grungerockjeepe
05-08-2008, 01:53 AM
Here're 2 slots that Im getting together right now. Lately Ive been on kind of a rat rod thing so the primer is gonna stick on both of these. 1st up is the chevy stepside:
This started out as a command control with worn chrome, a bent window post and missing grille--in other words ripe for some tweakage. After a full chrome stripping, repair of the window post with Testors, and a full sanding with 400-grit I then laid down the initial coat of red oxide primer.
Id been working on perfecting an HP-2 with the traction magnets removed and a set of AFX mags swapped in using a tomy turbo rear end. Ive also been toying around with a few that I installed copper desoldering braids in place of the stock pickup skis. Trouble is, the braids bring on a TON of power since its a direct electrical path right to the brush barrels making it a real handful to drive...and that was AFTER I put in a detuned motor using the motor block and weaker motor magnets of an HP-7 along with a gold wire armature from an Ideal slotted car. So it needs to be weighted down a bit to make it stay put when running it hard. The rear tires are from Wierd Jack and give just that right balance of grip vs slide. The front tires are O-rings. In order to keep the front axle from shorting out against the braids, I cut down some styrene tubing into sleeves.
I saw a hotwheels custom '69 chevy pickup and grabbed it since I liked the smoothed grille with hidden headlites. But it left a lot fo empty space in the tyco's front end. So I lopped off the whole grill shell and bumper since it was a quick and dirty way to a little weight. I had to chop off the top part to get the right fit, and do a little cutting and on the grille shell so the lines of the 2 trucks will blend. I had one of the weights from the rear bumper of a command control car laying around and chopped it in half, and super glued it against the bulkhead in front of the rear axle.
I just gotta strip the rest of the paint off that grille shell and then JB weld it to the front end of the truck then lay in a fresh coat of primer. I also need to fill the holes from the missing rollbar since I used it to replace one from a stocker. But when its done, it'll be SWEET!
This started out as a command control with worn chrome, a bent window post and missing grille--in other words ripe for some tweakage. After a full chrome stripping, repair of the window post with Testors, and a full sanding with 400-grit I then laid down the initial coat of red oxide primer.
Id been working on perfecting an HP-2 with the traction magnets removed and a set of AFX mags swapped in using a tomy turbo rear end. Ive also been toying around with a few that I installed copper desoldering braids in place of the stock pickup skis. Trouble is, the braids bring on a TON of power since its a direct electrical path right to the brush barrels making it a real handful to drive...and that was AFTER I put in a detuned motor using the motor block and weaker motor magnets of an HP-7 along with a gold wire armature from an Ideal slotted car. So it needs to be weighted down a bit to make it stay put when running it hard. The rear tires are from Wierd Jack and give just that right balance of grip vs slide. The front tires are O-rings. In order to keep the front axle from shorting out against the braids, I cut down some styrene tubing into sleeves.
I saw a hotwheels custom '69 chevy pickup and grabbed it since I liked the smoothed grille with hidden headlites. But it left a lot fo empty space in the tyco's front end. So I lopped off the whole grill shell and bumper since it was a quick and dirty way to a little weight. I had to chop off the top part to get the right fit, and do a little cutting and on the grille shell so the lines of the 2 trucks will blend. I had one of the weights from the rear bumper of a command control car laying around and chopped it in half, and super glued it against the bulkhead in front of the rear axle.
I just gotta strip the rest of the paint off that grille shell and then JB weld it to the front end of the truck then lay in a fresh coat of primer. I also need to fill the holes from the missing rollbar since I used it to replace one from a stocker. But when its done, it'll be SWEET!