1960 Chevy pickup on a U-Trail

[theholybull]

Heres what im starting with, a losi micro crawler, a u-trail and a 1960 chevy model


got the u-trail put together


test fitting the driver


test fitting the cab



i had to extend the rear links so i used some brass i had laying around



heres a few pics after the wheel base was extended and the bed was test fitted






as you can see the width is perfect, I think im gonna try a real wood bed floor


Just had to set behind the wheel, I think im gonna get my legs amputated to fit


Next up is t make the upper links, and trim the cab floor and start on an interior. Oh yea i got to get a new shock, and resolder a motor wire. The paint scheme is up in the air right now. I havnt decided on a show truck or a rusted out beater. I think that will depend on how well the paint turns out, if its crappy it will get covered in rust. any way thats it for now.

peace
Bull

[NEW YORK BOY]

nice project truck lol

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by NEW YORK BOY

nice project truck lol

I don't get the reasoning for the blue and white letters. But being a Penn State alumni I can appreciate it! ;) But if I only read the white letters it says "nc poet rc". LOL.

Cool looking scaler so far. That's a nice year of the Chevy truck. Trucks of the 50s and 60s look so great.

[NeoNeoN]

Can't wait to see this one. I see what's happening here. You and Scaler are gonna make me buy that other bind and drive this week.

[ScalerLover]

Looks good, cant believe you tore apart my comp winning loaner truck lol...


Ian, either you buy it or i will when i get the money lmao.

[Stampedekid]

Looks great, I was waiting for someone to do a U-Trail(wasn't soon before long!) I prefer my own conversions(Like Scalerlover) but the U-Trail looks nice for the money. And nice driver too Lookin' forward to more updates!
-Ian

[theholybull]

Yea i could not wait to get home and tear that truck apart after you kicked my ass with it. It has to be the driver because my comp truck climbs a hell of a lot better than the one i just tore down. Neo, your gonna have to buy the BND, you can run your party time cruiser body and be king pimp. I just noticed they raised the price on the u-trail from 15 to 20 bucks. I dont know if id pay 20 for it but its worth 15. I dont want to use the chassis that came with the model because i may wanna change bodies and when you are committing the chassis to one specific body it makes it real hard. By using the u trail i can change the body just by switching out the rear links and drive shaft.

This is my inspiration, i know its not a 60 but its the same body style.


Ill get more done tonight after work at 11 and try to post an update.

till next time,

Bull

[LAV25]

Sweet inspiration, I had a '66 Stepside that I'm going to try and replicate with Revell's 1/25 scale '65!

-val

[LAV25]

Originally Posted by theholybull

This is my inspiration, i know its not a 60 but its the same body style.

Been staring at the body you've got and your inspiration shot for ages trying to figure out what's wrong. Your plastic model body has the "cat's eye" hood and side vent windows of a 60-63 Chevy:



but your inspiration is somewhere between 64-66. Not a criticism, I'm sure it'll look great, it was just bothering me since I owned that '66.

-val

[theholybull]

I know the photo i posted doesnt have the same grill / hood. I pretty much wanna do that paint scheme and that was the only photo i could find of a 4wd fleetside with the tan and cream two tone, thats why its only an inspiration. Besides those early 60s chevys were rare in a 4wd fleetside. I always wanted one but cant find one around here in decent shape. so im gonna build one.

Any way i didnt get much done last night just trimming the body here and there to get it to sit on the chassis a little better. I hope to have the interor fiitted tonight and may mount the body to the chassis.

Later

Bull.

[theholybull]

Got some more done today

Made the Hub caps fit the Losi wheels


Got the floor trimmed to fit over the tranny, not that noticable with the seat in



dash mocked in


through the windshield


the chrome on the front end


I love this angle


and one nose to nose with my micro wedge


Next is to start painting. Dont have the colors i need so i cant start that untill i get them Monday. I also have to find some thin balsa for the bed floor and tool box. Hopefully the next update will be a great looking paint job. If not its gonna rust.

Bull

[LAV25]

Looking great! My bad on the year information, I didn't realize you were using the inspiration pic for the paint job. I don't know how far into the perfect scale side of things you want to go, but I was doing research for my project and found this site:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/forumdisplay.php?f=6

which has a ton of pics and other resources that might help.

-val

[theholybull]

Didnt get much done today because i had to work. Did get this done tonight.


interior


inside of the doors



the wheel


got the driver and the passanger done had to do some major surgery, leg amputations and a little off the top


cant tell i took the exacto to their heads with them in the cab



thats it for today. Im gonna try to track down the paint for the body tomorrow.

Peace Bull

[theholybull]

I got a lot done today

dash is finished



Here it is installed in to the interior



Got it painted too








here's my front body mount


I still have to do the rear body mount, thats why the truck sits a little lower in the rear, its off the thickness of the velcro. i just dont have any more velcro. I also need velcro for the hood as well That pretty much does it except for the bed floor, making the upper links, and extending the drive shaft.

Oh yea, its gonna rust.

[Killa-Cotton]

Looks good. You can't find models anymore. Go figure? I grew up building them. Wish I had them all back now.

[theholybull]

Yea you used to be able to ger them every where and now they are obly found on the net and in hobby shops.

Not much of an update, today we ran a comp tonight so i didnt do mucn other than get the lights installed. Not ready for pics yet though, i need to extend the wires and mount the board. Ill try to get that done friday.

[Stampedekid]

Nice build up, the U-Trail looks decent! I have to say though, nice drivers Looks great, much better than I expected, be sure to keep updating! I also like the addition of the hub caps

[theholybull]

I got the lights in and working, the head lights are always on and the tails light up on breaking and reverse. Still a good amount of work to get done but its on its way,

any way heres the pics



I LOVE these shots





Just need to find a better way to hold the hood on, raise the bed and make a cap or floor for the bed. then its just details.

[Gvus]

What did you use for the lighting?

[theholybull]

i used an old mini-z lighting kit i had laying around. I still need to find another pair of LEDs for the front so all 4 lights light.