my first semi build (dump)

[chaseracer]

thanks for the kind comments guys, well I fiinally found a little spare time last week, and I thought I would tackle a little more of the front fender/rad-grill area. here is what I got done in my limited time.
oh yeah I know the grill post are not straight as there are just stuck in there to give you the idea looks like, I still have to find a proper mesh for my grill.





thanks for looking and I know I am slow

[mog]

wow nice job on your box you got some skills

[steamer]

Rad and grill are looking good. Sure like the old school look myself. Styrene is nice stuff to work with and Looking forward to more posts.
Rob

[Lil Giants]

Making good progress Jason... though you'd better hustle it up some or you're miss the summer work season.

[RCLogger]

Keep up the good work Jason, love those fenders..

greg

[steamer]

Jason. I've been following this guys blog for about eight months now. I know your an Autocar fan and today he started on them. A great bunch of pictures.
http://truckfax.blogspot.com/search?...max-results=24
PS you can click on the photos they're high res.
Rob

[chaseracer]

thanks Rob for the link I will be sure to check that out. maybe it will motivate me to get to work, have been super busy with work and working weekends then kids hockey and baseball. just need to find time to finish so I can come up there and play.

funny I have seen most of thouse trucks when I lived in Nova Scotia. small world

[steamer]

Glad you liked it. I started following him with my FWD. He did a four part blog on them and some of his truck pictures were ones that I drove off the end of the assembly line.
Rob

[steamer]

Jason. I don't know if you've been back to Mac's blog but there's two more on Autocars up.
Rob

[CORVETTEJOEY]

Great to see someone else building an autocar! Looks great!!!!!!
Joey

[SmallHaul]

Nice styrene work. Looking good!

[chaseracer]

had a bit a of time last night so I thought I would get out the autocar and work on it some more. so here is what I did.
-reattached the cab roof and rough filled the gap where I split the roof.
-made panel for back of cab and cut out rear window.
-got the dremel out and lowered and reshaped the front window to look more round lke autocar.
-fabed up first section or front bunper. (just taped on on pic till I make bracket for mounting.)
and I wasn't happy with the front of the grill that I did do I took it out to remake it, just waiting on new mesh.

I am making slow progress, Just limited shop time right now and my fabing and styrene skills are slow too . here are some pics







thanks for looking.

[RCLogger]

Coming alone Jason
U got that styrene figured out. Right on !
Get-er-done so we can get togther and put it to work...

greg

[CORVETTEJOEY]

[CORVETTEJOEY]

Sent you a pm with a link to my photobucket lots of pictures there!
To make the grill i took half round styreen and sanded the half round alittle to flatten it!
Joey

[chaseracer]

it's been a while but back to work on this just a small up date. It's alive!!!!! just a quick video. thanks mike for your help

click pic to watch video

[steamer]

Wow, that awesome. If that's the drive off the trans, it works real smooth. Maybe we'll get some gravel in it at the end of the month.
Rob

[chaseracer]

thanks Rob, I did try it off the trans and it did work but this is a new setup and I will be sticking with it, I am droping the 3 speed out and using a different sinigle speed tranny to save room and a channel on my radio for a couple other goodies I have planned. I not sure about hauling gravel yet but I am in the mood to build again so at least I am working on it

[RCLogger]

Looks good Jason
Glad you are back at it, spring is just around the corner..

greg

[chaseracer]

had a couple hours to work on the Autocar today so I got a few things done first I build and fitted the cab sheild then installed it to the Dump box.





then it was on to the rad grill peice I wasnt happy with the first on I built wrong shape needed to much work to make right ( old rad grill on pic above) so I decided to make a whole new one I cut and glued many layers of styrene together to form a block I could dremel and sand to the shape I wanted well as close as I can get with my limited skills. this is what I have so far



thanks for looking