The bigger badder Blazer

[looneybin]

The body attaches with eight screws.

[looneybin]

Leaning towards bright red. The body will be black with wild graphics.

[looneybin]

There is still soo much to do and I still have to buy wheels, tires, and shocks

[looneybin]

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[looneybin]

i have three trucks im in the middle of right now....way too much to work on.

[nickyszoe]

very nice . looks so real . i got a question or two are you going to be able to tie the shock hoops together and did you use silver solder or brazing rod .

[looneybin]

Well i thought about tying the hoops in but got lazy to be honest. Tired of notching tubes. They are plenty strong enough but i should have done it anyway. I use lincoln 3/32 flux coated brazing rods from lowes. They are way way cheaper than silver solder, easy to get, and stronger. They arent too hard to use but you do have to get the metal hotter and the metal will move when it gets that hot. You have to take care to limit the heat and let it cool between brazings to keep everything square.

[looneybin]

There will be a lot of aluminum panels on the front covering the engine bay. Looking for a parma engine or monogram 1/8 v8 and i will have a tube between the rear hoops.

[nickyszoe]

Originally Posted by looneybin

Well i thought about tying the hoops in but got lazy to be honest. Tired of notching tubes. They are plenty strong enough but i should have done it anyway. I use lincoln 3/32 flux coated brazing rods from lowes. They are way way cheaper than silver solder, easy to get, and stronger. They arent too hard to use but you do have to get the metal hotter and the metal will move when it gets that hot. You have to take care to limit the heat and let it cool between brazings to keep everything square.

nothing lazy about that chassis man . silver solder is like 50.00 dollars a troy oz. its not cheap . ive seen some people use it . I think brazing or silver is a better way to do it . just because you get a cleaner looking joint . mig just give you a big spot weld look . tig just takes to much time . it looks awesome ..

Originally Posted by looneybin

There will be a lot of aluminum panels on the front covering the engine bay. Looking for a parma engine or monogram 1/8 v8 and i will have a tube between the rear hoops.

ive been looking for a little 1/8 scale engine myself . I would like to get one for a project build .

I did find and engine . cpe rc has one its like 8.00 bucks or so . may be what you need .

[looneybin]

It wound up red.

[looneybin]

She gonna love my quick dry method....j/k better take this back outside before i get my a$$ beat

[looneybin]

Paint dry. Started making panels. Will have some more aluminum and some made out of lexan.

[looneybin]

Body should be here any day now.

[looneybin]

Going to be making my aluminum swaybar arms and stainless links next. This truck is goin to be the rear deal.

[looneybin]

Now i need to build another trailer cause the tow rig is looking right.

[DirtyChevy45]

What time are those and what size tire??? 2.2??

[looneybin]

2.2 rims with 1.9 stretch over them. The build for that tuck is in the ascender forum

[rustneversleeps]

Originally Posted by looneybin

Now i need to build another trailer cause the tow rig is looking right.

Nice rig love the all black paint scheme and rims make it look better..
Great idea on the stretching the 1.9's..
Forgot to mention nice chassis in the back round....
Is that going in the FS section...lol

[looneybin]

Got some chunks cut for swaybar arms at work today

[looneybin]

So much more to do but its getting there. New body should be here saturday. Got the swaybars made.