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Post by garydavis on Dec 12, 2015 11:13:43 GMT -8
Man John...that looks good. Did you fab the door hinges? I can see that they would take some time to build. Are you going to leave the body in black primer(which looks kool..)?
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Post by JohnA on Dec 13, 2015 7:27:08 GMT -8
Gary: Door hinges are kit supplied. A lot of people, when they build this kit, glue the doors shut. I thought I would at least try to make them open and close. This is the finale color, just like the 1:1.
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Post by dogfish7 on Dec 20, 2015 6:09:51 GMT -8
Good looking Truck John. Looks like you're almost ready for some paint.
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Post by JohnA on Dec 24, 2015 16:53:42 GMT -8
Started fixing the hood. Used my dremel tool with a small sanding drum and removed some plastic toward the rear of the hood. I got it too hot and start to warp the plastic. Mixed up some plastic fusion and fixed it. Fabricated the front windshield from clear evergreen sheet I wanted it to look flush mounted. It took two tries.... Went to my LHS, bought some matte aluminum bare metal then installed it on the front window frame. Dash board is in. Not sure if I want to flush mount the rear window. I'm not happy with how the floor board fits....just might make a new one. Thanks for looking. More to come.
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Post by JohnA on Dec 24, 2015 16:58:21 GMT -8
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Post by garydavis on Dec 28, 2015 12:12:14 GMT -8
That sure looks good John.Good job on the hood fix....from the pics, a person can't tell anything was wrong.
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Post by dogfish7 on Dec 29, 2015 11:25:12 GMT -8
She's looking good John! Those pin marks kind of stand out on the doors.
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Post by JohnA on Jan 6, 2016 8:39:13 GMT -8
I kept reading many builders would glue the doors shut when building this particular model. I was just gonna do the same when one day I assembled the driver side and to my amazement it worked. A couple days later I did the passenger door and it worked also.....then I noticed the pin marks! But.....at least the doors open and close.
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Post by JohnA on Jan 6, 2016 9:02:09 GMT -8
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Post by dogfish7 on Jan 9, 2016 12:03:10 GMT -8
I really like what you've done here John! She's screaming to be weathered and look used. Hope you continue on.
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