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hey guys, I'm doing up the italeri p&o trailer.... I realized how crappy the kit was until I started to americanize the trailer....it looks REALLY good as an american style trailer which does take some work. I'm looking for some ideas on how to beat up the connex box to make it look legitimately old without RUINING the kit. also some ideas for beating up the frame as well. any help is greatly appreciated.
Chad
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Project "After Life"
26 June 2012 - 01:59 AM
here is "Project Afterlife" it's a griffen designs 379 conversion sent to me by a buddy of mine, italeri cab, stock everything else.....there are alot of plans for this truck and I've been using the 378 to mock up items for the build....al the white plastic parts obviously are scratchbuilt....here's the list of items that have either been modified or scratchbuilt
headlights-RVG 359 brackets cut off of the buckets, white freightliner DD spotlights cut off of their brackets and attached to the RVG brackets.
front fenders-2 RM 359 fenders( used to keep a tighter profile on the tires over the 1/24, added a second section of fender to the back, completely smoothed the fenders, added outer lip for gangster style fenders
Texas 15" drop visor
10" aluminum tubing bent with pickett style elbows smoothed and touched up for big low stacks
front of tandem lightbar
rear tandem lightbar and deckplating
seats-lindbergh f150 4x4 seats, inside armrest cut off, seats refilled and placed into the lowered position
I'll be scratchbuilding:
4-5 chime train horn to mount onto the deckplate
airline box on the frame
305" wheelbase
lower cab skirts for real deep low look
tall shifter
specs on the truck will be
pete 379
cat 3406
305" wheelbase
24.5" italeri wheels
22.5" lonestar tires( lower profile
lowered scratchbuilt front suspension
lowered rear pete low air leaf suspension
63" italeri 377 sleeper WITH cab fairings
all items scratchbuilt will be chrome
p&p rear double hump fenders
COOP headache rack from Sourkrauts
the drawing depicts what the end result will be.
all the items I scratchbuilt will be put onto this 378 as well I want to rebuild all of these items because I love the look of them on this truck, after this it will predominantly be known as "Project Resurrection"
headlights-RVG 359 brackets cut off of the buckets, white freightliner DD spotlights cut off of their brackets and attached to the RVG brackets.
front fenders-2 RM 359 fenders( used to keep a tighter profile on the tires over the 1/24, added a second section of fender to the back, completely smoothed the fenders, added outer lip for gangster style fenders
Texas 15" drop visor
10" aluminum tubing bent with pickett style elbows smoothed and touched up for big low stacks
front of tandem lightbar
rear tandem lightbar and deckplating
seats-lindbergh f150 4x4 seats, inside armrest cut off, seats refilled and placed into the lowered position
I'll be scratchbuilding:
4-5 chime train horn to mount onto the deckplate
airline box on the frame
305" wheelbase
lower cab skirts for real deep low look
tall shifter
specs on the truck will be
pete 379
cat 3406
305" wheelbase
24.5" italeri wheels
22.5" lonestar tires( lower profile
lowered scratchbuilt front suspension
lowered rear pete low air leaf suspension
63" italeri 377 sleeper WITH cab fairings
all items scratchbuilt will be chrome
p&p rear double hump fenders
COOP headache rack from Sourkrauts
the drawing depicts what the end result will be.
all the items I scratchbuilt will be put onto this 378 as well I want to rebuild all of these items because I love the look of them on this truck, after this it will predominantly be known as "Project Resurrection"
a couple recent builds
25 May 2012 - 02:27 AM
hey guys, I've gotten back into the swing of things a little with the shows for the real truck over so I decided to fill a few days being relaxing and stress free. I got a bunch of parts in a box from a buddy of mine so I decided to play puzzle piece and start putting them back together and doing some parts box builds....they're working out pretty well THUS FAR....
first up is the revell snap kw that I built by chopping down the aero sleeper and grafting in a 36" bunk and going full work with it. the frame is the stock length, single stack dayton spoke rims, t600 aerodyne exhaust filler panel on the drivers side. I think I achieved my goal with this one.
second up is the revell kw w900l....the only thing it needed really was some tlc and to be glued back together, it showed up in about 30 pieces.
third in line is a snap pete I originally bought to use as parts for another build but decided to build a second truck with what was left.....here's the end result.
I built this revell aerodyne about 3 years ago and it was finally time to get it back into shape. I cleaned it all up, added the decals from the snap kw kit, added different tires and a triple coat of clear.
first up is the revell snap kw that I built by chopping down the aero sleeper and grafting in a 36" bunk and going full work with it. the frame is the stock length, single stack dayton spoke rims, t600 aerodyne exhaust filler panel on the drivers side. I think I achieved my goal with this one.
second up is the revell kw w900l....the only thing it needed really was some tlc and to be glued back together, it showed up in about 30 pieces.
third in line is a snap pete I originally bought to use as parts for another build but decided to build a second truck with what was left.....here's the end result.
I built this revell aerodyne about 3 years ago and it was finally time to get it back into shape. I cleaned it all up, added the decals from the snap kw kit, added different tires and a triple coat of clear.
