Dual Dingo build thread-My first build thread

[juswin24]

Did some more work on the grill. Decided to add running lights to light bezels. Putting the holes in the body wasn't the easiest thing to do. I have a reamer not a step drill and. It wasn't large enough. Found it hard to keep centered too. The hole on the right looks bad because I used a drill with wood hole bit. Don't recommend using one to make hole big with a drill. Used same bit by hand and it worked perfectly.







This pic shows you what it would look like without a bezel. Add the running lights it would good this way also.

[Ramination]

Originally Posted by juswin24

They'll be for fun! I live to far from any type competition if there is any at all. I don't know of anything near Greensboro NC. As for twins sort of. Build two right now is getting more details such as wheel wells and fancy wiring. I bought two Dingos so if someone comes over we could have some fun with these. So much more relaxing than my racing days!

As much work and awesome detail as you are putting into these things...I'm surprised you'd let someone just come over and drive them. Great work, your styrene work kicks butt!

[juswin24]

Originally Posted by Ramination

As much work and awesome detail as you are putting into these things...I'm surprised you'd let someone just come over and drive them. Great work, your styrene work kicks butt!

Once it's done and pictures are taken then it's time for fun. The build is fun and relaxing. Fix'n them is just part of the fun also. Now I will say these are not for street bashing. Trails and crawling won't be as ruff as head on into a curb or stuck under a car. Thanks for the compliments too!

[juswin24]

Coming soon! "Dingo Pirates" Movie trailer staring a Dingo. Downloaded iMovie app for ipad and I was playing around with it. Put this goofy trailer together.

[BubbaEinstein]

Love it!

[juswin24]

Went out the other day and somehow the mud just got all over it!

[theloudone]

i love that color. what paint did you use?

[juswin24]

Originally Posted by theloudone

i love that color. what paint did you use?

It's Pactra Bright red. It's for lexan body's, so there is no gloss since its for the inside of body. I painted the outside with a base coat of white and then bright red. I wanted the color to sort of match my 4x4 F150. Color looks just about like stock paint on the box the dingo came in. Never intended for that.

[juswin24]

So this is where that mud somehow got on my Dingo!

[mitchr97]

I wonder why!?!?!?!?!

[juswin24]

Put together another imovie trailer.

[juswin24]

Back to work! I pulled the body off and washed off the Carolina red dirt. Body is clean and starting to show some trail rash. I've finished my second grill for Dingo 2.



Once the glue has cured I will sand the edges off and then sand the whole grill to prep for paint.



This is what I used to give the grill some 3D effects. It's very thin and worked great.

[juswin24]

Bought some mini toggle switches and will mount where the shifters are on the decal. Switches are " DPDT" or "ON-OFF-ON" with dual terminals. This setup will give four options to control lights.

[Arctic Fire]

great thread! usedful pics and info without being overboard picture happy! Could you go into a little more detail with the lights? maybe one quick post as to where you got them, what kind of (resistors?) are those? How do you connect them and what power source? I have long wanted to install my own LED's instead of buying kits, but i don't know anything about resistance and current/voltage for LEDs, afraid I would just burn up a bunch of lights!

[juswin24]

This Will be my first time with LED's. I'll get into more details soon on the lights. I researched as much as possible and found that you need to a LED calculator, I used this one LED series parallel array wizard.

You will use this once you decided on the LED's you will buy. I bought all 5mm LED's. Colors I bought where white, red and amber/yellow. I shopped eBay for my lights. There are many places to buy LEDs. Losikid here, sells LEDs but was out when I ordered mine. My budget for now is cheap. It won't be hard to upgrade lights later once I'm sure I know what I'm doing. Resistors, bought some on eBay and radio shack. Also got the mini toggles on eBay. I searched vendors from US to them quicker. My white LEDs are US made not from china. Not sure if it matters.

Toggles switches, one switch will do head lamps and running lights on pushing switch forward, pushing back head lamps, running and bumpers lights will come on. Switch 2 will be , push forward for rock lights in the wheel well areas. Haven't decided on the forth function yet. Might be light bar if I get one.

Power source will be castle BEC. BEC powers the servo only. i understand LEDS don't draw much of a load at all. I designed the lighting system on 6 volt power source since that's what my BEC is set.

I'll try and post more info as I start the lights. Should be later this week or next.

[juswin24]

If you have a multiple channel radio you could use this to turn lights on and off.

Turnigy Receiver Controlled Switch

[mitchr97]

isnt that just a servo board with resitors where the pot is, and lights where thr motor is???

[juswin24]

Originally Posted by FORDROX97

isnt that just a servo board with resitors where the pot is, and lights where thr motor is???

What you're saying is a pico switch homemade. You do have to have a bad servo or a cheap one to make it. This is just a finished product. Probably a little smaller too.

[juswin24]

Painted the grill and bezels tonight. I used Pactra black back, it's for the backing of paint on lexan bodies. Didn't want any gloss. Some shine is from the flash on first photo. You can see on one grill I got off gluing the strips. It'll be low behind bumper and lights.



My lighting is from side. That's why one side appears darker.

[mitchr97]

That looks pretty cool!