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This is so cool, hope to see pictures of the front hood finished, i have never seen this on a custom high-lift before. The color, blue for the engine and red for the diff caps is a good one too, it is used quite a lot for restaurations of 40s/50s REAL trucks. 1954chevypickup...rom-2.html

Feraz

Hey thanks Feraz, I must actually update this thread. The F350 is basically done apart from some small teething problems.

I'll update it later today.

That rear cage is a piece of art, looks like you did some copperweld Nice bended curves.

Did you cut the fronthood with sewingtread? beacause it seems you didnt lose much plastic material when removing the fronthood.

Feraz:)

I tried the sewing thread method, but I couldn't get it to work properly. I used a Dremel. The best tools for any RC builder. I used the thinnest cutoff disc. About 1mm.

Here is some more of the build process. I copied the most common mods on the internet as you can see. This mod drops the centre of gravity, which is a big problem on the Highlifts.








As you can see, I did away with the leaf springs, they are more pain than pleasure. If you roll over, they bend. I'm using them in a trailer I'm building for the F350. 21.5 turn brushless provides the power for the truck. Finished off with custom 4 links suspension.





And I inverted a 17kg metal gear servo and installed it in front to add more nose wieght.

I'll find more pics and update soon.

Louisbaby wrote:

I tried the sewing thread method, but I couldn't get it to work properly. I used a Dremel. The best tools for any RC builder. I used the thinnest cutoff disc. About 1mm.
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I recently bought a razor saw (with a 0.3mm blade) & have found it very useful for longer/straighter cuts

Couple pics of primer:







Couple of coats of "XF-51 Khaki Drab"













More soon...

Don't worry too much about the marks on the bonnet in the first picture, it showed up after spraying the primer so I sanded down and refilled the area before spraying the main color. The other picture has probably got you guys wondering what it is I sprayed there. Here it is installed:






It looks much better when the body is installed, and you open the bonnet. I will neaten up the wiring when everything comes together.

Here is the finished Grill/bumper:






I've got a surprise with the paint work. Something totally different to the normal themes on F350s. I should have progress tonight.

Nice, doe you plan to make something to lock the fronthood?
Like a pressure and klick system or something?

Feraz

Hey Feraz, i'm using a magnet system I used before on scale hatches on my dads airplane. It worked great. I'll post pics soon.

But for now, my progress:




Looks a little different to the other Tamiya F350's out there...