Trail trekker build

[krazyglu]

Finally got around to painting the Toyota body I put on my Trail Trekker. I used model master and Tamiya paints. The cage and front bumper are .80 styrene rod painted with texture black paint. I used 5 min clear epoxy to attach the mirrors wipers and glass. Still a few things to do ,but I wanted to post pictures before I tear it up.

[JeepFan]

Looks good. How did you mount the body?

[Menace Kustoms]

I have a similar project going right now. The texture paint helps the styrene look very believable. Looks good overall.

[hobby machine]

The textured paint looks great I will has to give that a try did you sand before paint and did you have to do have to prepare the styrene before painting to prevent the styrene from dissolving

[krazyglu]

Thanks for the comments guys, about the texture paint...this is actually from a company called Scale Motorsport . This paint is suppose to represent fabric on a race car seat etc ,but I thought it looked a lot like the finish on the trail trekker frame. After I saw how good it looked I decided to do the bumper and side mirrors. No prep is required on the styrene hobby machine. I will try and get some body off pictures ,but what I did was modify the kits cab floor and attached it with body pins to the chassis. The cab uses the factory kit points and I can take it off to access the batteries.

[Menace Kustoms]

Any more pics of the rear? Is it styrene as well?

[krazyglu]

Thanks for the interest, the back cage is styrene. I used styrene tube and aluminum wire to pin all the joints. Here are pictures with the body off to show how it mounts, some of the rear and a few with the lights on.