Micro Pete A.K.A. Crawler Hauler

[rcdave13]

Starting to take shape.

[rcdave13]

The bumper was custom made to my measurments from ebay store Trick My Plastic Truck Model and it will be held on with a few drops of glue. Now you can see why I remade the hinges.

[rcdave13]

On my other builds I did the lights after paint but there are so many led's on this I thought it would be better to install and wire them first. I used 32 gauge wire and 2 types of led's, Osram micro side mount white and blue and 1.8mm diffused red, blue and yellow. The cab marker lights were the hardest to plan out and get right. I hollowed out the chrome housing for the 1.8mm yellow led that I sanded the corners off so it would fit. Then I colored it with an orange Sharpie so the color was right when it is turned on or off. I installed 3 micro slide switches to control the lights and a connector so I can plug into a power supply for display. There ended up being a total of 50 led's on the truck.

[nigelpheron]

Now I feel bad, about the rat's nest that is my light-wiring job.

Looking awesome so far.

[MaD222]

WOW!!!!! very nice build......nice work

[PontiacGT201]

ok been watching this. um so how much for one hahah. this is awesome. great work man.

[makaveliks]

Great job! I have been waaay to impatient to try putting tiny lights in mine! Can't wait to see it lit up!

[oahuzuki]

Those lights are amazing! with that much work i could put lights in all my rigs! its coming along good!
i noticed you had those really good leds, where do you get your lights and wires from?

[rcdave13]

Thanks for the comments.

Originally Posted by makaveliks

Great job! I have been waaay to impatient to try putting tiny lights in mine! Can't wait to see it lit up!

C'mon, it only took about 20 hours.

Originally Posted by oahuzuki

Those lights are amazing! with that much work i could put lights in all my rigs! its coming along good!
i noticed you had those really good leds, where do you get your lights and wires from?

My 7 r/c's have 148 led's total(I just counted). I get all my led's fron ebay, usually china. The wire is from a model train store.

[TheBakedBeans]

simply AMAZING!!! I can't wait to see the video!!

[rcdave13]

Waiting on paint to dry so I can clearcoat it. I like the look of big 10" stacks so I got some 7/16" x .016" thin wall aluminum tube. I didn't think it could be bent without professional tools but I tried it anyway and it worked well. I packed the tube with sand and heated it with a propane torch, this is the tricky part. Then I put the tube in a handheld tube bender and carefully bent it. The 1st try the tube ripped when I was almost done, it needed more heat. The 3rd try I got it too hot and it was a little deformed but the 2nd and 4th turned out nice. The bends could be tighter but the are close enough. I know they are too long but I can't decide if I want angled cuts or straight cuts. Also needs to be polished.

[rcdave13]

Still working on paint but I finished the dash, I think. Looks better in person cause the camera shows all the little imperfections alot better. I put a blue LED behind the dash so the white gauges are backlit.

[PontiacGT201]

Man this thing keeps getting better and Better

[Big Mike]

And it keeps getting even more detailed!! This build is epic. For the scale you are working at, the dash looks fantastic IMO...

I am also looking forward to seeing it all light up

[rcdave13]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

And it keeps getting even more detailed!! This build is epic. For the scale you are working at, the dash looks fantastic IMO...

I am also looking forward to seeing it all light up

Thanks, gald you like it. I have not even seen all the lights at once yet, just sections.

[PontiacGT201]

So whens the next update. cant wait for it.

[rcdave13]

Originally Posted by PontiacGT201

So whens the next update. cant wait for it.

Had some paint problems that hurt my motivation. Normally put the micros away when spring comes but I want to finish this soon.

[King of Beers]

Amazing

[micro racer]

THIS TRUCK IS AWESOME!! Heck, I'd be too afraid that I would cut into the wrong thing to even attempt something this cool. But I guess that is what glue is for, right?

Can I copy your backlit gauge idea for my dingo? If not, I'll do it anyway.

[kevinhayden]

Would love to see this completed someday. The work you've done so far looks amazing