Positronic's YJ Wrangler
 

The old CCO1 section is a bit quiet lately, I'll try liven it up.

Had this body for a few months now, since my fj40 is done I've started working on it.

Sat the body on my FJ40 chassis, looked cool but I wanted to a try a cco1, watched too many of pantablo's video's I guess. :ror:

http://img.skitch.com/20100326-jtje7...rkgrhf6emf.jpg

I filled in time by filling in holes and sanding the icky seam lines.
It is my first time painting a hardbody. I also have cut off the front bumper, Ill make one out of steel for it.
http://img.skitch.com/20100326-jcqmq...cs5jpmswry.jpg

All murdered out in semi gloss :evil:
http://img.skitch.com/20100326-fyrh6...meikfqpqwc.jpg

time to mask this sucker up, tamiya masking tape works pretty good.:ror:
http://img.skitch.com/20100326-8i71a...8b3arj94m7.jpg

At this point I had no idea what colour it was going to be, at first gunmetal gray, then metallic green then, I found some yellow in the shed. :roll:
http://img.skitch.com/20100326-b7wxb...5jf3npyriy.jpg

My bearing kit showed up in the mail, wont have to use those pesky bushings.:flipoff:
http://img.skitch.com/20100326-fncg4...4dfxfsqqe9.jpg

bearing bearings?? show us the truck! :roll:

ok ok, so here it with the masking off, I got some pajero rims for it too.
http://img.skitch.com/20100326-qwhxs...86wjmm3g9n.jpg

headlights are in.
http://img.skitch.com/20100326-qj6i4...91js1dq5j4.jpg

well thats where I'm at, my wrangler kit itself arrives on monday, looking forward to building a tami"thumbsup"ya kit.

Looks like a good start, Tamiya kits are alot of fun but this one will not be to hard to do if you have any building time under your belt. Looking forward to what you do with it.

thanks fixed, yeah built my share of tamiya kits in the 80's. My 40 turned out pretty well

http://img.skitch.com/20100327-nx1k1...m1fj78xyfd.jpg

Just not sure how far to go with the jeep, wether to leave street everyday look or braze up a rack and lightbar like yours. will decide when I get that far I guess.

get spend all weekend on the body waiting for the kit. Been working on the details and touch ups, bit more to go.

http://img.skitch.com/20100327-jm6uy...48aht746q1.jpg

40 looks great, YJ paint tuned out great too with all the details done. I say go all the way, I ran mine "street" for a little while and got bored with the look fairly quick...........and I needed to build something and didn't have cash for another rig.:ror:

yeah I'd say that's whats gonna happen ;-)

yey my kit finally arrived in the mail
http://img.skitch.com/20100329-35tgg...mr2j4ckmh4.jpg

first mod! locking the front diff using the gear method, basically jam a 4th spider gear in there
http://img.skitch.com/20100329-geuhd...k2h51casbs.jpg

4 hours later..

http://img.skitch.com/20100329-8tg4g...repcja5p14.jpg

it's a blast to drive, the suspension works so well, drives very realistically, it's no rock crawler by any means but handles the trails and hills with ease. I put a 55T motor in it straight up and the speed seems about the same as the fj40 (its 35T with 20tooth pinion)

the front is a bit of a mess since, I'll whip up a temp styrene bumper until I bend one up out of steel. Still have to put the stickers on and such, need to buy some little brush paints too.

http://img.skitch.com/20100329-mesdc...yiyep4a2qn.jpg

The fj40 looks serious buisnes next to the jeep
http://img.skitch.com/20100329-ejtdr...47b7a9xmhm.jpg

6 hours later..
almost forgot the flex shot
temp bumper, some decals
http://img.skitch.com/20100329-b3htw...hisn9r33cj.jpg
http://img.skitch.com/20100329-cg5f5...8yd4etdgdr.jpg

Coming along nicely."thumbsup"

looking good!

the toyota makes the jeep look soo small haha

Sweet Jeep! one question, why did you black out the tail lights?

Hey mate, nice work. Just wondering where you got the Victoria licence plates? They look awesome

cheers fixed, been looking at your thread to see what to do next :)

sure does, a roof rack should help with that a bit I think
thanks, the kit comes with clear tail lights and black ones, I just threw the black ones on till I pick up some paint, and wire up the lights (my kit was missing the light unit)

thanks I just found them online and printed it, stuck it on some styrene

:oops: Thanks for the kind words. Looking at your build, I think you would do just fine on your own. Your attention to detail shows.

thanks, your roofrack set up is the best one I've seen, so I might copy it if you dont mind. Brazing up some rock sliders at the moment almost done :ror:

Sliders are done, turned out pretty good, had to take them off 3 times and bend them to get them to sit just right :twisted:

http://img.skitch.com/20100331-pqi64...7mey1651ph.jpg

http://img.skitch.com/20100331-cmny5...r443eihaq1.jpg

outside
http://img.skitch.com/20100331-t1umh...8p34n16dtw.jpg

more details done, all the rubbers are now black
http://img.skitch.com/20100331-em75i...cpju4ug9h4.jpg

those sliders look good!"thumbsup"

Copy away, that is why we use these forums right.............to share ideas. Let me know if you need any info.

Sliders turned out nice. "thumbsup"

thanks :)

thanks mate, I have learned a lot on the forums since I got my first truck.

got time to braze a bumper today, still trying to keep that everyday look.
http://img.skitch.com/20100401-fkqf5...yax1scr9ct.jpg

didnt get a light kit with my kit, so I had to make my own loom, it's powered off the rx.

anyway lights are done now.
http://img.skitch.com/20100402-p1axb...yktn9651pu.jpg

http://img.skitch.com/20100402-xctuh...ajrnr41g4b.jpg

and I got my red transparent paint for the tail lights, this ones for you grumpster.
http://img.skitch.com/20100402-en65j...gsyhkpdgqy.jpg

Looks great! Good job on the light covers! "thumbsup" I like the rock rails:shock: nice work.

Love the outdoor pic, looks real. "thumbsup" Nice job on wireing your lights, sucks you did not get the light kit, I like tamiya's light kit and axial lights work, plug and play, same plugs, just FYI.

thanks guys, bit of a silly video of me abusing the fact I stil got a 27T motor in it.

I had a half blown venom 55T at first but it hardly runs, will pick up a new 55T shortly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMMGDNS1Seg



got some mud thrashers today though, and it was raining outside so I went for a drive in the jeep, made the world of difference, its crawls quite well now and these tyres are great in the dirt too, think I'll be buying rc4wd tyres from now on, because they just fit the rims nicely unlike the flatirons.

http://img.skitch.com/20100406-p663k...3bqqugcg3w.jpg

http://img.skitch.com/20100406-ny27y...myfghsh2mt.jpg

sorry no outside pic, didnt want to get the camera wet.:roll: