Model Trucks

[low and mean]

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc44/lo...an/100_0635.jpg http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc44/lo...an/100_0634.jpg http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc44/lo...an/100_0632.jpg http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc44/lo...an/100_0620.jpg so here it is and one of my frist petes the green one is totally box stock except for the color and the stacks the other one is pretty custom its my frst with the big trucks. i drive them everyday so i wanted to do a far out one! i would like to here the feed back of what you think good or bad and if tim is reading def want your opinion you built great rigs.... a little info the colors is hugger orange.... the stacks are 3/8 brake tube... i also made the drop visor, the rear fenders,chopped the sleeper, made the rear deck diamond plate and custom lexan windows with the tint in the rear... i have some other detailsi want to finish like the front bumper but need asource for the running lights

[mackinac359]

Cool look! The droopy visor is a nice touch.

Tim

[low and mean]

Cool look! The droopy visor is a nice touch.

Tim

its my frist custom rig... do you know of a place where i can get some running lights and maybe some air cleaners found one but the pics are really bad dont want to buy if i cant see...floats for the front would good too

[ABC Auto Industry]

Hey, I didn't think I'd ever see a green Pete besides my own! That orange truck looks like it could be in the Guinness Book of World Records for "Tallest Smokestacks"! However, I don't think it'll be going anywhere with that bumper dragging on the ground.

[Cornpatch]

low and mean

You might try Dan's Model Truck World ( www.dansmodeltruckworld.com ) for your running lights and other

goodies.

Jeff

[low and mean]

low and mean

You might try Dan's Model Truck World ( www.dansmodeltruckworld.com ) for your running lights and other

goodies.

Jeff

thanks man ill give it a shot

[low and mean]

thanks man ill give it a shot

checked out the site but the pictures in the lights section not to clear

[GeeBee]

Have a look here

http://www.kitformservices.com/

Geoff

[low and mean]

Have a look here

http://www.kitformservices.com/

Geoff

hey ill check it out tommorrow thanks

[Old Albion]

Great looking trucks. The green one is my favourite.

[low and mean]

Great looking trucks. The green one is my favourite.

hey thanks for the reply im gonna have more in the future... gotta get some of those in the background in to just dont know how to get them in the right subject...maybe ill build a flatbed and throw them on the back....some rat rod a little race"dirt track" and a litte muscle.....

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

What's goin' on...

This being your first crack at building trucks not too bad. From what I see there's two things that stand out the most. First,there's too much of the same color giving a toy-like appearance. Emphasize other details like under the hood and interior. Second the added details such as the stacks look out of scale. I was taught when working w/ 25th scale use regular ruler w/ metric measurement. Every milli-meter on that ruler is the equiallant to 1 inch in 25th scale. So 10 mm on that ruler would be 10 scale inches in 25th scale.

For your marker lights there are several aftermarket companies out there that speciallizes in truck models or kit bash other kits. If I read your post correctly you want to detail the snow plow on the day cab w/ chicken lights? Try this. AMT truck kits have amber colored stop,tail,turn light lens' in different sizes. Choose which one you like best. Get a drill w/ a bit slightly smaller than the diameter of the light lens. Strip off that Bare Metal Foil and mark your bumper where you want the lights to go. My favorite tool of the trade when it comes to scratch building is a mechanical pencil. Draw a straight line across the bumper and then intersect that line w/ small marks where you want the lights to go. Use the drill and drill those out. Cut a lens off the spur and test fit it. If you did it right the lens should be a press fit. Once you got it remove that light and finish drilling out the other holes. Go ahead and reapply Bare Metal Foil then when your getting all the air and wrinkles out of the foil work it into those holes for your lights. Now install those lights pushing them thru the foil into the bumper eliminating the need for glue. On the back of the bumper foil that too and cover the back of those holes. IF the lights prutrude thru the back lightly sand them down flush then foil it. I've done this before. As a matter of fact I used mirror finish Plastruct sheet styrene for a bumper one one of my trucks. I used this very method on a 359 I'm working on now. Take a look under the doors on the cab. I drilled the holes applied the foil then pressed in the lights as seen here

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?...&p=75989303

I did that to another model only I used gold metal foil on the back side of the lights as an attempt to brighten the light lens then painted over the foil so it wasn't conspicuous if looked at from an angle where it would be exposed. Shown in this link as well.

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?...&p=74128382

GOOD LUCK.

[Old Albion]

Scott,

Interesting comments. I like your little tips on the lights and the bare metal foil. I've never used bare metal foil and always wondered how it is applied. From your description its would apppear to be extremely flexible.

Many Thanks!

[low and mean]

so i decieded to make my own custom tailbar you will see it in the next couple of days....the lights im gonna try and make my own should see those in the next few days as well.... thanks for the replies and the tips ill be doing more pic waiting for that ###### battery to charge