M818 Tractor

[boolean21]

Awesome! Great to see more updates on this build bro!
Still following! Love it!

[Bulldog]

So nice to see this build again! We love the long term builds! You missed the mark on the "wash me" though. One of the funniest things I've ever seen was the rear window of an SUV in the wintertime that had "I wish my wife was this dirty!" Classic!

[DRW-FJ40]

Yes, Good to see you back on this one Kurt. After seeing it move over the rocks & that beautiful suspension work articulate... I'm excited to see some progress.... I need to email you with some dates, hope to get together again this summer.

That dust looks sort of realistic... might take a Q-tip & finger "wash me" on the side and just hit it with flat clear.

[DRW-FJ40]

Ha! looking back, I just noticed the "wash me"... you're a step ahead of me.

It looks great.

[sellenk]

Originally Posted by boolean21

Awesome! Great to see more updates on this build bro!
Still following! Love it!

Thanks

Originally Posted by Bulldog

So nice to see this build again! We love the long term builds! You missed the mark on the "wash me" though. One of the funniest things I've ever seen was the rear window of an SUV in the wintertime that had "I wish my wife was this dirty!" Classic!

Ha ha that beats the standard wash me

Originally Posted by DRW-FJ40

Yes, Good to see you back on this one Kurt. After seeing it move over the rocks & that beautiful suspension work articulate... I'm excited to see some progress.... I need to email you with some dates, hope to get together again this summer.

That dust looks sort of realistic... might take a Q-tip & finger "wash me" on the side and just hit it with flat clear.

Thanks, yeah I would like to come see Wolf Creek again this summer, plus now it has a fueling station so we don't have to worry about running out of gas.

Originally Posted by DRW-FJ40

Ha! looking back, I just noticed the "wash me"... you're a step ahead of me.

It looks great.

[sellenk]

Finally decided to painted the wheels, and added some camouflage. Old T-shirt for the cloth top and started the windshield:

[mjderstine]

wait a minute. that almost looks done!

4 years to go...

[DRW-FJ40]

Wow, that's some really nice work Kurt. Done? They're never done. I love the tires in the gravel shot.

Have you ever been to the tank museum in Danville? We went last fall & coordinated the trip to coincide with one of their "battle days", 1/16 scale WWII, 6000 sq. ft. indoor RC tank battlefield. Pretty cool.

If you haven't been, it's worth the trip & more military reference vehicles than you'll ever find in one spot. Plus, it's private & the owner seemed like the kind of guy who would let you crawl all over a vehicle if you were modeling one of them.

I took pictures of everything & I'm not real up on all my military vehicles, and they were all marked as to what they were but at the time, I was paying more attention to some of the tanks we had modeled & he's got a German Panzer VI... sort of the holy grail of his collection but this one looked closest to yours. :

[sellenk]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

wait a minute. that almost looks done!

4 years to go...

This will probably be done about the time you and youngblood finish the 1:4 cj3a build

[mjderstine]

shhhhh. no one is supposed to know i'm doing that work

[sellenk]

Originally Posted by DRW-FJ40

Wow, that's some really nice work Kurt. Done? They're never done. I love the tires in the gravel shot.

Have you ever been to the tank museum in Danville? We went last fall & coordinated the trip to coincide with one of their "battle days", 1/16 scale WWII, 6000 sq. ft. indoor RC tank battlefield. Pretty cool.

If you haven't been, it's worth the trip & more military reference vehicles than you'll ever find in one spot. Plus, it's private & the owner seemed like the kind of guy who would let you crawl all over a vehicle if you were modeling one of them.

I took pictures of everything & I'm not real up on all my military vehicles, and they were all marked as to what they were but at the time, I was paying more attention to some of the tanks we had modeled & he's got a German Panzer VI... sort of the holy grail of his collection but this one looked closest to yours. :

Nice! I've heard of that museum but never been able to make it down there. I for sure have to plan a trip once this thing is finished. Thanks for the pics, got any more of the "battle days" action?

[DRW-FJ40]

Originally Posted by sellenk

Nice! I've heard of that museum but never been able to make it down there. I for sure have to plan a trip once this thing is finished. Thanks for the pics, got any more of the "battle days" action?

If you make the trip to Danville to see the tank museum, check the "battle days schedule" on their website to coordinate a museum visit during one of the RC events. Another attraction in the area is the Virginia International Raceway, Real European GT3 racing in Virginia. August 21-23, there is a battle day & Oak Tree GP race. Only catch is it's the same weekend as the RC4WD event in PA.

But the guys at the RC battle seemed pretty laid back & I would think they would enjoy seeing your truck driving around in the battle ground.

Yea, I was going to email them to you so as not to clutter up your thread but... since you asked...

Largest indoor RC tank battlefield in the world. Modeled after WWII German occupied France, 1944.





German Panzer IV:



And since I'm high-jacking your thread... why stop now?

Met this guy Bob at the tank battle and he makes these custom 1:16 RC halftracks (see video below). I think he starts with a 1/16 static ABS kit & adds drivetrain, RC electronics & mechanical pieces, probably modified tracks from an RC tank and then either a modified Tamiya MF unit from the tanks or maybe something custom.

But they were pretty cool and I thought... Kurt needs to make a metal 1:10 halftrack... come on, your know you want to.... think how much fun it would be fabricating metal tracks from scratch.

1/16 RC halftrack video

[josh6575]

3 years of awesome work. The detail is amazing. Do you have any further plans for this build. Tractors are made to pull trailers. With the detail of your work we could watch some good stuff for another two years.

[freu]

Speechless...

All in metal.... this is level 2 work, hat down.

[kenworthit]

Very nice work ...


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[cooper_xl]

I keep coming back to this. It is finished?