01-10-2013, 07:52 PM | #281 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build Quote:
It's been a while since I've worked on the Defender. Tonight I picked it up, dusted it off and knocked out a couple of things. Finally made the curved pieces for the corners. I used some thin lexan and put a slight curve into it by running it over the edge of my table. Then it got an even thinner veneer sheet to level it with the surrounding pieces. Earlier I had completely removed the existing gutter. I threw on a new one that finishes the roof off nicely. I'm converting it to what I think is the "US-spec" model with the brake lights down next to the turn signals and reverse light. The dash has been flipped to left-hand drive but needs some fine tuning. Now I just have to cut out the corner windows and get some styrene strips to make the window trim. Then the body is ready for sanding and a fresh coat of paint! | |
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01-13-2013, 08:09 PM | #282 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
Windows are cut! The roof slats are cut and just need to be bonded. |
01-30-2013, 11:36 AM | #283 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
Since I've completely overhauled the chassis, changed the body, and the wheel size is 1.9, I've decided to put this pickup on its own build thread in the 1.9 section. cbp27's Defender Pickup |
01-30-2013, 08:46 PM | #284 |
Newbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: In the Hills
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
Great build thread. I'm working on my first scale build with the D90. Thought about building it on an axial dingo but bought a gelande D90 chassis. I saw that you switched to the axial chassis, any reason other then a good buy?
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01-30-2013, 09:20 PM | #285 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build Thanks. It's a fun truck. The Gelande chassis is nice for a few reasons: It's built to fit the Defender body perfectly, includes nice scale bumpers, the axles fit nicely under the body, and has body mounts too. I ran into problems with the quality of materials of the parts. A lot of people have problems with the plastic link rod ends breaking, the driveshafts breaking, some the disruptor planetary trans. and transfer case gear mesh, and the plastic axles cracking. Some have had almost no issues, others like myself had all of them haha I upgraded a lot of those parts so they wouldn't break, but the axles made me switch back to Axial. If I had enough money then, I might've upgraded them to RC4WD's aluminum TREX 60 or Yota axles and kept the Gelande. I'm happy with my chassis now though. It just took a while to perfect it. Good luck on your build though |
02-03-2013, 01:54 PM | #286 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
I hate to do this, but my custom roll cage/roof rack will be in the For Sale section shortly... |
02-03-2013, 07:41 PM | #287 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Granite Falls, WA
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
how much for the rack?
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03-04-2013, 07:18 PM | #288 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Charlotte
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
Awesome build! Starting to give me some ideas for my first build.
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03-08-2013, 12:03 AM | #289 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: China
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
Very nice build. I wish I could work with styrene.
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03-11-2013, 05:10 PM | #290 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Charlotte
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
Where did you get those amazing Land Rover badges?
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03-11-2013, 05:22 PM | #291 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build Quote:
Thanks. I didn't think I could work with it either, but once you practice with it a little, it's not too hard. | |
01-27-2014, 03:26 PM | #292 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: England
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02-02-2014, 03:36 PM | #293 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 807
| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build It's hard to say. The original RC4WD Gelande kit is no longer available. If you're looking for a Defender truck, RC4WD has a great new Gelande II kit available that has been much improved over the original. |
02-02-2014, 04:03 PM | #294 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto
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| Re: cbp27's Defender 90 Build
Good stuff sir. Like the modifications!
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