redneckrigger

The detail work you do is incredible! Keep updates coming! THANKS!

The best of both worlds........................a Mack, and a cabover! Great work !

Beautiful build of an absolute classic!

Absolutely love your rust work!

Well, I got the subframe cross members installed and secured the extension cylinder to the bed, and also made the hoist cylinders and secured them to their pivot points. Made up the body hinge pivot on the rear of the frame. I have to finish all of the details for the pivot points yet, but the body hoists and extends as it is supposed to now. Here is a quick mockup showing the body down, lifted and extended. I also made up some u-bolts to attach the front and rear axles to the springs. It's starting to look just the old girl that used to sit at my shop lubricating the driveway underneath her, just waiting for the next to call so she could scream her song and wake the dead for miles around!

Had a similar issue recently with a resin truck cab, which had no trim line around the windows to show the rubber gasket. Thought up this tool in the middle of the night and made it the next day. Works superbly. Two completely different people with the same need coming up with an almost identical tool.......awesome!

This is a stunning replica! That is a superb build that looks like a full size truck. VERY nice! Thanks for sharing it with us!

Absolutely awesome work! I have seen your Jeep pickup in person at an NNL East, and the caliber of your work is incredible..............AND inspiring! Thanks for sharing it in so much detail. Truly great!

Dang..............you hit that one right on the head! Beautiful rust work! I have a 2012 that I drench in used motor oil every time I service it, spraying inside every nook and cranny I can get to, and having drilled holes in hidden spots to get to. Without that, mine would look JUST like that! GREAT work!

Very nice work on an iconic truck!

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Its got the best of all worlds...................i'ts GREAT work, it's a COE, and it's a Detroit! 3 for 3! Batting 1.000!

Great photos.................THANKS!

I use only regular auto body products................PPG paints, mostly enamels, along with regular PPG cool temp enamel reducer. No hardeners. I also use Mr. Surfacer primers. Also used through a Paasche VL air brush. As a retired auto body shop owner, I use what I know!

Very nice build! Superb!!!

Actually, just saw this thread tonight........and yes, it's a good one..................well, I'm from Vermont, and am an old fart, and am about as much of a back country redneck as you may be able to find. Also, have had MANY jobs in my life, and now that I am at retirement age, I STILL don't know what I want to be when I grow up. But, of all the jobs I had, the most enjoyable was working for a construction company as a rigger. I ran a crew that moved machinery of all sizes, in all sorts of places. We moved transformers that weighed 400 tons or more, generators, heavy metalworking machines, dead equipment, etc. so, redneck.....rigger.

Installed a firewall from the parts box, cut the doghouse opening to the right size and found a doghouse cover from an old Chevy van that will do the job. Filled a bunch of gaps to finish when dry. Got the subframe partly done and the extension cylinder installed.

This is in 1/25th scale. Takes a bit of imagination, and just time and no fear of working outside the box!

Those ARE a bunch of fun..................but after having shot them, I will say I hope you have strong wrists! WOW! Oh yeah, while your at it, pay a little visit to Phil........................he's out of his mind, as usual!

Wow......................just WOW!!!

VERY nicely done! Love the paint!

I've never tried that molding trick, but I sure will now! But, when I need a tape to mask or tape around contours such as this, I use 3M FineLine blue tape. It is a very flexible tape, specifically made for contours in the full size bodyshop trade. It is VERY effective for curves, and gives a very tight edge for painting, and I am sure it would work very well for what Steve is suggesting. I use it for all two tone paint jobs, or where I want a fine and crisp edge for paint, and it will bend around any radius. then use the blue painters tape, or the green frog tape to do the bigger, less contoured areas. As a former bodyshop owner, I have found that vast majority of the supplies I used on 1:1 cars and trucks work perfectly in 1/25 scale as well. Gotta try it!

May we inquire as to what the perceived need for such a time limit is, or was?

While I disagree with the perceived need to limit the edit time window, I TOTALLY agree with Bill that there is definitely a need to have a preview function. THAT would eliminate a lot of the need to edit. I try to make sure that my grammar, spelling, and punctuation are correct when I make a post. Aside from the subject content, this is often a reason for me to edit a post. I simply miss it when I pre-read it before I post it. To MAKE us go through a preview function may alleviate a lot of the need for the edit feature.

The limited time to edit or correct posted info is important. Why on earth is there all of a sudden a time limit??? At least to the uninformed, (me), it makes zero sense at all.