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01-27-2010, 08:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Working in my dream RC workshop and remodeling my entire home.
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I think one of my next projects will be to build an indoor "rock course" for my micro to play on. I'll post some pics when that happens.
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01-28-2010, 08:36 AM
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id grab a piece of styrene from the hobby shop and use that as the bed topper... it would look more scale imo.. but non the less, that ford turned out pretty nice.. thumbs up
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01-28-2010, 08:56 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Working in my dream RC workshop and remodeling my entire home.
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That's exactly what it is; with some fabric glued on top. I'm working on another idea that will look better....
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01-28-2010, 12:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Working in my dream RC workshop and remodeling my entire home.
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I found the perfect spot to play with the micro! I didn't even notice the terrain until I parked the car and got out. It's at a little public parking lot near the Susquehanna river. Just a bunch of clippings from last year dumped, partially composted and hardened up. Good stuff!       |
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01-28-2010, 12:20 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: At your moms,she says hi!
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looks good nice build thread  |
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01-28-2010, 12:45 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Scumrise, Flooriduh
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Looks great! very nice scale build.
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01-28-2010, 04:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Marengo, Ohio
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Thanks for the shoutout :-P Truck looks pretty darn good man. |
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01-29-2010, 07:12 AM
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01-29-2010, 07:30 AM
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I decided I wasn't really happy with how the bed cover turned out, so I re-did it. It's a little lighter, looks better, and has a more finished look to it, I think. I have some leftover materials, so I might do a painted version of the same. On to the pics... The three basic components of the cover...that aluminum is just thicker than a sheet of paper and made by K&S.  Traced out the cover and added some fold over lips to hug the sides of the bed...  All traced out..  Like a torch through butter...  All cut out....  After all of that I just attatched strips of magnet tape to the edges of bed and liner. Pretty simple. Not sure if I think this is the final answer, but it's better than before...   |
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01-29-2010, 09:34 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Long Island
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WOW! Looks much better! I was thinking of getting some diamond plate decals from my LHS for the Silverado, and the F150 looks right at home on the "course" Any video?  |
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01-29-2010, 09:47 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Elk Grove
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Nice work.
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01-29-2010, 01:53 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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I like it I'm going to have to do one of these there just to fun.
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01-29-2010, 09:19 PM
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  I think the new cover looks better,too. The only problem is that the magnetic tape isn't too strong. Time will tell if it works out. I may peruse the aisles of Lowe's too see if they have something better. No video yet, but soon. I may be starting on an indoor course also. I think I want to make something that will have four to six separate sections to it, so I can change it up or take it elsewhere. Gotta start looking at the micro course thread for some ideas. | |
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01-31-2010, 12:55 AM
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Nope, the magnet tape on the bed cover and hood did not work. Every time I rolled the truck the pieces would either come off or be crooked. Was out running around with my wife today and she needed to go to Michael's (craft store A.K.A. women's hobby shop); hmmmm, woder what kind of magnets they have? Found my solution. I got some tiny round magnets that jumped out of my fingers when they came close to metal. I found some pieces of 3M mounting foam and cut spots in them so each magnet would be flush with the top of each piece. I mounted them under the edges of the hood and the bed with some CA glue. Then I scoured the basement for some thin strips of steel and mounted those to the bottoms of the bed cover and the hood. Bingo! Perfect! Kind of crude, but they won't be seen and it works!  One word of caution. NEVER have wet CA glue near an ESC or a reciever. The fumes can get inside of the electronics and mess them up. Never had this happen but read an ESC manual. It's in there.    Everything perfectly flush.....  Stong enough to pick up the truck by the bed cover....  While I was waiting for the glue to dry, I made up a better battery pack for my lights. A 2000 Mah NiMh rechargeable AA. Still enough room in the bed for eveything...  |
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01-31-2010, 04:44 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Indianapolis
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bed cover looks alot better now. good job on it.
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01-31-2010, 04:58 PM
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The Micro course thread has helped alot for me and many others, just don't buy the Losi one if you ask me, I'm sure your micro got longer as did mine so those will really seem like nothing, at 9.3" long with the body on, I don't think those little Losi courses will be long enough  | |
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01-31-2010, 05:37 PM
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http://www.plastruct.com/Home.html http://www.plastruct.com/Pages/Onlin...;&CCode=PS-150 I'll get some video soon... | |
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01-31-2010, 08:15 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The Great Northwest
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Great lookin ride!
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01-31-2010, 11:19 PM
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Indoor course; mainly for mini's....     Just playing on some carpet scraps...  Some headlight shots...   I also found a few 1/24 scale driver kits, so Walter may be getting some company in the truck! | |
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02-02-2010, 12:18 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Working in my dream RC workshop and remodeling my entire home.
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| Course build underway!
I finally got my micro course build under way. After considering several methods, I decided to go with using plaster cloth draped over wadded up newspaper. I taped some newspaper down to a board and draped the wet plaster sheets over everything. It's easy to do and takes very little time. I also used a mold to make some plaster "rocks". I'll use those to fill in any gaps and add a little more realism. I'll also be using some talus, trees and various railroading supplies. I'm going to put my courses on seperate boards that are the same size. That way my course will be portable and I can lay the boards in different configurations to change everything up. It'll also be easier to store. Here's what I have done so far..... I bought this kit on clearance; they sell 'em at hobby shops and at some craft stores for school projects. Nearly any hobby shop or train shop can get this stuff.... http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/  This kit has all you need to do a course about 3' x4'......  Some of the rocks I've made...  A start... from bare board to course - about an hour; including drying time...  Starting to take shape....   Some crawlin' shots....     |
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