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11-05-2010, 12:54 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bay area
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|  aluminum rc car body?
is there anyone making these and where can i find one or some? i thought i seen someone with a aluminum Chevy body...  |
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11-05-2010, 01:45 AM
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| Who's your Daddy-0! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Augusta
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Tonka!  I've seen a few guys make some using kitchen baking pans but that is about it.
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11-05-2010, 01:48 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Gettysburg
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11-05-2010, 01:56 AM
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Price is great on those! Start at like $44.95 I had no idea there was someone making those!Edit....They are super thin though! I would think a body that thin would get beat to he'll in no time! Last edited by TattooKenny; 11-05-2010 at 01:59 AM. | |
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11-05-2010, 02:23 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bay area
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YES! tyvm !!! |
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11-05-2010, 06:39 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Berlin, VT
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Thats wicked cool that they dent. Deff just added to the wish list! I love to see well used trail rigs.
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11-05-2010, 07:23 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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He still needs to update his photos, a lot of the body pics are the older .005 material. He uses .008 nowadays, and does tons more reinforcing underneath. I don't know how he keeps the prices so reasonable, they're no more expensive than a Tamiya hardbody or scavenging a New Bright. I did'nt see the Willys last time I visited his site. How frickin' cool is this? For 50 bucks?? I've been wanting to add a Jeep to my stable, this might push me over the edge... Last edited by Big Mike; 11-05-2010 at 07:27 AM. | |
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11-05-2010, 07:34 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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Pretty sure I've seen a few builds on here where someone will take portions of a plastic body to make a mold and press their own aluminum panels. Seemed to work pretty well. I'll post a link if I can find it again.
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11-05-2010, 07:44 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: somewhere
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the bodys are cool for a shelf queen lol... they get beat up perty bad on the trails.. after awhile u have to buy a new one lol...
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11-05-2010, 11:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bay area
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I'm glad i asked and can see now that I'm not the only one that's gonna buy one and use it(no shelf queen here,lol). i cant wait! |
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11-05-2010, 12:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Salt Lake
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Now if I could get a steel body that would show trail damage, and rust too  |
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11-05-2010, 12:19 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Gettysburg
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yup I love Aluminum bodys. they dent like vehicals really would. Im gonna use mine when I get it and beat it to hell. plus they look sick when there all dented up.
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11-05-2010, 01:39 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Nor Cal
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That willys is Awesome! Oh wait, They're all Freakin Awesome!!!!! |
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11-05-2010, 02:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Berlin, VT
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It says right on the website that they are supposed to dent! you ultimate scaller guys should love this. whats more scale than a mini dent from a mini rock!! When I dent my 1:1 (no straight body panels on it) who ever was driving signs and dates the dent. Think of it like a battle scar. Each one tells a story. |
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11-05-2010, 03:44 PM
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11-05-2010, 08:23 PM
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I haven't seen any 1:1's look like this! And the Willy's body seems out of scale or to big?
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11-05-2010, 08:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: bay area
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body positions off a little too on the willies...
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11-05-2010, 08:46 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: St. Augustine
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lol, that ford looks like it got into an accident |
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11-05-2010, 11:16 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Greater Seattle area
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Yeah the Ford did not fare too well, lol. For those who aren't aware, the crumpled F-350 pictured above was literally one of the first bodies I made and was made from 005 aluminum. It is the infamous "review" body that another member assembled and tested. Since that very early body the thickness has increased twice and much has been learned about reinforcing. The box-art finished F-350 on the front page of my website is where the bodies have progressed to today, read through that build-up and you'll have a good idea of what to expect. Yes, they are thin, but not delicate; they can be finished to a sturdy body that damages very realistically. Remember, like Hyde802 said, they are supposed to dent and get damaged. On the "Gallery 2" page is a video of an aluminum Lunchbox rolling down a hill, it had been reinforced of course and it came out of that roll looking NICE! If you're in the Everett, WA area and want to stop by and hold the box-art F-350 in your hands and actually feel it and see what it's like in person, send me a PM, maybe i'll see some of you soon! Cheers! Stew |
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11-05-2010, 11:53 PM
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| Who's your Daddy-0! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Augusta
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Stew, what is the weight on the new bodies? Say the Toyota HiLux or the F350? Are the size of the bodies the same as the original bodies? Has anyone used fiberglass to reenforce them? I think they look amazing, I just worry about them ending up like that Ford! At least how I drive anyways!Last question, can you bob and dovetail them? |
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