lol you guys, 50Cal Sniper for the toddler! Better start them off early!
thanks actually! i forgot to update this thread, i completely forgot about it!
ill just do a quick quote of everything
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Me @ other forum)</div><div class='quotemain'>well, after watching TV i decided i wanted a civilian trail truck, not a Military truck.
i looked for some inspiration in my vast collection of Hot wheels cars and found this
So i went looking for the 1:1 and made a connection... The 78 stepsides didnt have wooden pannels on the box. Turns out its a "Lil Red Express Truck"
im gonna modify a Clod body, the bed im gonna try and make out of styrene and wood.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&a...=LXGB33&P=Z
ill cut off the bed and skin the sides with styrene to cover up the grove in the body and give it the slightly bulged edge of the cab. the grill will be custom made.
heres a quick photochopped idea of what i want it too look sorta like.(maybe a winch up front or off road lights might be added later)
an excuse to make a 4x4 "Lil Red"
The original owner of the "Lil Red" was out racing with some friends when he hit a speed bump at 70mph, destroying the front end. He decided to sell it cheap because the repair costs would be more then the cost of the truck. The second owner, being the owner of a small auto parts shop, bought it and replaced the front end with parts from a different 4x4 truck of the same year converting it to 4wd for use as a work truck for the shop. About a year later, he was trying to get a part out of a pile and knocked the whole pile into the drivers side door denting it too badly to be repaired or used, he replaced that also. Three years passed before he decided to sell it and buy a bigger truck to use around the shop. For $500 i had to snatch up this truck.
i swear i have an overactive imagination
well updates will be very slow... i have exacly $23 in my RC car budget and it not going to change until christmas
keep this thread Subscribed if you like it, and be prepaired for a long wait.
tiny but very important
i think im going to use this with a thinner sheet of styrene to make the fenders.
stay tuned for any updates</div>
Cheers,
-John-