Old comp truck turned scale truck (the rebuild, AGAIN!)

[Sqbiedoo]

Speachless m8! What a skill.

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by meatmonkey

Wow, I've followed your other thread on this truck and it's definately my favorite 1/10 Toyota. Just when I think it can't possibly get any better, you "restore" it. Keep the sheetmetal pics coming.

Maybe I missed it, but what are you using for shackle bushings?

I think the main reason that leafs don't hold up under severe abuse in the 1/10 world is that they have to locate and support the weight of the truck. With your setup they only support the weight while the links locate the axle, which should make them last much longer.

Thanks! The shackle bushings are actually the ball sockets from Traxxas rod ends.

I was actually thinking the same thing about the springs. I hoping they hold up for at least the season. I'll keep the thread updated as the season goes on.

Originally Posted by Sqbiedoo

Speachless m8! What a skill.

Thanks!

I forgot to show this in the last post but here is the fit if the inside of the fenders with the new wheel wells.





With the bed done i made up some new panels for the rest of the body. the nice thing about the new chassis set-up with the separate bed, is that it now allows me to assemble the cab corners, back and roof as one piece before i install it. much easier than the old method where i had to glue everything together on the chassis.



then i added fitted the panels to the chassis





then threw on the spare mount and tool box.





then it was time to add the lites. to do that i simply glued the LED's to the inside of the lite bucket



And fed the wires through the access in the floor



that keeps the inside of the bed nice and clean



The last thing i wanted to address was the skid. I never put kick-ups on it and it would catch stuff all the time. to i made up some plates and tacked them in place



then TIG'd them solid.



My welds are getting better. Here is a comparison to show just how small they are



With the chassis done it was blasting then paint. I went with something different, a light gray.





next it was running gear and interior







Then it was time for paint on the body.

I wanted to try a new Rustoleum paint. it's a metallic gunmetal gray with primer in it. the paint came out nice but for those that might want to use it, The "primer" effect does not work. you need to primer the surface first. also it comes out real heavy and fast but i had no runs. Also, the finish ends up dull, even though it says glossy, so i put a clear over it.





Finally it was time to assemble it. It looks neat with the bed off





Here is a shot of the back of the cab since once the bed is on it won't be seen



Now to hook up the rear lites I used a small Losi micro connector.



And here is it minus the lite lenses









I didn't show this before but here is the profile of the leaf springs. they tuck up nicely for a smooth belly



I also added rear shackle mounts



That pretty much gets the build up to date. I ran it at a comp this past weekend and did pretty good finishing 2nd. I'll post up some comp pics later.

[bikerpyro]

WOW!!! That is awesome! How well does it hold up?

[AX10wannabe]

well as if the build couldnt get any better....... holy crap nice work man those new molds look 100 times better than the bondo ones too nice and clean and looks a little smoother too..

everytime i come and check out one of your threads it makes me wish how i could have a longer attention span and patience.:mrgreen i would ask how many hours you have into this rebuild but i probably dont wanna know

[Lesac]

WOW. I just have to say im totally blow away by your fab work. Looks great! Question for you however, where do you get the .006 sheet metal from and what do you use to glue the panels together?

[simp]

Masher just amazing . I watched your first one on scale. All I can say is your the man!

[Harley]

Always some of my favorite builds. Great update to the truck.

[adamargue]

Looks great man. always liked your other builds.

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[RC-Hopper]

Man that was a quick rebuild. Such great work on everything, a level of skill that is amazing

[AX10wannabe]

Originally Posted by Lesac

WOW. I just have to say im totally blow away by your fab work. Looks great! Question for you however, where do you get the .006 sheet metal from and what do you use to glue the panels together?

not sure what glue but i do believe this is the metal he uses.. its actually a tooling foil, he has videos on youtube on how he makes his panels.. definitely worth the watch of the vids..

Pure Metal Tooling Foil - BLICK art materials

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by bikerpyro

WOW!!! That is awesome! How well does it hold up?

Pretty good, you'll see in the pics below.

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

well as if the build couldnt get any better....... holy crap nice work man those new molds look 100 times better than the bondo ones too nice and clean and looks a little smoother too..

everytime i come and check out one of your threads it makes me wish how i could have a longer attention span and patience.:mrgreen i would ask how many hours you have into this rebuild but i probably dont wanna know

know long ago that the resin molds would be much nicer, i just didn't have the money to invest in the materials.

I don't know exactly how many hours but it's probably around 80.

Originally Posted by simp

Masher just amazing . I watched your first one on scale. All I can say is your the man!

Originally Posted by Harley

Always some of my favorite builds. Great update to the truck.

Originally Posted by adamargue

Looks great man. always liked your other builds.

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Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by RC-Hopper

Man that was a quick rebuild. Such great work on everything, a level of skill that is amazing

It looks quicker than it really was. I haven't been updating the thread the last couple weeks because of spending so much time working on the truck.

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

not sure what glue but i do believe this is the metal he uses.. its actually a tooling foil, he has videos on youtube on how he makes his panels.. definitely worth the watch of the vids..

Pure Metal Tooling Foil - BLICK art materials

Yep that's the material. The glue i use is Shoo-goo, Goop, E6000 they are all the same flexable adhesive.

Well i got the lenses on and got some nice outdoor shots at the comp this past weekend















then the carnage began during the second course.







Then as i began the third course, the tranny went out.



After i fixed it i managed to finish the course with a bit more carnage





After the comp i did some playing around









then i took a bit of a tumble!









I easily fixed the damage and proceeded to add some more!















In all i was extremely happy with the truck. it performed better than i hoped and the damage was exactly as i expected.

I have another comp this weekend so we'll see how it does there.

[Highmark]

Great rebuild! I can't wait to get some video of it in PA!

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by Highmark

Great rebuild! I can't wait to get some video of it in PA!

Don't worry, you will. it'll be nice and strait in August though as this body will be thoroughly beat by then!

Well, last week i was playing around and added some more character to the body by getting a little friendly with a rock











then i flopped it on the passenger side





But it was quickly fixed and i was on my way

[AX10wannabe]

body is looking good with all the damage!!! i watched your videos on youtube of the comp and i noticed that it has quiet a bit of torque twist and that you could have made some of those sidehills, is it just because of the leaf springs??

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

body is looking good with all the damage!!! i watched your videos on youtube of the comp and i noticed that it has quiet a bit of torque twist and that you could have made some of those sidehills, is it just because of the leaf springs??

Actually it has a lot less torque twist than before because of the leafs. the shocks are still at a pretty steep angle though so that doesn't help. it's a small price to pay as i didn't want to cut into the bed floor to move them.

I got some more pics from the comp at Rausch Creek. these were taken by a professional photographer and came out amazing!

You can see his stuff here: jkolvaphotography's Photos

On to the pics!





















and some playing around shots

[lowslowTJ]

Awesome as always!

[simp]

Truck looks great! How do you like those clocked c`s did you get any more steering angle ?

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by Metal Masher

Here is a shot of the back of the cab since once the bed is on it won't be seen

I think this is the only panel that you didn't smash to bits last Sunday!

[06ToasterBox]

Just great work man. I love the realistic damage. I'll looking to do something similar with my wraith. Use a metal type material for the panels.

A++ for realistic damage.
J.

[Metal Masher]

Originally Posted by lowslowTJ

Awesome as always!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by simp

Truck looks great! How do you like those clocked c`s did you get any more steering angle ?

The C's didn't give me any more steering, the nuckles did that, but the C's gave me the ability to clock the pinion up a bit and give me some positive caster in the process. Do i like them? i do now but they took quite a bit of tweaking to get to work smoothly. i had to ream the holes out for the knuckle bolts and bend the ears around.

Originally Posted by BigSki

I think this is the only panel that you didn't smash to bits last Sunday!

Actually the top of the window got tweaked a bit

Originally Posted by 06ToasterBox

Just great work man. I love the realistic damage. I'll looking to do something similar with my wraith. Use a metal type material for the panels.

A++ for realistic damage.
J.

Thanks!go for it and don't forget to post up your progress.

Well as BigSki mentioned i did some more bashing the other weekend trail riding with the club. I'll just let the pics do the talking







































The nice thing about the metal is after a full day of bashing it only takes a few minutes to put it back into shape!