05-17-2016, 08:08 AM | #121 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Those little details that you add just make this rig more awesome.
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05-17-2016, 09:18 AM | #122 | |
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That said ... I found some nice, shiny little nails to make "lock cylinders". I filed a key-hole in 'em (filed 5, got 2 centered ) and punched 'em thru the doors..... .... on both sides. | |
05-17-2016, 02:43 PM | #123 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Besides an interior this looks like it is almost done. LOL (Never really done right)
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05-17-2016, 08:43 PM | #124 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Absolutely killing it on the details! That chute, those handles, the lakes pipes, freaking killer...so cool! Oh and those door locks, bad ass! Very creative.
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05-18-2016, 07:03 PM | #125 | ||
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber" Quote:
And I like to say they're finished ....... for now. Quote:
and hey, the 'chute was YOUR idea. (Thank You) Your WAZAK5 is outstanding! (as they all are ) I'll lower the bar and see what I can cobble together for an interior. But for now, the TSM (gyro) got here today. So I'll be test-driving that in the next few days. .......etc. | ||
05-24-2016, 03:49 PM | #126 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
I had the 'Jockey out this past weekend, trying out the new 'Stability Management receiver. I LIKE IT With a little tuning and practice, it really helps out off-the-line and at high speeds. And Traxxas' set-up lets you adjust it from the Tx, so it's simple to turn up and down whenever you want it. I took the gopro down to the highway too. I wanted to finish the run-down on the 3S's and thought I'd video some more drag runs ... or so I thought . I guess I had the gopro set for single pic'n, but I got a couple decent shots in the road, like this ... .... at least I got the batt's ready to charge again. Then I decided it was time for the "black-out" on the undercarriage, so I tore it all back down. After scuffing the entire chassis plate, I shot it with 2 good coats of primer and then topped it with Krylon's new Color Maxx, satin finish, black paint inside and out. Then I got out an old skillet and a packet of Rit black dye and heated up the stove-top .... got some water boiling and stirred in the Rit .... and then dropped in all of the nylon parts from the old RC12e ..... let it boil a few minutes (actually boiled-over AARRrrrrgh, oh well, stove's cleaner now than it was yesterday ) then took it off of the heat and about an hour later, had these Now I want to polish the pipes and bumper (like the door handles) and get her re-assembled. And I'll prolly get to town in the next few days and try to get some styrene to start the interior and hood-scoop. ba-dump, bump, chsssssss Last edited by dr frankenstyle; 05-25-2016 at 09:29 PM. Reason: I'm old :) |
05-26-2016, 06:46 PM | #127 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
So, while I had the 'Jockey torn down for "black-out", I put the little buffing wheel on the Dremel and got to work on the aluminum body parts. First, I used some 800 grit paper and polished "longitudinally" along the 'pipes and bumper parts to get them ready for the Semi-Chrome. Then, with the li'l buffer, I got one of the 'pipes all shined up. I was happy with those results, so I got the other 'pipe "chromed" up too and pulled the bumper back apart for it's shining .... ... and got all parts re-mounted and most of the truck re-assembled. Now you can see the trailer reflected in the bumper. The lakes-pipes really shined up beautifully .... ... not quite chrome, but awwwfully close. I LIKE how they sparkle. And thanks to a bit of help from joe122, (Thank You, sir) I'm getting the interior schemed up. The LHS was out of styrene, so I guess I'll get some on eBay. check-bak-soon Oh, and again, I take extra pic's nowadays as I do this stuff so if anyone wants more info about how I do any of it, just ask. Last edited by dr frankenstyle; 05-26-2016 at 08:05 PM. Reason: old fart brain fart |
05-27-2016, 07:56 AM | #128 |
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Bright works came out good. You could say polished nickel that is the step before chroming.
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05-28-2016, 08:24 PM | #129 | |
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I got a pair of seats and some plastic ordered and started drawing up a dash. Stay tuned. Last edited by dr frankenstyle; 05-28-2016 at 08:30 PM. Reason: I'm old, durrrrrrr | |
05-30-2016, 01:59 AM | #130 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
I was just going through the Cool Pictures thread when I saw something that might give you an idea for that hood scoop. Go to page 127 post #2523.
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05-30-2016, 06:49 PM | #131 | |
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I think that style would look good on that big, wide hood... don't you? Now, we'll just see how close I can get to that. I did get the wiring all cleaned up, hid the remote light switch under the rear platform, moved all the electrics back to clear up the center area a little .... .... now all that will be under the "floor" will be the battery(s), so I don't have to make the interior as shallow. Plenty of room for the Corbeau seats I ordered. | |
05-30-2016, 09:49 PM | #132 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Looks good very clean.
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06-09-2016, 07:56 PM | #133 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber" Thank you I've been busy the past couple weeks, but my seats and plastic arrived so I did get started on an interior. I got the Corbeau (Wraith) seats shot white and made up a "floor-pan" box to fit the body. I tried to get some extra leg-room for a driver, but I don't have any 6" figures yet to test fit. Then I made a couple of small pillars to hold magnets to mate with some in the body. (they're sitting on my poster-board mock-up/pattern) I wanted to get a solid mounting set-up to get a consistent position before getting to the door panels and dash. I added a "horn" to the front pillar to have a good finger-hold to remove it from the body easily. Now I can work out my poster-board mock-ups for the dash ..... .... and door panels ..... .... and the rest. There's plenty of room for a roll-bar too. This type of styrene scratch-building is new to me, so we'll see how well this turns out. Cross your fingers, everyone. I plan to stick with the exterior color-scheme, maybe the blue swoosh in the door panels. Stay tuned ..... |
06-10-2016, 07:58 AM | #134 |
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That looks like it will look good in the truck. Can't wait to see it finished.
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06-10-2016, 08:24 AM | #135 |
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06-13-2016, 07:45 PM | #136 |
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I got in a little more time at "styrene school" this past weekend. I got a tunnel glued into the floor-pan and some interior panels with "doors" and 'panels made with .030. I wanted good door lines, so I cut the side panels out first, then cut the door-edge lines and sanded the edges, then used some backer strips to glue the 3 parts back together into a panel. Then I shot both sides with black before priming the insides grey. Then I just cut some door-panels from the .030 and drilled everything to mount the Axial cranks and armrests. They'll need a bit of fine-tuning, but now I need to work on to the dash ..... and then get it all painted and together. |
06-13-2016, 07:54 PM | #137 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
Very cool addition to a very unique and bad ass build.....well done so far, looking forward to the dash!
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06-13-2016, 08:26 PM | #138 |
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06-13-2016, 11:23 PM | #139 |
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| Re: F-100 Boat Puller... the "Grave-Robber"
so very not trying to be critical here, a set of dinky cheap seats would save a toooon of weight and also have a bit more oldschool vibe to them. i think they would really go well with everything youve done.
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06-14-2016, 08:01 AM | #140 |
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I think the interior is looking good with that race vibe to this build. Looking forward to the end result. Are you doing a driver also?
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