Project "Quarry Defender" UTE Style
 

This is the list so far:

Montana Scale Design UTE Chassis
CR-01 Tranny
TLT-1 Axles
Tamiya Hummer Body
RC4WD OEM Steel 1.9 Stock Beadlock Wheel
RC4WD Rock Creepers 1.9 Scale Tires

Parts for the build
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1028

Aprox wheelbase
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1026

Lower Links Mocked
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1032

With body
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1027

TLT-1 Shocks just for Mockup
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1031
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1029

Got basic chassis layout done, still needs lots of tweaking
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1041

Front axle
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1040

Rear axle
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1039

Basic Idea with body on
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1042

Token Flex Shot
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1044

adding lights to body, Humvee has no light buckets

Pre-Drill holes
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1052

Small Step Drill
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1053

Large Step Drill
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1051

Using F350 Roll bar lights for my buckets

Use Plastruct to attach
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1048

Bucket from outside
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1049

both buckets done
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1050

Moving on I cut out the rear lights
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1069

Using a the same buckets from the front, I heated them up a bit and pinched one end to make the slight teardrop shape of the Humvee rear lights. Mounted the bucket in the same fashion as the front.
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1070

Rear shocks adjusted
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1141

Front shock mounts raised a bit
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1140

Since I added headlights and there were other lights I decided to ream out

the front aux light to light them up as well.

Out side front aux lights (solid no use)
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1136

Pilot drill
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1137

Flattened out some styrene (with heat) shaped it to the bottom cover like

the solid lights (see pics above) and glued it into place.
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1138

I have some orange lenses that I have cut to size to glue on after paint.

(pics to come)

Looks good. I have a H1 Wagon body here, something like this:
http://www.gmhummer.com/classifieds/...55CIMG1214.JPG
but it's a Fire Chief's one, so it has a lightbar on top (that works) and head lights and tail lights (that also work), it also has sounds that go with it too lol.


I want to do 4 wheel independant suspension on it.

Sweet, I work on Air Force HMMWV's every day, I have always wantedto build one with solid axles and an engine that doesnt suck (Cummins). Sure it would take away ground clearance, but then the suspension might actually articulate when going over obstacles.. Nicely done man, cant wait to see more!

Thanks, it's been an enjoyable build and the chassis is awesome!


Adding some details

Raised the snorkle
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1143

Front headlights finally done
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1144

http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1145

Tail lights done (used F350 Highlift headlights cut/sanded to fit)
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1146

Brake lights on
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1147

We've got headlights
http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1148

http://www.tamiyacrawlers.com/forum/...pictureid=1149

How is the quality of the chassis? I really want to use one for a defender 90 build, but I haven't seen the chassis in person (and probably never will) so it's hard to spend the $$ and hope for the best.

Chassis is awesome, MSD is always quality stuff. Fit and finish is superb "thumbsup"

check out the march 2008 radio control car action issue"thumbsup"

Yep, seen it. it's a beautiful build for sure for a stock chassis. My build was no way created in regards to it.

I had the chassis and placed multiple shells on it and the humvee was a instant must do. It is more of a scale crawler than his (If I did as much work as him on the body trails would be the most it would see)

Mine will be for rocks and trail and will feature onboard video.

The RCCA article did not do much explaining on the build process, due to limited space in the magazine I'm sure.

This is my way to do the body and I used all Tamiya parts for the body.

Thanks for the info on the article, I had not looked at it in sometime, it was good to refresh such a sweet build. "thumbsup"

NICE WORK!ive always loved the HMMWV
i used to drive these things around in the army quite a bit. i love the water box, what is it? where did you find it?

Thanks, The box is a old Receiver box, I believe a KO Propo box. I always keep stuff like that, you never know when it will come in handy. The plastic is a bit brittle, but I will use it til I lose it, then find something different.

Joe

Project boxes from radio shack work great "thumbsup"

I'll definately be keeping an eye on this build, I have one ofthese bodies floating around the hobby room but I've never been sure what to do to it

haha very cool, i just lost some electronics to a huge mud/water hole, it was fun, till it went nuts after i got home :P so a water box is quite needed lol

Great job on the lights

Quarry Defender
 

Great looking Hummer H1 Military truck. I like the UTE Style rigs."thumbsup"

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