what to do with all your spare parts and junk?

my wife came into my hobby room today and said "you have alot of junk in your spare parts box. why don't you do something with it" ........ hmmmm she got me thinking. lets make a model. i decided to really put my skill to the test. this project is gunna take rejects, and messed up parts from about 6 or 7 different models (that should have went in the trash a long time ago), and turn that heap into a fully custom show ride. so buckle up... this one is gunna get bumpy.. lets start with the pics from day one...

lets start with the heap of junk
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so know what the heck am i gunna do with all this junk. well i'll tell you. i gunna make a six wheel truck. so lets start the progress

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know here comes the tidious part of fillin and fixin.. for this there was no way that i could just use putty, and i whould have had to buy stock in styrene to be able to fill all the gaps, so i turned to my good friend called bondo!!!

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know i should be able to do the rest with normal puddy.. let me know what you think so far... and on this one, im gunna need all the suggestions you can through at me. so let me hear them.... thanks for looking. jason

pretty cool, im doing the same thing you are with a 53 bel air

Rock on! Very cool project... should be satisfying and a great test of your skills.

Is this going to be a convertible 6 wheeler? :coolguy:

Nice idea.

Make it a roadster truck (so without roof) and with engine in the back !
and try to pin-stipe it !

olivier

hey thats pretty cool. i started a stretched s 10 along time ago and never finished it. heres my version.

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it still needed a ton of body work.

project insane continues


wow, what did i get myself into.. this project has become alot my involved then i was expecting but i think that the end result will be worth it..

as far as the progress, im about 90% done with the body work. it took me about 2 weeks, and let me tell you there was alot of sanding in those two weeks. so here's the pictures to show you what i went through

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this picture really shows off the work done to the sides
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i also decided on which rims to go with.. and i must say i am really happy with the product... i went with the 1:24 spintek style 4 rims.
heres a picture of them.. there's also a movie of them in action but i don't know how to get it on here..

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and finally some pictures with the rims..
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well that's it for today.. sorry about all the pictures. for some reason i have a habbit of not being able to put the camera down.. so let me know what you think, i love hearing your opinions.... jason

i dont like the custom job you did to that car, too ricey :p

shit that is a sick minitruck
yoi should body drop it tuckin those rims like a bitch
other then that i love it

you must mean this one.

96 hatch this is as low as she can go. the body is compleatly touching the ground.. in the pictures it was still sitting a little high cuzz i still have to cut up the engine comparment to excpet the rims.. jason

Originally posted by Vyacheslav
i dont like the custom job you did to that car, too ricey :p


:bloated: rice?
it is a minitruck what is so rice about it the body drop or the frenched license plate? so yea i guess i dont know what you mean by that is rice

yea like that last picture that is what i like cant wait to see it finished decide on a color yet?

what are some model trucks 1/24 i want to get a few

CRAZY DUDE :p :p
I have to give you 10/10 for this project ;)

I'm going to keep a very close eye on this thread :cool:

This is the coolest ever...maybe wen i get a bunch of junk i will have to try something to this respect:D

oh man, what a hunk of junk!:eek: :D
looks awsome man:cool:

I think it really is time for you to be introduced to styrene sheets and strips. It would have saved you HOURS of pain staking sanding and filling and give you "sharper edges" looking more detailed. I give you a 10 on imagination though, what a way to recycle!:D ;)

This is your parts bin. This is your parts bin on whatever suicideclipse is smoking, inhaling, injecting, or drinking.

But at least you're getting the good stuff. This thing is going to be so incredibly wild when completed. And we need different stuff on these boards sometimes. Wakes everybody up.

SICK!!!

Weird:confused: but cool at the same time:cool:

hay guys.. thanks for all the positive feedback. i agree this thing is a little out there but hay, so am i.. lol

mean_b16 - take a look at the progress again.. i used a ton of styrene on this project.. the only thing that i used the bondo for was to create the fender flares.. i whould have used the styrene on those, but if you take a look at the first couple pics, you will see that there was already a slight flare to the bed. i used the bondo to fill in all the gaps. the tailgate assembly was compleatly made out of styrene (the origianal is missing in action).

well keep the coments coming in, i love hearing them.....

jason