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10-01-2008, 10:27 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles
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|  Dropped Bed Tutorial anywhere?
I've seen a couple of guys do dropped beds on their 1.9 rigs... is there a tutorial somewhere on here?
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10-01-2008, 11:43 AM
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| no talent hack  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Redwood City
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its really easy. this was the first project i have ever done using styrene and it took me an hour at most. i used poster board to construct the entire bed first, and used tape to hold it together. then you just take it apart, and transfer to styrene. a little glue, and you have a drop bed
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10-01-2008, 12:05 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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plan hack cut glue scratch balls paint post pics |
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10-04-2008, 10:15 AM
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| Built, not bought   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gresham
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10-04-2008, 11:59 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Jose, Ca
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I did a post about how I did mine on my chevy build ages ago And it Begins... My 1.9 chevy build lots o pics... im sure its not the only way to do one. but I hope you find it useful |
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10-04-2008, 10:23 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Spanish Springs, Nv
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10-04-2008, 10:49 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: in ur hard-drive
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u forgot get beer and watch game at the end
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11-02-2008, 09:07 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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I just came across a thread on Scale4x4rc.org of someone making one and they have a number of photos that should help tremendously: http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26130 good luck. It's easier than you think.  |
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11-03-2008, 05:23 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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aww man i wrote this awesome tutorial and accidentally pressed backspace and its alllll gone. it was good too, but heres some pics i was gonna use.    heres the tailgate open    more pics in a lil while |
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11-09-2008, 01:50 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose
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Hey Obi....., where do you get the hinges that connect the bed and allow the bed to move? Thanks.
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11-09-2008, 05:42 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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theyre dollhouse door hinges
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11-10-2008, 01:37 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose
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lol...., really? wow.... talk about having to be creative here. nice job! where or what website or local hobby shop? Thanks. | |
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01-01-2009, 01:45 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kaufman
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0bijaun, please please give us a step by step on how you did this. I have been really considering doing this to my truck and youres is WOW.
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01-01-2009, 09:58 AM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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basically just use the bedsides as pictured then the back of the cab if you have a seperate cab and bed. i made the wheel wells first by stacking pieces of styrene that i bent to shape. so bend one thin piece to the shape of the well you want, then slap another piece on top. maybe do it again. then put the side on the fender well, i did another layer to give the extra detail on it. then just sand the edges round. here are the gate lever things....    this is a different bed but the same thing basically, heres how i just backed in the taillights. its just a piec of red plastic from a 3 ring floppy binder.  the raides floor is just a regular piece of styrene with thin strips with rounded edges glued to it.  for the bedliner i used really really old wrinkle paint.  |
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01-03-2009, 12:30 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose
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Obijuan, did you get the styrene on a website? |
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01-03-2009, 10:39 AM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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no i cant stand buying it froma website. i like to hold it and actually see what im buying. size is very important and i just eyeball everything, i cant measure for chit. i go the hobbytown when i get a chance and browse the styrene stands they have. theyve got plastruct and evergreen, both of which are good and are better then the other in certain areas.
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01-07-2009, 12:38 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose
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what do you use to bond this material together? thanks. | |
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01-07-2009, 01:05 AM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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yeah this is styrene, its ABS or something like that. acetal butadine styrene something something. theres two different types of glues, i use plastruct brand. there are several others to choose from. you have plastructs white bottles and orange bottles, one bonds styrene to styrene (like plastics) and the other bonds unlike plastics. that pretty much sums it up, i use plastruct because it has the brush in cap.
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01-14-2009, 03:46 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: minneapolis
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nice
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01-20-2009, 12:01 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Jose
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I have the white bottle. I think that bonds like material. particularly for styrene. Thanks Obi. | |
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