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11-30-2009, 04:21 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Trussville, AL
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Well now that the scale truck interest has finally caught on around my area, I decided to build another scaler. Something that I have always admired and wanted but was unfortunate to catch it for sale was Exesivefire's Brute, link. My buddy BTF is the current owner of the rig so it just teases me everytime I see it  So here my 'attempt' to follow somewhat what he did. I must say, he made the body work appear to be easy but damn I was in for a big surprise.  Here is the start of the hacking and joining of the peices. It has taken a long time to get the peices to go together and to be strong but I think it ended up okay     With the body work done, I need a frame. Thought about going with an SCX10 chassis but I like the way MSD's warn bumpers look so I went that route. I contaced Unimoger and he hooked me up with a 12" wb MSD "UTE" chassis, shock mounts and a front warn bumper. Unimoger shipped this thing super fast. The one thing I love about it is that the center doesnt hang low like some scale chassis and it offers a lot of options for adjustability  The only thing I was disappointed with was the plain delrin skid that was not even drilled to mount  BUT on the upside, Unimoger told that the axial skid fit with the use of some 1mm washers on each side which is why I ordered me a stock Scx10 skid from TCS  Here you can see the tiny gap with the washers  I got me some sliders brazed up. Not the best looking but they work.   |
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11-30-2009, 04:24 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Trussville, AL
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Here it is in roller form, well sort of .... still got a lot of tube work to do    |
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11-30-2009, 04:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dirty South
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Damn Kevin it looks good . |
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11-30-2009, 04:39 PM
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| Moderator Rule Breaker   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx
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Damn good start Kevin! Keep up good work! |
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11-30-2009, 05:58 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Justice world headquarters
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kevin its looking good.. i hope your body stays together better than mine did.. you need to scale up so we can go run.. |
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11-30-2009, 10:11 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Trussville, AL
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Thanks fellas. I am hoping to have it done in a couple weeks or so. Hey Nick, after seeing your topless rig I am going to reinforce the pillars and everything hoping it will hold up |
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11-30-2009, 10:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: USA
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Can't wait to see that finished! Love them Jeeps!  |
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12-01-2009, 04:18 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Trussville, AL
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Well got a little more tube work done before going to work tonight More to come tomorrow   |
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12-03-2009, 11:25 PM
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Been busy building the past few days. Here is where I am at now. Most of the tube work is done. I still need to make a rear axle truss and a bunch of other things. Now for some pics   All cleaned up and painted flat black    It will get mounted tomorrow. I also got some new (to me) RC4WD 1.9 OEM steel wheels. These things are nice and super easy to put together well got this idea from Eddievedder to paint the back side of the wheels so that you could acutally see the wheel design. It makes the wheels look 10 x's better    |
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12-03-2009, 11:43 PM
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Looks awesome so far!
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12-07-2009, 09:05 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Trussville, AL
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more done over the past few days. Got some paint going, tube work painted and remounted, new rear upper link mount.    |
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12-07-2009, 09:49 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: here
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sweeeet!
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12-14-2009, 06:52 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: southaven
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man Kevin this truck is looking great love the color. |
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12-14-2009, 07:02 PM
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| 0 0   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: FT. Thomas
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just my opinion. i think it looks odd with the back black. maybe keep the roof black but the back green. otherwise it looks great. love the tube work |
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12-14-2009, 07:05 PM
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| ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In tha Bush of Louisiana
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Killer build Kevin, I love the wheels. I am going to use that idea on my FJ40.
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12-14-2009, 07:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aurora Colorado
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Great idea it is looking nice. It looks like you are using the axial tranny. How much of the interior needed to be butchered to clear the spur?
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I may pick up an R2 later and another interior and rebuild. Or I just may hack the floor and sets and replace them with some recaro seats and make me a new console
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12-14-2009, 09:48 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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Looking killer kevin, nice tubework! |
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12-16-2009, 03:31 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Ipswich
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Looks Good. Seing this makes me wanna cut up a wrangler and make a BRUTE!
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12-16-2009, 04:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: H.B.
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I like the cage design. Have you considered making the rear shock hoops part of the cage and chopping the back of the frame off? Great work so far! |
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