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01-09-2009, 06:31 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Oxford PA
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|  Leo's Willy! *now running! with vid!*
Well I must have done something right with Aaron's Yota build because I had another sucker... uh i mean customer  ask me to build them a truck and with the holiday's behind us I finally had some time to start it.This one will be a Willy's similar to the green one i made but with some changes that Leo (Ljk) wanted. This will be leafed with AX10 axles and a lot more scale details, a full exo and tube front fenders, roof rack, tire carrier Etc. Anyways here is some progress. I decided to try some aluminum foil from Dick Blick someone showed me. http://www.dickblick.com/zz605/03/ Since I wasn't going to be in for a couple days I started on the chassis. I began with an exact drawing of an original willy's frame I found on the net and scaled it up to fit the body, then shaped the 1/2" square tubing to match  I sliced it down the middle and wire brushed it clean  then I made the front and rear bumpers  The metal showed up sooner than I thought so I started on the body  This metal seems to be the same thickness but is much softer and easier to form. I was able to get some detail I couldn't before.   Here is a close-up of the grill. It came out better than my previous ones  Once I complete the cab I'll get the chassis set-up and start on the cage. This should be a fun weekend! Last edited by Metal Masher; 04-11-2009 at 07:22 AM. |
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01-09-2009, 06:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Shorewood
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lookise good. i would love to biuld 1
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01-09-2009, 06:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Edmonds, WA
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looks awsome so far! i always love your builds!
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01-09-2009, 06:45 PM
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| Oliver Custom Knives Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bloomfield NM , not something stupid
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Holy Shat thats cool ,  you my friend are the master  Dwane |
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01-09-2009, 09:01 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Copperopolis
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Holy Shat! is right thats some nice tech baby metal work.
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01-10-2009, 12:47 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Gunpowder, MD
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Looking forward to seeing more on this build. I always like the M151A1 1/4 ton.
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01-10-2009, 03:22 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: pa
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metal you are the man it is looking good is it done lol i wont to play |
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01-10-2009, 06:06 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: salunga
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damn, blake looks like your building another fantastic rig. |
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01-10-2009, 06:48 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Here
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Blake, I hope you leave time to build something amazing for Motorama...  |
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01-10-2009, 07:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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I think I just sh!t my pants... That's just awesome! (the weld bead is particularly nice...) So what do you charge for these things? (whatever it is, it's not enough...) |
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01-10-2009, 10:35 PM
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Thanks everyone. I'm really enjoying this one. Quote:
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Well after getting through my honey-do list, I got some more work done on the body. Started the floor pan using some paper templates I had made up when I first built the flatty I traced out the pattern on the new metal. Man I love this stuff!  then I cut it out  and broke the edges using my "sheet metal brake"   then I moved onto the inner fenders using the same technique  to get the corners I placed the part on the body and worked the metal around the edge  then I made the front floor pan  and glued the pieces together   It's coming along pretty good and I should have the basic cab done tomorrow. Time to hit the sack Last edited by Metal Masher; 01-11-2009 at 06:21 AM. | |||
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01-11-2009, 08:25 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Copperopolis
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The use of metal is going to be so realistic, especially when it starts to get rock rashed, thats going to be cool! Nice work. Are you brazing with a TIG or something, how are you connecting everything together???
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01-11-2009, 08:29 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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This is way to interesting and creative builds that are really different a far and few. |
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01-11-2009, 08:45 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Spain
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Awesome!!! |
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01-11-2009, 10:41 AM
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01-11-2009, 11:34 AM
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Where can I find out more about this new metal?
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01-11-2009, 12:33 PM
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01-11-2009, 02:00 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: norway
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Very interesting, looks great so far! I have about 13 Wild Willy MK1 from Tamiya, and have been playing with the idea of making one with a scale chassis. Your project is a whole different ball park, and league! Have you seen the 2.2 Willy that Crawlcanada.com member Zukamini did for a scale comp recently? Not a metal body, but still might be interesting. Link. Can't wait to see how this full metal willy evolves. |
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01-11-2009, 03:56 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bruiser Heaven!!!!
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man u do some bad a$$ work and i'm going to being watching this one till the end. rich |
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01-11-2009, 08:35 PM
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