Hilux with tray

Hi all,
been very slack on the model making front .... been busy building a new rc boat .. 65in long with twin inline engine.
Anyway started this yesterday got cab painted today , still more to do to the tray chassis yet ... Would like some ideas on if it should have some mudguards.. yes or no ???? and ideas on tail lights... i have some auslowe truck ones ? But i think they look abit big. Is there anything out there i could use ?

What do you all think so far ??

Thanks
Todd
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should have mudgaurds, tail lights can be made by glueing square or rectangle pieces of plasticard of the correct size in place then painting the appropriate colors or u could drill holes in the rear panel and use the clear glaze type product to make round tail lights

awesome job so far,I have one of those kits myself

looking good so far

Nice Hilux mate! I agree it should have mudguards. Sweet tray too

hi,
got bit more done in last few days. Here is a idea i have for the mudguards which i will prop go with, made from some stainless steel sheet and would be polished.Exhust almoat done just got to finsh make the twin dump pipes that will come out in the cut out in the back of the tray.

Hope you all like so far.

Todd

Lookin good but why did you change the colour?

I kinda liked the teal.

the new mudguards look OK.

this is what the model is based on , my daily driver.

looks nice both the model and car although it's sit way to low for me
I have always like the utes with the round polished steel mud guards in the same style as the trucks use

Looking good.
If you want chequerplate for the tray then talk to Michele at www.thepartsbox.com

Thanks guys...
yeah i was thinking of floor plate on the back of the tray to match mine. Does any one know how thick it is ?

you can get a very thin sheet of ever green plastic card chequer plate,its that thin you can cut it with scissor.

The Parts Box stuff varies as it is hand cast.
The last sheet I got from them was about 1/2mm on 1 side & 2 1/2 on the other. But being resin it's dead easy to sand down to a consistent thickness. Just lay out a fresh piece of sandpaper on a flat surface and rub the plate around on top.
I've also seen scale metal chequer plate. Not sure if it's photoetched or embossed.

hi all,
got heeps done tonite , am very happy with how it is turning out so far. will get the tray painted today , just got a few little things to do as well to have it finshed ......





hope you like so far

Thanks
Todd

looking awesome! all it needs is a P plate stuck on the back window askew!

got the tray painted today , looks better than i was hoping to. still a few little things to do. Almost finshed, then start getting into the 59 el camino.
What is the best way to make some number plates ?? The plates i have on my ute are CO-01-UT would like to put the same on the model as well.







Thanks for looking
Todd

looks sweet as man

Making plates is easy.
Measure the real ones in inches and then use Micro$oft Powerpoint to draw them with mm for inches (so if they are 16 inches wide IRL make them 16mm wide in powerpoint).
Powerpoint has rectangles with rounded corners you can use and with a bit of trial and error you should be able to find a font which matches whatever they use up there.
Make the font size about 2 for the message along the bottom of the plate.
Print on a colour printer on plain paper and then just cut them out & glue them on with white glue. Be carefull not to use too much glue as some printer ink will run if there is loads of ink and it soaks through the paper.

Looks really neat, although I prefer it without the mudguards.
You could also take a photo of your number plate and scale it to the right size and print it as well.

looks nice I like it. For the plates I would head to your state department of transport web site and go to the personalised plates area type in what you want on the plates it will tell you if it in use and the show you what it would look like if the plate is being used it wont show you, But if you change the letters around it will. Then save the picture on your computer and cut and past the letters till they are in the right order then resize the picture to the right size and you will have the a correct copy for your car

Thanks heeps everyone will give it go.

Will update el camino in next few days, got a bit more done.

looking at yours mate makes me think i should finish mine.
by the way AWESOME JOB