crazyrichard

thnx guy's !!! today was a bit of a drama , nothing worked .. i made a hole in the floor for a cilinder to make a moving floor ... did that because the ramps where to steap .. and i just wanted to get that right ...because its mostly a rod hauler and those are often lowwwww started yesterday by making the ramps like this , not straight but with a raise .. worked great but the cars still would hit in the middle .. nobody would notice .. cant really drive them on .. but i just wanted it so they could go on i made a hole in the floor with a hollow alu tube worked into the floor and with round sprue inside , so i got a moving cilinder to raise and lower the floor , then made a bed from old window blinds and cable gutter (the grey stuff) its got and edge so a second floor could moce up and down on that way to square so i bend some shape into it the result was they now could drive on and off not hitting anything now i mentioned a sliding floor , my idea was to make a sliding floor so it raises and with a cable system it lowers the top floor to the ground .. now the problem was the floor is not square , due to the caddilac sides and the shape i made and floowed with the top floor the part and the cab side is more narrow then on the back .. so when i put in a second floor that can slide .. it gos out of the side runners because its narrow at the cab side ... then i put the rams back and ctually liked the look way better .. i also found a hauler that could raise the floor and then use loose ramps .. so its still something that could be real

cool !!!!!!!!!

thnx bob ! and its cool that sometimes those small things can make all the difference ..

thnx guys !! much apriciated .. i came home from visiting relatives and in 10 minutes did a mod i had in my head when i had to go out to visit them ... the floor was way to smooth and flat and with small diameter round styreen i made and edge along the sides .. really makes it pop .. so simple and yet such a difference .. later i will also make sunken o rings to put straps on and a electric winch

somebody asked why i didnt slide them under the floor on the corners where they should sit when a car go's on ... awnser was simple the taillight things where there already where there before the sides and floor ... now i wanted it sliding on that spot and after concideration on the stirdyness i sawed the top of the taillight section .. they slide inther now , but i did not thing of the wheels .. the ramps cant go in all the way due to the wheels and tyres and making them shorter isnt doable then the angle would be to steap .. now i want to try and mke 2 ramps the right lenght so they slide under on the corners and make them a 2 piece so when they slide out part flips over on a hinge ... cant start it , have to go visit somebody today .. but the idea is there

came out great !!

cool !

so the alu ramps .. i bend alu to make a little side edge and make them thicker .. glued with superglue .. now when i went and polished them (on my machine) the glue let loose in places (due to the heat) so i was looking at them and tbh they looked good but i wanted somehing even straighter .. i realised i recently scored some old window blinds with holes in them .. same size holes as i drilled .. but these machine made holes where 4 times more straight then my hand drilled holes ... seems big but this is a close up here nice size holes , made sides so they are thicker the plates will rest on supports i think .. need to make something to hook them on and when done i can put them under the floor , they slide in there

tnx guys !! much apriciated and ken , yes you are right .. and i never ever had a real plan not on my cars and not on my dio's .. best way for me is to start building and just see where it leads .

made some plastic ramps , looked cool but then decided to make them out of amuminium and when they are finished i can polish them .... the sides will become thicker with an edge thats it for now have to go out now ......

closed part of the innner tubs and on the rear next to the exhaust pipes there was a gap , closed those on both sides , all needs to be sanded flat

put some primer on to see how it looks

looking cool !

cool ! i really dig this !!

dryfit of the whole , falls together like a puzzle and nice i can later paint the cab separate round bar between the squares where i will make taillights .. there is room between the bar and bed floor for some ramp plates airlines

thnx bob . and well i often look for out of the box items .. sometimes i come across something and think maybe one day that can come in handy for modelbuilding just started to add 2 airbags in the back next to the leaf spring suspension .. i figured more like a system to raise it a few inches for lets say speed bumps or hard to get in places

thnx dan

cool !!!

closed up part of the rear and bondoed the pipes the went on to the reardif / axle , not only did it look horrible molded in the bottom plate , due to work on the arches and new wheel size it just got out of line .. meaning the center of the wheel was behind the axle ... impossible and just looks weird .. so i put in a separate axle and made a protection plate to hide the axle/dif that was there .. cant be seen i guess thats the thing when you put a ton of dif. parts together the exhaust pipe is also molded in the floor , i will later paint the underside black and paint the pipes chrome , not painting the chrome as low as the floor so it will look more like a loose pipe .. cutting that all out basicly wont work and i would have to make a whole new floor and chassis ..

thnx ray well the underside is from the caddilac and molded .. decided to start with end tops and pipes for the exhaust , first bend some sprue as end pipes removed the mantle of these connectors , cut a pice of ... and ended up with cool end tops for the pipes very rough ... needs bondo and sanding and molding in the pipes with the molded ones .. the rest of the underside will get more detail also and some finishing and closing gaps then bend the pipes in shape more upswept following the line of the underside .. drilles holes in the squares of the caddilac bumper so i can make some cool taillights there

whouw thats stunning and deeeeppp

cool @@ looks great

stunning

cool !

awsome !!!!! love it ! still feel that more modernlooking windshield looked sooo nice