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i got a '55 Nomad wagon that i chopped into a truck, then monstered it up with terra-tires also been slowly gathering parts for an off-road monster peterbilt wrecker |
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by the way Dale, how's your weather been? i was watching the news and it was showing flooding & some major damage down there.
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stock kit chrome wheel, liquid chrome pen on the gas cap- looks a-1 to me, just have to try steady up my old hands a little better..:lol:
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thanks tetanus express
if your really into sniffing styrene, you NEED to get one of these pens. their the cats arse. just wish i knew about them long time ago, much easier than using BMF and looks way nicer than any paint. now that i've experimented with one, i'm ordering a couple more of the other sizes...i put it right behind my dremel in importance now :lol: the '50 is mostly done. ran out of 3/32 tubing, so the camper jacks will have to wait 'till i can make a run to the hobby store (60 mile round trip...:waah:) also still undecided about the visor. yeah, i know, i like them as much as i like Dale's beer, but it just don't look right with the camper on. looks good without the camper, but it dont "flow" when the camper is loaded... anyways, so far... Attachment 1610688Attachment 1610689Attachment 1610690Attachment 1610692Attachment 1610693 |
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The weather here has cleared up. We had a few scary days and I had to dig some ditches but stayed high and dry. Those pens look like they work great. I can think of some uses on our full size rigs as well. The 50 looks great. Awesome job, I'm not sure about the visor though. That body style looks great with them. But I've never seen a 50 with a cabover camper either. Great looking combo though.
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and just for the halibut, i tried that chrome pen on a nick on my stepper bumper, perfect match! just haft to wait and see how durable it is now... yeah, they were showing some beauty winter shots of Yosemite park on tv, lakes are filling, rivers are running, be good for you guys :metal: |
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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...46407410_n.jpg
Its not made to look pretty, i built it to look rough and tugged, like an ol pickup pulled from a feild, lifted to the sky, and havin a big block thrown in it. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...95054791_n.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...31741930_n.jpg The Drag car!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...68590898_n.jpg Motor from the Drag Car!!!!!!!!! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...93352948_n.jpg My derby car i built. |
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nice lookin' models Deer hunter!
looks like you a fan of '64-'66? see a row of trucks behind your models that also look interesting... here's a '55 nomad turned into this....it's a little on the crude side, built it in the early '90's i belive Attachment 1612226Attachment 1612227Attachment 1612228Attachment 1612230 just ordered a bunch of swamps for the wrecker and the '41. the wrecker is one of the more carpy revell kits. has all the molded in junk, visor, seat, exhaust, engine, master cyl, battery....on and on...but the deck is pretty nice. to eliminate a bunch of the molded in, going to swap the front clip to a '84 left over from my CCDW last yr. truck #3 for the fleet....:lol: Attachment 1612232 |
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wish Round2 would re-issue the '72 fleetside or the '72 gm stepside. thats all us styrene sniffers need :lol: the aftermarket has plenty of 67-69 grilles and hoods to convert the '72's into older trucks i too turned my revell wrecker into a flatdeck....and put the wrecker on a '72... going for an '80's square in the fleet this time, hence the clip swap Attachment 1612395 |
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whered ya ge the 72 kit at?
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at a long closed hobby store back in '93 or '94...:lol:
thats when AMT was still making them. i just re-hashed it. word on my model site is Round 2 (AMT) may be re-issuing the old chevy's again. have also heard there will be a short & long box, but that's just speculation right now. been a spat of cool old re-issues lately. too expensive to tool up new, so they been pulling old molds out and dusting them off. i totally imagine Round 2 will do something to counter the new Revell '66 Sub, due out anytime now, and which the wifey got me a pre-order on..:metal::metal: there is usually a few '72 chevy's on fleabay, but expect to pay prob $40 or more (??!!) for some reason, most chevy truck models have been commanding un-real prices the last few yrs...BRING ON the re-issues! get them prices more realistic... |
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I just wanna build my 69 into a model :lol:
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yeah, i can understand that. built a replica of my crew & camper, and one of my stepper. used to have one of my blazer and one of my '68 custom cab as well
started whacking away at the tow truck frame... Attachment 1614801Attachment 1614802 put some moulding around the rear winda and filled them god-awful holes revell always cuts into their cabs......... Attachment 1614803 found a firewall that will work and a spare set of inners, coming up short on a rad support-prob just scratch one.,. Attachment 1614804 |
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and who has'nt done a clip swap....
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Dangggggggggggggggggggg looks nice
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thanks deer hunter!
man, i love my caster, just put the order in 8 days ago and the postie dropped it off today....the 4 fat iroks are for the '41, the 38" swamps plus the 2 left overs are for the wrecker. parts box is getting real low on big block stuff. had a block, and that was it. ordered some heads, valve covers and exhaust, the rest i have Attachment 1615746 them inners fit beautifully, gud'n'tite.......with some minor trimming Attachment 1615747 just had to see how the swamps are gonna look. also chopped off the sucky molded visor and scratched one Attachment 1615748Attachment 1615749 |
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The wrecker going to be cool. I always liked the stack headlights on the square body.
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thanks Dale!
when it comes to squares, always been a bigger fan of the '80's trucks. to me they just scream "TRUCK" with a capital T! (maybe cuz i also own a '85...:lol:) well that dam groundhawg nailed it in my 'hood...we JUST had our grass make a re-appearence after a couple mos, then this carp blew in yesterday, and it's still here today, will be here tomorrow, and not supposed to leave until mon or tues....:waah: Attachment 1618449Attachment 1618450 have'nt got much done on the wrecker last week, 71 hrs at work, but i foresee a change here pretty quick with the weather...:lol: nobody would prob have never seen this, but i thought i would show it anyways. my caster is getting pretty good at making junk, nice little detail on the manifolds...will be getting more, much easier to put in the trucks than headers... Attachment 1618451 nothing fancy, big old torque tow truck motor..(not the air cleaner i will be using..) Attachment 1618452Attachment 1618453 |
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like i said, not a hecka a lot done last week...
typical cheap-ass revell door panels, not a thing on them...been getting lazy, instead of scratching something, i been robbing a '70 impala of pieces of it's door panels...this is what i got so far... Attachment 1618461 and the kit wheel is not what i would call normal tow truck fare, so back to the impala, with a couple mods... Attachment 1618462 Attachment 1618463 |
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Keep up the good work! My dad actually owned a 79 GMC Tow truck with the same equipment the revell kit comes with. If i had a pic i would post it.
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It's looking good. You know how I love tow trucks. ...
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thanks Dale & Dieselburb!
yeah, i do Dale, was'nt yours a '80 something too? cant belive the frikkin' weather we been having- where's all this global warming....:lol: opened my garage door the other day to this.... Attachment 1621281 then an ice storm rolled thru last night.....blah! Attachment 1621279Attachment 1621280 not sure on the bumper. the big push bumper in the kit looks good....on a '70's, not so much on an '80's Attachment 1621283 thinking widening and adding some checkerplate and tubing and a 16.5 winch to this old warn enforcer bumper Attachment 1621282 |
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dont have no nice dually rims right now, so making do with the kit rims. spent a few hrs making them fit the tires, their a little big....
Attachment 1621286 de-chromed them and added hubs and lock-outs and some brakes. also drilled out every one of them stupid little holes............. Attachment 1621287 started the int. still gots to do the dash, i need to go get some ink for my printer so i can make some gauges Attachment 1621288 my four piece scratched air cleaner, and really digging this chrome pen :metal: Attachment 1621289Attachment 1621290 |
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i thought i would have more time to play with this, but been shovelin' snow, and more snow....
engine and tranny crossmembers located and in and got most of the front susp in Attachment 1621296Attachment 1621297 and yeah, that is a '65 stepper under some of them parts. surprisingly won it on fleabay for $28 bucks to my door, which for us is a pretty decent price with our buck in the toilet. hoping to collect enuff parts to do (drum roll please...) a 1 ton crew cab dually 4x4 before i finish the wrecker and the '41 Attachment 1621298 |
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up on all six...
Attachment 1622104Attachment 1622105Attachment 1622103 still got more work to do on the bumper. finish removing the fairlead, got a nicer roller one for it, winch braces, and some tubing for over the winch Attachment 1622106 |
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It's looking great. I really like the winch bumper. I never liked the grill guard on the push bumpers. I cut it off on mine and it looked cleaner. We were having some awful weather here too. We went from drought to drowning. Keep up the good work.
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I built two new derby cars, and have some more to build.
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jeez, from one extreme to the other , Dale!
was watching some Oroville dam footage- pretty impressive... we had some localized flooding when the temp jumped up above freezing and started a major meltdown on the snow here...been a weird winter everywhere.....it can end anytime now....:lol: sounds like you will be needing Alpine recovery to come haul your derby cars Deer hunter..:lol: got some more done on the wrecker, also scored another piece for my cc dually '66. swapped 2 fords for another '64 chev fleetside- just need one more fleet box, or another truck and i'm off and runnin' :metal: some paint laid down Attachment 1624499 before and after jerry can. really likin' this chrome pen, latches look cool on the toolbox i think Attachment 1624500 got some ink for my printer for the gauges Attachment 1624501 bought this at wally-mart for a $1.79, real stainless wire. going to spool the front winch with it as well... Attachment 1624502Attachment 1624503 |
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some more on the wrecker
rims, tires, t-case and motor done. scratched rad support with a chevelle rad & shroud Attachment 1624504 replaced the hawse with a roller fairlead on the front bumper, added a couple d-rings and some checkerplate Attachment 1624505 shocks are'nt finished yet, but the grille is. going to wrap the warn in some of that stainless wire. pretty tite for space so the exhaust just got some turn-downs. and yeah, it dont have a diesel, but i think they look cool anyways...:lol: Attachment 1624506Attachment 1624507 remember these Dale? luckily the wife found them in an old email (i reduce to size i need, then email it to myself and then print it) the hot wheel i'm going to rob of it's wheels for a set of dolly's for the wrecker Attachment 1624508 |
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I'm ready for winter to be done. I'm tired of cutting up the fallen trees at my house. Oroville was a scary situation. The next storm just started during the night and it's pouring right now. The truck is looking great. Yep, I remember those. Lol
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went thru 6 weeks off arctic outflows with a couple feet of snow, finally get rid of it , then more of this Attachment 1624810Attachment 1624811 Attachment 1624812Attachment 1624813 this much fell in about 30 hrs...pretty much an inch an hr... Attachment 1624814 |
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then the ice came...ya, same here, trees down all over the place. there's 3 couple hundred yr old oak trees at the end of our street, 2 came down, took the wires, pole and blew the transformer. hydro said 146 transformers blew that day.
wife's clothes line biting it nine o'clock in the morn.......................................................and 20 mins later Attachment 1624815Attachment 1624816 yanked the pole right off the shed, was screwed to it... Attachment 1624817 ice brought the neighbors wires down- no power for a day and a half...:waah: Attachment 1624818 |
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weather finally turned decent, nice slow melt down...
Attachment 1624821 i think even dawg is getting tired of this carp... Attachment 1624822 then the other day the temp jumped way up, here comes the flooding... Attachment 1624823Attachment 1624824 now the temp is supposed to drop on thurs, chance of snow - again.... i wish this winter would get the heck out of my yard and back up there.... Attachment 1624825 |
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I already turned my wrecker into a LONG derby car hauler, dont have pics as of yet lol.
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learned a lesson last week....dont dick around with models if your sick..:lol:
tried doing some work on it with a cold, ended up getting glue on the wrecker body paint, broke the lightbar, and worst of all, got instant glue on the one piece window assembly, effectivley screwing up all the winda's...:waah: but i managed to hide the paint screw-ups, and cut all new windows out of 015 clear- not frikkin' easy... Attachment 1627603Attachment 1627600 Attachment 1627602 Attachment 1627601Attachment 1627604 |
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