Classy Shak

[Dreamweaver]

Hi All..

Wow I got a very cool present in the mail today from a real good friend. I will let him say who he is if he wants.

All I can say is Thank you very much.



These things are so cool..

Thanks Friend!!!

~Mike~

[Dreamweaver]

Hi All!!

Well I got my package from Lynn (tc1cat) and am glad to add some more of his fine work to my truck.

I sent Lynn a drawing of what I wanted and he made it look exactly like what I had in my head...

I had him make the Pittman arm and a steering arm for the truck.





I told him I wanted it to look like the real thing and that's exactly what I got.

Then I needed a special bumper because of how far forward the steering axle is mounted and again I sent a drawing and he made it perfect.





Thanks Lynn for the good work. It really adds to this build.



I also got a few more parts from RC Dampner.

I got the rearend cross member, the radius rods for the rear suspension, and the tank mounts for either 2 or 4 tanks. I have not made up my mind yet. But either way I have enough.




~Mike~

[Dreamweaver]

Howdy..

Got a much awaited package in the mail today...

My rear suspension.


Now I got most of what I need to get it to a rolling chassis this weekend, rolling on it's final frame rails that is..

I got the rear suspension put together to make sure I got all the required parts. The only thing plastic on this is the spring saddle, everything else is metal.










So this weekend I get to cut and drill the frame and start putting it together again.

Just need a few more parts, some of which I believe are on the way.

Some need to be ordered still..

I got some other parts in the mail the other day from the one and only Tamiya Cowboy. I got the dash and steering wheel, windows, fifth-wheel, and carrier bearings.

Thank you very much Paul!!

So she is getting close.

To do list:

1. Cut and drill the frame.
2. reassemble everything
3. Make the fuel tanks and rear steps.
4. Make the back part of the running board.
5. Have a rear bumper made.
6. Get the rear fenders, and install them.
7. Make the sleeper wings, and install them.
8. Make the rear shocks and brakes.
9. Make a fifth-wheel platform.
10. Make drive lines.
11. make the interior of the cab.
12. Do the body work.
13. Paint.
14. Install Steve's Awesome Wheels and Air Cleaners
15. Install Visor
16. Electronics, including all 300+ LED's
17. Then last but not least....have fun playing with the thing.

~Mike~

[Dreamweaver]

Well Hello All..

I got my frames done today and I am really pleased with the way they look.

The frame rails I got from FGD and the cross are from RCDampner

The new and the stock.






















I am hearing this song in my mind going over and over again..... "Give me fourty acres and I'll turn this rig around, it's the easiest way I have found. Some guy's can turn em on a dime or turn um right down town. But I need fourty acres to turn this rig around"


~Mike~

[Dreamweaver]

I am seriously contemplating moving the axles forward to where the center of the suspension is where the cross member in front of it is now.

Now that I have a set of axles on it, it looks a little odd to me being that long. I look at it and it looks like it is sagging in the middle.


~Mike~

[Dreamweaver]

Hi Guy's

Well I got my tires today. I also moved the drives forward to shorten the wheel base. I think this looks more realistic. It still is not set in stone yet. I have to get the fenders first and build the steps, in order to place the axle. That way I don't crowd the steps with the cab wings, which I also need to build.

With the frame and drives as they are now.



And with the drives moved forward.







~Mike~

[Dreamweaver]

Howdy Friends

Well I got a much anticipated package in the mail today.

John (Stylin-n-Profilin) sent me a set of his full fenders.

Now when these come they are a bit rough and need some sanding. I showed them to my wife and told her that there was a lot of sanding and by hand it would take all day, and that I wish I had that Ryobi belt sander that HD has for $119. Well she told me to bad, and proceeded to go to town to go shopping, I thought, she returned about 45 min later with the sander.



Well any way, I was in to big of a hurry to play with my new toys to snap a picture of the fenders as they came. So here they are after i got done sanding.








Ok now with the help of my home made .35 cent spacers (7 nickles taped under the fenders) I go them to a suitable ride height.

Now the first pictures here are with the axles at the original position.










Now these are with the axles moved up to the new wheel base.














Here you can see how much I moved them forward.





I would really like to thank John for making these for me, they are AWESOME... I love them.

~Mike~