04-27-2006, 09:36 AM | #21 |
Im Brandon Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Colfax, CA
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| Bed Covers
To make a nice looking bed cover, use some 1/8" ABS plastic, the plastic I picked up had a nice texture to one side of it. It also cuts very very nicely with the plastic blade I have for my dremel (couple of dollars, the cut off wheels will melt the plastic and make a mess!) It can also be used for lots of other things, I used it to mount the seats in this land cruiser as well. |
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04-27-2006, 10:21 AM | #22 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bellflower
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how about melting the body with a lighter for some scale dents??? just once you melt it, push it in with an object, not your finger. its hot. KEvIN |
04-28-2006, 12:15 PM | #23 |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Just got this in an email, pretty cool if you if you want to make your own dash board, they looks to have some cool looking guages... Mike |
05-29-2006, 10:52 AM | #24 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Somewhere in Sweden
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Here are some phone holders (seat's), check these out http://search.stores.ebay.co.uk/Car-...096025QQsofpZ0 |
06-02-2006, 07:46 PM | #25 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: over there
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Use a ball stud as a imitation trailor ball hitch! I found it on the Traxxas Revo Rock Projects 2! |
06-07-2006, 12:13 PM | #26 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: woodpile aka HELL
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i dont have any pics, but leaf springs look more scale then the 4 link.....and if you put the servo on the chassis, and have a droplink like this in the pic below.........this is not my truck |
06-07-2006, 02:25 PM | #27 |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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06-14-2006, 03:20 PM | #28 |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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| HOW TO: Scale interior build
Hey guys I had a day to myself today...parents away...g.f. at work I got lots done on alot of different trucks. I started to build an interior so i did take a few pics and I will move this into the scale tips and tricks thread after a day or 2. I am posting it now incase you have any questions. Step one: Locate a bruiser interior Believe it or not a bare interior will work fine...keep reading and youll see why Step two: Buy a wild willy parts tree (Tamiya L-parts 58242/ Tower # lxsk57) This parts tree has alots of goodies, not only does it have a steering and column but it has a shifter and a really cool winch too Step 3: Paint it up and install the steering wheel and column I even picked up a little adjustable wrench from 1:6 depot, I think its a nice touch up on the dash...maybe not to good for when your wheeling because you wouldnt want that flying around in the cab .I also used Bruiser decals for the guages, re pro decal sheets go for like 25.00$ or so on the bay or you can print guages off the web to use. STep 4: Carpet, whats a scale rig with out some sort of carpet or flooring? I took this here felt kit home from the Toyota dealership when I was a tech, it has stick on felt used for fixing dash rattels in cars OR subs for carpet in your Bruiser interior im sure you can probably pick up something similar at a crafts store. Step 5: Shifters. Well the wild willy shifter comes as the trans and TC case shifter together...for me thats not cutting it...so I cut it I then had some Bruiser shock booting that was 2 short for a shock which serves an exellent shock boot, problem is that the opening is to large for the shifter SOO I took some heat shrink installed that first then the "shift boot" then only heat the top portion of the heat shrink and WALA good to go I did the same for the 4 wheel drive shifter too. At this point you interior should be starting to come along...I also through in a RARE hard to find APM fire extinguisher (made back in the day by APM for clods) Step 6: I also picked up some cool flash light from 1:6 depot they look kind of like the lights the fire dept uses on the rigs, they are water proof and very bright. In the end you should end up with something like this I painted the 5 speed shifter knob silver just to give it some character, I also added a nissan/pathfinder sticker and mounted up the flash light with a little black screw. Well thats it for now...I am eventually going to do a cage but I need to get the interior mounted 1st to see how its all going to work out. Enjoy Mike Last edited by Grizzly4x4; 05-09-2007 at 10:32 AM. |
06-16-2006, 01:33 PM | #29 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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| More scale bits
Traxxas part number 1517 contains chrome bed rails, air horns and a steering wheel. Five bucks It's off the Villain IV electric boat. For reference, the steering wheel is about the size of a quarter. Last edited by microgoat; 06-16-2006 at 02:24 PM. |
06-21-2006, 09:14 AM | #30 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the great brown north=(WI)
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to set a scale wheelbase buy two thick yard sticks. then drill two holes on the same increment on each one and put the first alxe in. then put the other ale were you want it and do the same. get perfect link measurements
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07-03-2006, 11:59 PM | #31 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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One thing I have noticed when checking out the scalers is the bright paint showing under the body. I now shoot a final coat of black paint over everything before I pull the masks off. It darkens the underside enough that I don't have to fab wheel wells.
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07-04-2006, 12:16 AM | #32 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Want to add plates to your rig? Go to this site, make them, save to your computer, and then print them. http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/licensemaker.cgi |
07-22-2006, 03:08 PM | #33 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: usa
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nylints have alot to give.the bumper on a 1/6 can be reused to make a masive front bumper or you can cut everything but the (what would be) pipe off the botom.1/18 nylint jeep rockrails make perfect rockrails for pickup cabs.
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07-22-2006, 05:32 PM | #34 |
I'm a stupid C U N T! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the Garage!
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use 1/8 scale buggy fuel line holders to route battery and motor wires to give your truck a good clean look and keep things out of harms way |
07-27-2006, 12:30 PM | #35 |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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| Updated bruiser decals
I didnt make these, a kid by the name of Joker did on rcmt years ago, and I just found them on a old data disc
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08-14-2006, 10:02 PM | #36 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MEDFORD
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you can always paint the inside of the body silver and then the outside with a coat of primer and then the final color\s you want to give it a realistic rock rash paint removed theme.
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10-06-2006, 08:30 AM | #37 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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| Scale Acessories Picture #1 Need an icechest?I used a bottle of pills for mine.Cut the neck off and just wrap the bottle with electrical tape.If you're really dedicated you can fill the hole and paint it. Picture #2 Need an Igloo water jug?I used a cap from my wifes lotion.Painted orange and the top white.Looks like the real deal. Picture #3 Need a sleeping bag?Get a peice of webbing,cut it to size and wrap it up.Make secure straps with thread or tape.Tow ropes and regular rope? Use nylon and put heat shrink around the ends.I use a thicker nylon for my tow line and a smaller one for etc.You can find pretty much all this stuff around your house. Picture#4 Want some racing seats? Use a tin can of Acetone.Trace out a pattern and cut out.Make sure the can is empty before you use a dremel or "Kabloey!!" I'm not finished with these,I'll use some tweed and cover them.Add some nylon for the seatbelts. Last edited by ColquittCustom405; 10-29-2006 at 01:26 AM. |
10-16-2006, 11:36 AM | #38 | |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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| Chino63's How to: Get a Bruiser to flex
Here is Chinos how to get a leaf spring rig to flex, Thanks for the write up Dean Quote:
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10-25-2006, 09:08 AM | #39 | |
Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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| real flares
HOW TO: Realistic fender flares Quote:
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10-26-2006, 12:48 AM | #40 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Haven
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| Nerf Bars
I don't know if anyone has done it, but the brush guards that protect the clod axles and usually get discarded when building a crawler. Can be used as nerf bars/steps. |
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