Egyptian Raider Pickup with Tomb Trailer

[Darren B]

Gator, i tried to find some really cool gems but in that size everything was way to big , decided to give the nail tech gems a try and even those were way to big, I did find these cool pink do dads i can paint them another color they fit the eyeball perfectly the shiny gem over the right eye (in the bottom pic) is the next size up but seems way to big.....

Edited September 26, 2015 by Darren B

[gatorincebu]

 

 

    Darren,

             Glad you found something that would work. When I saw the skull shifter. I said .hey that needs eyes!! lol Guess I been watching to much tv??? lol

What I had envisioned would have required cutting the head in half and creating an eye socket on the inside of the skull. And that would require quite a bit of work.

 

  Be Well

   Gator

[Darren B]

 

 

    Darren,

             Glad you found something that would work. When I saw the skull shifter. I said .hey that needs eyes!! lol Guess I been watching to much tv??? lol

What I had envisioned would have required cutting the head in half and creating an eye socket on the inside of the skull. And that would require quite a bit of work.

 

  Be Well

   Gator

actually that would be cool a lot of tedious work but would be cool. may have to do some more thinking on that and thinking of adding more of these skulls to other parts of the build.

[Darren B]

an idea I have for the dashboard, a little embellishment....

[Darren B]

a better pic...

[gatorincebu]

 

 

      Looking good Darren, keep at it !!

 

 

      Be Well

        Gator

[Darren B]

 

 

      Looking good Darren, keep at it !!

 

 

      Be Well

        Gator

Thank you Gator, slow but sure still been messing around with this one... will be working from now until halloween straight thru at work so may not update much till then but will try to get an hour here and there on it...

[Darren B]

already showed this idea, but set on attaching them to the doors and adding lettering probably with dry transfer or decal the name egyptian over the top of scarab design and raider under neath of it.....

[Darren B]

I am resurrecting this build and hope to finish it before I loose interest or have another project get in the way.

[Darren B]

opening up the radiator to make it more realistic just like I did on the Aztec warrior truck....

[gatorincebu]

 

     Darren,

               I am glad to see you bring this one back to the front of the bench. you have a unique talent for creating these themed models. And I enjoy following the build threads.

 

 

 

   Be Well

   Gator

[Darren B]

 

     Darren,

               I am glad to see you bring this one back to the front of the bench. you have a unique talent for creating these themed models. And I enjoy following the build threads.

 

 

 

   Be Well

   Gator

Gator, thank you, I am hoping on getting this one finished, I just realized that my first post of this build was in 2013, its time to get this one done now, I have decided to drop the long trailer for the '32, but still have the car in the build and still have the little trailer with all the loot in it. That will help speed it up a bit....

[Intmd8r]

Well, that answers the question "what ever happen to...."

glad to see you take on the build once again. Trying to inspire myself to finish some shelved projects as well - keep up the good work. To much imagination and effort in this one to not finish.

[Darren B]

Well, that answers the question "what ever happen to...."

glad to see you take on the build once again. Trying to inspire myself to finish some shelved projects as well - keep up the good work. To much imagination and effort in this one to not finish.

Thank You Steve, yes I am finally determined to get this thing done.

[slusher]

Glad to see you back on this project Darren...

[Darren B]

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Glad to see you back on this project Darren...

Thanks Carl, right now I am working on getting the radiator to look better, not sure why they would have a half moon on the bottom of the tank...

Edited September 8, 2016 by Darren B

[Darren B]

Removed that hump in the bottom of the radiator that made no sense at all for being there. more to come soon.

[gatorincebu]

 

   Now that looks much better. Nice job on the surgery !

 

 

 

    Be Well

    Gator

[David G.]

I'm glad to see this one back in the spotlight Darren. 

I'll be watching.

David G.

[Darren B]

Thanks Gator and David.

[Darren B]

This is the radiator that I did my my Aztec warrior build and will be doing the same for this build...

[Darren B]

Radiator for the Egyptian Raider.

[Darren B]

While mocking up the engine this time I notice that clearance at the fire wall is slim to none....

even the exhaust manifold is hitting on the drivers side, has anyone built the AMT '50 chevy truck kit? wondering if its the kit or just my building of the truck?

[slusher]

Darren, i built one of these kits so long ago i can't remember. Dr Cranky builds this kit all the time and says it's one of his favorite kits. I would drop him a pm or ask in the model question section. Hope this helps..

[Darren B]

Darren, i built one of these kits so long ago i can't remember. Dr Cranky builds this kit all the time and says it's one of his favorite kits. I would drop him a pm or ask in the model question section. Hope this helps..

Carl, i can see why its his favorite kit, its a blast to build, so far I have been filing it on the inside of the hump of the fire wall which is giving me a lot more room, the boot for the spark plug wire on that last plug will just be a very tight fit....