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05-16-2011, 08:56 AM
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|  "Army FJ" - Update 6/20
This is my first real "build", so be easy on me  Road Rippers FJ Cruiser - Styrene Chassis - Parted out McRC. Articulation is not great, but I like it because its a little more "scale" to what a real 1:1 would look like. Still to come: Paint, rc4wd rock crushers, styrene bumpers (already made front, but don't like it), maybe some wheel wideners, stiffer rear springs (already have mini t springs). Let me know what you think!     Last edited by siuvinson; 06-20-2011 at 10:47 AM. |
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05-16-2011, 10:15 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Duvall, Wa
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Uh oh, not another one. JK Looking good so far!
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05-16-2011, 11:44 AM
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 (JK)I'll try to set mine apart with the paint job and other little details! To my defense, I saw your build about 2 days after I started this...nobody like a copycat, so I'll do my best. | |
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05-16-2011, 12:49 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Duvall, Wa
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What are your plans for it? I wanna somebody make a delrin/styrene arb bumper for one of these.
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05-17-2011, 07:15 AM
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05-17-2011, 11:39 AM
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Looks good. Where are you going to put the winch? Maybe a id retractor on the rear cross brace? Do you have room inside the body?
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05-17-2011, 12:12 PM
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 I just placed another order for more styrene, and ordered my rock crushers from RPP. I got a 5th rim as well and I'll use one of the stock tires to mount up a spare to the rear of the FJ! Hopefully I'll have more updates this weekend. Last edited by siuvinson; 05-17-2011 at 01:43 PM. | |
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05-27-2011, 12:00 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Duvall, Wa
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Any updates?
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05-31-2011, 07:16 AM
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In the paint stages...the frame and rims/rings are painted. The body is primed and has base coat...need to finish masking off some graphics before I spray the 2nd color (same as the frame). Haven't had the time to work on the bumpers or roof rack, but got all the supplies last week. I should have some more time to work this week...I hope!  |
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05-31-2011, 08:35 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2011 Location: OC
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Progress is looking good! What are you using to make the roof rack?
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05-31-2011, 02:17 PM
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I ordered some light buckets that I think will look good...they'll be in the mailbox when I get home tonight. If they are to scale, I'll get those mounted to the rack or the front bumper (or both!). They will be non-functional because I just don't feel like wiring anything up. | |
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06-05-2011, 01:30 PM
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more paint layed, and roof rack made. still need to do touch-ups on the paint job, and sand and finish bonding the roof rack together. I don't like the lights on the rack...too big. I'll see what I can find on ebay to replace them. some pics...    |
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06-05-2011, 05:54 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: El Paso TX
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Love the paint job. How do yall work on these things though? Working on my 1/10 comp crawler is annoying enough! lol |
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06-05-2011, 09:08 PM
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06-06-2011, 02:49 PM
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Looking good man. I was at Target recently and now they have a red FJ that is very clean. No crazy paint job on it. Stock wheels look good in tan!
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06-07-2011, 11:36 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Duvall, Wa
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Whoa, that thing looks sweet!
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06-08-2011, 03:41 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: North Alabama
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great work. I really like the tire mark up the side. Also I agree witht eh sausage fingers part. I tend to hamfist mine as well. not a big fan o the fj's but this one kinda grows on me.
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06-08-2011, 06:22 AM
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Thanks guys! I wasn't sold on doing an FJ at first, I was actually looking for the dodge ram road rippers. They didn't have one in stock, so I went with option #2. Lots of work left to do before she's finished, but I'm not sure I'll have a lot of free time in the near future. Maybe over the weekend I hope. |
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06-08-2011, 10:23 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: North Alabama
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well as far as it goes the only work I am really seeing is just bumper fab and finding some different lights for the top rack. Other than that the thing looks straight man. Can't blame you for trying to find a dodge body though. I got one of the road ripper orange dodge bodies on mine currently. I might have a chance this weekend to get some good pics of it and I will do a post of my build up.
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06-15-2011, 07:20 AM
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a little update... spent a few hours working on mounting the roof rack, gluing & mounting the tires, finishing up the front bumper, and started on a rear bumper. Still need to prep things for paint...should be this weekend hopefully. On to some pics...     |
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