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02-09-2006, 01:20 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: logan
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|  sleepy jeep After floating around here for awhile now Ive decided that its time to pay my dues and add my own build up thread. I cant help but admire Brandos skills and the speed that he can build a truck. Or looking at rckjeeps truggy with as lustful eye. So here is my own creation.... By the way the etch a scetch is only a prop for the pictures. Ill be using my own frame, HPI jeep body, TLT axles and a pede tranny. I am looking to go for a scale crawler that has a few ideas that I have not seen done yet to make it a maor capible trail rig. Comment are always welcome!!  |
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02-09-2006, 01:27 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Mt.View CA
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looks cool, not bad for being designed by a Etch-a-Sketch  |
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02-09-2006, 01:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding from Goodall
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The body looks cool with the top cut off.
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02-09-2006, 01:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mendocino (NOR-CAL)
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02-09-2006, 03:01 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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man I wish my etch-a-scetch would build a scaler like thet. |
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02-09-2006, 04:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2005 Location: In front of my comp
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Haha, good one Unimoger.. |
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02-09-2006, 05:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thats a Good question
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looks like a good start. just keep working and get it done
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02-09-2006, 08:34 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: logan
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| made a little progresse tonight. I added the rock rails, they also help hold the body in place and I started the main hoop for the family roll cage to be welded to. Went down to Earls (lhs) and picked up some moabs and a TLT. |
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02-10-2006, 03:28 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Garage working on a toy car.
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| nice  Looks good ,hows youre sun burn comming along ? its time for something new.
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02-10-2006, 03:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Looks like A 71' Jeepster Commando (w/ the roof cut off like that) I used to have as a kid. |
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02-12-2006, 12:23 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Albuquerque
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02-12-2006, 03:14 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: logan
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| Got most of the tubing work done this weekend. The tranny is in and the axles are built ready to intstall. I was able to fab a faux roller fairlead on the front bumper to pass my winch cable through. Has anybody tried to put on hydrolic bump stops? I might try to build some with mini-t shocks. I hope to have it running by the end of this week. |
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02-12-2006, 03:22 PM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: May 2005 Location: the land of the midnight sun
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Looks cool. great work man!!!
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02-13-2006, 07:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: logan
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| I was able to get the axles mounted and the WHEELS on! The wheels are from RC4WD.COM and I have to say they are worth every pennie, or dollars. The fit and finish is perfect. Im not a big fan of the red rings but I,ll see how they look after the jeep gets a little color. Im going to get a few more brackets welded on to hold the battery, figure out how to keep the body on, then its time to strip it and go the the paint. I can feel my blood boil now!! |
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02-13-2006, 08:07 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Garage working on a toy car.
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|  THOSE WHEELS LOOK SWELL I CANT WAIT FOR MINE JEEP LOOKS GREAT TOO
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02-13-2006, 08:17 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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great work Crawldaddy, any close up pics of how you did your fairlead? I just built mine, but it doesn't look as nice as yours, what did your use to make it? brake line?
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02-13-2006, 10:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: logan
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| Here are a few pictures of the fairlead. I used a hook off of a peg board for the rollers and 1/8 " steel for the back plate. I welded the rollers to the plate. My LHS says that they have some chrome paint for models that I can use on the rollers after the frame is painted. I put the stickers on the winch since this is a donner body to see how it would look. Im going to paint the frame and cage black. Any suggestions on body paint color? The body will be trimed out just like the doner. I was thinking candy green but wonder if it will look like Santas jeep with the red rings on the wheels.  |
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02-14-2006, 05:16 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bellflower
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i think those red rock rings are cool looking. if i had the money, i would buy them. i think you should paint the body silver with those red rock rings, that would be cool.
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02-18-2006, 07:54 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: logan
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| I was able to get things painted up. Im not sure if I like the red rings on the bead lock so I might strip the ano off. Now its time to start building this up. |
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02-18-2006, 08:21 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: the land of the midnight sun
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WOW!!!! Looking awesome so far daddy. Keep it up. |
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