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if anyone were serious enough to do it, all they need is an original hard body to 3D scan and duplicates can be then made from ABS, lexan, or other types of materials.
i have been looking around the last few days and found some companies that will perform these tasks for a few hundred dollars.
they will even give you a mold you can cast from if thats what you want.

I currently have an experienced lexan body maker working on a Bruiser(Mountaineer) body repro. I dont know how long it is going to take but hopefully will be available this year. This was the reason behind the hilux badges I helped scaleoffroad with.

Andysbodys: I would be willing to donate a Bruiser body if my current project is not successful.

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Originally Posted by Andysbodys (Post 714663)

Hey I'll do it. In fiberglass or carbon fiber.

I'd love to remake the Bruiser, Hi Lux, Mountineer, and Blazing Blaser bodys.

I spent about a month wasting time vaccum bagging, trying different molds ect until I came up with my own way force out the excess resin.

Below is a photo of a RC18t body I made from blue ssg "glass" also notice it is under cut in several spots vents, rollbars, bumpers and its molded top and underside.

Proline makes the body in lexan if you like it, these are not for sale Proline owns the rights to the pattern.

http://i17.tinypic.com/4t71qit.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/61oec8l.jpg
http://i9.tinypic.com/5445nbr.jpg
http://i18.tinypic.com/638i2av.jpg
http://i15.tinypic.com/6gmj23k.jpg
Blue ssg compared to fiberglass.

Here is a pattern I made from fiberglass of the J8 jeep.
http://i16.tinypic.com/4kbdhmp.jpg

Short bed 72
http://i7.tinypic.com/4le448l.jpg

If you want to vaccum form bodys make the mold from hydro stone you can find it at your local gypsum supply house. Its awesome stuff and hard as ellh. Below is a photo of the mold I made for forming Vintage Boomerang bodys. You just mix it up and pour it into the original. I still have the original this mold was taken from, you'd never know I made a mold from it. And ist real fast, I made this in one day.
http://i15.tinypic.com/4tisgb8.jpg

I really dont think lexan is the way to go, the fiberglass and carbon can be treated like a tamiya hard body. and far more detail can be incorporated.

If I had the original parts in my hand I could have several copies in 2-4 months.

Questions? Ideas?

How sweet would carbonfiber axles housings be?

Any body want to voulnteer body parts?

Andy
andysbodys on eBay

those body's are some of the most impressive things i've ever seen!!"thumbsup"
but how is there strength? if i roll one or crash one doesn't carbon fiber tend to be brittle?

you should make a vette touring car body in fiberglass:D

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Originally Posted by skidooguymxz550 (Post 714781)

i don't think it's brittle because they use it on acing cars and stuff but it is very light and alot stronger than you'd expect.

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Originally Posted by davway (Post 714766)

Hi,
maybe the prices between Europe and Australia for 3D scanning and rapid prototyping are a little bit different .... but can you please tell me the company in Australia who can make me a 3D scan of a detailed hardbody and a rapid prototyping mould in 1/10 scale for a few hundred dollars!
Then I can use the few thousand dollars I save for the first class flight to australia "thumbsup"

Thank you
Stefan

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Originally Posted by Jim511 (Post 658133)

Hey guys, I'm not sure if this has come up or not, but I was thinking. Do you think that we can find a company to make a mold of the bruiser body, and than produce us lexan replica's? Sure it would be no hard body, but don't you think a lexan body would be great? Especially considering that it will be somewhat cheaper than the price bruiser bodies are going for nowadays. Any comments/suggestions/calling me an idiot welcome.

3 words.....
Coryright Infringment Lawsuits...

dont hold your breath.:oops:

Ya I actually run the rapid prototype area at my work, so I could build an exact replica, but it wouldn't be very strong, but you could cast it and use it as a mold or something

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Originally Posted by TwistedXT (Post 715393)

3 words.....
Coryright Infringment Lawsuits...

dont hold your breath.:oops:

Exactly what he said.

But, there isn't a law on making a Hi-Lux from scratch is there? :?:

If you make a copy.Give it away for free and charge $60 for shipping and handling thats all.You might be able to do that?

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Originally Posted by kodiakman (Post 721758)

If you make a copy.Give it away for free and charge $60 for shipping and handling thats all.You might be able to do that?

no you can't you are still distributing a copyrighted product. I am changing substantially the bodies I will soon be producing, to keep away from infringement

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Originally Posted by rockwerks (Post 722255)

no you can't you are still distributing a copyrighted product. I am changing substantially the bodies I will soon be producing, to keep away from infringement

You know you have my attention with that middle bit. :)

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Originally Posted by Cloak (Post 722370)

You know you have my attention with that middle bit. :)

getting close, in the middle of remodel of the garage and building a shed to give me room to work:roll: and adding a dedicated line for power so the compressor and welder dont bleed down the power while running

Ya that will be sweet! You should be able to make it at least look like it like proline did with the bushwacker. Or I guess we could always just say they're original bruiser bodies that we've had all along!

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Originally Posted by rockwerks (Post 722374)

Have any pictures of your progress, molds, patterns ect?

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Originally Posted by Andysbodys (Post 725856)

Have any pictures of your progress, molds, patterns ect?

No none will ever be posted, security reasons. I currently have 3 mold ready and 5 in the works

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Originally Posted by 03durtymax (Post 720328)

Ya I actually run the rapid prototype area at my work, so I could build an exact replica, but it wouldn't be very strong, but you could cast it and use it as a mold or something

finally....someone that is thinking on the same wave length.