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Old 10-14-2011, 07:43 AM   #41
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Nice looking trailer man, love how you made the ramps moveable, good job! =)
Thanks man I really appreciate it

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Old 02-28-2012, 09:50 AM   #42
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Made a cooler and bungy cord! I did textured paint for the cooler as well

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Old 02-28-2012, 10:24 AM   #43
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a tip for those still wanting to get into the styrene thing but cant find any....hit up Wal-Mart or something like that and buy some of the plastic NO TRESPASSING signs, they are the same thing, you'll just have to paint the piece to cover it up.
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Old 02-29-2012, 06:55 PM   #44
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Here is what I'm working on
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Old 02-29-2012, 08:07 PM   #45
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i've built a few things,

fuel cell, filler cap hasnt been added yet,





Hunting dog carrier,






Muffler,




My interior, door panels, dashboard, floor pan, frame for the seat, steering column, also the body was made from styrene, but i cant take credit for that Lol.






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Old 03-01-2012, 09:48 AM   #46
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This is my first experience with styrene, I still have a lot to do on this drop bed. The wheel tubs are huge to match the huge wheel arches on the hpi f150 body. I used .060 for this, not really sure what most people use.
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Old 03-01-2012, 10:41 AM   #47
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Made a cooler and bungy cord! I did textured paint for the cooler as well

Looks good.

It's fun playing with styrene.

I jumped in and built my first scratch body recently

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Old 03-01-2012, 06:27 PM   #48
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holy crap, I wondered what ever happend to that rig.
It turned out good
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Old 03-07-2012, 05:03 PM   #49
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If you made some bumpers out of this stuff, how well would it hold up to some rock scrapes?
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Old 03-08-2012, 07:38 PM   #50
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I think it would hold up well if you used thick enough material, my drop bed is .060 and it's pretty tough. I think they had .120 at hobbytown, that's pretty thick..almost 1/8" I think. Im a styrene noob tho. heres the grille I'm attempting now.
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Old 03-11-2012, 11:31 AM   #51
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How thick of styrene do you guys use to build interior floor pans and dashes? I've got a build going and I'm cutting cardboard out for templates then going to do it in styrene. I have some .60 I think it is. Wasn't too sure how it would hold up. Its a big KOH style steel tube chassis.
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Old 03-11-2012, 11:38 AM   #52
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you should be fine with .060 you can always reinforce it with square styrene.
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Old 03-11-2012, 12:34 PM   #53
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you should be fine with .060 you can always reinforce it with square styrene.
Thanks, I can't wait to get this thing together as I'm sure your anxious to see it also.....
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Old 03-11-2012, 12:59 PM   #54
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glad to see this thread pop up again, i didn't want to be the one to necro it. been playing around with some sheet styrene again, trying to get used to plastruct weldene. i started with tenax and its just a hard switch. recent projects are a little bench top mill (not really based on anything) and a model of my work table in my shop. the table is 48x48x1.5" plate, legs are 3x5" 3/8" thick wall tubing, 3 beads of 7014 wrapped around each leg. have yet to test how strong it really is...my shop teacher was pretty impressed though. there is a tongue on the 1:1 that i still have to build, has an adjustable vice on it. the top was drilled with a mag drill for a 6"x6" grid.

real (forgive the messy shop)





and the model, complete with montezuma welding tool box and foam rubber to replicate the rubber bed mat i use as the work surface. made with sheet only. no filler used.



the "mill" still needs some paint, no filler here either.





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Old 03-11-2012, 07:40 PM   #55
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My first attempt at styrene..



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what do you all think?
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Old 03-13-2012, 03:04 AM   #56
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Daaaaaaang.. That's lookin good.
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Old 03-14-2012, 03:55 PM   #57
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What are you guys using for a filler?
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:05 PM   #58
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i use bondo red spot putty thinly........bob

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Old 03-14-2012, 08:30 PM   #59
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Thats a cool jeep! Wish i could find a jeep J-20 pickup hard body.
Do what he's doing and build your own
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Old 07-10-2012, 11:17 AM   #60
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I thought about making another thread for this, but decided against it...better to just add to this one.

I needed scale accessories to cover the shock hoops in the bed of my 4 door Hilux A different take on the Hilux

Anyway, this is what I came up with.

Rubbermaid Action Packer





Jerry can (aged)


sorry this one is blurry...cell phone pic


How they cover hte shock hoops



Here they are in the bed

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