Project Rover RC (71 C10)

[Ol'Rover]

Well, ive started, and had to stop a couple of my projects so far, cause i either fubar'd it or some one else fubar'd it. :mad: But now i got my hands on the manufacturing class's vacu-form... I made some moulds. and made myself a 71 C10 Stepside! Ill see how it goes. And another one will come along soon with moulded detail, and a fleetside. Let me know whatcha think.

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[mustanglover]

where you get the vac-form from you make it??

[Donziikid]

Props on the custom body. ;) This is something definetly worthy of the COTM! :cool:

[Ol'Rover]

the vacu-form is from my school, i finished all my moduals, so now i just get to dick around for the rest of the year. uh...and if you dont mind me asking... what does COTM meen???

[Donziikid]

the vacu-form is from my school, i finished all my moduals, so now i just get to dick around for the rest of the year. uh...and if you dont mind me asking... what does COTM meen???

COTM = Car of the Month. ;)

Here:
http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=13

[Ol'Rover]

Lol thanks man! oh, i just pulled the Sharpie on it, check it! sorry, some dark pictures...

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[Stampedekid]

A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!! That looks sick! Nice sharpie work too ;)

[Lancer_Man]

Wow, great job on making a custom body. That's definitely not easy to do!

That's great that you have access to a vacu-form machine. There are many uses for that! :D

Keep it up!

[Ol'Rover]

the hardest part was actually making the block moulds. took me 3 days to get them right. After that just let the vacu-form do its thing, and cut it our on the bandsaw.

[Ol'Rover]

updates. and oh baby, this thing hauls arse! ill get a vid after i fix my steering.

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[fordman239]

um... very creative.;)

[theoriganalRiD3R1967]

thats a good idea! any plans for paint or body add-on/ finishing touches?

[Ol'Rover]

not sure at the moment. Any suggestions? :p Im oben to suggestions on what i could do with it.

im thinking of blue with white roof. And maybe some LED lights if i can find some. I still have to fab up a bed mount so it wont shift around.

[fordman239]

may want to sand around the wheel wells so its not so rough, and paint the body then paint the details that youve already drawn with a sharpie. lol.

[Ol'Rover]

sounds like a plan lol, Me Design/manufacturing teacher is letting me work on it in class which is very nice, I also put a posi- Locker in it lol, stole my lil brothers playdoh and jammed a small peice in the differential. Now it does real good donuts :p

as for painting details should i just use a fine brush or what?

[fordman239]

i would use adhesion promoter first and let that dry and maybe prime it then paint it with some automotive touch up paint.

[xmodkidd33]

Very ingenuitive. I say go and add the smaller details such as door lines, the grille, and other bits on the wood mould with an awl/Dremel. Could the Vacu-form get those smaller parts in the plastic?

[Ol'Rover]

if i have thiner plastic yes.

[Ol'Rover]

well, i put details in the mould, and i msessed it up...so im sticking with my plain one. I recently painted it, and it turned out fairly decent i think. Its not done yet.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/KurtS_1/pic002.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i91/KurtS_1/pic001.jpg

ps. what could i use for new Reciever wires, i want to put dual ones on (whips) :P

[xmodkidd33]

18 ga. wire?

I like the looks of it, although the division between the blue and white could have been done neater.

[greekone]

The paint came out pretty good just need to mask a little better.

[Ol'Rover]

i plan on fixing the paint, the divison between Blue & SILVER. yeah its actually silvern ot white lol, looks cool when the light hits it right. i didnt mask the blue off when brusning the silver paint, i shoulda....but i didnt. it will be fixed, dont even worry about it!

so 18 ga wire will work?

[Lancer_Man]

Go with spray paint, for future reference. It makes the whole process easier.

But, it does look nice and smooth, so it's kinda up to you. :D

Other than that, looking nice.

[Ol'Rover]

i sprayed the blue, but the silver model paint i have looks realy nice so i used it. and it came out realy smooth, Im going to fix it, and clearcoat it.