project Road Hawg

[glorydays24]

You are doing a supurb job so far. Can't wait to see this one come to life...Now get busy, lol.

Big John

[dmess62]

Time for a small update.

Shot some primer on the sleeper to see how much sanding I still need to do.....Holy cow. All the little spots are magnified.

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Also got the motor/trans and 5th wheel mounted. Then moved the front axle forward some more. Gonna have to mount the shock tower mounts at an angle to to keep the function of them. here's a couple pics

[plow jockey]

The joys of body work.Cant wait to see some paint on it.

[dmess62]

Haven't had much time lately to work on the truck, but was able to get a little bit done. Still ongoing body work. Got the motor/trans, and cab floor mounted. I couldn't resist a little mock up to see what it might look like.
Here's a couple pics.









I think the height of the sleeper might be a bit too much. What do you guys think.

[Goose19]

Originally Posted by dmess62

Shot some primer on the sleeper to see how much sanding I still need to do.....Holy cow. All the little spots are magnified.

understatement of the year! i found that out for a few months on mine! just remember, more time now makes prettier truck later!

Gonna have to mount the shock tower mounts at an angle to to keep the function of them.

the 1:1 Petes are like than too, call it another scale touch!

I think the height of the sleeper might be a bit too much. What do you guys think.

it does seem a bit high, but you can tweek it with shims under the cab, or matching the cab roof to it. it doesnt look bad like that tho either.

keep up the good work! she'll be a beaut for sure!

[dmess62]

Had to dust this off for a small update.

I cut down the height of the sleeper, got the hood glued back on.
The weather wasn't cooperating to try and get any body work done. Seems like all I do is fill and sand, then repeat.
Got a package in the mail the other day...Steve's A/C's, these are nice. I had to put them on and see what it looked like.







Then today I got home from work and another package came in the mail

[dabears]

Looking good Buddy!!! I like it!

[Espeefan]

Nice work with the cab mods. You're pretty good with styrene! The extra work is really going to pay off when the model is painted.

[dmess62]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Nice work with the cab mods. You're pretty good with styrene! The extra work is really going to pay off when the model is painted.

Thanks it's been some trial and a lot of error. I am trying to resist the urge to rush through it to get it done, then not be happy with it. There's a lot of good info from other members builds on here that helps out alot

Originally Posted by dabears

Looking good Buddy!!! I like it!

Thanks Aaron

[dmess62]

Well being that I don't drink anymore I figured I'd stay home and work on the truck some. So what better way to bring in the new year than with a small update. I got Russ's steps and John's stacks mounted. I also am using Paul/Russ's stack relocation brackets. Russ sugessted using 1/8 in flat stock to mount the steps. After trying to figure out how to get the heigth of the step right, the answer was in front of me with the stack relocation bkt. I drilled 2 holes to mount the flat stock to the frame, then drilled two lines of vertical holes in it and filed the parts in between to give me 2 long holes so when I mounted the steps tho the flat stock it gives me the ability to adjust the heigth of the steps. Also got Steve's a/c's mounted

A few pics

[dmess62]

Small update. I made a set of fuel tanks andot them mounted. Had to make a small adjustment to the sleeper to have enough clearance for the stacks.

Let me know what you guys think

[petermoblin]

Coming along very nicely. All the body work and tanks look great.

[dabears]

Looking good buddy!!

[dmess62]

Well I got it running under its own power with mfu(no vid yet). Having a problem getting the remote start to wotk with dx6i. Anyone else have any issues with this or a solution. I went through the thread on how to cofigure dx6i with mfu but still no remote start.
Any help is appreciated

Thanks Dave

[dmess62]

Small update. Got some cab and sleeper skirts made. Working on a filler piece that goes between the fuel tanks at the back.

[dabears]

Side skirts are looking good buddy!!

[Espeefan]

Agreed, the cab skirting looks pretty nice! Glad you are still plugging away at this project.

[Kaf343]

Yeah, I like the way the skirt hugs the tank. Nice job.

[Mama Sue]

I agree with all above. The side skirting looks good...

[dmess62]

Time for a small update. Getting the bodywork close to being ready for paint. Still waiting on a couple parts for the cab to finish it up. In the meantime I installed a set of Russ's airride on the trailer.





Then I couldn't resist getting it together and taking it out for a test drive. Let me know what you guys think.