Truck parts Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Great work so far. What did you use to cover the seats?
Petetrucker07 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Great work so far. What did you use to cover the seats? Athletic tape.
slusher Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Clayton, have you tried a can of Testors Daytona Yellow Lacquer? A very good yellow...
Petetrucker07 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Carl, no I haven't tried the Testors yet. I'm sure I'm gonna go through a few before I find the right shade. Maybe I should just email them and ask for for the color code. Then I won't have to mess around.
tbill Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 man, I cannot wait to see this done, this is going to be awesome! excellent work so far Clayton.
fantacmet Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 For the flamed interior panels, there is a guy on here builds these wild lower riders, there is one he is doingI think it's an egyption theme, but I asked him in there what he uses and he posted. It's a type of cheap thin foam you can get at the craft store that you can emboss. It does a great job on interior panels.
Bad Nickle Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 You can also use thin styrene sheet for your flames!
Petetrucker07 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Thanks for suggestions and ideas. Tomorrow I'm gonna mess around with opening the doors.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Couldn't wait till tomorrow. I start cuttin on the cab. I have 1 door cut. That only took 45 minutes. And I managed to this without cuttin or stabbing a finger!
Petetrucker07 Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Another 45 minutes or so and the other door is cut open.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) Made the first set of door hinges. I used some small aluminum tubing and brass rod. Edited May 10, 2015 by Petetrucker07
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 Both doors are back on the truck. It wasn't too bad, makin the doors open. This was my first attempt ever. I don't think it came out too bad.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 Thanks man. I may end up making new himges. These are a bit big, but again, it was my first go at them.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) I started cuttin on the interior tub. I definitely have some work to do here. The same with the door panels. I'm gonna end up scratch building the door panels and putting the flames on them one way or another. At least I can use these as a template. Here's a mock up of how the seats are gonna be. They just how I want them, on the floor. Edited May 10, 2015 by Petetrucker07
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) I took advantage of the sunny, windless day. Using Pat's, (landman), method of plastic spoons for paint samples, to figure out the yellow. I used 6 different base colors/primers, and the 4 shades of yellow I have, I got some great results. It seems that base colors don't really matter to much, but, I found the Tamiya Chrome Yellow is real close to CAT yellow, Tamiya TS-16 and Krylon sun yellow are just about perfect and Duplicolor Daytona yellow is too light. I played with base colors for the green. Found that base coats really change this color. Since deciding on Krylon Sun Yellow, I resprayed the engine and then sprayed Tamiya Pearl clear over it, just like the 1:1. Edited June 8, 2015 by Petetrucker07
tbill Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Doors look sweet! Great job. Neighbors must think your nuts painting spoons, haha..., but it is a great method to test colors and how colors change on top of different color primers.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 Thanks Tom. The spoons are very nice to sample on. For comparison and see how the colors change over the curves.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 Got the radiator started. It's not going to be exact. I'm just goin for the idea kinda.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 I got the rear window roughed out. I need to fix the corners. I also started detailing the engine. All the plumbing and wiring will mainly be black and silver, with a few green touches here and there.
Petetrucker07 Posted May 10, 2015 Author Posted May 10, 2015 The radiator still needs to be finished, the center will be painted a dark grey, almost black
gatorincebu Posted May 11, 2015 Posted May 11, 2015 Wow QQ!!!!!!!!! Nice job on opening the doors. What did you use to cut them open? I had all but forgotten about the spoon thing for testing paint colors etc. The rest of what you did lookd real good as well. Be Well Gator
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