Suburban (hopefuly)

[VanDongen]

I'm loving the clodbuster body. Mainly because i own an 80's Chevy. Except it's a suburban. Here it is:

Guess it would look more like this if i can build a scaler to resemble it :


You guessed it, i'm gonna try to build a suburban that looks like my own. Just a bit taller and larger tyres probably.
A brand new body came in last week, and i couldn't resist a dry fit:




This body 'll be the front of the Burb.
Offcourse the 4x4x4 logo had to go:


Since i don't have the second body yet I thought i'd fill al the stuff i don't want:

I filled it so crappy that i was sanding for a very long time this evening, but hey, it worked out okay.
First inspector came to inspect my work



And then the second inspector took a real close look, to see if my work was okay... He just looked at me and walked away disapointed...


Anyway, this is going to be a very slow build but i thought i'd show my progress (or lack of) here. This 'll be my first try at chopping and forming a body by the way, so any tips and tricks are welcome
Thanks for looking.

[pardonmyn00b]

Ill have my eye on this one

[Wellikrawler]

Where do you guys get those clod bodys?

[VanDongen]

Originally Posted by Wellikrawler

Where do you guys get those clod bodys?

I got mine from RPP-hobby

[pantablo]

suburbans are cool builds. There have been one or two before and they never disappoint. This should be good.

[VanDongen]

Originally Posted by pantablo

suburbans are cool builds. There have been one or two before and they never disappoint. This should be good.

O, I'm feeling the pressure now!!

[crawler62]

I've never seen a suburban build. I'll be watching this one.

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by VanDongen

O, I'm feeling the pressure now!!

no pressure, lol.

[VanDongen]

Originally Posted by crawler62

I've never seen a suburban build. I'll be watching this one.

I've seen one or two on this very Forum. Just search for Suburban

[salmonfacesalad]

Those two trucks look out of place next all those hatches. nice start btw.




how come you don't have a long rectanular yellow tag like the other cars have?

[VanDongen]

Originally Posted by salmonfacesalad

Those two trucks look out of place next all those hatches. nice start btw.


how come you don't have a long rectanular yellow tag like the other cars have?

Wow you're sharp! The suburban has a old license plate. With cars of a certain age, you can get the old fashion license plates when you import it. That's what the previous owner did. I like it, nice and different.

And indeed, the full size chevy's are not very common here in the Netherlands. Nor are parking spaces they fit on
But these at my work are okay.

[bodean]

Anyway, this is going to be a very slow build but i thought i'd show my progress (or lack of) here. This 'll be my first try at chopping and forming a body by the way, so any tips and tricks are welcome
Thanks for looking.

Hello, Looks like you are gonna have some fun with that one. Here is what I did with styrene in the process of makin my Blazer, maybe it will give you an idea on the topper for your suburban. I shortened my clod body by about an inch or so, And your going the other way.



Here's the topper by itself




Your length may different then mine, but other then that,.. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread, just wanted to show you an example. It was easier then I thought it would be. Good luck

[VanDongen]

Cool, thanks for showing that. Sits pretty good on a high-lift chassis too. Nice. Did you need to change the wheelbase?
Yes, for the sub, you need the extra cab, but also the overhang behind the wheel needs to be longer as wel. We'll see how it turns out.

[leftcoastminis]

should be pretty cool when finished, old chev's like that are great

[bodean]

Originally Posted by VanDongen

Cool, thanks for showing that. Sits pretty good on a high-lift chassis too. Nice. Did you need to change the wheelbase?
Yes, for the sub, you need the extra cab, but also the overhang behind the wheel needs to be longer as wel. We'll see how it turns out.

You are very much Welcome, and Thank you for the kind words.
The wheelbase is 9 3\4 inch's from axle to axle. Its almost the same as the Tamiya Pajero now.

I thought there was more overhang on a suburban, I may have too much on my blazer, but Im going to leave it as is, I think its close enough.

[VanDongen]

Originally Posted by bodean

I thought there was more overhang on a suburban, I may have too much on my blazer, but Im going to leave it as is, I think its close enough.

It certainly is pretty close. Look at this:


Close enough in any case

[VanDongen]

The finish on the hood seemed okay, but it was (as expected) nowhere near smooth when i sprayed it in one colour.


So after the second try, it looked like this:


Still not perfect, but i''ll keep it like this at least until i cut it up.

These came in today from spain:


Looks excellent. It's some sort of rubber and stays elastic. And they're larger than the actual wheel wells on the clodbuster body, so i can cut the wheelwells larger and put these fenderflares in. These flares even fit over my 1.9 flatirons!

Excellent stuff by SDI in spain.

[VanDongen]

Oooh, almost forgot! NOT

Christmas came early this year:




Oh, and in case it wasn't clear yet, our cats are a little curious and crazy about cardboard boxes




And believe it or not, he turned around in the box, without getting out of it!!

[4X4 Freak]

Good Luck Looks like you are coming along just fine

[leftcoastminis]

those fender flares are pretty nice, great detail