JACC - Just Another Crew Cab

[ripper7777777]

This is project I started at the end of april but had to put on hold until life settled down, but now I back and ready to finish it. I'll keep the talk to a minimum and let the pics do the talking.


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/crewcab/cc_001.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/crewcab/cc_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/crewcab/cc_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/crewcab/cc_005.jpg



http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/crewcab/cc_007.jpg


So off to the testing.....


right click and save as:

http://www.ripper7racing.com/vids/HL2.wmv


and that's where ended.

[ripper7777777]

So here is what I did in the last week.

Parts, Parts and more Parts, so much stuff to be painted.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/parts1.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/parts2.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/parts3.jpg



http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/parts4.jpg


I don't care what anyone says I still think the Highlift axles look pretty damn good, especially when shaved and painted.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/parts5.jpg


and the roof rack

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/parts6.jpg


Here's the New Tranney plate.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/parts7.jpg

and the final assembly, I can't wait to get her all muddy.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/chassis1.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/chassis2.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/chassis3.jpg

[OldSchoolRC]

looks fantastic!!

[ripper7777777]

looks fantastic!!

Thanks


A couple quick body on shots

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/body2.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/body1.jpg

[JasonC]

Nice work.

What's the plan for the paint color?

[ripper7777777]

Nice work.

What's the plan for the paint color?

Plain and Simple..............

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/F250/003.jpg

[pedeboi364]

haha, pretty sweet...rc and 1:1 truck...lol

[master_of_desaster]

get some beadlocks and some 2.2 mudslinger tires. they look as close to the real tsl super swamper boggers out there...closely followed by swamp doggs from imex! i would love to get a extended cab truck bodies! looks awesome!!

[Been 2780]

wow..that truck looks awesome

[T-maxxman1]

AW now you're gonna have to lift your 1:1 truck. Lookin' nice.

[ripper7777777]

AW now you're gonna have to lift your 1:1 truck. Lookin' nice.


LOL - Yea, once the kids get a bit older, lifting them in is already a PIA.

[master_of_desaster]

ahhh its worth it tho aint it? i mean i love those big powerstrokes!
hows the project going? i suspect your pretty busy with other things so i bet its hard to keep on one project for one long period. but when ever get us some pics! i love this project!

[ripper7777777]

Well I'm finally back to work on old JACC.

Still a long ways to go, but she's beginning to look like something.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc1.jpg

[master_of_desaster]

looks awesome! hey i got one of those green guys around my shop somewhere too! thanks a bunch for the up-dates

[ripper7777777]

Well here's another little update.......

I wasn't all that happy about the bronze and the black, so I decided to paint the roof rack and bed flat black, along with the mirrors, door handles, grill, bumpers and tailgate handle.

Now this looks better......

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc2.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc3.jpg

[dbjaime3]

Wow looks great. I have a T-Maxx and E-Maxx and a Nitro Stampede and all still have the stock body. Want something else, just don't know how to go about it.

[master_of_desaster]

ahhh niiice verrry niiice! i like the black and i would love to have a roof rack like that for my cc-01

[ripper7777777]

Wow looks great. I have a T-Maxx and E-Maxx and a Nitro Stampede and all still have the stock body. Want something else, just don't know how to go about it.


Practice and lots of it, just don't be scared to screw up, we all screw up.


ahhh niiice verrry niiice! i like the black and i would love to have a roof rack like that for my cc-01

Thanks, I would love to have the skills to be able to dupilcate parts, if you really want one, check with Austin Crawls aka ozz73 at scale4x4, he can make it.

http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=79



The battery cover.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc4.jpg

[master_of_desaster]

smart use of tool box! cool thanks for the link!! seems to be going fairly smooth for ya which is good to see!

[ripper7777777]

Well I got some time to install the lights, oh and I made some cargo, you gotta have stuff to carry in your truck.

Sorry I forgot to take pics as I was making the cargo, I'll get pics next time.


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jaccstuff1.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jaccstuff2.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jaccstuff3.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jaccstuff4.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jaccstuff5.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jaccstuff6.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jaccstuff7.jpg

[master_of_desaster]

ahhh finally something in the bed and roof rack. ever thought of a spare tire mount?

[crazydave]

Excellent work, Ripper, that's coming along superbly.

I noticed the 4xAA box, is that going to power some lights or something?

[ripper7777777]

ahhh finally something in the bed and roof rack. ever thought of a spare tire mount?

Yea I've thought about it, just not sure where a Hihg-lift tire is actually really good size in the bed and truthfully I doubt I would ever carry a full size spare on my 1:1, there is room under the bed for a 33"


Excellent work, Ripper, that's coming along superbly.

I noticed the 4xAA box, is that going to power some lights or something?

Yes the AAA box powers the led light bar, I'm not planning on wiring up any more LED's, but I may do some headlights, the bed ate up the room for the rear LED mounts, but truthfully I never run at night and the lights are just simply plug and play, so there isn't any real challenge....LOL

Well I made me some Rock Slider/ Nerf Bars. I wanted the protection of Rock sliders but the look of my nerf bars.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc5.jpg

I added the red stripes, 4x4, and windsheild decal. I than went outside to take some posers, still have a few small details and than I'll wire her up, I'm hoping sunday I'll get out to give her a real test.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc6.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc7.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc8.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc9.jpg

[ripper7777777]

Gotta have wipers.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc11.jpg


Well I had two extra LED's on the table so I went ahead and installed them.


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc10.jpg

[pesty351]

Looks awesome! I bet if you wet sanded the paint to shine it up I wouldn't be able tell it wasn't real.

[ripper7777777]

Looks awesome! I bet if you wet sanded the paint to shine it up I wouldn't be able tell it wasn't real.


Thanks, yea the clear needs to be polished, but in the right light it looks great, but on a cloudy day, DULL. I can't blame the paint, I would like to, but it was to cold and it didn't flow. So I got a bad case of orange peel. I wet sanded the color coat, not completely smooth, but smooth enough but the Tamiya Clear goes on real thin, I'm having issue with Tamiya paint being over reduced, so I'm not sure I will wet sand, I may just try polish now that it has cured a bit. The fact of the matter is come tomorrow this thing will be knee deep in mud and water so any polish and shine is going to go the way of the dodo....LOL

The scratches and dull paint make it look more like my '99.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/F250/003.jpg

[ripper7777777]

Well I was moving slow this morning so I took my coffee outside and fired up the dremel and gave her a polish. I did scar the clear in a spot, but it's ok. I used a pad that was to abrasive and it picked up the glue from a decal and befroe I knew it I had scared the fender, Nothing major, nothing like what rocks and trails will do....LOL

I wish it was Sunny, but rainey it is.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/jacc12.jpg

[master_of_desaster]

rip she's lookin fine man! i really like the roofrack man! and its good to see this one bout done! get a vid of its maiden voyage or a trail run! thanks man! ill get my cc-01 here in 3 days!!

[FullFingerThrottleCMO]

that is incredible... i think i am going to have to get into the "scale" part of the RC hobby... it just looks like too much fun to make a "mini" version of your real car! LOL... i love it! Great job!

[ripper7777777]

Well just when I thought I was done I went to move a decal and the clear pealed up with it, yea.....

So I think ahhh to hell with it, I'll just clean the glue and put the decal back, after all she's just going to get all torn up on the trails. So I use some Goo Gone and denatured Alcohol, the goo gone is fine but the denatured fogs the clear.....Yea again.

So I strip all the decals wet sand spray a fresh coat of black wet sand. On my 4th or 5th clear coat the nozzle goes crazy and sprays a lazer of clear, it dumps like the whole can on the truck......craptastic

Let it dry for several days, wet sand again, strart the clear all over, this time I get a clogged nozzle, so I switch it and wouldn't you know it it busts off and paint shoots straight up, nice my booth needed a good clear, but the truck and me are now spattered with clear.

So it's time for a brake fluid bath, but first I decide to try some Rustoleum Clear Laquer, not even sure what I bought it for. Anyways it sprayed very clean, no stupid fan tip and it flowed well, still some orange peel but nothing crazy. So I decide I want to drive my truck gave it a wet sand and a wax and left it as it was with 300 coats of paint it should be well protected....

Oh and I added some Chrome Foil to the tool box and I widened the rims, yea I said widened, big whoop, you wanna fight about it?!


On to the backyard testing pics.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_001.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_003.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_007.jpg

[master_of_desaster]

yeah, yeah i wat ot fight about it! lol it looks really good with the rims and the 100th coat of clear lol! i just love crew cabs. what a cool idea!

[hpifirestorm]

Well just when I thought I was done I went to move a decal and the clear pealed up with it, yea.....

So I think ahhh to hell with it, I'll just clean the glue and put the decal back, after all she's just going to get all torn up on the trails. So I use some Goo Gone and denatured Alcohol, the goo gone is fine but the denatured fogs the clear.....Yea again.

So I strip all the decals wet sand spray a fresh coat of black wet sand. On my 4th or 5th clear coat the nozzle goes crazy and sprays a lazer of clear, it dumps like the whole can on the truck......craptastic

Let it dry for several days, wet sand again, strart the clear all over, this time I get a clogged nozzle, so I switch it and wouldn't you know it it busts off and paint shoots straight up, nice my booth needed a good clear, but the truck and me are now spattered with clear.

So it's time for a brake fluid bath, but first I decide to try some Rustoleum Clear Laquer, not even sure what I bought it for. Anyways it sprayed very clean, no stupid fan tip and it flowed well, still some orange peel but nothing crazy. So I decide I want to drive my truck gave it a wet sand and a wax and left it as it was with 300 coats of paint it should be well protected....

Oh and I added some Chrome Foil to the tool box and I widened the rims, yea I said widened, big whoop, you wanna fight about it?!


On to the backyard testing pics.

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_001.jpg


http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_002.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_003.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_004.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_005.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_006.jpg

http://www.ripper7racing.com/myimages/highlift/f250/050808/JACC_007.jpg

(bottom pic) did it jest land on the moon????lol

[master_of_desaster]

haha man i love this truck

[Maxx man]

wow thats awsome how did i miss this again?

[master_of_desaster]

wow thats awsome how did i miss this again?

dude Ripper is an amazing guy with a crazy talent for building scale trucks. he is highly looked up to by me mos def!

[LSXEric]

Just another...:eek: If this is just another whats a unique one?!?:D

[Maxx man]

he is highly looked up to by me mos def!

same here its sweet