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Crankcase
03-07-2003, 03:57 AM
Come closer fellow Explorer modelers.....
I am showing the buildup of a Jurrasic Park Explorer model....I bought it used from Goodwill down south a few months ago, and I have been tinkering with it ever since...It was shoddily painted...it looked like the roof was painted with a popsicle stick or something, and the interior was also shoddily painted black.

The whole thing was molded in yellowfrom the factory.

Pic 1: The model was missing the entire rear end....rear springs, diff, and axle. Only two tires came in the box.(This is where I got the brainstorm, more later)

The model was in various stages of construction...some stuff had been glued, most pieces were still loose.

Mike
03-07-2003, 04:01 AM
Originally posted by Crankcase
Pic 1: The model was missing the entire rear end....rear springs, diff, and axle. Only two tires came in the box.(This is where I got the brainstorm, more later)





OH GOD !!! WE HAVE ANOTHER JIM ON OUR HANDS!!! RUN!!!!

jimbo74
03-07-2003, 04:19 AM
yeah, but his is a toy truck... not a real one ;)

Crankcase
03-07-2003, 04:40 AM
2:The engine painted up....remember, every piece of the kit was yellow:(

If only real engines were this accesible;)

Crankcase
03-07-2003, 04:43 AM
3: Well, since the person before messed up the paint, and lost half of the parts, I decided not to build the model as the JP one...I would paint it all green. First I started by giving it a base coat of light green....

jimbo74
03-07-2003, 04:44 AM
i thought the jp exploeres were 4 door?

Crankcase
03-07-2003, 04:53 AM
Originally posted by jimabena74
i thought the jp explorers were 4 door?

They are...another reason building it as the JP one was stupid. The kit makers just used the Sport mdel and added lights...:( The real JP one also has a chopped top, with a plastic "moon bubble" roof...

jimbo74
03-07-2003, 04:57 AM
my truck is closer to the real one than the model is.... my truck is half way to no roff ;)