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11-25-2015, 10:14 AM
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Re: Fat "n" Flat
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05-06-2016, 10:03 PM
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It's been slow in my shop for the last week
 so I have been poking at this to keep myself occupied. A while back Mario was kind enough to send me his old cab that had been painted and stripped too many times for his shiny black KW. I was happy to get a cab and didn't really care that it wasn't perfect.(Thanks Buddy)I made up panels for the roof and rear cab wall out of aluminum and mixed up some Bondo so that I could do some body work. I cleaned up the cab a bit more with a razor blade and filled the clearance light holes before priming and painting it. The primer went on great and so did the first coat of red. Everything went south when I applied the second coat starting with a brand new can of red. I've had problems with this before when I've started a new can part way through causing my beautiful(for me) paint job to turn into a 90 year old's scrotum right before my eyes.  Anyway, I left the cab for three days and did a little sanding before applying another coat. Even after that long the paint still reacted in a few spots but I just settled for it being good enough. This cab has been exfoliated more times than a Kardashian so it will do until I win the lotto and buy a new cab. I quickly made up a little visor for it, installed a bunch of new/used chrome I got from Brandon and then tore the whole thing down to paint the chassis. I wanted to have all of it powder coated but decided that I would rather polish off a $6 rattle can of BBQ black paint than spend the money on doing it right.lol This truck is not a show stopper and it has a likelihood of ending up shiny side down at 30mph so no need to spend too much time or money. Enough talking, here she is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjfTS-QKcFA      It's so bright out today that it photographed pink outside.       
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#68
05-06-2016, 11:09 PM
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Re: Fat "n" Flat
Ha Ha Ha RoadKill
 Very Purdy. I'm traveling as usual......back Thursday next week. Trying to bring you out of boredom ...........order/fund coming 
Last edited by Bo Wallen; 05-06-2016 at 11:17 PM.
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#70
05-07-2016, 10:04 AM
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Thanks guys. I need to make some hubs for the front wheels because they are just plastic to metal on the spindles and the fit isn't very good. Running at those speeds for long might make things a little melted and then I'll lose a front wheel too!lol
That sounds great Bo. I will be taking some pieces in for powder coat this week so I should have things all set up and ready to start by the time you are ready!
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#71
05-09-2016, 10:07 AM
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Re: Fat "n" Flat
I feel like it needs a little more jdm styling and a gyro to help counter steer when you initiate the drift
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#73
05-09-2016, 10:24 AM
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Yeah Yeah and a big coffee can exhaust maybe some neon lights all over the place ohhh and lots of stickers lol on a side note where can I find a filler panel for a day cab build on my king hauler?
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#75
05-09-2016, 11:55 AM
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Oh okay I didn't think about that
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05-09-2016, 05:03 PM
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This is one build that Tamiya should contact you about mass production. You've added a new drift class. lol Personally I like it because I would like to add a single axle flatbed truck to my collection to haul my building materials around my layout. And you sure did a great job of making a two in one truck.
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#80
05-09-2016, 10:39 PM
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Re: Fat "n" Flat
Drivers view....This is how you dump materials....and why I didn't care if the paint was perfect...
https://youtu.be/Mt7yCtx-mLw
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