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When I saw Brian's (Squid121's) FJ Cruiser at the Augusta Scale Comp I knew I wanted to build one.

My wife ordered two Tamiya Touaregs for builds - one for me, one for her Mater tow truck crawler :lol:

Spent a little time last night assembling the XC chassis and fitting the FJ body from ebay to the chassis.

So far there's less than $200 invested in what you see in the pics. "thumbsup"

The rest of the items for this one will be custom parts.

Here's a few pics.


Body mounted
http://www.projecttwin.com/files/XCFJ/1.jpg

Scale hemp rope
http://www.projecttwin.com/files/XCFJ/2.jpg

Rear body mount with body installed
http://www.projecttwin.com/files/XCFJ/3.jpg

Side shot of rear body mount
http://www.projecttwin.com/files/XCFJ/4.jpg

Front body mount
http://www.projecttwin.com/files/XCFJ/5.jpg

Chassis shot
http://www.projecttwin.com/files/XCFJ/6.jpg

Underbody shot
http://www.projecttwin.com/files/XCFJ/7.jpg

Looks great! the wheel base is spot on. I really like the look of that.

'Mater... like from "Cars"?

I can't wait to see that! :lol:

Yeah, Mater from "Cars". :lol:

I can't look at the front of the truck without laughing. :lol:

Mater like war pigs tow truck?:lol:

Great start on the FJ, love the simple but very usable body mounts"thumbsup"

No, nothing like War Pig's tow truck. :lol: It'll have more character. :lol:

My wife drove my son's 1:18 Nylint at the Augusta comp and loved it...decided she wanted a crawler. The first thing she thought of for a body was Mater. "He's cool, that's what I want."

So when she comes back from Warrant Officer Canidate School she'll have her own Mater crawler. :mrgreen:

Awesome, can she convince MY wife that she needs to get into crawling?:lol:

That's funny I was checking out the Tamiya collection for a chassis that would fit WB wise.

Like the dirty spare also.

Shoot...

As long as I've been doing this stuff she's never showed an interest. The only other RC she's ever had was a TAO2 F-150 back in '98. :lol:

It wasn't until she actually drove a crawler that she decided to add one to the "honey do" list. :lol:

Best advice...shove the TX in her hand. Make some excuse about how you "need her to drive it" so you can take pics. :lol:

Rizzo, the XC type chassis can be built at 9.5" or a 10.5" wheelbase. This one is built at 9.5". It's not dead-nuts perfect but it's under there. I'd like to extend the rear links about 3/16" or so to get the rear tires centered in the wheelwells.

...and the dirty spare is from the old F-150 from '98. :lol:

Nothing special, just Nylint axles stuffed under it for now.

http://www.projecttwin.com/files/mater/mater.jpg

http://www.projecttwin.com/files/mater/mater1.jpg

COOL!!...MAter ROcks!!

OMG, that thing is funny as crap.

Nice teeth! That thing rocks. Gotta get my wife into it. She drove my TLT once, but didn't really show that much interest. Oh well. My son has dibs on the next project anyway. Gotta get a Wheely King!

GOOD GOD wtf man that rig is awesome

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slick lil rig for under 200

the mater rig is cute in a girlie way

ok im ordering a taureg kit now... ill just make my own links for the rear. i love it!

That is super! Got to get rid of those Chrome wheels on Mater, or you can just say papa got a new pair of shoes. "thumbsup"

I can't get my wife involved. I already spend to much on this. If she starts we wouldn't make the house payment every month! Someone has to be the responsible one with our money.

really like it. I love the new fjcruisers

That sounds like my first date with my wife. :twisted:

I was going to do a Mater for my daughters. Where did you find that body? Also, what are your plans for underneath? Just Nylint or TLT?

You just pushed me to the next step...

LOL JIA!!!! nice.....cant wait to see more on tow mater :D