AREA 51 "Contest Entry"

[cwmax]

Doors hinged ..... finally



More pics in my gallery

[cwmax]

Updates...

Chassy shaved of useless and offending pieces, shipping lugs etc


Suspension fitted, it rolls, it steers

Engine fitted
Firewall cut to clear back of engine and smoothed


Floorboard cut to clear trans and tunnel stolen from 84 vette
Seat lowered
Steering wheel raised, new angle


more bodywork, getting smooth...


Can of gas and a battery strapped to the back, we'll take it for a spin

[KustmAce]

Sooooo cooooool!!!!

I love those wheels! And I think that it DEFINATELY needs to stay primer!!

[FlySkyline]

Nice Progress!!!!! here you are well into your customization, im sitting here deciding on what rims i want to use, i need to get crackin

[cwmax]

Originally Posted by KustmAce

Sooooo cooooool!!!!

I love those wheels! And I think that it DEFINATELY needs to stay primer!!

Yup... the whole feel of the truck is kinda primer or RatRod flat black, jump in to make that beer run or saturday night cruise, and look cool in either case

But after all this fill'n, file'n, sand'n, fill'n, file'n, sand'n, fill'n, file'n, sand'n,..... did I mention the Squadron green dust snort'n.... I almost feel obligated to make it shiny. We'll see.

I like the early wheels, big white walls, But.... I have other ideas. Have to see how good I can put the idea from brain to reality.

Originally Posted by FlySkyline

Nice Progress!!!!! here you are well into your customization, im sitting here deciding on what rims i want to use, i need to get crackin

Still a ways to go. I'll get all the heavy work done, make sure the big parts fit. Then take it appart and work on the details. Wheels??? Too many choices, I still don't know what will end up on here in the end.

Originally Posted by crazy_boarder_dude

Omg Wow that this is amazing keep us posted..
im glad that grill is gone

The grill is here to stay, too ugly not to use it .

Thanks for the comments all..... more to come...

[Rubberband Man]

LOL I havent even gotten my car yet.

[mike@af]

I love it, its beautiful. Personally I'd love to see a nice rich candy on it.

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by GTmike400

I love it, its beautiful. Personally I'd love to see a nice rich candy on it.

You would...

[cwmax]

Had a lil time this week to get a few things done.

The chassis need some cleaning up. After removing the running boards and all the shipping lugs and junk, what was left was a some ugly plastic with a bunch of holes in it. Filling it with filler was just not going to work so I fab'd up the new pieces out of styrene sheet. They fill the area between the frame rails and the body. I'll paint these to match and install them after the chassis is mounted to the body, there are two screws under there that attatch the chassis to the body.





I also fab'd up the new dual exhaust, using styrene rod and tube. Drilled the holes in the trans crossmember for the pipes to pass, then over the rear axle and out the back. The tips I made I may change to aluminum if I can find the right diameter, maybe paint these. Need to make one more bracket to hold the tips in place.



New front crossmember had to be made. I swiped the motor out of my YM 48, it has allot better detail. It didn't fit right in, so the new crossmember was made from styrene and the original crossmember.

That's it for now. All these pieces still need a going over to clean up the rough edges.

I'll jump on the engine next, till then....

[KustmAce]

Lookin nice

[DiecastCustomz]

What's the diameter of the Styrene rod and tube?

[cwmax]

Originally Posted by DiecastCustomz

What's the diameter of the Styrene rod and tube?

The rod is 1/8 OD Plastruct #MR-125
The tube is 3/16 OD .133 ID Plastruct #TBFS-6

There are other tubes with 1/8 ID but it's thicker walled.

This tube fits just a lil loose on the rod, but the wall is thin and looks about right.

[Tommycool666]

Hey man great progress so far i liek the fat whites it give the truck class, i have a custom idea for you maybe u'd wanna put it to thougth ,im not sayin u have to do it this is just my tatse,, how bout u take the exhaust and have it come out through the rear roll pan, u know cut out two holes the diameter of the tail tips andhave it stick out a lil bit ya know , catch what i mean and make aluminum exhaust tips and do it that way , just a thought, keep up the awesome work !!!!!

[cwmax]

I had that in mind as well as putting the tail lights in it, but ..... the roll pan I made is thin styrene, the rest of it is part of the bed (metal) no way to drill it now :-(

[oi_boy]

very nice im thinkin this is gunna be some stiff competition cant wait to see the final product.