Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 Yea I been starting on projects left and right, but I'm really getting into this one and wanna keep working on it... This was suppose to be a donor for my COE, but in all honesty, I've lost interest in that one... I can always get another donor... Back to the story... I found a pic on facebook one day of a 1:1 patina'd and laid completely out on the ground... So after building quite a few of these trucks ( this would be my 5th build) I decided it was time to put it under the knife... I had weathered the cab and hood back in 2012, and it sat in the box til yesterday... After searching the wheel stash, I found some nice center lines that would look perfect for this, and whitewall tires from Hoppin Hydros... I love the Hoppin hydros tires, I can fit so many rims into these without any issues and they work for me... I got a hole in the bed cutout for a notched frame out back... In order to lay the front out, I gotta remove the crossmember... I'll figure out how I'm gonna go about putting it back in later on into this build... The interior has been started and I have a shop rag in the seat as well as a mexican blanket I made...
slusher Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 Another great project James. Your a busy guy and that's a good think..
Darren B Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 James I really love your weathered rides, some day I need to try this, your work is totally outstanding man!
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 20, 2014 Author Posted June 20, 2014 Another great project James. Your a busy guy and that's a good think.. Thanks Carl... Yea, I try to keep myself busy a lot... James I really love your weathered rides, some day I need to try this, your work is totally outstanding man! Darren, I really appreciate that bro... I dig your work too bro... I wanna do a lowrider build as detailed as your "Aztec Warrior"...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 20, 2014 Author Posted June 20, 2014 Well, I have the bed painted... Gonna give it an acrylic wash to grime it up a bit... Jantrix , thanks for tellin me about scrubbing the body with rubbing alcohol... It really helped... Working on getting the bed floor painted at the moment...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 After about three passes with some acrylic washes, I got the body and bed floor weathered to where I like it... The drivers side doesn't have the texaco decal... Figured it would look cool with just one side done like that...
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Great start. What method did you use for the rust for the bed and the cab?
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 Thanks Bob... For the bed, I used the salt technique... Followed by scrubbing the bed with rubbing alcohol... Then an acrylic wash... The cab, I had done about a year and a half ago. I used red oxide primer, and then used acrylic paints with a cosmetic sponge, then lightly scrubbed in places with rubbing alcohol to expose the different layers and showin through to the primer in places to have a rusted patina effect...
bobthehobbyguy Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Thanks. Nice idea to use two styles. Like the effect of the patina on the cab.
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 (edited) Thanks fellas... Got the tailgate done and the rear frame has been notched... I gotta do a little tweaking to the chassis to make sure the whole thing sits flat... My mistake when sanding and I accidentally warped the chassis a little... Maybe I tryin to be too perfect on this or my OCD kickin in... Does it look level as far as the bed goes? Edited June 21, 2014 by Wonderbread Kustomz
slusher Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 In all of the pictures James as far as I can tell it looks level. If it was off a little it would not be a hard fix. I am really hard on myself about the model being level...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 Thanks Carl... I appreciate it bro... And the beginnings of a motor...
bpletcher55 Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 JAMES ,nice build so far ,you are barking right up my tree with this build dud ,it looks level to me , i see you are using the small block from the 66 nova with the tunnel ram good choose,
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 Yessir... Thanks bro... I appreciate the good words...
1 bad55 stan Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 that is just awesome James,your skill level is amazing bro!
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 22, 2014 Author Posted June 22, 2014 Rims have been black washed and dash is almost finished... I'm thinkin of using the dome light on top, but not sure...
Pim Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 Looks great especially the emergency light which really adds to the look of the car the weathering is also great.
DeeCee Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 Yeah, i agree with the other guys, weathering is fantastic, and stance is PERFECT!!
Jantrix Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 This is some great work. I'll be following this one.
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted June 22, 2014 Author Posted June 22, 2014 Started work on the motor... Should fit without issues... May have to modify the headers a bit, but it will do...
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