
Builder Last Online: May 2019


Model Scale: 1/8
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Started: 11-30-07
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I was gabbing with Rick t'other evening and discussing what's coming up for '08 and the forum.......
A valid point was brought up and we thought about it for a bit and here's what we wound up with...
We have a number of very talented, experienced modelers that contribute a wealth of information and inspiration to the forum as well as new techniques....some of the best I've seen.
Rick and I thought maybe we were so caught up in all this that we might be overlooking the guys that are new to large scale modeling and the folks that might be a little intimidated by tearing up a new kit to build something a little different than every other T kit.
I need your feedback to determine if enough of you would like to do a step by step build along.
Here's a quick overview of what you'll need if you want to have some fun....
T-kit (any flavor)
Hobby shop sheet styrene
and misc. plastic.
Hobby knife
and blades
Sandpaper
Putty
I'll sketch out the patterns for the body pieces and post them...there will be a ruler at the bottom of the page so that you can size them and print them out. Use them as patterns to cut out the pieces....the rest is easy...I'll go step by step through the assembly and you will be able to use it with your kit built T chassis and suspension etc. Any modification to kit parts will be minor.
So, as easy as pie. you can scratch build
a custom C-cab body or a custom C/cab Surf Woody....(balsa wood or craft store stuff, no exotic woods unless you want to personalize your version)
We won't be using lathes, drill presses, computer drawings or any of that stuff....just old school modeling.
So let me know and I'll pull up some of the old pics of the prototype I was working on to give you an idea of what it would look like.
A valid point was brought up and we thought about it for a bit and here's what we wound up with...
We have a number of very talented, experienced modelers that contribute a wealth of information and inspiration to the forum as well as new techniques....some of the best I've seen.
Rick and I thought maybe we were so caught up in all this that we might be overlooking the guys that are new to large scale modeling and the folks that might be a little intimidated by tearing up a new kit to build something a little different than every other T kit.
I need your feedback to determine if enough of you would like to do a step by step build along.
Here's a quick overview of what you'll need if you want to have some fun....
T-kit (any flavor)
Hobby shop sheet styrene

Hobby knife

Sandpaper
Putty

I'll sketch out the patterns for the body pieces and post them...there will be a ruler at the bottom of the page so that you can size them and print them out. Use them as patterns to cut out the pieces....the rest is easy...I'll go step by step through the assembly and you will be able to use it with your kit built T chassis and suspension etc. Any modification to kit parts will be minor.
So, as easy as pie. you can scratch build

We won't be using lathes, drill presses, computer drawings or any of that stuff....just old school modeling.
So let me know and I'll pull up some of the old pics of the prototype I was working on to give you an idea of what it would look like.
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