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11-20-2010, 10:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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So... This is now where I'm at with this build. Posts from her on will be current progress. I have done the front and rear light buckets as well as the lenses for the lights. I had a RC4Wd Scale Light Kit, but do not like it, so going a different route. Lot's of stuff still to due, so stay tuned. Thanks for looking! Cheers, -Steven |
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11-21-2010, 12:16 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Diego
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Haha this thing is gangbusters! Very different from other builds. Lets see a vid please!
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11-21-2010, 12:32 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cowtown, USA
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Wow, what a original truck, and killer details! Nice truck and sweet pics!  |
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11-21-2010, 12:39 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Dunedin FL
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Really...really amazing detail work man. Keeps gettin better and better.
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11-21-2010, 03:41 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calgary
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WOW  . I can't even come up with the words to describe how awesome this build is. You have really made and awesome rig, keep up the great work. looking forward to seeing more of it. Keep the pics coming please.
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11-21-2010, 04:21 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle, WA
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damn...it is so sweet |
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11-21-2010, 05:38 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia
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What can i say |
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11-21-2010, 06:41 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Silver Lake
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This things is amazing...you forgot the torn up yellow on your front diff of the scaler... its on your 1:1  |
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11-21-2010, 06:44 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Where the sheep run scared.
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very nice build!
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11-21-2010, 07:17 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Massachusetts
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Wow- Amazing job capturing ALL the small little details that are on the 1:1..! LOVE the way the bumpers and the roof rack came out- spot on job man..!! Looks MOST impressive..! Can't wait to see some final pics all completed and out wheelin'..! This things Bad-ASS..!
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11-21-2010, 10:48 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Maple Grove, MN
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Amazing build. I wish I had the skill to do such a build! |
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11-21-2010, 11:43 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Russia, Ural
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Best discovery 1 ever!
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11-21-2010, 04:03 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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I finished up the headlight and tail light lenses. They turned out ok... Not great, but not horrible either. I sprayed some matte clear inside the headlights to kind of fog them a bit. Here's some pics:     I also installed (temporarily) the RC4WD Scale Lighting Kit. I did not glue into the light buckets yet but did some light spot gluing to keep the wires from flopping around.   I ordered a new kit from Bill at Bill's Custom RC Lighting. The new kit will be powered by a 9v velcroed under the hood of the body and an on/off switch on the roof of the body at the Driver's side window. So the body can be completely removed without having to unplug wires as well as the fact that I will not have to worry about waterproofing. One more thing is that I plan to make a beater body and this will also make swapping bodies much easier too. Besides, I really do not care about turn signals while I'm negotiating rocks on the trail. Thanks for looking, -Steven |
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11-21-2010, 04:11 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Oceano, CA
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amazing work man, looks just like your real Disco |
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11-21-2010, 05:45 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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Made a video today. I clearly have a lot of learning to do about videoing R/Cs. So, forgive me for the amateur first video. I see from reviewing how I need to improve. This video does not do any justice to the terrain I was going over in it. I did not do a whole lot of editing, just a bit of trimming and some fades. It was composed in iMovie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDxOnnfC3Bs I did not suffer any body damage and nothing broke... Double bonus! My sliders and front and rear bumpers got a little abuse though. But hey, that;s why I built them. Cheers, -Steven |
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11-21-2010, 05:53 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX
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I could not view the video. YouTube stated the video was Private.
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11-21-2010, 05:57 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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Sorry about that. Fixed!
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11-21-2010, 06:57 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX
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Nice video.
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11-22-2010, 11:27 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: tauranga north island new zealand
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Nice video,looks like a 1:1 disco.
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11-28-2010, 06:51 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chattanooga
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Very small Update: Started working on the Roof Rack Clamps. They are coming along pretty well. The roof rack will pretty much be permanently fitted to this body. I'm ok with that though. I still have a bit of work to do, but I thought I'd post a couple of shots anyways. So, here are the clamps cut and bent and one with the drill holes. There are 8 of these total.  Here you can see how they are fitted to the rack and body. I tried to mimic the 1:1 as best I could as they clamp under the rain gutter and bolt to the rack feet. You will also notice that there is a screw going through the rain gutter. I did this to make certain that my plastic welded on rain gutter does not fall off. The screws are covered by the rack clamps anyway. Unfortunately, I ran out of my .80 bolts and I will have to wait until Tuesday to get more from my LHS. In the meantime I will finish drilling holes in clamps and rack feet and paint the clamps to match the rack.   Thanks for looking! Cheers, -Steven |
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