Hoarder Special!

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by D8R

Love those nice curves on cab, amazing skills to make that out of a sheet!
Dan

Thanks a lot Dan!

Originally Posted by bigford

that truck is to old for Alcoa's I love it!!!!!

Haha, well we'll have to see. I don't really like the stock wheels but I do like the chrome.

I have been working on this for an hour or so in the evening the last couple of days. I made some headlight bezels but I did them freehand so they aren't totally identical. It's hard to tell so I will call it good enough. I made my own lenses too but gave up trying to get a domed shape. I'm not in love with having flat, perfetly clear lenses but the size is odd so what's a guy to do. I also added grab handles to the cab. Tonight I started making the rad guard. I used sheet copper and made up my own angle pieces and then milled them all to the same size. I've never soldered this type of stuff before but it went OK. I wish I had a smaller torch though...

[Exclusive RC]

Like always, amazing job Reg, keep the pics coming!

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Exclusive RC

Like always, amazing job Reg, keep the pics coming!

Thanks a lot Brian.

Working with this small stuff is SO much easier using copper rather than aluminum! It still takes some patience but solder is way more forgiving. Anyway, I was in the shop at 6:30am today so that I could work on this before I started on customer stuff. I think the guard turned out looking good and I am looking forward to using the copper sheet again when I do the shutters.

[Joe25]

I would almost pay to watch you work, truely great stuff