Rangie

[racin707]

I'm in awe over this, literally. I'm fighting a new bright body making it in to a brute with honcho flat bed inside the uni body. ( my first attempt at customizing) I'm just impressed of how it's turning out looks killer. Looks like I'll be searching the forum fort styrene tip trucks and how's for's

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[pozman]

ill be watching this one, nice work man

[00racer]

Well I had the house to my self this weekend and the weather was crappy so I dusted this off and started on the chassis, dont know if or when I will ever finish this project but it kept me busy for the day

[tozrovr]

I get so happy when I open this thread and see a Classic, not a RR Sport.

[00racer]

Well after much time off I decided to wipe the dust off and give it a go again, we will see how far i get before i take a break again.

Before I do anymore work on the body I needed to get the chassis sorted out, so here we go.

just some random pics of links, mounts, ect...




















I'm on call for work this weekend so i may have time to get more done, being stuck at home waiting for the phone to ring

Cheers for now

[00racer]

Tonight I came home and finished the rear suspension, it has a bit of rear steering swing but I don't mind. I hate typing do to my nerve damage so I will let the pictures do the talking













Cheers,

[TrilloThrillo110]

What's a special word for a 'styrene artist?'
Whatever it is, you're a great one!!!!

We've got two classics and when I saw the grille, I was glad you're doing an early model rangie, ours are '72 and '74
Nice rig

[00racer]

Didn't get much done this weekend but, did get the body and transmission mounted. I may add another set of body mounts and may need to trim the fender arches a bit, but it's starting to take shape. The only thing that is going to hold me back is the transfer case as I plan to build my it to fit my needs and that will require the use of a lathe that I don't have.

[00racer]

Been really busy at work, may have something to do with being a HVAC service tech. and temps are mid 30's F so just a small update, got the front inner fenders started



mostly done





Cheers

[TrilloThrillo110]

Man, that's some serious detail!!!!

[00racer]

started to redo the dash today didnt get much done but if i dont post the pics now it will never happen.

[LoneRanger]

Inner fenders on my stupid scale bronco were a pita. looks like yours came out real good!

[00racer]

Originally Posted by LoneRanger

Inner fenders on my stupid scale bronco were a pita. looks like yours came out real good!

Thanks, mine were a pita too, they are several pieces all glued together and sanded down, the pics make them look good but in person they are not so great. also I'm pretty sure they are not even close to scale I just made them to fit.

[00racer]

Been working on the roof and the interior, got some structure to the pillars and made some templates for the windows, still deciding if I'm going to to make the rear side windows slide open. Did a small mock up of the interior still needs a lot of fitting and sanding but it gives me some motivation to keep going.







I know there is a slight curve to the top of the rear hatch but i couldn't make it look right so I went with no curve











Enjoy and
Cheers

[Fatman489]

Wow .. thats all I can really say. I just may have to attempt to work with styrene myself. Awesome job man really digging the attention to detail like the hood release and hinges lol.

[00racer]

Originally Posted by Fatman489

Wow .. thats all I can really say. I just may have to attempt to work with styrene myself. Awesome job man really digging the attention to detail like the hood release and hinges lol.

thanks, all i can say is jump in thats what i did. this is my first full styrene build. it can be frustrating at times but the reward of knowing that you built it is worth it.

[ManiacMagoo]

That thing is coming along great. Nice to see it slowly getting done.

[00racer]

Originally Posted by ManiacMagoo

That thing is coming along great. Nice to see it slowly getting done.

Thanks Brian, good to hear from ya

Started the working steering wheel tonight, it took a lot longer than expected do to the steering servo and the wheel servo worked opposite each other. To do it on the cheap i had to pull apart the wheel servo and reverse the motor and pot wires inside. I still have to work out a way of connecting the column to the servo, right now it is just press fit and may work, but would like it if it was positively attached. On to the pics





Cheers

[00racer]

just a prototype and it will have a servo attached to the shaft. It works but not as good as i'd like, I will give it another go or two before i give up on this. The biggest problem I have is my radio doesn't have enough channels to run everything. might have to look into a hacked gtb3.

[00racer]

Round two, not sure if vid. will work for everyone

just click on the pic