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Got a few trucks I have been toying with, once I'm done with these I plan on searching for a 99-04 mustang to start! Feedback is highly wanted so please give

My 89 stepside bagged on 22s hotrod red with black carpet

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And my bodydropped ram project on 22s

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Nice job, I'm working on a 99 silverado reg cab short box that is in the work in progress section. any other detailed pics of under side etc...

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the chevy has no notch at the moment had to cut it all out to work with the new wheels, the front arms are heated and angled up a bit to accomadate the wider wheels. the dodge is gonna get a full 1 off frame (will be my first frame ) but other than that both trucks will get cloth interiors for the extra touch

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thanks guys, ive never done anything that had alot of detail but i want a full 1 off frame and full cloth interior on the ram so this will be my first high detail build

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Nice, I just got done making my first notches for my 49 merc frame last night, I'll have to get some photos up. You doing a stock floor body drop with that one off frame? Feel free to post up as many pics of your projects as you want, we love photos here.

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Yea stock floor seems so clean if you ask me. Was just at hobby town looking for something to do my frame with and found a 97 f150 so I plan to replicate my old bagged truck as a slow build

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That is some nice builds... Those stepsides are so nice layed out...

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Has anyone done a full cloth interior yet? Been looking and found none just wanna see how easy it will be

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I haven't seen any cloth interiors either. I think the limiting factor is finding a weave fine enough to be in scale. Even fine silk looks like burlap on 1:25 scale seats.

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i was thinking just for carpet and headliner, what would be the comparison to shag carpet?

The search terms you are looking for are "flocking" and "embossing powder". Plug these in and you'll find a wealth of info. It's pretty easy stuff to work with.

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WHERE DID YOU GET THE WHEELS THEY LOOK GREAT????CARTER

various die cast models, i think those came off a pewter, black, and orange challenger not sure what brand it was

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The search terms you are looking for are "flocking" and "embossing powder". Plug these in and you'll find a wealth of info. It's pretty easy stuff to work with.

ive seen that but i want it to be more unique than that so i thought actual cloth would be cool

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Yeah, it can be done...but as was mentioned by someone else it's very difficult to get scale fidelity with real cloth. You can do a lot with paint and flocking, especially if you throw decal patterns into the mix.

In other words, it's far less about using real materials in model building and much more about getting a realistic look in model building. That usually means getting there by other methods.

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In the picture below, I've used three different approaches to simulating various materials:

1) The seat fabric is the stock styrene piece thinned down to scale thickness, from behind, then "torn" with an exacto blade.

2) The stuffing sticking out of the tear is ear bud cotton, aged with a weak tea mixture.

3) The carpeting is textured card stock which was scraped with a razor blade to give it some "fuzz".

(FYI: this is a 1:35 scale Citroen 11CV, German staff car)

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Yea stock floor seems so clean if you ask me. Was just at hobby town looking for something to do my frame with and found a 97 f150 so I plan to replicate my old bagged truck as a slow build

Yea, I would have to agree, it's the cleanest way to get that body scrapping. I wouldn't mind seeing some photos of your old bagged truck. I had a few bagged trucks myself, 2 blazers (83'-85')' and a 92' Chevy ext cab long bed.

I was going to suggest flocking like the others. You could probably do the seats with it or maybe just use some old cloths for cloth to use.

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Yea, I would have to agree, it's the cleanest way to get that body scrapping. I wouldn't mind seeing some photos of your old bagged truck. I had a few bagged trucks myself, 2 blazers (83'-85')' and a 92' Chevy ext cab long bed.

I was going to suggest flocking like the others. You could probably do the seats with it or maybe just use some old cloths for cloth to use.

01 f150 its all black now and cleaned up nice was painted then sold so i could pay bills

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had full interior with stains and ######, drove it daily so my interior wasnt perfect

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That's a shame Jared, I like the old f150's especially with the step side. Here's photos of my full size, when gas went through the roof I couldn't afford it so I traded it for a bd blazer. It was a fast trade and didn't realize all the mechanical stuff that needed to be done so it ended up being a bad deal. The blazer ended up just sitting there like the full size, sucks, wish I had it back.

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