DAKAR Rally Modified Stewart & Stevenson M1079

[Ty@Tekin]

Making more progress! Frame is all painted, pretty and assembled again. Servo is in, motor is in, ESC mounted and ready for all the wiring to start.



Just about everything is painted and ready for the wrap, cab semi-assembled, seats and sound module will be showing up soon and I can get started on the interior! Inching ever closer to having a running truck!

[ronniehertog]

Thats going to be a sweet rig! Did you do al the technical drawing?

[Ty@Tekin]

Originally Posted by ronniehertog

Thats going to be a sweet rig! Did you do al the technical drawing?

Yep, everything was drafted and printed here! I'm itching to get it running, probably a few more weeks!

[rs10man]

easily one of the greatest builds!

[spicer3]

Mind blown


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[TRAV]

you just won the internet in my books

how long is the line of people asking to buy one?

[Ty@Tekin]

Oh updates! Pay attention!

Been working on this rig more and.....it DRIVES! Test drove the chassis the other day, very pleased with the scale speed. There's hundreds of scale feet of wiring in this truck and still lots more to do. Don't worry, it'll all be tucked and decently pretty when I'm done. Started by getting the receiver and GT Power module mounted in a sweet custom bracket for easy access through the side door.



Then I decided she needed some fender liner splash guardy things to keep some junk off the batteries and out of the box.



Then the rock lights went in, controlled by an Axial 3-port H/O LED module.




Tested the lights and sounds, all is working!



Interior is moving right along as well, we have screens on screens on screens that will have detailed decals, 3 racing seats and a race steering wheel.



Mounted the speaker box in the tunnel area and it fits like we did it on purpose.



Also got 4 RC4WD Baja Squadron pods mounted in the front bumper cutouts, just need to wire them to the Axial H/O Controller and pray it works!



Lots more to do including wiring the cab, which will receive 3 Pro-Line light bars on the roof and two amber marker lights along with some switches and a master power plug for easy removal later on if necessary. More to come!

[Bananaclip]

Amazing

[calcagno45]

Wow!

[Ty@Tekin]

Originally Posted by rs10man

easily one of the greatest builds!

Originally Posted by spicer3

Mind blown


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Originally Posted by TRAV

you just won the internet in my books

how long is the line of people asking to buy one?

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

Amazing

Originally Posted by calcagno45

Wow!

Thanks peeps! Been a really fun build so far. Making more progress, will post another update soon!

[meatmonkey]

What an incredible build. Any chance we'll get to see some scale airborne shots when it's done?

[Jonnie Fraz]

Nice work!

[pullstarter]

This is incredibly awesome, hats off!

[Ty@Tekin]

Originally Posted by meatmonkey

What an incredible build. Any chance we'll get to see some scale airborne shots when it's done?

Oh yes, plan on doing lots of filming!

Originally Posted by Jonnie Fraz

Nice work!

Originally Posted by pullstarter

This is incredibly awesome, hats off!

Thank you all!

[Ty@Tekin]

More progress! Got the ESC power and rock light switches mounted up in a bracket between the cab and the box. and made a power plug and switch panel in the cab to control the light bars, head lights and interior dome light and a wire conduit to conceal most of it.




4 Squadron head lights working and they are bright! Added marker lights to the door and roof and they run off of an Axial simple LED controller hooked to the G.T. Power unit to light up when all the others do.



Got seat brackets done up to mount the seats also, they will go in after I get the wiring all finished.



Also added some small mirrors.



Inching ever closer, still lots of small details to finish up before it is ready! The roof rack is ordered and should be here from Shapeways next week!

[Ty@Tekin]

Still rigging up lights in this thing, got some nice LED strips to light up the inside of the box for display and show off everything inside.



Also the cab-over rack came in from Shapeways and it turned out good! Mounted up the 3 Pro-Line LED bars and 3 Axial fog light buckets with grills. Just need to wire these up to the switch behind the driver!





I also moved the servo down onto the front axle, I know better than trying to run a CMS with a 4-link setup, works like trash so this was the only other option to have good steering and as a bonus it moved some weight off the springs! Now it turns like it should.



Wrap should be done very very soon and then it'll be time to make a video after I finish up some more scale details.

[Brake Weight]

Have you weighed it yet?

[Ty@Tekin]

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

Have you weighed it yet?

It's right at 10.5lbs without batteries. I'll do a final running weight when it's done! The 6x6 is almost 14lbs.

[Brake Weight]

Originally Posted by Ty@Tekin

It's right at 10.5lbs without batteries. I'll do a final running weight when it's done! The 6x6 is almost 14lbs.

10.5# ain't too bad. My Bomber weighs about that much. Looking good and keep up the good work.

[Ty@Tekin]

After some consideration, decided to completely redo the spare tire section of the truck. The big printed part was likely not going to survive too long as it had already split in 2 spots after attempting to bolt it to the fender flares. Went with the rib and panel construction that the main box is derived of and it turned out awesome!



Painted all the parts, cut lexan panels and started wrapping the whole truck.



Then decided to put some mudlfaps on it front and rear, complete with punched out Tekin 3-dot logo. These are printed from Bridge and are flexible. Just need to finish up the mounting on the rear.



Safety nets on the cab rear windows for...safety?



Almost wrapped, just need to finish up the rear. Also wired up the 3 Pro-Line light bars on the roof!



Cut a windshield and test fit. Pretty happy with how it turned out! Also made a prop for the side doors that folds away for stowage.



Almost done, just a few more details to knock out.