Doved Hilux for Tim.

[Harley]

Thats a damn clean build "thumbsup"

 

[slackerman]

nice truck...
what kind of glue did you use to hold the front dove tail on the hood?

Thanks, Great Planes CA Glue, with Styrene pieces to back it, normally use Plastruct- Plastic weld, but i didnt have any left and CA works just as good.

 

[sloyota]

after you cut out your wedge's how did you move the fender's over? it's tough to move fenders over to line up to the hood,there's a lot of resistance.did you make any little relief cuts on the inside of the fenders to move them over. how did you do handle that part? Thanks.

 

[slackerman]

after you cut out your wedge's how did you move the fender's over? it's tough to move fenders over to line up to the hood,there's a lot of resistance.did you make any little relief cuts on the inside of the fenders to move them over. how did you do handle that part? Thanks.

one side i had to trim a little bit on the back, but i heated up the seam enough to soften the plastic. It took a lil bit to get but you can work it with some time.

 

[sloyota]

what did you use for heat? a regular blow dryer or something stronger

 

[slackerman]

what did you use for heat? a regular blow dryer or something stronger

I used a Blow Dryer, and cut some relief in the back and then Slowly started to bend it over using even force so that it bent the same angle across the whole seem.

 

[slackerman]

Got a Text message that he took a few pics on the 1st voyage.

 

[TXJeeper1]

Love this truck.

 

[sloyota]

I used a Blow Dryer, and cut some relief in the back and then Slowly started to bend it over using even force so that it bent the same angle across the whole seem.

Thanks for all of your advice...Cheers.

 

[RHPROMOD]

you should post a thread on how to bob.. Nice work!!!! keep it goin

 

[dickwart]

Very nice! "thumbsup"

 

[D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.]

The dove and tube work came out sick on this rig... Whats next...

 

[TattooKenny]

Just wanted to say that Slackerman has been very helpful in helpIng me out through PM's on walking me through making the proper cuts. I'll post a few closer Picts he sent me if that is ok with him so you guys can see how far the cuts go on the front. It's a little deceptive on how far you really have to cut.

Super nice Yota! I'm trying to copy the body now"thumbsup"

 

[david_387]

Nice YOTA!!!!"thumbsup"

 

[lifted_xj]

looks killer i would love to learn how to do that

 

[slackerman]

The dove and tube work came out sick on this rig... Whats next...

I dont knwo as far as a new rig yet, i still want to do a hardbody jeep but we'll see.

But i am currently ressurecting the old F350, for the Gg scale comp Recon puts on here, ill post pics of it and dig up the thread here in the next few days in the 1.9 section.

THanks for the comments, ill get pics of this thing when I meet up with him after the Holidays for some crawling. I have a few PMs to answer now, but ask away if you want.

 

[INFERNAL]

This turned out real nice ! ! ! . Really nice job with it , I was subscribed as soon as I saw the start "thumbsup"

 

[fortysixandtwo]

Wow that is sick. Very nice work.

 

[slackerman]

I am way to lazy to resort and type out a new post so here is a Copy-and-paste i just posted on my ford thread. So yes theres a few more ford pics but ill toss some more yotas at the bottom.

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Went out today for the first time in a while to hang out and see what needs to be done before the comp this coming sat.

Headed down and meet up at Prison Hill in Carson City and drove the F#*% out of the rigs as the pics will show(my whole front bumper). Had a blast, but now its back to the work bench to add some Armor to the ford, and some more tubing to Tims Yota.

Heres some of the better Pics, will also post more yota pics on my other thread.

And thanks to the one of the best inventions ever, my day didn't end a hour and a half into the day when i tumbled, and tumbled, and then fell down the hill, i was able to put things back together.

 

[slackerman]

Heres a few other pics from today as well.