Egyptian Raider Pick up

[modelsinc1967]

Thank you CTSpeedshop,
not much of an update got the tail on the car and some resin casted pieces under the the car on the frame, also tried out a set of supremes and I like the look of them over the wires, but not sure if they will be the final wheels....

 

[modelsinc1967]

this is not part of the theme but noticed how well a sand trooper action figure helmet fit a Sphinx and said why not, Ill have to add one in this build some where.....

just like this hieroglyphic someone Photoshopped, kinda gave me the idea as well.

 

[modelsinc1967]

front and rear bumper idea....


hands attached to frame to hold the bumpers...

ideas for tie downs...

a modified tie down.

 

[modelsinc1967]

the rest of the front grill for 32.

something I came up with for a Radiator support...


rear bumper...

not sure if I like the mummy hands on the fenders or not, will have to give those more thought....

 

[modelsinc1967]

not much of an update this morning I usually get a full night in Sunday night but had other things to take care of so what little time I did use I had to build up the wall around the wheel wells in the rear to not show the plastic used for the floor of the 32, got the pass door hinge on the pickup, filled in a gap at the bottom edges of the firewall with a thing strip of plastic, and played around with placement of other Egyptian items on the under carriage as well at the rear shelf tray of the 32.....

 

[modelsinc1967]

Finally got the both doors hinged...

and the floor got a sliver of foam sanded down thin enough as a floor.

 

[modelsinc1967]

Decided to take another crack at a hood hinge, this one works a lot better, it still needs to be slide out as it is opened but works better than all the other attempts...

have had this idea for a while but if I go for it will take hours to get the pyramids sanded thin and shaped to fit the best but this is about the only good place for them on the project as tiles under the '32.

 

[CTspeedshop]

Wicked Details!

 

[modelsinc1967]

Thanks CTspeedshop,
another little update planning on adding taillights to the sarcophagus on the fenders,

the final attempt on a hood hinge and it came out great, very little pulling on it as it opens, now all ill need to add once the inner fenders are in is a prop rod to hold it up....


and another star wars themed treasure....

 

[LrdSatyr8]

just like this hieroglyphic someone Photoshopped, kinda gave me the idea as well.

Actually I don't believe that's photoshopped... one of the Easter Eggs in the the Raiders of the Lost Ark/Indiana Jones movies is that in every single one that has hit the screen, Lucas has had R2-D2 put into the heiroglyphs on the walls. Each one had a different pictograph. I think that pic came from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

 

[modelsinc1967]

You are right I was told on another forum this indeed is from Raiders of the lost ark that they would put this in the speilberg movies including an artoo detoo unit on the main space ship of close encounters of the third kind, i like it and will use it for this build and have a few other ideas with more star wars stuff in the build.

 

[modelsinc1967]

small update, decided that it needed at least two batteries for the hydros and that a good spot would be under the bed attached to the frame. There will be one on either side.

this is pretty much the final design of the bed of the truck, its cramped with a lot going on but it has all that it needs three amps, three speakers, two hydro pumps and will have the cylinders coming up thru the bed just in front of the cylinders...

 

[modelsinc1967]

No update for a while, finally decided that the mess in the model laboratory was getting to be to much, could not even find half of the pieces I needed or the little pieces for the project so I cleaned it up.....



as far as the build goes about the only thing been working on is deciding the final design of the bed of the truck so I decided to do a foam surround on the top of the bed like I did on the last two builds.... and here is the final design of that bed cover....

 

[modelsinc1967]

actually got more done and went in a different route than originally where I was going with the bed.....

 

[modelsinc1967]

I had one piece left from cutting the pyramid and liked how it looked, only had one piece so I decided to use the silly putty method to mold 1 piece for the other side so I did not have to make a mold that I would never use again, silly putty is perfect for that.


this is just an idea as there is a lot of going on any way with all the decoration but playing around with ideas...

 

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[modelsinc1967]

gonna use this as brake lights at least on the truck I tinted five minutes epoxy with transparent red paint for the brake light lens...
did a mock up of the 32 and the first trailer to get a feel for overall look...

 

[modelsinc1967]

here is a better pic of the tail lights I'm planning for the pick up.
one real quick idea for the back of the cab...

 

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[modelsinc1967]

thinking about adding anther aquarium to this one between the seats...