How to make your Trialler look more (ab)used, and how to make a cheap snorkel
Just thought i´d post a few pics of the current look of my Chevy truck, with the latest mods.
The dents are simply made by heating the plastic with a lighter, and then pressing the dent in the soft plastic. Afterwards, 'anti-rust' paint has been applied with an airbrush. Easy, but the overall scale appearance is helped, i think.
The snorkel is actually also pretty easy. I used a Clod bumper, cut in half, and bent with heat also.. Then the cap from a small container for drills on top, held in place by a shape-bend 3 mm screw, glued inside the 'pipe'. On the inside, i have drilled a 1 mm hole, and attached the snorkel with a small bodyclip, through the hole drilled in the fender.
Note that i have left one of the 'tabs' on the bumper-piece, to act as a 'mounting-piece' next to the windscreen..
Sorry if my English is not very precise, but i have tried my best to tell how it´s done, LOL..
If in doubt, look at the pics. ;)
Comments are of course, very welcome..
Cheers..
Michael
Comments
Wyoming
That looks really good, I love the beat up look!
flux density
Very imaginative presentation , I like it .
gmtgmtdk
you done it agine michael looks so nice
Bin ^jammin^
Looks great
mymonsterbeetleisbroken
Love those rusty dents!
mr_pushrod
Sweet!
waterboy
love it brilliant
tamiya_runner
Great - where did you get the front grill?
craigj2118
looking good,its the little things that make a good rc
Gruntfuggly
I love the fact that half the people on this site are trying to remove cracks and dents from old bodyshells - and here you are putting them in! Definitely looks the part though...
TheLordOfHoard
Well done my friend. Looks very good. Great to see people adding extra touchs to already great work.
M.Boy
i love the rusty look very nice details...
gozone
Thanks for all the nice feedback on the mods.
tamiya_runner> The front guard is from a Wedico
1/16 Mercedes truck
Cheers..
Michael
hairyguy4
nice, you should cut the clod bumper vertically down the middle and it makes a really cool set of bumperettes for the rear
tamiyamatt
What body is that? is it a tamiya? It looks really nice like a real trail truck.
gozone
Yes, it is the old ClodBuster shell. Cheers...
Yeah, this is a really coolcar. Where did U get the black cow-bar on the front?
gozone
The bumper is from a Wedico 1/16 scale truck,
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