Quick GMC

Almost no progress, but got the hose clamps on. Started assembling the PE parts for the rear vents on the engine cover. Hopefully more pics coming soon. I used these round nose pliers to pre-bend the PE hoseclamps. Not the best pics, but in person they look pretty cool. Not sure if I'' get much time in the next week or two, a lot of stuff going on at work

One of my friends still has his GMC from high schook, I think a 2000 or 2001. It's a 4.8. Great motor for a turbo setup. Some of these trucks are running stupid fast times on street trim with strokers and boosted 4.8 and 5.3 motors. I'm not much into drag racing. I would love to build a single cab AWD version, but with 2 kids I need the room right now. There is a guy with a single cab on coilovers with a 4 link that is very competitive in Autocross against a lot of the smaller cars. Eventually, I think I will go a little lower and a 3 or 4 link in the rear with coilovers there too, but that's another project

I bought a carrier bearing relocation bracket. It's a 2 piece driveshaft, so this repositions the center carrier to compensate for the pinion angle.

That is the worst thing I have ever seen

No, I never had anything like that

This is my truck right now

I have an 06 GMC Sierra, extended cab, 2wd. Over the last 10 years I have had every intent to modify it and turn it into something special. 4 transmissions later, I am a little behind. I started when I bought it new, with a tranny shift kit, servos, 3000 stall converter, tuning, shorty headers, intake and 2" drop shackles. that's where it stopped. First tranny blew up the output shaft and grenaded the whole thing. Went back to stock temporarily with what I thought was a remanufactured unit. turns out is was just spray painted with new seals on the outside. Then I built my own, $3k in parts later, it was shifting hard and fast. THEN the converter clutch disk came apart, sending metal through the lines and into the tranny. Some parts were ruined, but most were salvageable, as I caught it right away and shut the truck off and had it towed. 1 more rebuild later and here I am. Everything seems good. New trans, new cooler lines and a 35,000gvwr trans cooler for a motorhome. I started buying parts a year ago, but have yet to install them. I keep changing my mind, but now I'm set for the next stage. Hellwig front and rear sway bars Viking Coilover shocks in the front with QA1 springs Viking rear adjustable shocks McGauphy's 2" drop spindles for the front Caltracs 2" drop hangars for the rear (2" shackles already on) Caltracs traction bar system Rear airbags Onboard compressor for bags Driveshaft center carrier relocation New rear shock relocation mounts Detroit Trutrac diff 4.10 Gears Diff cover The pictures are off the internet. My truck is white with chrome bumper and grill surround, but the wheels are very similar. This is essentially what I am going for. Not sure if I will keep it white, might do a color change

But MFH just announced a 1/12 250LM http://www.modelfactoryhiro.com/new/en/archives/28016

It's bad on the shelf nearly every time I see it. The one time I ordered it on line, it showed up hard. Not worth my time to bother with it again

This whole situation sucks. It could have been handles much better than it was, but at the same time, owning my own ecommerce business, I completely empathize with being buried and not having competent help. When he gets caught up and gets a better system going, I will absolutely continue buying Gravity Colors.

I get that some people are just slow talkers, but good god that was painful.

I copied some ideas from Randy Ditton, I even ordered the same fittings from the Train store. I realize how much work he put into his details and I won't be getting that crazy, but some extra detail that will be seen when the model is finished will be nice. I started with these cooler lines that go up and over the back of the tranny and into the R/H cooler. I have to add hose clamps now, which have always been a nightmare for me.

Just the Tamiya white filler putty in the tube. The sanding sticks are from several places. Some are Flexi File which I really do not care for. They sand fine, but fall apart. My favorites, I think I used to get from Hobby Linc: https://www.hobbylinc.com/cgi-bin/pic.cgi?t=pics_user_gallery&item_i=79381&pic_user_i=124612&pic_pic_i=12185 And my other favorite are the fat oners with one side with 2 rough grits and the other side with 2 polishing grits. They come as a gift from Scale Hardware, but I haven't bought from them since they changed hands, so not sure if they still offer them

Lee, here is the full set. I just bought the shocks, filler cap set and LED brake light sets http://acustion.net/shop/each-products/act-0027kits-1-24-fxx-k-full-transformer-set.-1-24-fxx-k/?sl=en I'm still building. I started other projects in between, like the F430 Challenge and R34 GTR, but about the same progress on both. New baby and owning my own business doesn't allow for much build time. All the body pieces are ready for paint and I have a bunch of other pieces in primer, so next progress should be significant

Acu Stion fuel filler set. Still not 100% clear how it goes together, no instructions, but I think I got it. Shown next to the kit piece

Lots of filling and sanding on the body parts. Lot's of pieces to glue together to make the single panels. Not everything needed to be filled as it all won't be seen when done, but I took the opportunity to practice. the last 4 pics show where i taped up the door panels to the door skins so I could fit the 3rd piece, the end of the door, which is the same color as the body. Then I removed the door panel so it could be painted separately. Finally ready for primer

Not sure if I will keep these the way they are, not happy with the hubs. Centered the discs on some putty on a dremel and spun them with some coarse sanding sticks. Then did a black wash, then buffed the rotor faces with a rigid swab. Then did a light coat of Alclad Smoke, enough to get color, but little enough to leave the metallic rotor finish

Acu-Stion shock set. It's a shame they won't really be seen when this is done, but I couldn't help myself. Had to chop the tops of the kit shocks off and migrate them to the new ones.

both his personal page and Gravity Paints USA are deactivated or deleted from FB. I know they were up a day or two ago

yikes

so this appears to be created and run by a member here, Samuel S. Maybe he can answer some questions http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/profile/18747-samuel-s/

They launched their website https://www.splash-paints.com/

I came across a company on Instagram called Splash Paints, LLC. Their name on Instagram is Splashpaints. There is no website or Google presence that I know, but their release date is scheduled for today. No idea who is running it or where they are located, all I know is from their Instagram posts. Just a heads up for some of you that have had trouble with other vendors.

Also got this the other day, right after I heard SMS was closing up. Been watching this for a while too and didn't want to miss out Enzo FXX Super Detail Kit with full carbon fiber template