RC4WD Blazer and Friends

[pardonmyn00b]

Did you guys hear RC4WD came out with a hardbody K5 Blazer!?! It's awesome, 1/9 scale, has a ton of detail and loads of fancy parts. Follow along as I ruin a few of them.

Let's get silly.

Yes! Compared to a Vaterra Blazer. It's slightly smaller than the Vaterra but you know what? That's better. That one is too big. The RC4WD is a better scale, Hilux scale.




So many things and stuff. I hardly know what they all do.


The first tale begins with two Blazers.


That I mutilated...


But seriously, it's like they want you to cut them. There is even a faint line molded into the body on where to cut.








As you can see this one is going to be a K10 with a short bed. It's being built to fit my 13" long wheelbase leaf sprung Ascender chassis with SSD axles. It will be shared with a bunch of its big, strong American friends. Like this guy, my 75 International Harvester.


Heaven.



By now you are probably like "n0000000b, it's not a Tiyote!!! UR a idiot!" I love this generation of GM trucks. This is when they were great.


The second tale is about a K5, it's called Let's Get Muddy. SCX10 with GCM bits and some serious tread from RC4WD. SCX10 axles in the mail from imthatguy. Thanks Guy!




I hope you stick around and follow the adventures of these trucks. I also hope you get thoroughly confused as I jump back and forth between trucks.

[GiJoe]

I actually want one of these!

So I can SMASH IT!!!

But, I mean that in a good way!


Can't wait to see this n00b!

[spoo76]

Shibby! I've wondered who would be the first to cut one up and make a pickup. Fitting its you haha

[hotwheels000]

Did you bond styrene to the blazer plastic ? If so, what was the bonding agent ?

Nice start, looking forward to following and seeing what develops with the muddy trucky thingy....

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by GiJoe

I actually want one of these!



So I can SMASH IT!!!



But, I mean that in a good way!





Can't wait to see this n00b!

But also in a bad way, lol. You really need one!

Originally Posted by spoo76

Shibby! I've wondered who would be the first to cut one up and make a pickup. Fitting its you haha

I'm dangerous with a razor saw.

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

Did you bond styrene to the blazer plastic ? If so, what was the bonding agent ?

Nice start, looking forward to following and seeing what develops with the muddy trucky thingy....

MEK will bond styrene to the body and the body to the body. It's not as strong as styrene to styrene but I really puddled it up and clamped it tight.

[Highmark]

I was personally hoping for a super blazer - two hoods, four doors, two blazer suv bed storage area areas. I'm still pleased with what's going however.

[spoo76]

Originally Posted by Highmark

I was personally hoping for a super blazer - two hoods, four doors, two blazer suv bed storage area areas. I'm still pleased with what's going however.

That adds up to twice the fun.

[mtnbiker4evr13]

May not be a Tiyote but at least it runs 6 lug wheels... well in foolsize world the 10 bolt/12 bolt axles blow so you lose anyway. Hopefully the build includes triple chrome roll bars and KC Daylighters! This is the body the Vaterra should have came with in the K10 shorty version.

[lappdogg]

You need to quite wacken up bodies.. Not good for your Health ....lol

And I thought it was going to be a suburban..

I too saw that line in the body..and the interior stops just at.. Then there's THAT GRAND CANYON GAPE.. Between it and the rear floor.. I didn't like that too much..

[Rckcrwlr]

Oh My....looking good

[Reflektr]

I'm liking the short bed with the bare steelies and Fun Dicks. Too bad they're 5-lug : /

[HANgOVER Airbrush RC]

Nice lookin' turk, NOOB...

Maybe one day it can run behind my Dudge....
I don't have any MEK on hand, do you have any experience with using MEKP?
That's the catalyst in the fiberglass kits...
I use acetone on my 3D printed ABS parts for bonding/gluing.

P.S. if you could keep that snow up there where it belongs, we would appreciate it greatly. It is interfering with "winter" crawling...

[Rok Out]

Where's the popcorn this is going to be good. Btw very nice..

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by Highmark

I was personally hoping for a super blazer - two hoods, four doors, two blazer suv bed storage area areas. I'm still pleased with what's going however.

Both beds in the rear or one in the front?

Originally Posted by mtnbiker4evr13

May not be a Tiyote but at least it runs 6 lug wheels... well in foolsize world the 10 bolt/12 bolt axles blow so you lose anyway. Hopefully the build includes triple chrome roll bars and KC Daylighters! This is the body the Vaterra should have came with in the K10 shorty version.

And 15 pairs of shocks.

Originally Posted by lappdogg

You need to quite wacken up bodies.. Not good for your Health ....lol

And I thought it was going to be a suburban..

I too saw that line in the body..and the interior stops just at.. Then there's THAT GRAND CANYON GAPE.. Between it and the rear floor.. I didn't like that too much..

I heard it was bad for my health to stop. Haven't even lined up the interior yet, I literally pulled the body out of the bag, took a pic or two and got the saw out!

Originally Posted by Rckcrwlr

Oh My....looking good

Thanks

Originally Posted by Reflektr

I'm liking the short bed with the bare steelies and Fun Dicks. Too bad they're 5-lug : /

Yeah, those are for my 1/2 ton International. I don't know what wheel/tire to run for the Chevy... Maybe some different wheels with the same tires.

Originally Posted by HANgOVER Airbrush RC

Nice lookin' turk, NOOB...

Maybe one day it can run behind my Dudge....
I don't have any MEK on hand, do you have any experience with using MEKP?
That's the catalyst in the fiberglass kits...
I use acetone on my 3D printed ABS parts for bonding/gluing.

P.S. if you could keep that snow up there where it belongs, we would appreciate it greatly. It is interfering with "winter" crawling...

No experience with MEKP. We don't have any snow at the moment. Upper 40's this weekend. Yay!

Originally Posted by Rok Out

Where's the popcorn this is going to be good. Btw very nice..

I can haul a lot of popcorn with this truck

[Mike Flea]

Noob, I know this is your Blazer thread, but where did you get the International body?

[aztitan]

He made it


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[High Cotton]

I'm really excited to see how this turns out. The one vehicle I regret selling the most was an 85 K10.


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[itsjust me]

no build thread for the International Harvester?

[BadWagon]

There is a build thread on SBG.

[Killa-Cotton]

Gotta watch this one. Nice work as always.