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06-26-2007, 12:03 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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well heres my latest project, a WWII era armored car. ill hand build the body, and chassis. the plan is to make the turret rotate with the 3rd channel. specs 9.75" WB TLT axles handmade body custom chassis hummer wheels 55T Gen 1 Stealth first step i always design everthing in autocad the chassis   the body    i got the patterns transfered for the chassis rails onto the 1/4" black acrylic for the mock up rails. the final rails will be machined from 1/8" aluminum.  and the rails rough cut. i bolted the two sided together and cut, grind, and drill them together so they match each other perfect.   starting on chassis assembly  |
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06-26-2007, 12:05 PM
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| Adilynsdad too!   Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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Looks cool. I know where you can get some military theemed decals
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06-26-2007, 12:05 PM
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shes a roller now. got all the suspension and steering links made up.   and after about 4 hours of work on the body heres my current progress....   |
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06-26-2007, 12:07 PM
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06-26-2007, 12:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Deer Park
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that looks an awful lot like an english ferret powered by jaguar v12 motors...
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06-26-2007, 12:33 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: MS Gulf Coast
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Good Job!  If the turret is gonna turn, then put a BB gun mechanism in it so you can shoot peoples tires out on the trail if they get in your way. HA! No really, I've seen some RC Tanks that shoot BB's. It looks killer so far. What kind of shocks are those? Have you figured out a choice of tires yet? Keep us posted.
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06-26-2007, 12:39 PM
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06-26-2007, 12:43 PM
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06-26-2007, 12:44 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: East Aurora
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wow that thing is so nice, get it done so we can see some actioon pics!!
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06-26-2007, 06:24 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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got the basic body done tonight and all the joints filled(the sloped on glue you see). next up is sanding all the joints flush and smooth,and adding all the details: doors, hatches, port holes, body details, lights etc.   |
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06-26-2007, 06:37 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: toolsa, jokelahoma
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think i might just have to follow this build, my bro inlaw drove one of those things in iraq...looks great cant wait to see a vid of it....  |
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06-27-2007, 02:27 PM
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anybody got any ideas where i can get a 1:10 .50 cal gun? or something similiar looking? http://www.usarmymodels.com/AFV%20PH...0MG%20Rear.jpg |
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06-27-2007, 02:52 PM
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Try onesixthdepot.com. I mean some of that stuff is a little big, but maybe you can find something that works. Loads of military stuff.  |
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06-27-2007, 09:38 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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That'll be cool when you're done!
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06-27-2007, 09:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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Sweet... Nice to see more making there own bodies... It's an art all in it;s own thats for sure... Keep it up...  |
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06-28-2007, 11:43 AM
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got some more of the panels done, it takes a while cause i have to create each one twice, first the bottom layer is just flat .060 styrene for thickness, then another piece of the diamond plate styrene on top for texture. i decided to leave teh turret off and make it a APC. looks cooler i think. still gotta work on that .50 cal.  |
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06-28-2007, 12:29 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nortern Kentucky
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Oooo, it looks good, you should try and get a way for the turret to move, kinda make it like real.
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06-29-2007, 08:26 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fort Wayne
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Wow that is awesome looking! What model is it based on? Looks like a V300.
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06-30-2007, 04:06 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Concord nh
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pretty sweet looking so far cant wiat to see it finished
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06-30-2007, 04:18 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Crawler practice!
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that is pretty cool someone mentioned it to be able to move the turret modd an electric airsoft pistol to make it shoot?!  |
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