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Post by signmike on May 28, 2012 23:58:03 GMT -5
After the Daytona accident, an idea came to my mind, it must be possible to build a trailer with a plane jet engine like the one seen at most Nascar tracks.  I had a Silverado pickup kit in my stash so... let's do some scratchbuilding. Here's the base of the trailer with the engine casing  The air outlet  and the intake protection grille  |
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Post by signmike on May 29, 2012 0:04:19 GMT -5
Now my Silverado is not a 6 wheeler, after trying to find one for 3 weeks, I decided to transform it to a 6 wheels pickup So I scratchbuilt the rear fenders with styrene sheets   almost done  |
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Post by signmike on May 29, 2012 0:06:09 GMT -5
While the putty and primer dried I made some fenders for the trailer and a roll bar for the truck   |
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Post by tooltas on May 29, 2012 17:06:01 GMT -5
look cool keep the 42 car from it or is going up in a fireball
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Post by signmike on Jun 3, 2012 22:43:10 GMT -5
heres some update from my work of yesterday and tonight Painted the truck a base colour last night light yellow, and masked and sprayed the final colour tonight.   I made a fuel cell for the jet engine and a tool box, I finished the trailer frame, made a tork flex axle and built a generator casing with its small 4 stroke engine... The upright t bar in the rear is for the flasher.   |
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Post by signmike on Jun 3, 2012 22:43:51 GMT -5
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Post by dogfish7 on Jun 4, 2012 9:06:45 GMT -5
This is incredible!!  |
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Post by harron68 on Jun 6, 2012 17:23:45 GMT -5
That is VERY COOL! What a great idea and your talent for scratchbuilding really shows! It's the first one of this type of vehicle I've seen in plastic. Congrats!
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Post by bud on Jun 7, 2012 13:38:00 GMT -5
Your scratch building is great but that checkerboard paint job is excellent. That had to be a real P.I.T.A. to mask off.
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