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i figure i give you a head up on what going on with the truck. next im building the tank outer box. but im waiting on .125 styrene to come in. im hoping its here by thursday. after the box is made and the front bumper is wired. off to a buddy of mine (greg) it goes greg is going to wire up the lights and sounds for me. hes a guru at that ######. myself i hate lol once it comes back to me, ill finshed up from the roof down, test it and video it in action once i can see evrything is good . i will get started on the snozzle

had some time today to work alittle on this the basic frame is made and 90% holes are drilled ive added the leafs too. i need to make crossmember still has the chassis is at 69mm. i need 77mm

i worked alittle on the body mounts for the cab and fender aera. also came up with the leaf springs

well the 1st set of rails are trashed. i drill them for a didnt suspension set up im looking to go more toward the 1:1 rails are cut,drilled and ready for the cab mounts 13 holes will have regular screws for go and the other 46 will be for show i ordered hex head styrene for the show bolts

top second box is built ,painted and doors are on i cant make the roofs yet. the second box will cantain the unit for the snozzle next is the tank box, waiting on plastic to come in

hey man thnx!

you are correct about comp 1839. he is a master in my eyes too but dont grade your talent. this is a master peice your building

omg man! totally speechless, the detail is incredible

im confused here, is this a model site or how to build a real race car. im stunned very beuatiful and highly detailed

ive started on the rails. have to say im going to be working on the rails for awhile as there a huge amount of work that needs to be done with them. i have a couple of pictures showing some of what im doing. the rails and crossmembers has a lot of parts that need to be added,before going on to the suspension the 1st picture is the front the front chassis rails get cut on a angle and the pull ring mounts from the inside of the rails the 2nd picture is of the rear chassis. same thing on the pull rings sense im going with a bigger scale, the standard rail (62mm) are to small. the chassis width is now 70mm there about 20 more screws i need to add to the rails and a couple more supports im also going to be adding cab supports and couple others before priming i dont have a mill so i have to make do with what i have far as suspension goes it wil be kool though. boy! i cant wait to get some color on this chassis but, right now im focusing on the oshhosh arff but devoting one a day or so a week on this project

detail to me looks flawless outstanding job

woe woe woe another master peice. your have some serious talent with foam. shes a beauty!

i can talk my jaw hit the ground. just awesome man!

last few weeks ive been putting together some ideas on my next build im pretty sure i have most of it figured out how to do only difference between what im going to is that will have aworking water cannon on top the cab. other then that i think i can pretty much come close to it. the truck will be full functional i have the scale at 1/11.5 rails are 843mm long this will have full detailed interior opening doors sounds lights etc i know its a little early to show you guys, because i really cant start for awhile. but i can do alittle here and there .once i get the t3000 done ,then i can go full throttle on it in the mean time , ive ordered parts for the chassis,tire, rims and axles heres a picture of the 1:1. i will paint it the same scheme

on the t-1500, i fixed the suspenion problems, reinforced some warping parts and put it back together. just need to start building the other parts. so it a go on this truck ive added the cab light lenses , wipers and the steps on this side

#1 box is paint and doors are on , still need to make the handles and roof will b one of the last items to make

time to put the top lights on the top the upper window, to hide the wiring i used 2 peice of hollow square tubing, then down the back of the cab i used a peice of shrink tubing. then ran the wiring out the bottom rear of the cab

today i started on the cab steps, i wanted to keep it the brush alum look. so i bought a very thin peice of alum i will top it off with a peice of diamond plate too there a door next to the step.for some reason they look chrome. so made it out of .040 styrene and chrome decal, added some screw the top front boxes is about ready for paint. im going to add a top lamp you really dont know how much detail is in one of these trucks untill you build one. wow

on this truck the top 2 boxes are mounted on the front and are of a different style so again i remade the 2x boxes useing .080 and .125 styene with rectangle tubing for the inside no warping on these babies these 2x boxes have doors like the lower box also add the alum plate .to where the cab steps are.right now im putting in decals for the dash and painting the steering wheel you no whats funny. the parts that i didnt use is almost another truck. i thinking when im done. ill fix the other parts,sand them down and rebuild the 4x4

me and the wife took a vaction finally after 18 years and boy did we need that well im back and did alot of searching for ideas last time i posted i stated i had to remake the the lower rear panel due to not being strong enough any body doing this size of truck, .080 and .060 walls are not thick enough i had to remake with .125 and use bracing. for the center water tank compartment i bought rectangle tubing for making an interstructure.warping on something this size is your worse enemy have to say, im still learning everyday. for as i can see ,everything is ok now and i can move forward enginr comartment is on,rear lower panel is mounted, you can see ive added a working outlet and all rear wiring is done if anybody see a structure flaw ,please let me know

everything is looking really good. thank you for showing step by step too.. watching you is really helping me out

hey thanx again man. the more i look at my truck and mor i watch you guys here. makes me want to get even more into tail. its driving me craaaaazy

shocks came out niiiiiiice

you have some serious talent my freind. totally amazed by the detail

ive own 4 novas in the past. have to say this looks real. great job on it.