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10-05-2014, 02:18 PM | #41 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Lehi
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Thanks for the reply! Luckily the tf2 I bought used came with the Gelande hoops up front. Now to find someone to trade the 3/4 link setup for some shackles |
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10-05-2014, 05:18 PM | #42 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Orleans
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope Quote:
I have the same interior photo as a reference for my next CC interior Thinking a native America / southwestern fabric for a "quick" seat cover in an attempt to make the interior aged and used a bit. Dash will be flat brown with traces of that particular tan shown in your photo. My door panels will be half brown with the other half the tan I mentioned. Looking forward to see what you come up with for yours. May give me some ideas. Last edited by tokdl; 10-05-2014 at 05:22 PM. | |
10-06-2014, 04:54 AM | #43 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Lol, tokdl. Glad I'm not the only algebraically challenged one around here. For what it's worth, I love the look of the Emus and was thinking about the Superlifts for up front, but I'm now probably going to go in a different direction after experimenting with the 90mm Ultra Scales in front late this afternoon. They were almost completely bottomed out as soon as I put the body on. Seems they just couldn't hold the front up at all given the weight over the front. My concern with the internally sprung shocks is that the thin, short springs can't handle the weight of a hardbody. Does anyone have any experiences to share?
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10-06-2014, 09:39 AM | #44 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, Texas
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Your truck looks good in the video! I'd hate to see what the metal axle housings look like after scraping over all those jagged rocks, but hey, what are you going to do, right? I guess paint them and scrape it off again. Too bad we can't all get together for a day because my truck would sooooooo beat you guys' trucks. All of y'all's. I'm waiting for shooters, Gelande front hoops and 100mm ultimate scale shocks for all four corners, but my truck is really doing well on the rocks around my flower bed with stock shocks and hoops. Since mine is jacked up anyway, I don't have to worry about my ride height as much. I'm even adding 12mm spacers to move my wheels out. It's a beast! My only hang ups are the aluminum bumpers front and rear, but I like them too much to drive without them. Sometimes I wish I had kept the body stock, but I can't go back. I just can't. Cheers! Last edited by Alpha Male; 10-06-2014 at 09:49 PM. |
10-06-2014, 11:57 AM | #45 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Orleans
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
I'd loose the comp. no doubt. So far I'm still rather stock with the exception of Tbox on the front and OM Emu's, I get more flex, but nothing like what you guys get with shooter shackles. I'm obsessed with keeping the stock ride height and appearance on this thing for a while anyway.
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10-06-2014, 06:51 PM | #46 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Glad to hear you're back to being an Alpha Male after your brief bout of despondence over your build. That's the fighting spirit! That said, I'm having a hard time fearing a challenge from a rig whose greatest claim to fame at the moment seems to be tearing up a flower bed. Sorry...couldn't resist. Yes it would be fun to get our rigs together. If you ever make it down to NC, let me know. We have some awesome spots to run down here. In the meantime, I'm loving the collaboration and challenge that comes along with trying to keep up with you guys virtually. Thanks for keeping up with mine and sharing yours! |
10-06-2014, 10:02 PM | #47 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, Texas
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10-13-2014, 08:11 PM | #48 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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Was finally able to make it to a nearby LHS with a master painter to pick up supplies and tips for the interior. If you've been following this build and are already at the Scale Builders Guild level with your detailing (ahem, Alpha Male), this next series of posts will probably bore you. If you haven't yet tried detailing the heck out of an interior, I hope you'll find it useful to see this relative newbie give it a go for the first time. Following the recommendations of one of the shop owners, I've started by spraying out all of the CCHand interior parts with black primer and will let everything dry overnight. I will then start building up coats of acrylic paint by dry brushing. Here's what it looked like before priming: And after: Here are my supplies: Supplies basically consist of several different colors of acrylic paints, mostly from Citadel, made for painting war game pieces. The beige colors are for the dash and doors, the black and grays are for the steering column, steering wheel, shifters and boots, and the four colors in the back left corner are for creating rust on the body. Regardless of what this looked like new at the dealership 30 years ago, no 2 panels are the same color anymore after decades of faithful service and being baked in the sun, hence the 2 different base colors in the beige/tan family plus a lighter color that will get applied to some of the panels that have been sun-bleached. I will also be trying my hand at some cracks in the vinyl as we go. I picked up the RC4WD leather seat cover when I placed the original order, though now thinking I probably should have just gone ahead and made something up. The leather trim swatch and cord will be for a steering wheel cover that I am going to make. Those of you who were of driving age by the 80s will know where I'm going with that one. While I was at my LHS, I got a tutorial on applying rust to the scratched areas on my beater body. Here's what he was able to do in about 5 minutes: This guy does some amazing work. Let's see how I do... |
10-13-2014, 09:01 PM | #49 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Orleans
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Supper impressive! I can't tell you how close I came to getting that exact same cover, but removed it from my cart at the last min. I decided on a south western print as to make it look like someone hastily threw a cover over the seat with no intention on style. Really hoping to grab some ideas from your build. Looks like a really good start!
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10-13-2014, 09:17 PM | #50 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Lol. Seeing your southwestern motif is what made me kick myself slightly for buying the leather cover. I guess I'll have to make up for the lack of upholstering originality with some paint detailing... |
10-13-2014, 09:20 PM | #51 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Orleans
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope I'm still very fond of the cover trust me, almost rather that. I just really couldn't afford it at the time. |
10-15-2014, 03:33 AM | #52 | |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Rio Brisbanero Australia
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10-15-2014, 08:00 PM | #53 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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^^ Nice rig and interesting idea. Do you run the medium and short leafs above the main ones, or just the main leafs?
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10-15-2014, 08:03 PM | #54 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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Starting to develop the interior colors. Liking the 2 dash colors a lot. Door panels may be a bit too light, but still TBD. Trying to develop a pattern that will look like carpet. I think I can get there with some more work. This will take a while, but it's lots of fun to play with. |
10-15-2014, 08:21 PM | #55 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Orleans
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Certainly loving that upper dash pad color. You have me re considering my color choices now |
10-16-2014, 03:36 AM | #56 | |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Rio Brisbanero Australia
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front i run main leaf with small helper plus axial shock hoops and axial scx10 shocks | |
10-22-2014, 05:04 PM | #57 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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| TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Left the interior sitting in the sun for a few days and it's already showing its age. I need to try to finish this quickly before everything falls apart. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Last edited by new2rocks; 10-22-2014 at 05:29 PM. |
10-22-2014, 07:38 PM | #58 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spring, Texas
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10-22-2014, 07:47 PM | #59 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: North Carolina
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Thought it would be easier to let it bake in a greenhouse for a few days than try all of that tedious dry brushing stuff that the role-playing addicts do with their little game pieces. Good thing it hasn't rained much... |
10-22-2014, 08:40 PM | #60 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: New Orleans
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| Re: TF2 = time to push my scale envelope
Outstanding idea! Think I'll give that idea a try.
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