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semijoe

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  1. i worked on a contol panel and oil tank for the truck lift, heares what i have so far
  2. i just start on the largers scale trucks and having alot of fun with them, so i figure i build a garage to. im really happy with it , thanks man so looking at the garage i wanted to do more then what room i have , so what i did was made a second floor, same wdith,but i will no backer .so i will use this part and slide in front of the other, so this way i can have 2 different views had to order more flooring
  3. i was able to paint the bottom parts of the lift, still not sure where to mount the lit in the shop yet
  4. so when it came to the lights on the rear engione compartment , i was right , they all were burnt. soooooooooooooo, time to break out some new ones . i have rc4wds bruiser light kit here, perfect for what i need for running lights. i use 2 sets, 4 reds and 4 yellow, did some splicing. plugs right into the receiver , later i will add and on/off swith, the bumper lights are fine. ive also added a back up light top center lights, lights, and more lights lol! insane any way , while i had the radiator out , ive add some electric fans(fake)
  5. the week from hell has began, time to wire this up with lights and sounds
  6. the wall is brick but the white floor is causing a glare where you cant see it in the picture,,,, the floor im waitng to come in, this week . this should knock out the glare. i painted the engine hoist and man did it come sweeeeet! floor is in , time to start painting the lift i started on a tire / shelf rack. it plastic on the out but alum square stock on the insides tire rack and shelf is done, ive made the legs adjustable too
  7. hey guys here a scale gararge ive been working on ive been wanting to build something like for awhile, so i figure i give it shot . ive started by buying a peice 1/4 inch styrene, this way i can bolt stuff to the floor. right now im waiting the floor covering and the wall covering to come in, in the mean while i started to build a working truck lift. fr the main post ive used 1 inch square stock with 2 actuators in them . ive purchased a snap on toll box , which is really kool and highly detailed, also fun a reall kool engine hoist. ive fun some other stuff too. i believe everybody will like what ive in mine . the truck lift is going to really kool when done so lets get started all the legs spread out and extend and the feet can be adjusted in height . she works great. time for detailing it and a ramp
  8. small update, my rotating light came in im still waitng on a few things here and there
  9. im confused here , is a real car or a model ? awesome job man
  10. didnt get to much done today, had to build a trailer dollie for a customer. but had time to make the railings and hand rail. was hoping to get it painted, but tomorrow is another day
  11. starting off very very nice. rims are perfect
  12. i worked on some more detail on the front, i think i have everything about done
  13. had to make the front fenders longer, i nother pair of rims came in too
  14. wow, this is really looking good, what do you do with all these beatuiful cars you build?
  15. this sucks, i ran out of micro screws, i need about 50 more
  16. added some color and clear,added the doors and started on the micro screws
  17. next i started on the lid,marked it out,drilled all the holes for rivots and post,also put it in primer
  18. i started on the basic compartment , will add 2x doors ,
  19. hey evrybody, really sorry about leave of absense here. i had huge mishap with the firetruck, i was installing the electronic for the boom and the electronic compartment started to have a serious melt down. bottom line was i loss i all of it . very expensive booboo. it wiped out most of the lights too. sooooo i had to tare it down and basically start over . so while i have it apart i will do some upgrades, ive paint chassis, change the tires and rims, upgraded the servos ,added anothe axle etc. ive also went from a 6x6x4 to and 8x8x6. what was taking so long that i really had to get over the melt down. im sure we have all been there one time or another. so enough of this and let get started
  20. i was going to do a single exhaust, but i want this to look meaner, so i had some tractor exhaust here, so i cut them in half and made into like a stubby stack.
  21. had to make some changes to the engine compartment. the cage has to be 21mm shorter, the exhaust has to be changed and i went with black for the cage at 1st i want to be an ope engine compart but i seen some pictures of a newer type hemtt. the exhaust has to come out fo the rear of the compartment. so i cut the old one of and added some long pipes to it. later i will make the exhaust stcks. heres a before and after picture
  22. today i made the turn signals, oshkosh badge,added the trim on the grill and drilled the holes for the trim
  23. i made the grill cover, added the screne , neaxt is the face plate and rivots
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