Land Cruiser FJ60

[tozrovr]

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

I like Jeeps.

Seriously. What is with you?!


It's a Land Rover .

[666]

Originally Posted by tozrovr

It's a Land Rover .

Yuck! I hope your kidding....

Looking good!

Got enough energy to make 2?

[heinie_21]

You mean 3?

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[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by tozrovr

Seriously. What is with you?!


It's a Land Rover .

I think it's one of them Land Jeeps I've heard so much about. I think Nissan made them.

[dont slow down]

My dad has an 86', many family road trips in that thing. Don't know how many miles on it now, well over 300K on original engine. I'm looking forward to this, you have some talent that is for sure. Watch out n00b!

[shannwah]

Very nice work as always mate.

[pixelnate]

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

I think it's one of them Land Jeeps I've heard so much about. I think Nissan made them.

Aren't you building a Nissan Land Jeep for the RC4WD build off thingy? I seem to recall seeing a thread somewhere.

[steele42]

Nice work on the fj60. It's definitely looking correct to me. You've got skills!

[robustbambi]

im glad to see someone showing the 60 series some love!!! you're doing an incredible job!!! if you ever made another, i may need to hit you up

...just make sure to add some woodgrain like my 1:1 62 hahaha

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by tozrovr

Seriously. What is with you?!


It's a Land Rover .

You know your Land Rovers!

Originally Posted by 666

Yuck! I hope your kidding....

Looking good!

Got enough energy to make 2?

Originally Posted by heinie_21

You mean 3?

It seems all my threads become comedy. I barely have enough energy to build one. I figure if I were to build another one, it would cost eleventythousand dollars. I've spent a month on the sides, and they're still not finished. At this pace it'll be this time next year before I get to paint. Sigh.

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

I think it's one of them Land Jeeps I've heard so much about. I think Nissan made them.

Nissan did make a Land Jeep, it's called a 4Runner Leaf Jeep. It was made in 1920, when people wore onions on their belts, which was the style at the time.

Originally Posted by dont slow down

My dad has an 86', many family road trips in that thing. Don't know how many miles on it now, well over 300K on original engine. I'm looking forward to this, you have some talent that is for sure. Watch out n00b!

n00b had better watch out. But he can't, he's got a Buildoff to win.

Originally Posted by shannwah

Very nice work as always mate.

Cheers mate!

Originally Posted by pixelnate

Aren't you building a Nissan Land Jeep for the RC4WD build off thingy? I seem to recall seeing a thread somewhere.

n00b's building a regular jeep too. I saw it in his driveway.

Originally Posted by steele42

Nice work on the fj60. It's definitely looking correct to me. You've got skills!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by robustbambi

im glad to see someone showing the 60 series some love!!! you're doing an incredible job!!! if you ever made another, i may need to hit you up

...just make sure to add some woodgrain like my 1:1 62 hahaha

Oh man, now I have to build three more! Waaaggh!

Yours looks nice. Woodgrain looks pretty cool.

I've spent the last couple days spending 30 minutes in my workshop. I ran out of styrene so I decided to start scribing panels.

I made a few templates to make it easier on myself.



See? Panel lines. Much filling and fixing and scribing to still be done.



Need to shoot some primer so I know where I'm at in terms of smoothness. In other news, I think I need glasses.

[chino63]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

I figure if I were to build another one, it would cost eleventythousand dollars.

Damn, I only have tentythousand dollars.

You are doing a kick ass job so far, keep it up! FJ's of any model are my weak spot. Can't wait to see it finished.

[pajey]

Very cool mate top work. We have a lot of over in Australia and they are sweet. Alot of them these days are preety rusty but when you find those nice stright ones very nice build will have to keep watching.

[SinCity]

Great build. I can't wait to see it finished! I wish I had the skill to do this with my 100 Series. I would...boy I'm not sure what I'd do...my bank account would be sooooooo empty.


Keep up the great work!

[Chronic Bear]

Man that is one sick fj60 your building. You've got mad skills.... would love to have one in my collection....

[fresh]

Lol what's up Matt haven't been over on RCC since 2008 forgot my erverything lol YOTA Turk and stew is looking great over here too would like to know more of these scribes you speak of

[DRW-FJ40]

Matt, that jeep is looking sweet. nice scribin'

[pardonmyn00b]

Tip top job mate. Your Cruiser should have you right chuffed to bits. Cheers.

[tozrovr]

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

Tip top job mate. Your Cruiser should have you right chuffed to bits. Cheers.

I must agree. I'm just in bunches over this.

[imthatguy]

Originally Posted by chino63

Damn, I only have tentythousand dollars.

You are doing a kick ass job so far, keep it up! FJ's of any model are my weak spot. Can't wait to see it finished.

I'm sure we can work out a deal sir. Make it tentyfive and we'll call it a deal. Glad you're liking it.

Originally Posted by pajey

Very cool mate top work. We have a lot of over in Australia and they are sweet. Alot of them these days are preety rusty but when you find those nice stright ones very nice build will have to keep watching.

We have a lot here too, but they're steeped in salt. Unless you can find one from the west coast. Then they're perfect. One day I'll fly out there and drive back.

Originally Posted by SinCity

Great build. I can't wait to see it finished! I wish I had the skill to do this with my 100 Series. I would...boy I'm not sure what I'd do...my bank account would be sooooooo empty.


Keep up the great work!

Once this one is finished I'll start a 100 so you have something to drool over. Check back in a year.

Originally Posted by Chronic Bear

Man that is one sick fj60 your building. You've got mad skills.... would love to have one in my collection....

Thanks mister. I'm doing the best I can.

Originally Posted by fresh

Lol what's up Matt haven't been over on RCC since 2008 forgot my erverything lol YOTA Turk and stew is looking great over here too would like to know more of these scribes you speak of

I'm good. I'm taking a wild shot in the dark here, are you crawlin on SBG? See my scribing information below.

Originally Posted by DRW-FJ40

Matt, that jeep is looking sweet. nice scribin'

Thanks Mister Doug. You're a friendly man.

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

Tip top job mate. Your Cruiser should have you right chuffed to bits. Cheers.

BLIMEY N00B! THANKS FOR POPPING BY AND GETTING CHUFFED!

Originally Posted by tozrovr

I must agree. I'm just in bunches over this.

Bananas are in every smoothie I make. And I make two every morning in my Vitamix. Yes, I own an $800 blender. I'm dumb.

Styrene is a fun medium to work in. I found a local plastics supplier that sells .030 and .060 in 4x8ft sheets. For $16/sheet. I'm in cheap styrene heaven! I will literally never buy it at the Hobby shop again. I picked up 2 sheets of .030 because I really like making the same piece 3 or 4 times and making a styrene sandwich.

I wanted to give people an idea of how I scribe my panels. It's a little tricky, but once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy!



I always wanted to have the sharp angle of the window portions to be as close to the real thing as possible, and the best way I could think of was to build it as two pieces and bond it later. I built up a rough piece that I would glue to the interior side with a scored angle in it. This helps hold everything in the rough place until I can get the firewall, deck lid and roof together which will inevitably strengthen the entire structure. This way I don't have to use tabs that will lead to issues with the interior later.

Here you can see me cutting out a helper panel that I'll glue to the back.



I haven't glued it quite yet, but you can see it coming together.



Slow progress, but I'm really taking my time to do it right.

[pardonmyn00b]

Safety is your #1 priority.