Darren B

Moving this one to the under the glass now.... my wife took these pics as I was entering it. when i get it back will do some close ups outside in the sun....

FINALLY!!!!!! finished it just in time for our fair contest and its all done except for the brakes I did not have time for that but when I pick it up I will be able to add them then. my wife took these pics as I was entering it. when i get it back will do some close ups outside in the sun....

love it thank you...

I am on the final leg of finishing the Aztec Warrior so I am getting a renewed interest in this build. I have had a problem getting inspiration for this one and have gone thru 5 different trucks for this build but am settling on the 1950 chevy, i am starting to carve the Egyptian eye in the roof. here is where I am at now and more to come now that the aztec is 95% done..... jewelry piece fits perfect as a headlight surround piece!!!

thanks guys....

Thanks Jason, almost finished passenger side of cab.... finished bed of trailer..... detail of hydro plumbing.... finished drivers side of cab.... was hoping to be able to put a finished stamp on this one but over my four day holiday to much other stuff came up, and i had a set back on the frame, i glued an ornament to the frame on both sides of the frame that interfered with the bed so had to pop em off and lost some brown took down to silver base coat, have to touch that up now. but getting there hopefully soon, not gonna put a time on it as I still have to finish scratch building the calipers, and hydro cylinders for the rear of frame, and a few other things so when its done its done, but almost there.

thank you thank you

Thanks Dale, if everything goes as planned im hoping to have this done over the three day weekend!!!!

Thanks Miles, i am getting almost to the finish line..........

getting closer to the finish line everyday just a few more shots of the progress.

Thanks Lower99, yeah i need to take better photos of this thing, its almost done now, I have the trailer done, now the bed of the truck and as soon as i get it near 99% ill take it outside and get some good pics with a professional camera and not the camera on my phone, I never thought I would be saying I am almost done but I am almost done this weekend should do it if every thing goes right.

thats what I usually do is strip the chrome first off as there is always that mold seam and no matter how hard I try I have never gotten away with any way to get rid of the mold line with out touching the chrome plating, if you are real serious about it being real chrome you can strip the chrome, sand all mold lines out and the attachment points and send them to a chrome plater, that is the ultimate way to go, I have always wanted to send to plater but money has been an issue for me, but for $25.00 for a 6"x9" rack of parts its about the same as buying a kit. So it comes down to a matter of personal preference. Manufacturers just do not seem to get it that the attachment points on the chrome has always been an issue but It cost money to re-engineer them on the back of the parts so we do not need the cost to go up for something we can fix as they are getting out of site any way.

well another update, 1 step forward and 2 steps back, seems to be happening on this build, just found out that the paint has not cured on the cab yet as i was putting in the back window it messed up the clear coat a little bit and when i went to put a wash on the top layer of the bed and bed of the trailer foam i grabbed the red brown and not flat brown as you can see from the pics on of the trailer its redder than the rest of the foam i decided to respray and rewash to get the right tone. but heres where i am at now..... finished the wink mirror for the cab.... and to cover up some rough paint in the cab and the adhesive for the window i put in the back of the cab did some tufted foam pieces...

wow that was fast man already under glass, I need to get stepping up on my builds, two years for each build is way to long.........AWESOME job James love the weathering you do it is driving me to give my hand at it finally!!!!

just a little update, fitting engine in bay with hydro tubes, was not easy had to remove some of the drivers side resin face, I did not mock it up very good during primer stage, but little adjustments never hurt anybody.... Decided to paint the vine to look more realistic. Did not like the way the paint came out on the bottom of the bed, decided to use toothpics to fill it in the frame which will cover most of bed when installed.

No problem at all.

wow getting better by the minute

Jose, cool yeah after i finish this one the next two are already in the wings, the strippers delight and the Egyptian raider, the egyptian raider I will try to top the Aztec warrior.

Thanks James I am loving your version of this ford f100 i actually was going to weather mine thinking it would look cooler with the foam pieces but went the root beer route after all.

Thank you Jose, scale auto magazine a while back had a how to in it on how to modify them, I believe it was nov 2013 but basically you cut out the inside of the radiator build up slats inside giving them a little space between them then glue detail master radiator face material over top of the slats on both sides. Its easy and looks a lot more realistic that way.

Thank you almost done with it thankfully.......

sweet I am loving the weathering your gonna push me to give it a try if you keep it up!!! keep going looking killer...............................

this is just totally killer I am loving it more more more as dr cranky says.........