Vw Pickup

[MattTheGenus]

Hey guys, here is a small project I've been chipping away at for the last few months in my free time. It is based on the Oh-35po1 chassis, and a 1/24 hasegwa type II vw pickup. Here's the plan, slight lift small-ish tires and a stock body.


Will have real pictures once my sd card reader shows up, should be in the next few days.

[old man 52]

That's how mine started

[MattTheGenus]

Card reader never showed up


The story of this rig began in 2013 with an autocad model based on some inaccurate measurements. Looked ok though.

Got them 3d printed at shapeways, again they didn't fit anything well though.



And here they were on a ford crew cab that was tragically crushed in the move.



Then came a long period of inactivity, after my hard drive on my pos samsung laptop crashed I figued it had been lost. Until a week ago I found a flash drive that had the file on it, score! Now I need to modify the file and get them printed again to fit the oh35po1 chassis.


I failed miserably to make them fit the super swampers, but these tiny michelins fit them perfect! (rats nest is temporary)



Here is the current mockup stage of the project:

[old man 52]

Nice start , I really like these pickups , can't wait to see how you're turn's out

[MattTheGenus]

Took a page from my man jimbo wa and sleeved my links with brass tubing, I used 3/32 and it's slightly large. I really like the look though, looks a lot less fragile.



I also ordered a few sets of wheels and tires from fireball models (Fireball Modelworks) , they are SUPER nice, tires are soft and the wheels are very detailed. Highly reccomended They are intended for static models, I laser cut a tiny adapter and glued it to the back.





Here's the gold standard in 1/24 offroad tires, aoshima super swampers. I won't be using these wheels or tires on this build as they are a bit too wide but the next will be planned around them.

[old man 52]

Look's great

[Sparks1337]

Nice work, that's cool as

Great find with the wheels and tyres too - where did you get the aoshima tyres?

[hotwheels000]

I love the look of the smaller tires, perfect fit

Also curious as to where to get those tires ?


Here is mine, the body choices are endless with these little micros


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[MattTheGenus]

Originally Posted by old man 52

Look's great

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Sparks1337

Nice work, that's cool as

Great find with the wheels and tyres too - where did you get the aoshima tyres?

Much appreciated, the aoshima tires came from an old hilux high rider kit I've had since my xmod days. They are still around but seem to fluctuate in price quite a bit. They are also a bit hard, the rubber bfgs I posted are much nicer.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...4AXQ3NTR3XDZT0

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

I love the look of the smaller tires, perfect fit

Also curious as to where to get those tires ?


Here is mine, the body choices are endless with these little micros
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Thank you, smaller rims do look great but perfomance is not nearly as good as the losi micro sized stuff. The link above is the kit where I got the aoshima tires, and the little bfgs I got from this guy (can't post a direct link for some reason)
Fireball Modelworks
They are some of the nicest tires I have seen in this scale, and reasonably priced to boot




Update, I decided since I had some kmc rims lined up for the next build I'd go for something a bit more stock on this one. They are modeled to fit the center cap that came with the kit and hopefully are the correct dimensions this time



I'll have to see where I can get them printed semi-quickly I'd like to keep this build moving. More this weekend.

Edit: Ordered the rims through shapeways $6 for the 4 of them plus $5 shipping in white strong and flexible plastic. If they fit I'll spring for the detailed stuff.

[MattTheGenus]

The rims showed up and fit like a glove, they are a few mm too wide for my tires. I'll get that fixed and get them printed in a nicer material.






Painted two black just to see how it looks, they will eventually be body color. Now on to the body mounts...

[Sparks1337]

Fantastic work. It looks stunning