And now for something completely different.

[willimo]

For me, anyway. This is just about the least willimo model you'll see, and guess what? I'm building it. Here comes an Escalade. Mad, mad Escalade. I decided to post because, well, there's a recent flurry of them here and I'm a sucker for a party. And I need to keep motivated on it, I want to have it done for November (yeah right). Lots of plans for it, but I won't bore you with it all. Just show the progress so far.

This build is going to be a how-to almost, and very detailed in coverage. There will be a lot of scratchbuilding and modification, and I want people to follow along as I discover new techniques and make mistakes and whatnot. Be less afraid, it's only plastic! And it's Revell, so it's only $15 plastic! Even better!

The speaker enclosure begins.


The first peice, the board behind the seats. The seats are in place at the moment to help be sure the angle is right, I want it to match the angle of the seatbacks to help tie it together. Note the reinforcment and the angled cuts to hold the board at the right angle, and note I am only gluing it to the base of the interior. I plan to paint the interior in three parts to facilitate masking. Yes, masking.


Doing the top edge of the speakerboxxx. Notice the sides in place, they fill the corner that will be visible through the rear doors, but do not extend all the way back. You will see why soon. Note the reinforcement here; not much, just enough to hold it all together. Just places for glue to stick (melt, rather, I use plastic cement, not superglue for this sort of construction, this is important as sanding the box and the butty will be tough on the structure.) Not pictured: more framing. It's more of the same, though.


I want some BIG speakers. No one makes 18" speakers that I know of. Plus, I want them to look COOL! So, hey Mr. S2000, lend me your wheels. They will make fancy chrome speaker grills, don't you think?


See how pretty they will be?

"Whew!" that's enough work for one afternoon. Plenty more to do back here, see you next time!

[krebs128]

That's a pretty good idea! No more rims though....

[Zlaja_]

i would also like rim-speakers =P

[StephenDeli]

Looks great so far. Although you just knew willimo was gonna incorporate some type of honda in it!

[white97ex]

that is awesome.

[white97ex]

maybe you should go with the ross gibson 502. that would look sweet under the hood of that escalade!

[ItalianStallion131]

awesome speaker grilles now u have given me an idea

[ImolaEK]

Exclusive Honda speaker grills. Nice! What wheels are you going to use on this Truck.

[SonyMobile]

Nice to try something different every now and then?

Looking great so far willimo, I love how you take such great precision in all aspects of your builds

[SpoonMan Dos]

Cool! I look forward to your progress. I'm sure you have more tricks up your sleeve.
Any suspension/ wheel Ideas?

Here's a tip: Test fit the rear hatch before painting. It doesn't seem to sit flush with the body, which has been a common problem with this kit. Hopefully this helps.

-Russ

[Jay!]

Heh. It's nice to see some tangible Bling, given all the chatting we've done today.

[MidMazar]

anxious for more progress!!!

[WeaPoN [X]]

NiCE I.C.E.! keep the progress pics coming. This loks like an interesting build.

JeFF

[675datsun]

I like the how-to on the speaker enclosures...well thought out!
Bling has to be more than big speakers these days, right?
Where are the flat panel displays, amps, cigar humidor, champagne cooler?(I'm so out of touch with today's blingness )
Thanks for putting in the effort on a detailed build-up Will!

[tonioseven]

Willim Clness!!