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05-18-2010, 07:00 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island-Land of one batch of rocks in Sag Harbor and at least one fellow crawler
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There are so many great scratch builders on this site and on scale4x4 among other sites, but you my friend are one of THE BEST!!!! Way to raise the bar on a unique build. Very few could have pulled it off. Even fewer could have done it as well as you did. Paint looks awesome. Great work. Now finish it and start impressing with another build!!!
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05-18-2010, 07:18 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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 Ok, so....I'm at a crossroads in my life. White or Black wheels? Life is so hard!  Bet you guys didn't know I was a PS master   FLAREZZ  Flexed out   | |
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05-18-2010, 07:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cowtown, USA
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Ummm......I WANT THIS TRUCK. Nice job. |
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05-20-2010, 09:02 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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Converted the wheels to 6 lug and painted them white.   | |
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05-21-2010, 11:33 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bridgeport
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perfect wheel and tire combo!
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05-21-2010, 04:58 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Antonio
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Those white wheels definately look better than the black ones |
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05-22-2010, 10:07 AM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: May 2008 Location: El Monte
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i agree, the white wheels, in my opinion, give it more of the weekend surfers ride look....haha
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05-22-2010, 07:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Anaheim/Chico
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Black brought the cool but white just seems to be a better choice. |
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05-23-2010, 12:21 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern PA where the rocks grow wild
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|  WOW...... very impressive You sir are a true artist. i've been away from this site & hobby for a while & it is awesome to come back & see all the new goodies & pure talent that are goin into these rigs. Keep up the great work.
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05-24-2010, 04:42 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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Thank you!It's common practice to cut the rotted out rockers from FJ55s and replace them with rock sliders, but there is no way in hell I am cutting anything off this body. So this is what I came up with. They will be painted black, of course.  Also, I shaved down some Axial hubs and slapped them on.  And one more just for giggles.  | ||
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05-24-2010, 05:21 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Antonio
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Those sliders are going to look sweet once you paint them! The hubs look good too! Glad you went with the white rims |
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05-24-2010, 05:24 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: De Soto, Ks
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thats just plain cool!
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05-24-2010, 09:04 PM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Moved to 1.9, looks great Rich |
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05-24-2010, 09:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Peoria, Arizona
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Awesome build! Love the FJ55s!
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05-25-2010, 02:40 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Orangevale
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Wow, truly a great build. Love the FJ55 and its nice to see one come to life here. Now, wheres the video with the face melting music?!!? "We" used to call these the "ugly duckling"....Did I miss something with the "pig" reference, or is that east-coast vs. west-coast slang? CH |
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Here is the rear bumper. 1/8" steel, which equals 1-1/8" in 1:9 scale. This thing is br00tal. My MAPP torch wasn't hot enough to braze this material so I had to pull out the MAPP/Oxygen setup, and that still took a fair amount of time to heat. I made some shackles from 3/16 cotter pins and a receiver out of some scrap brass. I'll be taking the minimalist approach on the front bumper as well.  I will probably continue the square tubing to the rear. Like so...  | ||||||
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05-25-2010, 08:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: babylon, long island ny
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looks insane!. u have some serios styrenne skillz.... props!
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05-31-2010, 02:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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I made a prototype bumper out of styrene. Pretty basic, but it matches the rear bumper with its simple form. The bumper placement and the winch do a good job of hiding the steering servo.    | |
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06-01-2010, 06:37 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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Real bumper is done now.  And what do we have here? Vinyl seats!  |
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06-02-2010, 04:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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