bobthehobbyguy Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) Great concept. Coming along nicely. Edited August 17, 2021 by bobthehobbyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belugawrx Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Looking good ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, bobthehobbyguy said: Great concept. Coming along nicely. 2 hours ago, Belugawrx said: Looking good ! Thanks guys! I am pushing forward, might have an update to night.:-) Here is one of my inspiration pictures. image belongs to GuMMby9 on you tube. Edited August 17, 2021 by Mattilacken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 you have done lots of great work on your build. Good looking truck for inspiration.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 5 hours ago, slusher said: you have done lots of great work on your build. Good looking truck for inspiration.. Thanks m8! I will struggle on but needed to do Some other model work inbetween 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw_Pitbull_0411 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 That's dope!! Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 21 hours ago, Outlaw_Pitbull_0411 said: That's dope!! Nice work 21 hours ago, MeatMan said: Great work! Thanks guys! I appreciate your interest in this project 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 I have had alot of thought on the cage and the fact that i want to be ble to remove the body when the model is built. The current nascar style side impact bars does not alow for that. So.. I have sketched for a new chassis.. wich will be integrated in one pice as long as i can fit seats, center console and all through the front window... I have also been thinking of doing separate body and bed connections so they can be removed individualy. Magnets will be needed so i have connection points that are riggid enough. Here is a quick sketch of the new pipe work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Great looking work on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted August 27, 2021 Author Share Posted August 27, 2021 3 hours ago, espo said: Great looking work on this. Thanks! Still a long way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canso65 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Great project and nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 youre giving me ideas....Ive always liked race inspired trucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 11:21 PM, Canso65 said: Great project and nice work! Thanks! 14 hours ago, chris chabre said: youre giving me ideas....Ive always liked race inspired trucks Good that I manage to inspire :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Made some minor things to night, mostly cleaning up and sanding putty but some more substantial things.. I have wanted the front to steer.. so I drilled and cut it apart. Need to clean one side up. The far side looks better. The extended fuel Cells should be done now so I think I can start the new cage work.. can some one please tell the builder to calm down and just get on with the build and not integrate new things al the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Baby steps.. some adjustments are needed to the steering and see that the height is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 9, 2021 Author Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) Some small progress. Have started on the engine since the front frame need to work around it. I also decided that I want to make it done with paint and all so decisions had to be made about exhaust an placement. Decided to cut the intake boxes so it displays more of the engine, that also helps with cage routing. Remember these are prop parts and the actual ones will be made more accurate. tried to reuse two different types of headers but no way they will fit. So 1,5mm soldering led came out. Not done but getting some where. And no! No turbos! They will never fit! But around 600bhp would do it. Comments are welcome! Edited September 9, 2021 by Mattilacken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Great looking work here. The space between the headers and the front tires looks very tight, may just be the camera angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 3 hours ago, espo said: Great looking work here. The space between the headers and the front tires looks very tight, may just be the camera angle. Yes its tight. I think I Will need to put the pipes on top of each other to clear the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 13, 2021 Author Share Posted September 13, 2021 So I made a set of new headers for the left side.. but I did not like the look since the pipes was not straight. So I scraped them and started over with styrene. But to determine exactly where they should go I made the engine fixation. Spare PÉ wing sides was cut down to fit and glued in place with the two new engine fixations. Will look good. and a chassi Raul mock-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 Getting some where with the pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 Today I was doing some work, also planing for a future build some how, and I stumbled across a 911 turbo exhaust wile not perfect it gave me ideas.. should I or should I not.. also found some parts in the PB for the rear suspension. And started eyeballing it.. please give me your point of view! I like both engine setups but leaning towards a NA engine. Too bad these turbos are not mirrored to each other, would be cooler and more sexy to do it symmetrical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 Went back to the original plan. Allt of fiddling later one is getting there. Need a collector but that can be made outside of the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Although I like where you're going with this, I 100% think you should make those turbos work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris chabre Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 i vote turbos too haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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