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Old 10-14-2006, 11:35 PM   #81
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Judging by the pic of the real Samurai with 30" tires, those are too small. They should fill the wheel wells a lot more-- right now it looks more like a Mule. Good work otherwise though.
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Old 10-15-2006, 12:17 AM   #82
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Judging by the pic of the real Samurai with 30" tires, those are too small. They should fill the wheel wells a lot more-- right now it looks more like a Mule. Good work otherwise though.
Numbers don't lie, scaled off the 1:1. One thing that throughs you off is being able to see through the body/chassis.
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Old 10-15-2006, 05:52 AM   #83
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I think it's pretty close.
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Old 10-15-2006, 06:59 AM   #84
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The only real difference I see are the leafs. The scale sami has arched springs. The other one has flat springs. Other than that yay it'ss dead on.
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Old 10-15-2006, 07:45 AM   #85
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Was wondering what you used for a heating element? The reason I ask is I am in the process of building a table also but don't know what to use for heating the lexan.
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Old 10-15-2006, 08:09 AM   #86
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those tires look a little on the dinky side, going through my tires i happen to have some maximizers with k-rocks sitting right here beside me and looking at them, looking at your sami, looking at them looking at your sami, you might have to lift it a little but they would probably look pretty awesome on it. like a 1:1 lifted sami with bfg krawlers. either way great job, i love the one off body jobbers
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Old 10-15-2006, 08:19 AM   #87
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Was wondering what you used for a heating element? The reason I ask is I am in the process of building a table also but don't know what to use for heating the lexan.
I am using a pair of 8,000 BTU propane burners, I had them in the garage.

As far as the body, I also don't have the fender flairs on in the pics.

K-Rocks would be WAY to big, like putting 44's Boggers on a Radio Flyer
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Old 10-15-2006, 08:34 AM   #88
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yeah, thats just rediculous for a radio flyer, 33's ok, but 44's?!? lol, i remember a couple of pics way back in the day in 4wheeler people building these red wagons with swampers to pull the kids around at the jamborees! yeah i see your point, if those are stampede wheels the k-rocks would be a little on the way to big side. oh well, thought i mighta had them sold....after hearing they suck fro crawling.......
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Old 10-15-2006, 08:38 AM   #89
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16,000 btu's?!?! whew, awhile back i was looking on the net to build my own vac table and the most basic one i found was some peg board, a shop vac and a couple of heat lamps! is it going to be .250 lexan?!?!
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Old 10-15-2006, 09:09 AM   #90
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The burners are ajustable, from 4,000 up to 16,000 BTU's. With this setup I will be able to soften up to .200 material. The .060 I am using for the bodies will be cake.

And ya, I way over build things, kind of a curse
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Old 10-15-2006, 09:45 AM   #91
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when in doubt....make it stout!
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Old 10-15-2006, 10:06 AM   #92
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hmmm, .200 you say? i bought some red plexi to make some brake light lenses, if i sent you a mold and the plexi could you form them? the plexi is .125
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Old 10-15-2006, 12:17 PM   #93
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Let me try it out on some of my stuff before I destroy your stuff

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Old 10-15-2006, 02:55 PM   #94
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cool, i'll watch the thread, let us now how it goes. the only method i have is in the oven or maybe a hairdryer, either way dosnt sound very controlled, acurate or precision to me.
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Old 10-16-2006, 04:24 PM   #95
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Crawl like crap but all-ts would look pretty sweet.
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Old 10-19-2006, 01:23 PM   #96
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If you plan to sell these bodies I'n in for at least one or two !!
Looks incredible !
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Old 10-19-2006, 05:06 PM   #97
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Ive done alot of vacuum forming (building hottubs), heat control isnt very hard, start cool and work your way up, you may want to set up some kind of diffuser to even out the heat and to keep from burnin the lexan the first few times. you may wan tto build in a controlable vent on top too, and look into a BBQ temp guage.

Time the first few to get a good idea of what works best. we always coated the mold with baby power too to help the air from getting trappped. make sure the Vac is on before you put the lexan on the mold. cant tell you how many times i forgot that when forming the hot tubs, ooops.
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Old 10-29-2006, 10:59 PM   #98
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any updates yet? not to bug but I'm anctious to see how it turns out!
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Old 10-30-2006, 05:50 AM   #99
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Over here in the UK they were nicknamed "FOFNAR" Fall Over For No Apparent Reason
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Old 10-30-2006, 09:55 AM   #100
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wut does that ^^ have anything to do with this tread btw if you do a lexan version of that body im all in for one it looks sick, wish i still had my sammy
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