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As some of you who follow me on Facebook may already know, I came across a pretty good deal I couldn't pass up for the new tamiya "Cascadia Truck" many of you weren't very fond of.... Well being a big fan of Mike Ryan and the Banks performance team I decided to get my inspiration from them and turn this "regular" company truck into my version of one bad race truck! I will have a full race interior, with all the external details as well, including piping, supercharger, turbo, etc... Truck will not only look fast but will be fast as I have used a brushless setup for its power plant...

The body was mainly there minus a few vents and details so here is the journey so far!

The inspiration.....


Started with this....


And here is the progress...




Put in the back wall with the window


Ready for primer


Added a lower valance to the stock bumper












Quick mock up





Painted the inside of the custom roof vent and applied pretty much ready for my paint scheme... More pics to come after paint...




No race truck is complete without a race seat in 1/14 scale !
Thanks for looking guys more to come.....

[crisis time]

She looks great keep posting

[cabs]

This is gonna be a cool build, can't wait to see it

[tc1cat]

Looks GREAT!! I figured someone would find a good use for the Cascadia.

[ekim]

Not sure which is faster, your truck or your build.... wow.... Great lines and idea as well.

[flatdeck]

Love the look of the new truck... Nice race project...

Wayne

[thercfreak2012]

Nice work and can u make realistic scania seats and the big scania steering wheels

[Espeefan]

Awesome! I've seen videos of the 1:1 truck, and it never dawned on me that the newest Tamiya semi truck release could be used to model one. Good thinking. Very nice bodywork too. Impressive.

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Originally Posted by crisis time

She looks great keep posting

thanks man

Originally Posted by cabs

This is gonna be a cool build, can't wait to see it

it def will, lots of new experimental things im trying for this build... fingers crossed lol

Originally Posted by tc1cat

Looks GREAT!! I figured someone would find a good use for the Cascadia.

im always looking for the next best different thing to attempt...

Originally Posted by ekim

Not sure which is faster, your truck or your build.... wow.... Great lines and idea as well.

lol its how it is, when you love what you do.... you spend numerous hours upon hours doing it, and when you stop to look your pretty much at the finish line..

Originally Posted by flatdeck

Love the look of the new truck... Nice race project...

Wayne

thanks Wayne!

Originally Posted by thercfreak2012

Nice work and can u make realistic scania seats and the big scania steering wheels

yes I absolutely can.

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Awesome! I've seen videos of the 1:1 truck, and it never dawned on me that the newest Tamiya semi truck release could be used to model one. Good thinking. Very nice bodywork too. Impressive.

yea Ive watched a lot of his races and that truck is a pure beast! glad you like the work, its always humbling to get good responses from other talented guys on the forums.

[BRICKNICK]

That's a great use for a pretty undesirable truck. This is gonna be an epic build man. Great job so far.

[ekim]

Just watched several of the videos.....now.... the additional challenge will be to find a trials course you can run that beast on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael

[cabs]

Hey Brian, they got a good road coarse up by me. Trains and lanes just over the river

[Ekimjr]

That's a pretty intense build by the look of it and really looking forward to seeing the final product

[DieselKid]

This is sweet!!!!! Hobby shop called today and said mine was in! Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow!

Keep up the good work!

-Alex

[RMarine]

Dude, this thing is sick! I can't wait to see it complete and running!

[Diesel Demond]

**** you do good work!! cab is spot on

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Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

That's a great use for a pretty undesirable truck. This is gonna be an epic build man. Great job so far.

'thank you bro

Originally Posted by ekim

Just watched several of the videos.....now.... the additional challenge will be to find a trials course you can run that beast on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael

yea id like to make a nice video...

Originally Posted by cabs

Hey Brian, they got a good road coarse up by me. Trains and lanes just over the river

might have to take the trip...

Originally Posted by Ekimjr

That's a pretty intense build by the look of it and really looking forward to seeing the final product

thanks dude

Originally Posted by DieselKid

This is sweet!!!!! Hobby shop called today and said mine was in! Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow!

Keep up the good work!

-Alex

cool, look forward to seeing what you do with it!

Originally Posted by RMarine

Dude, this thing is sick! I can't wait to see it complete and running!

thanks brother, very soon!

Originally Posted by Diesel Demond

**** you do good work!! cab is spot on

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Started doing some masking




Paint came out pretty nice, can't wait to make my decals and throw em on!




Since the windshioed didn't have the indent in the middle I decided to keep it and just make a trim and drill 100 holes and throw some rivets in to give it that real race lexan windshield look like the real deal, couldn't finish the side windows since I ran out of rivets lol



More to come...

[flatdeck]

Looking good Brian.. Like the window detail...


Wayne

[cabrover]

That is a KOOL build!! You obviously went way past a normal built to make an amazing ride!!