my icelandic offroad formula project...

[arnþór ósmann]

I started this project about 2 months ago. I have always liked the 1:1 "the turfer"/ torfan so I wanted to built somthing similar . If you don't know the turfer then, "the turfer" is an icelandic offroad formula car owned by Hafsteinn Þorvaldsson, i think thed the car is about 5-6 years old and he still compets but he has bin driving tourists for some time too.


started off by using "inventor pro"



then i glued the chassis together with hot glue





then i started welding





















a tonn of articulation ther



fitting the electronics

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the first run... but not nearly finished










another run but still not finished







another run still not finished but this was truly a quality run









now we get to the painting


































and that's were i'm at now

what do you think??

[ItsDaKine]

Good job, that looks good bro wish I knew how to weld. Whats your wheelbase? Wanna build me one soon. Currently all I have is en EXO with paddles on it but it works and fun as hell. So whats the next upgrade?

[M1tch]

Very nice build . It looks almost real in the photos.

[arnþór ósmann]

Originally Posted by ItsDaKine

Good job, that looks good bro wish I knew how to weld. Whats your wheelbase? Wanna build me one soon. Currently all I have is en EXO with paddles on it but it works and fun as hell. So whats the next upgrade?

thanks my wheelbase is just a standar axial wraith for now

I need to bay new battery's, i think that i'l be get'n an LRP competition lipo packs
then I'l be looking in to some VP c-hubs and stuff

[arnþór ósmann]

making some panels for the turfer

[arnþór ósmann]

I ran the turfer to day until my crappy battery ran out

[Szczerba]

At first I thought you were going to use hot glue to hold the chassis together! Then saw where you welded it up.

Chassis looks spot on and I love the profile of the whole rig.

[arnþór ósmann]

hahahaha... don't worry that was just a mockup

[arnþór ósmann]

this is my youtube channel if anyone wants to see a video of the turfer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_o5wiZja9M

[Zarizi Tech]

This is looking awesome! So realistic!

[arnþór ósmann]

I took him out for a run today and the axle caught in this turf ... He just hung there for a while and i just took one picture for the whole trip (it was raining)

[evan03]

Sweet build. I'll check out your channel

[arnþór ósmann]

Originally Posted by evan03

Sweet build. I'll check out your channel

I would appreciate it thank you

[arnþór ósmann]

did a bit of crawling...it didn't go so well

[arnþór ósmann]

I love offroad formula

[arnþór ósmann]

did a bit of mudding with the turfer and a project in the making

[arnþór ósmann]

rew street tires!!

[arnþór ósmann]

seat belts and a NOSS tank


















you can see the tank on the 1:1 here...

[arnþór ósmann]

Originally Posted by 0rion

it looks great and some of your pics are awsome.

hahaha... some ?? I know it*s a cheap camera hehe

[arnþór ósmann]

I'm going to paint the frame again because the color is all peeling off and I was wondering if some geniuses here could give me tips on how to paint the frame so it does not peel so quickly (I did not use primer for example)
maybe I should use a primer and put clear varnish after I've painted the frame green??