck as it looks like the easiest one i've seen so far... i've been reading/watching Metal Masher's threads on how he makes his panels and stuff.

also forgot to add that i will use the honcho parts.

9700trevor · 02-27-2011, 10:23 PM

sounds like alot of work good thing you have alot of time on your hands to build that

AX10wannabe · 02-27-2011, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 9700trevor

sounds like alot of work good thing you have alot of time on your hands to build that

yup i got plenty of time... haha.. ya it will be a lot of work unfortunately.. i might use that roll bar i have for the savage and add to that or just start from scratch.

should be cool when its done though. the 2 hardest parts will be building the tube chassis and making the molds for the body panels also thinking i might make it out of 3/16" solid rod instead of 1/4". just looked at the weather and its supposed to be above 0*C all week. finally should be able to get some shit done

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AX10wannabe · 02-28-2011, 11:00 AM

im thinking about using the 1/4" rod and making the chassis simple to keep weight down, considering i have roughly 11feet of 1/4" rod. also here's another website that i will be getting some ideas from > http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=855113

AX10wannabe · 03-02-2011, 02:17 PM

so i've been drawing and reading like mad about tubers and stuff... finally got a passenger side of the truck box drawn on a piece of cardboard. going to tweak the drawing a little bit then cut it out flip it over and trace it for the driver's side.i'll get some pics up soon.

9700trevor · 03-03-2011, 02:36 AM

so when are you going to post pics of all the work you have been doing in your spare time by the way the winches should be here soon they are in Vancouver customs as of Feb 28 but I think I might have to pay taxes on them it say Signature Required on the canada post site

AX10wannabe · 03-03-2011, 12:11 PM

i will post some pics today. i got both bedsides done and got the passenger door pretty much drawn out on paper, then im going to trace it on cardboard and cut it out.

well i guess pay the damn taxes and if there was any money left over from the purchase of my winch keep it for paying you back for my part of the taxes. if not then let me know how much the taxes are and next time we get together i will shoot you some money.

9700trevor · 03-03-2011, 01:12 PM

ya well I hope I don't have to but if i do the I will cause other wise we don't get the parts

AX10wannabe · 03-03-2011, 02:11 PM

yup thats true... and i want my winch dammit!!!! haha

AX10wannabe · 03-04-2011, 05:37 PM

so found some modeling clay today so im gonna start experimenting with it.

9700trevor · 03-05-2011, 01:13 PM

make an RTI ramp so you can do this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjEvjqiiMhg

AX10wannabe · 03-05-2011, 07:28 PM

^^^ watched that video... its pretty sweet. had a lazy day today.

9700trevor · 03-06-2011, 11:25 AM

don't you always have lazy days LOL ya that was a pretty sweet vid that jeep is insane

AX10wannabe · 03-06-2011, 11:51 AM

ya sometimes

i've been thinking about how long to make my chassis. im trying to get it somewhat in proportion. sketched out a 17" chassis, so the way i measured it would be 7" bedsides, 5" doors and 5" fenders. but after thinking about it and seeing it on cardboard it might be out of proportion so i sketched out a 16" chassis and that would give me my 7" bedsides, 4" doors and 5" fenders. which drawn out on cardboard looks a little better to me.

seems like a nice sunny day to be outside building shit instead of inside hovering over the computer keyboard..

wanna start bending some rod today.
keep the battery, steering servo up front. might put the receiver in the back if i can. hoping on tuesday if the roads are good my aunt wants to go to vernon and stop by lester's so i can pick up some tires.

AX10wannabe · 03-06-2011, 05:26 PM

started on the chassis today. got one bottom "rail" done took me a while to figure out how to get my bends with just a vise and a hammer. had to get my dad to show me cause i couldnt figure it out but now i got it.. i cut the pieces at 17" to allow some shrinkage because of the bends, didnt shrink as much as i thought so once the other side is done i will trim them to length.

i'll get the other "rail" piece done tomorrow and get some pics. dad was working on my racing mower he got the wiring done and tossed the belt on took it for its first test ride since started building it in october 2009. it was an "all show no go" type of test ride lots of noise but no power was burning the belt off.. so played with the gearing but didnt have a belt that fit.

9700trevor · 03-06-2011, 09:43 PM

ohya sounds good sorry that you got cut off when you phoned the other day but my phone died not to sure why and then I had to run out the door to go get the wife from work are we still on for this week end

AX10wannabe · 03-06-2011, 10:10 PM

oh thats what the hell happend.. haha i called back a couple of times and got the answering machine.. haha..

ya we are still on for this weekend if your interested. i've been talking to my aunt trying to convince her to go to vernon on tuesday so i can hit lester's and buy some damn tires. then if i have to i will order rims and hope to pick them up on saturday. are you working days or nights? i'll talk to my parents this week and see if they will give me a ride out there in mom's new jalopie. i'll give you a call this week and let ya know.

also forgot to say that i going into town to grab a belt for the racing mower, then coming home and finishing up the bottom piece i started then i will get some pictures.

9700trevor · 03-07-2011, 11:19 AM

ya if you order the wheels on tuesday you won't get em by the weekend and ya I am on night and we are working over time this week so i am working till 12:30

AX10wannabe · 03-07-2011, 05:22 PM

well i got the other bottom rail bent up just have to cut them to length and make some cross pieces.. then i got the hood open on my ranger.

ok well thats alright then, mom and i are going into vernon tomorrow so i'll pick up the tires at least.

02-27-2011, 06:48 PM	#102
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	on the way home from alberta yesterday i got to thinking that i want a scale tuber but i dont have the money to buy a honcho kit and build that up.... so i got to thinking about trying my hand at making an aluminum body of a 1979 Ford F150.. here is the style i'll be after >http://www.cardomain.com/ride/219551...aysville-ky-us. so i'd build the tuber with little tabs so i can mount the panels, then build the molds for the body panels out of wood and smooth them out with bondo. the body style looks fairly easy to make. i'd build a tuber similiar style as this one from Metal Masher > old comp truck turned scale truck as it looks like the easiest one i've seen so far... i've been reading/watching Metal Masher's threads on how he makes his panels and stuff. also forgot to add that i will use the honcho parts. Last edited by AX10wannabe; 02-27-2011 at 06:53 PM.

03-05-2011, 01:13 PM	#112
9700trevor Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: armstrong Posts: 260	make an RTI ramp so you can do this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjEvjqiiMhg Last edited by 9700trevor; 03-06-2011 at 11:25 AM.

03-06-2011, 10:10 PM	#118
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	oh thats what the hell happend.. haha i called back a couple of times and got the answering machine.. haha.. ya we are still on for this weekend if your interested. i've been talking to my aunt trying to convince her to go to vernon on tuesday so i can hit lester's and buy some damn tires. then if i have to i will order rims and hope to pick them up on saturday. are you working days or nights? i'll talk to my parents this week and see if they will give me a ride out there in mom's new jalopie. i'll give you a call this week and let ya know. also forgot to say that i going into town to grab a belt for the racing mower, then coming home and finishing up the bottom piece i started then i will get some pictures. Last edited by AX10wannabe; 03-06-2011 at 10:18 PM.

02-24-2011, 08:04 PM	#101
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	if i have to use a blue straw or something i will and just paint it.

02-27-2011, 10:23 PM	#103
9700trevor Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: armstrong Posts: 260	sounds like alot of work good thing you have alot of time on your hands to build that

02-28-2011, 11:00 AM	#105
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	im thinking about using the 1/4" rod and making the chassis simple to keep weight down, considering i have roughly 11feet of 1/4" rod. also here's another website that i will be getting some ideas from > http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=855113

03-02-2011, 02:17 PM	#106
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	so i've been drawing and reading like mad about tubers and stuff... finally got a passenger side of the truck box drawn on a piece of cardboard. going to tweak the drawing a little bit then cut it out flip it over and trace it for the driver's side.i'll get some pics up soon.

03-03-2011, 02:36 AM	#107
9700trevor Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: armstrong Posts: 260	so when are you going to post pics of all the work you have been doing in your spare time by the way the winches should be here soon they are in Vancouver customs as of Feb 28 but I think I might have to pay taxes on them it say Signature Required on the canada post site

03-03-2011, 12:11 PM	#108
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	i will post some pics today. i got both bedsides done and got the passenger door pretty much drawn out on paper, then im going to trace it on cardboard and cut it out. well i guess pay the damn taxes and if there was any money left over from the purchase of my winch keep it for paying you back for my part of the taxes. if not then let me know how much the taxes are and next time we get together i will shoot you some money.

03-03-2011, 01:12 PM	#109
9700trevor Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: armstrong Posts: 260	ya well I hope I don't have to but if i do the I will cause other wise we don't get the parts

03-03-2011, 02:11 PM	#110
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	yup thats true... and i want my winch dammit!!!! haha

03-04-2011, 05:37 PM	#111
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	so found some modeling clay today so im gonna start experimenting with it.

03-05-2011, 07:28 PM	#113
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	^^^ watched that video... its pretty sweet. had a lazy day today.

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03-06-2011, 11:25 AM	#114
9700trevor Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: armstrong Posts: 260	don't you always have lazy days LOL ya that was a pretty sweet vid that jeep is insane

03-06-2011, 11:51 AM	#115
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	ya sometimes i've been thinking about how long to make my chassis. im trying to get it somewhat in proportion. sketched out a 17" chassis, so the way i measured it would be 7" bedsides, 5" doors and 5" fenders. but after thinking about it and seeing it on cardboard it might be out of proportion so i sketched out a 16" chassis and that would give me my 7" bedsides, 4" doors and 5" fenders. which drawn out on cardboard looks a little better to me. seems like a nice sunny day to be outside building shit instead of inside hovering over the computer keyboard.. wanna start bending some rod today. keep the battery, steering servo up front. might put the receiver in the back if i can. hoping on tuesday if the roads are good my aunt wants to go to vernon and stop by lester's so i can pick up some tires.

03-06-2011, 05:26 PM	#116
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	started on the chassis today. got one bottom "rail" done took me a while to figure out how to get my bends with just a vise and a hammer. had to get my dad to show me cause i couldnt figure it out but now i got it.. i cut the pieces at 17" to allow some shrinkage because of the bends, didnt shrink as much as i thought so once the other side is done i will trim them to length. i'll get the other "rail" piece done tomorrow and get some pics. dad was working on my racing mower he got the wiring done and tossed the belt on took it for its first test ride since started building it in october 2009. it was an "all show no go" type of test ride lots of noise but no power was burning the belt off.. so played with the gearing but didnt have a belt that fit.

03-06-2011, 09:43 PM	#117
9700trevor Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: armstrong Posts: 260	ohya sounds good sorry that you got cut off when you phoned the other day but my phone died not to sure why and then I had to run out the door to go get the wife from work are we still on for this week end

03-07-2011, 11:19 AM	#119
9700trevor Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: armstrong Posts: 260	ya if you order the wheels on tuesday you won't get em by the weekend and ya I am on night and we are working over time this week so i am working till 12:30

03-07-2011, 05:22 PM	#120
AX10wannabe RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Salmon Arm BC Posts: 1,777	well i got the other bottom rail bent up just have to cut them to length and make some cross pieces.. then i got the hood open on my ranger. ok well thats alright then, mom and i are going into vernon tomorrow so i'll pick up the tires at least.

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