Mighty FC Concept hardbody

[sgtbham]

Been at this one for a little while and i thought id post a thread over here about it. Anyway, Ive got a couple of G6`s coming up and since I sold everything I needed to build something to run! I didnt even like the FC until I saw the topless look it has now so thats what I will be doing. Going to run Gmade R1 portals under this thing to match the 1:1 anyway im still wokring on the body.

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my attempt so far to get to this


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[Sinastir]

Coming out nicely.

[bryantjt]

Are you only basing the design on a couple photos or do you have measurements to scale down?

Either way, very impressive!

[Retrocosm]

Very impressive work, looking forward to seeing more.

[sgtbham]

Originally Posted by Sinastir

Coming out nicely.

Thanks man!

Originally Posted by bryantjt

Are you only basing the design on a couple photos or do you have measurements to scale down?

Either way, very impressive!

To be perfectly honest I just print out a bunch of pictures and do things until they look right - thank you!

Originally Posted by Retrocosm

Very impressive work, looking forward to seeing more.

Thanks! I really appreciate it!





so this rig has to have trail doors - has to! I lack brazing skills so I got busy on making something that I could JB weld together and it looked craptastic

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So I guess I need to learn how to braze - this is where I ended up

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[Mike Flea]

Very nice work

[sgtbham]

Originally Posted by Xtacy33

Looking really good! Doors came out great too!

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Thanks man! I was pretty happy to have pulled that off!

Originally Posted by Mike Flea

Very nice work

Thanks man, I really appreciate it!


Its starting to look like a thing now - now with 100% more rollcage!!!!

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[sgtbham]

So onto the boring stuff, you know actually building the truck

didnt even bother with the gmade bearings I just assembled with lockedup RC bearings

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Used a trick I found on here to use RC4wd K44 XVDs as the short axle shafts ( GMade R1 Axle Shaft to XVD mod ) had to drill out the shiny new aluminum chubs I bought to make it happen

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Had to modify the shafts themselves by quite a bit

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and here we are - still need to notch the chubs for more steering and the whole thing seems wide...may have to narrow

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[sgtbham]

So these axles looked every bit as ridiculous as I feared they would

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So I bought some brass tubing and got busy

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I totally trust the epoxy but i tossed some mechanical spanners in just in case

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Im very happy with the new width!

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[sgtbham]

had a little time to work on this over the weekend, so i knocked a few things out - first up was the bumper. I took an RC4WD rampage bumper and hacked up the back, filled a few holes, and made a few new holes - the end result isnt perfect but its close enough to make me happy!

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Then it was onto the boring stuff that takes me forever like the suspension. All of my work on these axles has really paid off, the steering after a few mods is more than enough!

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So here we are, standing up on its own, 3 link up front all worked out, and bumper mounted (dont worry, cage is just sitting there). At first I wasnt happy with the stance but the more i look at it the more i think its spot on!

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I have also landed on a color, this rig is weird sometimes it looks blue gray and sometimes it looks baby blue it just depends on the picture you happen to be looking at and I prefer the gray. So I decided to use "Anvil" I ordered some paint thats actually from mopar so it should look just like this but ya know.... not a renegade

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[sgtbham]

I guess I should update this one - ive been slacking off over here

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