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09-28-2015, 07:57 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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|  Another gi joe jeep...
I've wanted to do one of these for a while and one finally found its way into my shop. I had a problem, that being the previous owner felt the need to brush paint it, and thick.. but more on that later. For now the chassis  Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk |
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09-28-2015, 07:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
I reinforced the rails at the link mounts  Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk |
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09-28-2015, 08:05 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
Then a quick mockup after a LOT of scrubbing on the body with denatured alcohol to reveal all the original details. I'm going with the beater look, I mean really, it's a model of a 60 year old jeep, this is as real as I can make it.   Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk |
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09-28-2015, 08:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Ramona, CA
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
Looking good.  Personally i would leave it and not strip it. Looks like a civilian got it at an auction, painted it and you are in the middle of a restore slowly revealing what it is. Highlighting the star and numbers is cool. I would get it to the point you like it, flat clear it and leave it. I always like the Barn finds that people do in mags and just leave it old, somewhat rusty, mostly repaired, leave it with "Patina" and just clear it. |
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09-28-2015, 09:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
Thanks, that's the plan. I masked off and sprayed the undercarriage and interior flat black but exterior is staying the way it is Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk |
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09-29-2015, 09:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
So...opinions. ..   Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk |
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09-29-2015, 09:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Streamwood, IL
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
Looks good, Steve, better stability with the wraith axles
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09-30-2015, 05:17 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Northern NJ
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
We can never have too many 1/6 Jeep Willys builds !!!
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09-30-2015, 07:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
A little more progress   Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk |
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10-04-2015, 09:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
Some more tinkering. ..   Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk |
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10-04-2015, 11:39 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Norcal
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep...
Very similar, LOL!
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10-05-2015, 09:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore
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| Re: Another gi joe jeep... lookng forward to running with another Jerp at bobrox.
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