CabDriver Posted April 6, 2019 Posted April 6, 2019 MY wife got me this for Christmas (good wife!!): Make a little start on it this week - tidying up some parts for primer, and so on. Started with the engine, as is tradition: Modified the intakes a tiny bit to make room for a resin distributor mount from RMCoM: Assembled the chassis (which wasn't a huge job seeing as this step is only two pieces ) And re-made the floor part because the kit one had some HUGE ejector pin marks in it...it was easier just to cut another one out of some styrene sheet: Anyone built one of these? Anything to watch out for? More soon! Quote
CabDriver Posted May 3, 2019 Author Posted May 3, 2019 A little update - got a bunch of chassis pieces painted...I used Createx sealer, Tamiya Chrome and then Tamiya Clear Red - love the look of these! Whilst I'm waiting for those to dry I shot the little canopy that mounts to the front of the cab with some Createx Opaque white and Opaque red - I'll hit this with some matt clear when it's dry to make the finishes consistent and make it look fabric-y: And after cleaning up all the ejector pin marks and shooting some sealer I started the paint on the wooden cab pieces that make up the doghouse - I've got a specific idea of how I want this to look, and it'll take a few steps, but for the first one I shot some Createx Transparent Red. More on that soon! Thanks for looking fellas! Quote
Vincent631 Posted May 3, 2019 Posted May 3, 2019 Very cool build. Autoworld had the hot dogger on clearance. When I went to order it was out of stock. I can't wait to see what it will look like all finished! Quote
CabDriver Posted May 6, 2019 Author Posted May 6, 2019 Thanks Vincent! Started doing some assembly on the engine today...love the look of the shiny chrome with that candy red block and trans! I had to sand smooth and BMF the air filter to get it perfect and remove some mold lines - the BMF covered it perfectly! More soon! Quote
CabDriver Posted June 9, 2019 Author Posted June 9, 2019 Thanks fellas! Got a little sidetracked on this one - we had visitors the last few weeks, but I'm back at it now I've got some time again... Got the engine finished - used some watch parts to make some pulleys for the engine and used some dark grey Washi tape for a fanbelt, and made a distributor so I could wire it: Found some springs to replace these things... ...with these things: And same for the rear: The kit axles are both chromed, but the flash and mold lines were so nasty I decided to strip them, shoot them silver and hit them with candy red to match the chassis. I think they look pretty cool! Still some parts to paint (the suspension linkage arms had the same mold lines and imperfections as the axles so they'v been stripped so I can redo them too) but it's getting close to being a roller! More soon! Quote
CabDriver Posted June 16, 2019 Author Posted June 16, 2019 Had some more time to work on this in the past week or so - got the suspension finished up and got it into a roller: Got the metal grills painted on the dog-house body panels: Used some BMF for the dash and flowed some thinned Createx paint in there for the gauges: And today I spent some time putting the body together: And by this point it was nearly time to assemble it for good! Got the Moon tank and the grill in there, with a watch-winder for a cap for the radiator (excuse the fingerprints): Got the body on the frame: Got the canopy mounted above the windshield, and added the steering rack (which I detailed up with some mini rubber o-rings that Eric Ritz put me onto): And it's almost done! Next pics will probably be of it finished, as long as I don't drop it or something! Oh, and what krazy kustom dog catcher would be komplete without a kustom-painted kandy fire-hydrant to go with it! More soon! Quote
Modelbuilder Mark Posted June 16, 2019 Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Was the hydrant in the kit? I do not recall it. Looking really good Edited June 16, 2019 by Modelbuilder Mark Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.