stump Posted June 14, 2011 Posted June 14, 2011 AWESOME !!! Seriously Joe, you keep taking this to the next level and hardly seem to raise a sweat..... Sorry to hear you lost a chassis, but the come-back was swift and to the point.....Great recovery mate. I like that diesel 6 too, not that there was anything wrong with your V8.
semijoe Posted June 14, 2011 Author Posted June 14, 2011 AWESOME !!! Seriously Joe, you keep taking this to the next level and hardly seem to raise a sweat..... Sorry to hear you lost a chassis, but the come-back was swift and to the point.....Great recovery mate. I like that diesel 6 too, not that there was anything wrong with your V8. 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
semijoe Posted June 20, 2011 Author Posted June 20, 2011 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
semijoe Posted June 21, 2011 Author Posted June 21, 2011 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
semijoe Posted June 22, 2011 Author Posted June 22, 2011 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
semijoe Posted June 23, 2011 Author Posted June 23, 2011 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
semijoe Posted June 23, 2011 Author Posted June 23, 2011 #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
semijoe Posted June 24, 2011 Author Posted June 24, 2011 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
baddgass Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Brother this is coming along GREAT. Keep the picss coming.
semijoe Posted June 27, 2011 Author Posted June 27, 2011 Brother this is coming along GREAT. Keep the picss coming. hey man thnx!
semijoe Posted June 27, 2011 Author Posted June 27, 2011 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
semijoe Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 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
semijoe Posted July 1, 2011 Author Posted July 1, 2011 wahoo! styrene is in i mounted c-channel and made some corner straps to hold the tank in place
semijoe Posted July 1, 2011 Author Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) dang i keep posting the other truck on here lol!!! Edited July 1, 2011 by semijoe
stump Posted July 3, 2011 Posted July 3, 2011 ^^ ^^ What Rob said. This is getting better and better Joe. Keep up the GREAT work mate.
semijoe Posted July 8, 2011 Author Posted July 8, 2011 took a little time of her, but im back on it center tank is built, lights are in, tank is in, next is putting in speaker box
semijoe Posted July 14, 2011 Author Posted July 14, 2011 today i started on the front top box roof its all ready for paint .
semijoe Posted July 15, 2011 Author Posted July 15, 2011 Still awefreakinsome! thnx man! any comments from this site , is an honor
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