optimus prime transformers

[1985 kenworth]

thats true but the phone cameras don't tell the true story of the picture.i prefer them to be bright just like on the real truck .i am sure in person they look different...time will tell...i pick it up tomorrow minus the side lights

[kingbob]

Looks fricken awesome!

[Espeefan]

Cool picture! Optimus Prime looks really great, and so does Motormaster, although why does Motormaster have bigger 'pipes' then Optimus?

[kingbob]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

...why does Motormaster have bigger 'pipes' then Optimus?

Compensating for a smaller weapon maybe :P

[civic83]

because motor master is a bada$$ lol

[Stuff]

lol motormaster? does he work for Canadian Tire? :P (motormaster is canadian tire's in house brand of automotive parts)

both are equally BADASS builds!!! get your buddy on here to show off his truck to!

[civic83]

I do have an old thread on here for the motor master build but it hasn't been updated in a long time!

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by civic83

I do have an old thread on here for the motor master build but it hasn't been updated in a long time!

Better get on that!

[Supermario]

OP looked spectacular at the show Dwayne, great job!
Now if you really want to amaze, how bout getting the truck to do this?

http://youtu.be/CaA2-FVXDuY


Mario

[1985 kenworth]

yea mario ...if i could do that i would not need to drive truck anymore.i would build them and sell them wow that is cool though...i bet expensive

[td-civ]

great to see you very happy with the work i did and wait till i put the rest of the lighting on it and more

[td-civ]

here is a vid of part of the lighting i did on this truck and i have another vid of it running ill post up as soon as i upload it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfJ4...X45JFyHrDklkUA

[td-civ]

looks like this will be bumblebee

[Espeefan]

Dang.....to bad they don't just introduce Ultra Magnus and get rid of all these modern looking semi trucks! Curious about that old Marmon COE though. Looks like it would make a better Otpimus Prime then anything else I've seen so far.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

that is a great pick the two together very nice... The new cab over is megatron everyone knew that but the old pete cab over is the old optimums back from the dead the new optimums is that GOOFY look new IH with 3 turn out stacks on each side. A guy over on my face book page got some picks as they were filming 2 weeks ago as they are filming on his grandfathers land they had 2 of the OP semis and one of the old OP's sitting there and one Mega outght to be a great movie I think minus the International Joker Semi..

[td-civ]

here is a vid of the truck running its not done but you guys can see it work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT_SxjCelA0

[plow jockey]

That is one Bad A$$ truck for sure!! Great job on this build all the way around!!

[kingbob]

I havent got mine yet, but i think they're going to a problem to mount with his mounting method.
The chassis rails i used (from Joe) arent quite the same height as the stock ones, they're a fraction taller. I had to grind my fuel tank mounts to fit them. If the mount for the boxes is the same, they may not fit.
And, with the C clamp style he's used, they will be in the way for mounting the headache rack. They'll raise it by several mm, which will put it past the top of the roof of the sleeper.

[tc1cat]

From some of the pics of the small tool boxes, you can take the mounting bracket off and use its 2 mounting holes to mount it directly to the frame. Even add a spacer if you wanted.

[kingbob]

Ahh I didnt notice that it looks removable. Problem solved.