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clodman666 · 06-07-2007, 07:18 PM

alright that's just too cool. I'm a huge vw fan and if you could make this a production body i'd buy at least half a dozen. the vw thing is one of the coolest and least remembered vw's out there and i love 'em.

microgoat · 06-07-2007, 07:32 PM

No way. With all the ribs and the undercuts, you'd never get it off the mold

microgoat · 06-08-2007, 05:33 AM

Fully coated and ready for sanding

Big Mike · 06-08-2007, 01:48 PM

Wow - you would'nt have to tell me what it is, it looks pretty much spot-on.

Definitely a 181, no question.

Very impressive. It's going to look great with a paint job...

danielk · 06-08-2007, 06:03 PM

i think it should be bright yellow like on 50 first dates.

microgoat · 06-08-2007, 07:15 PM

Danielk gets a cookie, for reading my mind

danielk · 06-08-2007, 07:18 PM

sweet a freaking cookie! *sits in corner eating cookie*

i searched google for a pic of the one from the movie but i couldnt find one.
here is a pic that is close

the black top looks great on it too. a soft top would be awesome, especially if you made the top fold down scale.

microgoat · 06-08-2007, 07:22 PM

I'm still trying to figure out how to make the cool dog-dish hubcaps. Gotta be removeable to get to the wheel nuts, but stay on when it's running.

I'll use screws if I have to, but I'd rather not have to.

danielk · 06-08-2007, 07:28 PM

make em like they are in real life. have little clips on the back of the rim that pop into holes drilled into the rim. you could make the hubcaps themselves from something you could find at the dollar store. go there and look in the kitchen supplies i guess. also pick up one of those cheap mesh strainer things to use for grill mesh for your air inlets; nice scale accessory.

kingcobra · 06-09-2007, 05:54 AM

OR put flanged nuts on the wheel backwards so the flange is on the outside and use a piece of rubber tubing that fits snugly over them...glue it to the inside of the hubcap. looks great...I was thinkin orange... but yellow is good too

Big Mike · 06-09-2007, 08:38 AM

It would be tricky to get the dimensions right, but you may also be able to solder or epoxy the wheelnuts inside the hubcap and combine the two into one unit??

Yea, yellow is a good choice - it was a very common color to see them in BITD...

beequewl · 06-09-2007, 11:16 AM

I am so impressed. I had one back in high school, and it was super pimp! I cant wait to see how this turns out!

microgoat · 06-09-2007, 11:27 AM

The problem with using the wheelnuts, is that the fronts don't turn. Right now I'm leaning toward a flange on the wheel with two holes drilled in it. The holes will match up with holes on the hubcap, and a C-shaped piece of piano wire will hold them together.

Or maybe magnets.

microgoat · 06-09-2007, 12:18 PM

... just cut up some shocks. Problem solved

danielk · 06-09-2007, 04:52 PM

you should use a little styrene or something to make the wheels look more scale to the original stock steels that were on the Things.

microgoat · 06-10-2007, 12:01 PM

Or I could press the hubcaps into the original Frog wheels (which I did), and try to find some batteries for the camera (which I ain't).

EDIT: Which I is.

danielk · 06-10-2007, 06:34 PM

dang goat, lookin good but i know they are too small. you planning on picking up some more of the frog rims and doing some custom tires?

microgoat · 06-10-2007, 07:55 PM

That's what I was planning, but another (and better) idea came over me. A friend from Germany brought me some ARP buggy tires, which I mounted on the TTB F-150, so I recycled the TTB's old Kyosho Option House Dunlops (probably the last set on earth) onto the 181.

Frog front wheels all around, but with rear outers for more width and offset. The new tires fill the arches perfectly, don't rub, and give it a cool beach-buggy look.

And no, I won't sell 'em.

Crawler Noob · 06-10-2007, 08:30 PM

very nice, love the custom body.

danielk · 06-10-2007, 11:19 PM

wanna sell em? haha jk. lookin great! Kyosho needs to remake those tires. they would sell like hotcakes. you keep adding details to this thing and you will have one of the most scale vehicles on the web.

06-08-2007, 05:33 AM	#23
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Fully coated and ready for sanding Attached Images

06-09-2007, 12:18 PM	#34
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	or better yet... ... just cut up some shocks. Problem solved Attached Images

06-10-2007, 12:01 PM	#36
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Or I could press the hubcaps into the original Frog wheels (which I did), and try to find some batteries for the camera (which I ain't). EDIT: Which I is. Attached Images Last edited by microgoat; 06-10-2007 at 01:35 PM.

06-10-2007, 07:55 PM	#38
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	That's what I was planning, but another (and better) idea came over me. A friend from Germany brought me some ARP buggy tires, which I mounted on the TTB F-150, so I recycled the TTB's old Kyosho Option House Dunlops (probably the last set on earth) onto the 181. Frog front wheels all around, but with rear outers for more width and offset. The new tires fill the arches perfectly, don't rub, and give it a cool beach-buggy look. And no, I won't sell 'em. Attached Images

06-07-2007, 07:18 PM	#21
clodman666 Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Abington Posts: 188	alright that's just too cool. I'm a huge vw fan and if you could make this a production body i'd buy at least half a dozen. the vw thing is one of the coolest and least remembered vw's out there and i love 'em.

06-07-2007, 07:32 PM	#22
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	No way. With all the ribs and the undercuts, you'd never get it off the mold

06-08-2007, 01:48 PM	#24
Big Mike I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV Posts: 2,781	Wow - you would'nt have to tell me what it is, it looks pretty much spot-on. Definitely a 181, no question. Very impressive. It's going to look great with a paint job...

06-08-2007, 06:03 PM	#25
danielk RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena Posts: 1,118	i think it should be bright yellow like on 50 first dates.

06-08-2007, 07:15 PM	#26
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	Danielk gets a cookie, for reading my mind

06-08-2007, 07:18 PM	#27
danielk RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena Posts: 1,118	sweet a freaking cookie! sits in corner eating cookie i searched google for a pic of the one from the movie but i couldnt find one. here is a pic that is close the black top looks great on it too. a soft top would be awesome, especially if you made the top fold down scale.

06-08-2007, 07:22 PM	#28
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	I'm still trying to figure out how to make the cool dog-dish hubcaps. Gotta be removeable to get to the wheel nuts, but stay on when it's running. I'll use screws if I have to, but I'd rather not have to.

06-08-2007, 07:28 PM	#29
danielk RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena Posts: 1,118	make em like they are in real life. have little clips on the back of the rim that pop into holes drilled into the rim. you could make the hubcaps themselves from something you could find at the dollar store. go there and look in the kitchen supplies i guess. also pick up one of those cheap mesh strainer things to use for grill mesh for your air inlets; nice scale accessory.

06-09-2007, 05:54 AM	#30
kingcobra Lifetime Gold Baby! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GA Posts: 530	OR put flanged nuts on the wheel backwards so the flange is on the outside and use a piece of rubber tubing that fits snugly over them...glue it to the inside of the hubcap. looks great...I was thinkin orange... but yellow is good too

06-09-2007, 08:38 AM	#31
Big Mike I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV Posts: 2,781	It would be tricky to get the dimensions right, but you may also be able to solder or epoxy the wheelnuts inside the hubcap and combine the two into one unit?? Yea, yellow is a good choice - it was a very common color to see them in BITD...

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06-09-2007, 11:16 AM	#32
beequewl Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hell Posts: 23	I am so impressed. I had one back in high school, and it was super pimp! I cant wait to see how this turns out!

06-09-2007, 11:27 AM	#33
microgoat I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 8,009	The problem with using the wheelnuts, is that the fronts don't turn. Right now I'm leaning toward a flange on the wheel with two holes drilled in it. The holes will match up with holes on the hubcap, and a C-shaped piece of piano wire will hold them together. Or maybe magnets.

06-09-2007, 04:52 PM	#35
danielk RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena Posts: 1,118	you should use a little styrene or something to make the wheels look more scale to the original stock steels that were on the Things.

06-10-2007, 06:34 PM	#37
danielk RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena Posts: 1,118	dang goat, lookin good but i know they are too small. you planning on picking up some more of the frog rims and doing some custom tires?

06-10-2007, 08:30 PM	#39
Crawler Noob Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 387	very nice, love the custom body.

06-10-2007, 11:19 PM	#40
danielk RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pasadena Posts: 1,118	wanna sell em? haha jk. lookin great! Kyosho needs to remake those tires. they would sell like hotcakes. you keep adding details to this thing and you will have one of the most scale vehicles on the web.

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