1/87 scale. Anyone willing to try?

[Brake Weight]

GAZ

https://www.banggood.com/Das87-DS87A...p-1478750.html



D110

https://www.banggood.com/DS87A01-DIY...p-1470999.html



Cute little tranny

https://www.banggood.com/Metal-Gear-...p-1470963.html

[Intashu]

Made the Das87 myself.



They're a heck of a lotta fun. but a REAL pain to make!


More images:
https://imgur.com/a/G03ZcF8

[Brake Weight]

Originally Posted by Intashu

Made the Das87 myself.



They're a heck of a lotta fun. but a REAL pain to make!


More images:
https://imgur.com/a/G03ZcF8

Lol, that is so cool. I love it and have no desire to build one. Those Orlandoos were meticulous enough for me.

[hiluxxury]

Amazing. it would be great for the desk with a bluetooth phone app controller

[high plains drifter]

I'm nervous to click on the links. That's how I wound up with 6 crawlers already! Any idea what's the main PITA with assembling these aside from the obvious tiny screws?

[dr frankenstyle]

HOLY HAND CRAMPS, BATMAN! I thought my 'doo jeep was gonna put me in the goofy gulag. I can wear magni' glasses, but I don't think I could hold onto the parts for THESE, and buildin' one with tweezers is just too much! Wish they'd been around when I was younger.
NEATO!!


jim

[Intashu]

Originally Posted by high plains drifter

I'm nervous to click on the links. That's how I wound up with 6 crawlers already! Any idea what's the main PITA with assembling these aside from the obvious tiny screws?

It's all brass and requies a handful of adjustments and filing and such, you gotta heat up the U joints and put the center piece in yourself, and in general the entire thing is just so absurdly small if you sneeze you lost a part forever.

it has to be assembled with permanent thread locker because it's too small for screws! xD

I had to assemble mine with the microscope I got at my work!

[smog]

Remote control slot cars, unreal.

[high plains drifter]

Originally Posted by dr frankenstyle

HOLY HAND CRAMPS, BATMAN! I thought my 'doo jeep was gonna put me in the goofy gulag. I can wear magni' glasses, but I don't think I could hold onto the parts for THESE, and buildin' one with tweezers is just too much!

Can't believe how funny I found this to be lol.

Originally Posted by Intashu

It's all brass and requies a handful of adjustments and filing and such, you gotta heat up the U joints and put the center piece in yourself, and in general the entire thing is just so absurdly small if you sneeze you lost a part forever.

it has to be assembled with permanent thread locker because it's too small for screws! xD

I had to assemble mine with the microscope I got at my work!

I found this to be less funny and more terrifying lol.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm out!

[Intashu]

Look these up on TINY4x4.com for better support than banggood btw!

[Shape_Shifter]

Been there, done that, nearly went blind!

Back in 2003 I was inspired by the German TTTT craze (Table Top Trial Trucks) and made a couple for myself. All hand made chassis and drive trains. Most people were using Roco brand H.O. scale truck bodies. Too much fun. I made a couple online friends from Germany that sent me some 1mm LEDs. Cutting edge stuff back then. Long before tiny Lipos were available I had to use little 40mah nmhs cells and cram them wherever they would fit.

Some of the coolest modelling work I have ever done in my long modelling career. But the German guys were light years ahead of my work. I could only try to replicate the stuff they were doing.

[punkindrublik]

Originally Posted by Brake Weight

Lol, that is so cool. I love it and have no desire to build one. Those Orlandoos were meticulous enough for me.

THIS. I was seeing crosseyed and had arthritis by the time I finished my jeep. I couldn't even imagine trying one of these...

[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by punkindrublik

THIS. I was seeing crosseyed and had arthritis by the time I finished my jeep. I couldn't even imagine trying one of these...

Yeah well I built those from scratch 16 years ago when I was 38. My eyes and hands are different now. I still ordered a Dads87 to torture myself.

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by Intashu

It's all brass and requies a handful of adjustments and filing and such, you gotta heat up the U joints and put the center piece in yourself, and in general the entire thing is just so absurdly small if you sneeze you lost a part forever.

it has to be assembled with permanent thread locker because it's too small for screws! xD

I had to assemble mine with the microscope I got at my work!

Yep, sums up why I didn't get into these lol.

Saw them back when same as Shapeshifter, badass looking, but way too tiny and fiddly for me.