Newbies first king build

[onestepbehind]

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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

[onestepbehind]

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[onestepbehind]

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I wanted a little cleaner look so I shaved all the rivets down.

[onestepbehind]

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I cleaned roof up got rid of the seams.... The pic is when I thought I was pretty close to done with the roof but it didn't come out quit the way I wanted so I didn't stop til it was all strait

[onestepbehind]

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Filled in some more wholes that I didn't want

[onestepbehind]

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got it all painted up and the drop visor on and some other odds and ends on then decided I want the lips off the fenders

[onestepbehind]

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[onestepbehind]

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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?

[glorydays24]

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.:p;):rolleyes::eek:

Big John

[BRICKNICK]

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.

[hippy]

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! :D:p;) i got what you were meaning.

[Radio Control Trucker]

This truck is looking GOOD!!! It's coming along really well and I can just imagine how she may look when you finish :D :D

I too have paint to strip. I want to re-paint all four of my trucks :) :cool:

As for Big John; Watch out for the wife, she knows where and when you sleep :eek: :p :eek: :D

- RCT

[Mama Sue]

Lookin' good. Trial and error with the paint, easy to apply, easy to take off. Keep the good work...:)

[rcman]

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.

[onestepbehind]

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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[onestepbehind]

Lowered the sleeper and glued it back.... Time for more body work
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Thanks for lookin ill be puttin more updates soon

[onestepbehind]

Should I fill the whole in the top o the sleeper where the antenna goes?

[NWTrucks]

Lowered the sleeper and glued it back.... Time for more body work
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Thanks for lookin ill be puttin more updates soon

Looks real good! It is amazing some of the small details can really make a difference in the overall look. Sleeper looks great. You will think up many more changes along the way probably. It is all about adding our own little touches and making it a little different than the rest. Looks great, Keep updating with pics as you go along. :)

[onestepbehind]

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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....

[onestepbehind]

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 lookin2622

[Mama Sue]

Looks good. I like the idea of a silver pinstripe

[rcman]

looks really good! like the 2 tone and I too think a silver pin stripe would set it off!

[plow jockey]

The paint looks good!! The pinstripe would really make it pop!! Good job!

[glorydays24]

Nice job on the paint, and imo, I think silver or gold pinstripe would look killer.

Big John

[onestepbehind]

Thanks for the compliments.... I'm holding off on the pinstripe although I agree that it would make it look better but I got it this far without screwing it up so maybe ill put on a little down the road..... I put a couple of small touches on the stock air cleaners till I can afford the aluminum ones..
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[onestepbehind]

Tinted the windows more , actually to much tint I wanted the windows to be lighter. Waiting on stacks
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[onestepbehind]

Decided to do a little flame work on the back of the sleeper.... And just realized I should have made the darn flames red soooo here's a pic before I threw the plate in the alcohol
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[DaBomb6988]

The flames will look sweet in red!

[onestepbehind]

Sooooo I got to looking at the shocks on the truck and I started complaining about the color. Why the he%* would you make pink shocks for a tractor trailer? Then I stood corrected when the wife tells me there not pink..not my fault I'm a little color blind ... There purple which I don't see that being a good color for shocks soo a sanding I a started .... This is what I came up with
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Sooo this took me quite a while and it looks like the road to just finishing the shocks is gone to be a lot longer then I ever expected

[dabears]

id say they are more pink then purple!! lol just paint them

[onestepbehind]

id say they are more pink then purple!! lol just paint them

I definitely agree

[onestepbehind]

Here's the back of the sleeper but I'm still not happy with it2633

[glorydays24]

I don't see anything wrong with the flames, they look cool, um I mean hot.:eek:;):D

Big John

[onestepbehind]

I don't see anything wrong with the flames, they look cool, um I mean hot.:eek:;):D

Big John

Hahahahahahaha thank you Big John

[Espeefan]

That is a really clean paint job, and a good choice on the colors! I've always considered Tamiya's truck shocks to be pink as well. Why they choose that color, I don't know. They probably didn't spend enough time in the anodizing tank. They were probably hoping for more red then pink!

[onestepbehind]

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Got all the shocks done .... I couldn't bring myself to paint em

[onestepbehind]

2650couldnt resist throwing the stacks on for a quick look... Just waiting on my parts and my buddy at the machine shop to finish drilling my new rails out... I didn't do em myself because I figured it would be drivin Like a three legged dog

[kingbob]

2650couldnt resist throwing the stacks on for a quick look... Just waiting on my parts and my buddy at the machine shop to finish drilling my new rails out... I didn't do em myself because I figured it would be drivin Like a three legged dog

Haha, it is hard to resist putting them on isnt it??

Looking nice and shiny, a silver pin stripe will make it pop!

[Diesel Demond]

i think it look awesome with out pinstripe the tinted windows match the black and all jives together. just my 2 cents. and your paint is killer!! did yo just sand down shocks or use a paint remover/thinner on them they look way better!

[onestepbehind]

i think it look awesome with out pinstripe the tinted windows match the black and all jives together. just my 2 cents. and your paint is killer!! did yo just sand down shocks or use a paint remover/thinner on them they look way better!

thank you for the compliment.... it took a little bit and a paint job or two later to think of the scheme....its hard to make it different then eveybody elses. I actually ran a soft wire wheel on them at work then used 800 grit 1500 grit and then 2000 grit than some flitz polish, i swear by it. its even better than mothers

[onestepbehind]

Well got a delivery today that I've been waitin on for a while.....Pete headlights, reduction trans, rear tail light plate, m 20+ and my 12 v motor.... Wahooo2730

[onestepbehind]

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[onestepbehind]

2732I got one head light mounted and half of the other one because when I pulled out of the package it fell apart.....:(

[dabears]

Cab is looking pretty sweet!

[onestepbehind]

:(not much of an update but i gave my buddy my frame rails because he said he would drill the wholes for me on a jig at his machine shop that he works at that way he said they would be perfect sooo im still waiting.... i guess eight months is worth the wait:(

[crisis time]

Your truck is looking great :cool:

really like the paint scheme although my vote would be for a gold pin stripe
The really quick (and easy) way to strip anodising off is with a caustic bath
I use 50 grams of caustic pellets with a litre of water it strips hard anodising off in 10 minutes with no rubbing just rinse of with water after it has stripped and job done easy :bounce: