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Newbies first king build
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I'm a new guy at the site and this hobby and I'm hoping the photo attachment works but this is the start of my king. And what better way then to start cutting the original lights out then fill the space in. I've been looking and really want to make the fenders lower and the Hood a little longer but I think I might let that wait for the next truck Last edited by onestepbehind; 03-12-2013 at 06:46 AM. |
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Re: Newbies first king build
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Got to this point when I took it apart and to cut the lips off the fenders and unhappy with the paint so I soaked the truck in alcohol and stripped the paint.. I might be goin with a black and purple theme.... I also have frame rails , stacks, and mudflaps coming in from garden trucking. I'm not quite sure what the length I want to make the frame rails yet 28 or longer? |
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Re: Newbies first king build
The king is right at 24" stock, so if you add 4", that would look pretty good. And I feel your pain about the paint. I have to strip two bodies myself. One is my wife's, so I better do hers first.
Big John
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Re: Newbies first king build
The king is around 23 inches, I stretched mine too 25inches with after market rails, but I might do my next one with a set of knight hauler rails which are just under 25 inches long n the holes are already there.
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Re: Newbies first king build
looking good! stripping paint sucks. but you got to do what you got to do. as for the stretch. 28' will look long and sleek. mine are 30" rails.
big john: lmao! i got what you were meaning.
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This truck is looking GOOD!!! It's coming along really well and I can just imagine how she may look when you finish
I too have paint to strip. I want to re-paint all four of my trucks As for Big John; Watch out for the wife, she knows where and when you sleep - RCT
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Lookin' good. Trial and error with the paint, easy to apply, easy to take off. Keep the good work...
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looks good like it is! I too have had to strip paint! painting is not one of my talents for sure I usually get rushing and get runs or too much orange peel.
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Thanks everybody for the compliments and inputs....I went to the hobbyshop and picked more paint yesterday I decided to go with a dark red over black mettalic. Then I spotted a razor saw so I bought and took it home. If ya buy something ya gotta try it out right? So I did and I chopped the top off the sleeper.
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Should I fill the whole in the top o the sleeper where the antenna goes?
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Well I smoothed all the edges out tonight along with filled the whole on the top of the sleeper where the antenna goes because it looks like I'm going to be goin with the 2.4 controller..... I'm still waiting on the frame rails so that I can strip the truck chassis and extend it next up a little more primer and the paint job.... |
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I got all the colors down I'm gonna lay a coat of clear down.i decided not to go all black because I'm goin to make the windows a very dark tint and didn't want the windows to blend in with the paint. Now I can't decide if maybe I should put a silver pinstripe between the red and black. Thanks for lookinimage.jpg
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