Tamiyaico? Frieghtliner?

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Well I have been slowly building up wedico parts over the years and I have always liked there Frightliner cabs so I started digging parts out of the parts boxes and got started..

Started with a stock 19 3/4 wedico chassis.


And mocked up some KH steps and tanks as they are frieghtliner tanks and steps any ways and I want to use as many parts out of the boxes in the shop as I can.


Well then I did not like the wedico chassis so I built and new longer one out of blank rail and tamiya cross members and it looked much better.


Well then the stock wedico wheels and tires were bugging me so they had to go so I made some new spacers and mounted stock tamiya wheels and Verik low pros.



I tried stock tires but I like the lowered look better..


So then I took nylon round stock and made wheel spacer adapters to use the tamiya wheels on wedico drives.




Side by side comparison.... wedico looses this round..


New stance low and lean looking..


Now cab and sleeper mounted and the over sized phillips screws in the cab and sleeper have been replaced with nice low pro button head ones. Also you can see I have removed all the decals and well the powder coat on the hood came with then in sheets.. Grrrr






That is it for now.. Now to dig into the parts boxes and find a tranny probly a R2 I think and a 55 turn..

[DieselKid]

That's sweet! The proportions are perfect with the low-pro rubber!

Good thinkin' as usual Paul!!!

Lookin' forward to more!,

-Alex

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Thanks Mcuh Alex glad you like it .. If someone dont jump on my wedico wrecker I might just keep it as it real looks great on the frame..

[Grainfarmer]

Looks good with the new parts...

[Izzy]

looks good paul .... often wondered what a combo would look like. Hows it look from the front?

[Mojave450rider]

looks good!

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Grainfarmer

Looks good with the new parts...

Thanks Much Grain farmer

Originally Posted by Izzy

looks good paul .... often wondered what a combo would look like. Hows it look from the front?

Thanks Much Chris I posted a pick of who it looks from the front..

Originally Posted by Mojave450rider

looks good!

Thanks Mojave...

Well I decided to go dual purpose with this truck I have it set up so it has a tamiya 5th wheel plate under the the wrecker deck take off 4 screws and unplug two wires and you have a normal truck again..

I am having a tuff time on what color to go with I thought about red to match the bed but it is not a very good color of red I have thought about silver and get some old school strips in water slide decals??? Just not sure right now but here she sits what do you think..

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Well changed the Tamiyaco back to a normal truck and its just about reaady to go to paint but here is what I have done..

Got the R2 mounted up.


Took a Tamiya F350 drive shaft and welded in some shaft then welded a 1/8 alenwrench key on the end and covered it with some alum tubing..




Stock tanks mounted the right height.


And mounted flaps..


Still have to mount the servo and make the front bumper out of alum and it will be off to paint this week..

[1985 kenworth]

another cool build ,nice tricks you got going on there buddy

[bigford]

its neat,but i still think tamiyas look nicer

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

another cool build ,nice tricks you got going on there buddy

Originally Posted by bigford

its neat,but i still think tamiyas look nicer

Thanks much guys

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Well been building in my closet again forgetting to post pictures on a few builds but I have picks on this truck..

Got the body painted a old school off white..


And painted the frame a Harley Root Beer Brown color with alot of gold flake in it..




And since I wanted to stick with the using of stock parts I had a new set of King Hauler decals made in different colors.


So here are the finished build picks.





I think it came out pretty good for a bunch of left over parts..

[cosworth34677]

wow that came out nice!

[blitzk]

Great looking truck. Your left overs go together better than my brand new kits!!! Awesome job!!

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Thanks much guys Im really happy with it it turned out to be a nice low budget little truck.

[flatdeck]

Great looking truck Paul...

[BRICKNICK]

Paul I must be honest and say that wedicos never impress me due to their unusual proportions and odd looking body lines. Something about them just looks off to me compaired to the real 1:1 trucks. But you really made this wedioc look awesome, I would own that wedico and be proud of it. The addition of the #tamiya parts really balanced it out and made it look great. You did a great job as usual Paul. You never seem to disappoint.....now what's up with you doing my k100 LoL

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by flatdeck

Great looking truck Paul...

Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

Paul I must be honest and say that wedicos never impress me due to their unusual proportions and odd looking body lines. Something about them just looks off to me compaired to the real 1:1 trucks. But you really made this wedioc look awesome, I would own that wedico and be proud of it. The addition of the #tamiya parts really balanced it out and made it look great. You did a great job as usual Paul. You never seem to disappoint.....now what's up with you doing my k100 LoL

Thanks a lot Wayne and Nick

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Ok been working on the trailer I got for the Tamiyaico. Made the wheel adapters so I can run tamiya wheels and low pros. Also I put some leftover mirror stainless on the nose and I have a old school Thremoking for the nose I just need to get finished up and then Im going to paint he sides a clean white with polished doors and a custom rear ICC drop and some lights in front of the wheels..

[FabOne]

Look'in GOOD Paul! Keep us posted.

-Terry