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11-30-2007, 03:42 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Springville
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|  First Scale Build (Rubicon, Scratch built frame)
I was walking through Walmart the other night and i noticed a 1/10th scale new bright jeep, i had been looking at the jeep body at hobbytown but was a bit pricey at $38 bucks. So i looked at the price on the rubicon at walmart and it was $20. so i bought it, and tore it apart, I built the frame out of Brass* and soldered it together with plumbing solder for strength, really strong, but heres what i have so far.              [IMG]  http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...onBuild021.jpg[/IMG]  Last edited by TyConway; 12-01-2007 at 12:21 PM. |
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11-30-2007, 03:49 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: northern utah
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Nice man! Looking pretty good so far. You may want to add some bracing on that stinger though, one endo off a rock and it will bend! (Been there and done that one)
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11-30-2007, 04:18 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arkansas
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Looks good. You going to use that backseat  ?
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11-30-2007, 04:35 PM
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11-30-2007, 05:47 PM
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| Lifetime Gold Baby!   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GA
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sorry to tell you this but a soldered chassis will never hold up. looks good tho...
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11-30-2007, 05:51 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: MS Coast
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What are the rest of the specs on the rig( axles, tranny, wheels, etc) I like it so far. I think this is the same Jeep that my boys have. What is the Wheel Base?
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11-30-2007, 05:56 PM
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| Powered by Awesome   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado
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a great start.. but you may redo it eventually with brake line and brazing.. i made my first tuber out of copper.. yeah.. never again.. wheeled it once.. one back flip and crunch! that thing bent like it was made outta legos!   |
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11-30-2007, 07:19 PM
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| Lifetime Gold Baby! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GA
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and btw conway...thats brass you have there |
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12-01-2007, 12:23 PM
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12-01-2007, 01:09 PM
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12-01-2007, 02:53 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Redondo Beach
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That's a great looking chassis! Awesome work so far!
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12-01-2007, 03:22 PM
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| Lifetime Gold Baby! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GA
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ok...don't believe me... you will find out the hard way. I don't care what kind of solder it was solder is NOT strong enough for a crawler. unless you plan on keeping it on the shelf.
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12-01-2007, 03:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The bunker
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Ty, you should listen to this guy.... Quote:
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12-01-2007, 03:34 PM
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ok dude you had your room to speak your opinion the first time...  i've tested it and tired to break the welds and its not happening...  maybe what you did was wrong,  but what i have so far is holding up just fine. I even soldered 2 pieces together and the weld held and the piece of brass bent...so im just sticking to my build. But really thought everyone would like to see a build and maybe get some new ideas from it.
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12-01-2007, 04:04 PM
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| Lifetime Gold Baby! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GA
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just trying to save you some time and effort based on my learning experiences. this IS a forum you know. and all I'm trying to do is help. what you do with the information I supply is totally up to you.
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12-01-2007, 05:14 PM
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i soldered only one side and tried to break the weld... the piece that is soldered is actully still together... the brass broke away first before the weld. pics to prove it.          now you see my weld is stronger than the actual brass... also tell me how hollow brake line is stronger than the soild brass rod that im using??? | |
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12-01-2007, 05:22 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The bunker
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Wow, you're the greatest.... You should see what kingcobra has built. Quote:
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12-01-2007, 05:46 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The road less traveled. Now where the Hell am I?
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Reality check here people. We are adults and we build toy trucks! Build it however you want even with popcicle sticks if you want. Just build it and have fun! |
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12-01-2007, 08:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Moscow Mills MO
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slingers might look a lil small on there. nice start so far though. |
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12-01-2007, 09:33 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena
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how would KC know how tough any welds are? the only things he has built and truley ran are his choppers and his new prerunner. jk KC so you dont blow up on me...
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