Scale G-Wagon

[Michaele]

Hi all,
since I do live in Germany I thought I will have to think about a german scale crawler as well. And since I do have one of these in 1:1 as well, I decided it has to be a Mercedes G-Wagon. With no parts being available I started eith the part I am good in anyway, a CAD model. At the moment it is "equipped with Axial axles, a Cad2Chrome tranny and the rest is custom stuff. The frame is looking not too bad so far, the body will have to get some more work. I am not sure yet how I will build all this stuff, but future will tell!

Here were some pics of the Status after the first week:

[crunky]

nice model.
there was a G wagon made by nikko, they are rare now.
looks like styrene will be your new friend for a while.

[kreison]

hey michaele,

nice work, pleas post this in the german forum too

( wäre cool wen du auch im deutschen forum einen baubereich posten köntest, www.rockcrawler.de)

[Bamfapotamus]

nice model! good to see someone else drawing em up

[G-crawler]

Looks promising!

[Michaele]

Originally Posted by crunky

nice model.
there was a G wagon made by nikko, they are rare now.
looks like styrene will be your new friend for a while.

Maybe, but maybe not! I was considering a 3d print of the body, would be faster, and I do have the possibility to do that. We`ll see.

Michael

[Michaele]

OK, after some more (design) work I finally came up with the following: Scale will be 1:8, wheels will be 1.9. I was not sure about that, so I was experimenting some with 2.2 wheels as well.

With the large wheels the chassis looked impressive:


But with the body the smaller wheels were just right:


So, now there is more detail work to be done to get the body and chassis ready...

Michael

[BGGruff]

Sweet! I can't wait to see how this comes out. I love the 2 Door G-Wagon.

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by Michaele

Maybe, but maybe not! I was considering a 3d print of the body, would be faster, and I do have the possibility to do that. We`ll see.

Michael

That would be impressive to see!
Nice project.

[Michaele]

Originally Posted by pantablo

That would be impressive to see!
Nice project.

Ipressive to see the body? Or the printer itself? With the printer standing here in my office I know how this thing is working. I just did not check yet how long it will run, and how much (expensive) material it will need.

First I have to check details and dimensions to get everything correct here....

Michael

[rcjeepbuilder]

I love builds that have alot of thought put into them!! Looks like you nailed the stance with those 1.9s!!

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by Michaele

Ipressive to see the body? Or the printer itself? With the printer standing here in my office I know how this thing is working. I just did not check yet how long it will run, and how much (expensive) material it will need.

First I have to check details and dimensions to get everything correct here....

Michael

We Architects use 3d printing for our models often so I'm familiar with the technique (although I dont use it for my work at the moment). I'd be interested to see how the body comes out. has loads of possibilities if it works well.

[4mulaSvaliant]

Your modeled wheels resemble some MOPAR ralley wheels! cool!

[Michaele]

OK, not much time right now: Looks like the RC4WD Yota axles were the winners here:


The body did get some mods as well:



So the conceptual stage is getting forward quite OK at the moment...

Michael

[Surci]

Hi!

Very good project!I would like to build it!What are the sizes of the body?
Thanks!

[Michaele]

Originally Posted by Surci

Hi!

Very good project!I would like to build it!What are the sizes of the body?
Thanks!

Hi Surci,
these were the overall dimensions of the car:



Michael

[MadForce]

Very impressive work! I've spent 1 year driving the military versions here in Greece and man these are beasts, nearly unstoppable and unbreakable.
If you actually make a body I'll fly over there and buy it from you!

[Michaele]

Originally Posted by MadForce

Very impressive work! I've spent 1 year driving the military versions here in Greece and man these are beasts, nearly unstoppable and unbreakable.
If you actually make a body I'll fly over there and buy it from you!

Mad,
these were really impressive in 1:1. I own one and had the pleasure to drive it from home to Dakar/Senegal and back a few years ago. I really love this car, which is the reason why I wanted to build it in the end.

And for the body: I actually thought of building it as a kit, so that the parts could be resin casted. It depends if anyone else would be interested in the body as well.
But this is something for the future. I will start with the chassis soon, and will then see where the body work is heading.

Michael

[Surci]

Thank you very much!
Yet these sizes I should make it.Or if he may be you would send it over into a 3D file then?

Excuse me for the many questions!



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[MadForce]

Originally Posted by Michaele

Mad,
these were really impressive in 1:1. I own one and had the pleasure to drive it from home to Dakar/Senegal and back a few years ago. I really love this car, which is the reason why I wanted to build it in the end.

And for the body: I actually thought of building it as a kit, so that the parts could be resin casted. It depends if anyone else would be interested in the body as well.
But this is something for the future. I will start with the chassis soon, and will then see where the body work is heading.

Michael

I do not have the pleasure to own one now but I've driven all the variations here : GD190TD, GD230TD, GD320L and one GD40TDX which is an armored patented version the Greek vehicle factory made for command purposes with a 4lt turbo diesel engine, axles from a Steyer Puch 5ton and reactive armor. Beast.

The kit form is a great idea because this way you can have other variations covered too.