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Great looking build, very much enjoying following your build posts. What is the source for the aluminum rear ends (differentials)?

Thank you for the information,

Jim

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Great looking project! Love the axles you had made :eek::cool:

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took me at bit of time before I got in to this one, been looking at most of the parts for years before I put my money where my Ideas was :cool:

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thanks Scott M, its my first attempt at the interior, been thinking of how to do it for years, then I just starting cutting in to some styren, it aint that bad once you get going :D

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thanks, I got a friend of mine to polish them for me, so really cant take credit for the bling:cool:

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thanks Jim :rolleyes:
I really cant remember where I got them, maybe rcbmin.com or rigid.com , they are just shells and uses tamiya differential parts so they aren't that pricey

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I'm curious, why is it popular to move the front axle forward, and cut the front fenders like you have?
Thanks!!
Scott M

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I'm trying to make it look more like a Kenworth.

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Cool dashboard looks awesomee!

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thanks Lucky7Dave it was my first attempt at making one :cool:

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I fucking hate these trucks sometimes, got this pretty awesome "kenworth" frontend from shapeways, everything is dandy, cut the hood of my king hauler, minor rebuild in front of the windscreen, so I'm sitting here at my work table smiling planning everything can't wait to ship it of to the painter, even talked to the painter yesterday, bragging about how great its gonna be when it get the custom blend green paint I got made for it, and then I kinda look at my new hood, and my polished aluminum grill doesn't fit, it's about half an inch to low, so now I got around 7 pounds of aluminium parts, just about ready to throw everything out the window...

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These projects can make you go insane. It's looking awesome though. Keep up the great work.

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Thanks Jared31, I will try, but I guess its always when everything seems to go perfect it turns around and drives you mad

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Got a pic from my friend JB today, he's been making some changes on the mercury bunk for me :)

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...pscc5hha9j.jpg

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Rohhhhhh , amazing work , i like

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:eek: Daayum! Very nice sleeper the engraving looks great

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thanks, the bunk is from ebay/truescale just had it polished and made a few changes to it

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Got this In the mail today.


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...pshydxzl75.jpg

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Got a little work done on the bottomdump today, i've had it for years but never got around to building it.


http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psvdteatxw.jpg

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That is going to be awesome. can't wait to see it finished

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That sleeper though.... That is a gorgeous piece.

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Thanks, I'm getting to the point where I can't wait to see it finished myself :o

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Thanks, I only wish that I could take credit for it myself, but it would never have looked like this if it wasn't my old friend JB and his skills ;)

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Made myself a rear bumper for the rustbucket today, had some leftover parts from a Grand Hauler, the bottom part is staying chrome and the rest is being painted.

[URL=http://s187.photobucket.com/user/harborcitysocialclub/media/F0933B63-F571-449A-8698-EDA9AEE41C65_zps8wklbcfr.jpg.html]http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps8wklbcfr.jpg


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http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psxp37pjh1.jpg

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I have had great success using the same principle with a great solvent glue call MEK sold through a lot of Model Railway shops and the Hobby Shops that full on just Hobby not with toys stocks... :) :cool:

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Gave it a try at making some diamond "leather" Interior today, I'm thinking it's gonna take a couple tries more before it's gonna look okay :) it was nit a difficult as I thought it would be, but still a couple hours on mynfirst attempt.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psdeabgicv.jpg

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...ps7ccucouc.jpg



http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psirnoci9n.jpg

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Had to look that up, never seen a shotgun shifter before! Yup, they do exist!

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73...9582934b2a.jpg
http://badcopnodonuts.com/wp-content...s/DSC07932.JPG
http://olegvolk.net/gallery/d/25519-1/gearshift8889.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b9...ttyshifter.jpg

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If your still looking for that scale shotgun check out the walking dead figures.

https://www.amazon.com/McFarlane-Wal...g+dead+shotgun

https://www.amazon.com/McFarlane-Wal...g+dead+shotgun

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Great work , i like .

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Nice!!

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Thanks. I already got me some of the walking dead figures :D

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Thank you!

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Thanks :o

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Great looking build brother really sick looking love the interior

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Where did you source the KW grill from? I've already got the KW grill badge, & see that the grill you have is PERFECTLY shaped for placement of the KW badge. I'd like to get one. The one's I seem to find are all around the $40-$60U.S.D. price range. Seems a bit steep to me for such a small piece.

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Thanks hammer :D

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I cant remember where I got it, maybe rigidrc or rcbrmin, had it laying around for a couple years before I started this build.

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Check out True Scale :cool:

https://www.truescale-rc.com/collect...kw-style-grill

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That will be an AWESOME truck when finished!