crazyrichard Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 so it was time to work on the bed .... i didnt like the shape of the top (edge) would work grat with like a round coe cab , but this shape wise didnt match my cab ... so i made the edge straight and sawed of a strip , now having that real wedge shape then used ford cobra rear wheel arches , so similair in shape to the bmw fenders i put on the front ... matches soo nice and ties the front and back together style wise bondo-ed the seems now drying
72 Charger Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 Richard this is looking great . Maybe you could sink the bed down in between the rear lights then you could get some of those really low rides in you have . Then you could possibly have the fins on ?
crazyrichard Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 the rear atm is already cut more down (wil post pics later) fins style wise umhhm no they look weird .. when i'm done you wont see its a caddy rear tbh .. i'm now making something that i hope allows me to go atad lower in the rear ...
crazyrichard Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 here i made the rear section more sloping down actually sanded of the top of the caddi tails but i didnt like the ride hight in the rear .. needed to come down 2-3 mm .. but then the floor is in the way and i def. want to keep the floor flat the solution was to use sprue and make like a sort of welded skeleton for the bed , this raises the floor just the right ammount and so i can go just that tad lowr in the rear ... also ads' depth then the floor will slope down and in the end even more in a rounder shape .. this also means its so close to the ground so i can make retractable plates to drive on and off over the caddi "tails" i will make custom licht fixings / tails coming together i think shape wise its spot on , more depth and because of the cab style the rer didnt need to be too smooth
crazyrichard Posted March 29, 2015 Author Posted March 29, 2015 (edited) so the round bars i made on the side > i sanded the sides flat so its more exiting and less like some round stuff is stuck on ... then put some primer on it to see how it all looked the caddilac squares i want to remove the center thing and make custom tails inside the square with the 32 5-window coupe on the hauler now putting like my mercury on the back .. is just doable .. if i would make the bed slighty monger (tad more overhang).. but the truck just isnt that big and although i found some 1:1 haulers where the proportions are the same ... i want to keer the hauler for smaller rods and then later make a trailer behind it .. make that as long as lets say a mercury or charger ... and keep that for larger cars .. beside the proportion thing its also just plain cool .... oh and i have another pair of caddilac sides so i could match the style of the truck ....and i even have more hub caps i sued in teh truck rims so can make smaller wheels for the trailer but the same look and center .. Edited March 29, 2015 by crazyrichard
bpletcher55 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 I,m really liking this ! love what you,v done with this it,s coming together nice .
codie27 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Oh man this thing is soooo cool!! Very creative,cant wait to see the next update.
crazyrichard Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 thnx guys !!!!! came home from work and made the floor , kept it just a hair overhanged on the edges , glued it on and the flatteded teh edge so its flush with the upper bar it sits on .. then bondo-ed a bit floor will get more detail like sunken rings for straps .. and maybe 2 strips where the wheels go over with a pattern ..(anti slip) almost ready for bonneville hahaha
crazyrichard Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) help i have an idea !! i have those veneer hardwood strips .... like i used in the garage .. they are about 1mm thick .... what if i would do the whole rear bed (top surface only) in real wood ????? Edited March 30, 2015 by crazyrichard
bobthehobbyguy Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 The wood sounds like an interesting idea. I say go for it. Keep up the good work.
Harleyed1 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 This is one very cool hauler ! Great ideas you got going there can' wait to see it completed..
crazyrichard Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 thnx a lot guys !! yesterday i was busy with the last small things , bondo , primer , sand . its pretty smooth now ! came home from work and bend a piece of hard plastic then made round sides really finishes it off and makes the transition from cab to bed much nicer ...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Looking good. The truck is really cool. Any thought on colors yet?
Foxer Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) I'm sad that the Caddy sides have gotten lost in the shuffle, but this is still looking very good! Edited April 1, 2015 by Foxer
crazyrichard Posted April 1, 2015 Author Posted April 1, 2015 thnx guys !!! color pfftt no i have been thinking about that a lot .. the original idea was a bit weathered .. just because i love to do that and it would look cool .. but since it now has become .... this .. it just needs gloss or at least a even color ....its got that custom look .. maybe even go's towards the lead slead style (reminds me a bot of it) so its going to be painted nice ... now one thing would look killer and thats really deep gloss black , like i didn my mercury .. just because that would reflect so much all the lines would just pop sooo nice due to reflection ... but hmm maybe ots time for something new .. could go for high gloss dark green .. like the one where it almost looks black without much light but when light hits it it go;s green .. again i will worry about that later
crazyrichard Posted April 3, 2015 Author Posted April 3, 2015 thnx ray well the underside is from the caddilac and molded .. decided to start with end tops and pipes for the exhaust , first bend some sprue as end pipes removed the mantle of these connectors , cut a pice of ... and ended up with cool end tops for the pipes very rough ... needs bondo and sanding and molding in the pipes with the molded ones .. the rest of the underside will get more detail also and some finishing and closing gaps then bend the pipes in shape more upswept following the line of the underside .. drilles holes in the squares of the caddilac bumper so i can make some cool taillights there
crazyrichard Posted April 3, 2015 Author Posted April 3, 2015 closed up part of the rear and bondoed the pipes the went on to the reardif / axle , not only did it look horrible molded in the bottom plate , due to work on the arches and new wheel size it just got out of line .. meaning the center of the wheel was behind the axle ... impossible and just looks weird .. so i put in a separate axle and made a protection plate to hide the axle/dif that was there .. cant be seen i guess thats the thing when you put a ton of dif. parts together the exhaust pipe is also molded in the floor , i will later paint the underside black and paint the pipes chrome , not painting the chrome as low as the floor so it will look more like a loose pipe .. cutting that all out basicly wont work and i would have to make a whole new floor and chassis ..
Mopar - D Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Richard I've been following your build here for the past week and wow you have some great talent and skills going on here. Thanks for sharing the how to do it.
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Nice work as always. Great idea using the electrical connectors for the exhuast tips.
crazyrichard Posted April 3, 2015 Author Posted April 3, 2015 thnx bob . and well i often look for out of the box items .. sometimes i come across something and think maybe one day that can come in handy for modelbuilding just started to add 2 airbags in the back next to the leaf spring suspension .. i figured more like a system to raise it a few inches for lets say speed bumps or hard to get in places
crazyrichard Posted April 3, 2015 Author Posted April 3, 2015 dryfit of the whole , falls together like a puzzle and nice i can later paint the cab separate round bar between the squares where i will make taillights .. there is room between the bar and bed floor for some ramp plates airlines
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