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Old 2011.06.19, 10:43 PM   #31
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The compliments aren't going to stop from me, lol... once again great progress made. The grill in particular is impressive, someday you're going to have to show us how you can replicate the original shape and texture in seemingly so few steps!
Thanks Brian! Compliments are always welcome. I still have a few spots to touch up on the grille. It wasn't too hard to make, first I extended the grille by connect both ends with some styrene stripes, then welded pieces of styrene sheets between both ends and the styrene stripes underneath, filled up the gaps with putty, some 400 grit sandpaper for smoothing out the putty, then finish it up with primer and paint.



Update: Continue working on the Tundra from where I left off yesterday. Sand down the second layer of putty.



Seems to be smooth enough, but just to make sure, I sharpied the extension section, then sand it off, so I'll know where I need to apply more putty.





Then applied another layer of putty.



Repeated this steps a few time, spending a good few hours on applying putty and sanding it off, and this is how it came out.





Then I sand down the roof again and applied another layer of putty.



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Old 2011.06.20, 11:28 PM   #32
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Update: Nothing much got done today, it's been a long busy day.

Have the roof smoothed out, and starting to touching up the body lines.





Now that the left side rear door is almost done, time to get to work on the right side.



Here's a little bonus.

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Old 2011.06.21, 08:24 AM   #33
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wow that's amazing work. awesome skills you have Doc!
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Old 2011.06.22, 10:12 PM   #34
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wow that's amazing work. awesome skills you have Doc!
Thanks Stephen!



Update: Mock up of the Baja style light bar!











Then took it out for another run, spend rest of the night cleaning it all up!









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Old 2011.06.23, 11:42 AM   #35
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this is crazy hot..... Great work kid. Keep them coming....
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Old 2011.06.24, 12:25 AM   #36
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this is crazy hot..... Great work kid. Keep them coming....
Thanks Pucho!


Update: New improved body mounts!













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Old 2011.06.24, 11:13 PM   #37
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Update: Front skid plate installed!







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Old 2011.06.29, 12:25 AM   #38
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Update: Project is back on the track! Stiffen the rear end and get to work on the rear fender flares.







Under full compression.



That's all ya get for now, more update tomorrow!
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Old 2011.06.29, 10:12 AM   #39
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Update: Project is back on the track! Stiffen the rear end and get to work on the rear fender flares.







Under full compression.



That's all ya get for now, more update tomorrow!
Wow, I can't wait to see this one finished. What color are you thinking of painting it or are you not quite ready to pick a color?
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Old 2011.06.29, 11:09 PM   #40
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Wow, I can't wait to see this one finished. What color are you thinking of painting it or are you not quite ready to pick a color?
Thanks man, it will be a single color, gloss black.


Update: More progress on the rear fender flare.







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Update: Got more work done the left side rear fender flare.







Got to have a comparison pic to show how wide those fender flares are compare to the stock ones.

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Update: Left rear fender is almost done!











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Update: Sand down the left rear door and left rear fender flare again...I really hate Model Master primer, they are so hard to sand.





Then apply another thin layer of putty, this time with epoxy putty.



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an amazing build i can't imagine the number of hours put into this.
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