Tamiya CC-01 Pajero Men in Black with interior

[vobele]

Hi folks, just finished this build and had a lot of fun. It's far from being perfect but why not share with you some moments of experience..

Allright - I'll skip the details about the CC-01 chassis, it's improvements and hop ups right away. I think there is enough said about it.

First some words about the body: its the former Tamiya Pajero Hardtop case in abs, what else.. A wonderful detailed shell, what a pity Tamiya changed to the lexan body in their current release. Well..

First cut out the holes for the working lights in the front and rear:



..then took the body to a professional painter for 1:1 cars. My own painting skills are horrible.. Afterwards I mounted the light buckets from Loops Model - looks promising!




.. searched on eBay for a 1:10 toy car with interior to be stripped out. I found one but however - it's not a Pajero. In fact it was a Range Rover Evoque but who cares.



..got clear windows, glued them in and started messing around with LEDs..



Its time for a first body fitting test - nice shining... . At this stage I used as tires 1.55er Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ (they are looking very scale imho), but later I swapped them with (still nice looking..) SDI Scale Doctors to gain performance.



The driver took place after he had to undergo some surgical interventions..




Now to the working lights: After trying out many p&p solutions which did not satisfy I used switching units from cti for brakes and rear light:

Normal driving with rear light:

Braking rear light:

Turn left:

..and right:

Reverse:

..and brake again:

Front lights with turning indicators as well:


And now taking it out in the woods where it belongs to





..and now best of all: a buddy of mine made a cool video of it!! Enjoy it and give him a thumbs up if you like

https://youtu.be/3_hZZeNSU6w

Any questions about the build feel free to ask - cheers Tom

[redjones]

looks great

[vobele]

Thanks I love this baby..

[fullsizecrawler]

good job on the truck. did you change the suspension at all ?

[vobele]

Thank you. Yes, on the back side I used progressive shocks with longer travel way and soft springs. And the optional link set from GPM. On the front I used the stock shocks but with only a little oil and the springs from the back shocks. All in all the car has gained more weight due to the body mods which helps further to have a more realistic movement on the trail Cheers

[gurraen]

That painting is awesome ! real nice car , i regret that i sold my cc-01 pajero . think it was one of my most funniest car i have driven (but not straight out of the box with the stock steering :-p )

[vobele]

Thanks . The CC-01 is its own class of fun I think. You won't go over over huge, unscale rocks and vertical downhill courses with a CC-01 chassis. It's not a competition chassis, but on moderate trails there is nothing as scale, easy and smooth running like a CC-01 with some minor modifications. The sloppy steering is a must to, and the weak and flexible rear link setup as well. New wheels with softer tires and you're ready to go

[canadianbacon]

Looks really good, nice job.

Where did you get the clear glass from?

[vobele]

Thanks The clear windows are made by a German guy, you may Google "Formenbau Tränkl"

[vobele]

Hi friends, in the meanwhile I have mounted new rims (RC4WD Onyx 1.9 Badlocks) and tires (the stock tire from the new released MST CMX) on this Tamiya Pajero Metaltop. I think they do look much more scale..

If you like, watch the new video, I've tried to catch this rig with some nice FPV views from inside and outside...

https://youtu.be/R6eISXFNCmw

Have fun! Cheers Tom

[Yonzariq]

Nice video, and a very nice ride

[HDMM]

Nice work! Those SDI tires might be exactly what I'm looking for, to use on my Tamiya M1025 Hummer

[vobele]

Some updates: I changed the wheels to a slightly less diameter size (still 1.9' but the tires are from the new MST CMX which are in my eyes a quite perfect fit), modified the driver to have flexible arms and steering wheel to be turned by a micro servo behind the dash. And made a fresh video of this Pajero for you guys on my YouTube channel:



You may step by at my YouTube channel and if you like what you see, stay tuned with a subscription

www.youtube.com/c/TomsRCScalers

Cheers Tom