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12-21-2013, 06:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore
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|  Re: Mat's Willy!  I like how the bit of grill trimming makes a big visual difference in the front.
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12-23-2013, 12:28 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Wales, UK
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| Re: Mat's Willy!
I remembered doing a high steer mod on my Gmade R1 and wondered if it would work for the Sawback...guess what, it did! I used some GPM DF03 knuckles bought from Asiatees  The GPM knuckes are 1mm over size (screw to screw) to fit in the chubs so a little filing is in order  All the stock Sawback hardware seems to fits no problem  All fitted     |
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12-23-2013, 03:38 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: under a rock and a hard place
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| Re: Mat's Willy!
Perfect, I bet those are the ones I used....used to have a r-1. and like you said, a little filling and they fit fine. Good find |
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12-23-2013, 07:07 PM
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| Re: Mat's Willy!
Love this build! What color did you use and what brand? If you don't mind me asking
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12-29-2013, 03:30 AM
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| Re: Mat's Willy! Quote:
The paint I use is from a store called Halfords in the U.K, they do a range of camo paint colours. The one I used is item no.252044 | |
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12-29-2013, 06:18 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Newmarket, Canada
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Awesome find on those knuckles! the high steer looks great!
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12-29-2013, 10:14 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: St. Louis, MO
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This Sawback looks killer. Great job!
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12-31-2013, 10:04 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Alaska
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| Re: Mat's Willy!
Your rig looks good along with that CMS mod  I was going to say that you can change the color of them knuckles fairly easy if you wanted a more scale look
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12-31-2013, 10:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: bel air
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| Re: Mat's Willy!
what are those knuckles from? df03? like tamiya?
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01-02-2014, 01:31 PM
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01-02-2014, 06:23 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Casper
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01-02-2014, 06:32 PM
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Ebay has em. Just ordered a set $20 shipped to canada
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01-02-2014, 06:35 PM
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| Re: Mat's Willy! Quote:
EDIT: reason I'm asking is the ones I got from junfac aren't high steer just so everyone knows. Last edited by raceeng18; 01-03-2014 at 04:20 AM. | |
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01-04-2014, 11:23 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clovis
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| Re: Mat's Willy!
Great photos and really nice work on your Sawback / Jeep.. I really like your grab handles and top frame....right out of WWII...Nice!
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01-06-2014, 06:38 AM
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| Re: Mat's Willy! Quote:
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Been trying to squeeze in a bit of time to get more done over the Christmas holidays, managed to fab up a few bits and pieces. First off was the seats....I needed to get the driver a little lower so I used 4mm foamex board and tried the fabric covered approach.....    Too much work and I couldn't get a nice finish, so went for a nice simple solution....spray painted the foamex plastic then glued green cord around the outside. Simple, quick and they weigh next to nothing.   Next up was a little bit of cunning filing and bending.........  Can you tell what it is yet!?   Also added a companion and various bits of junk    I think I need a good camera, the colour difference of the body outside is nuts  | ||
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01-06-2014, 06:41 AM
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So awesome, Mat! It gets better and more realistic all the time. Nice work!
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01-06-2014, 08:18 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Newmarket, Canada
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Very nice, I've been waiting for someone to put the lights where they're supposed to be!
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01-06-2014, 09:50 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: under a rock and a hard place
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Best sawback to date!!!!!!! Such attention to detail |
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01-06-2014, 12:42 PM
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01-06-2014, 12:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Roxborough, CO
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