JohnnyAnguish
Rock Crawler
Growing up, my grandfather had a blue Ford Courier that made so many trips to the Agway and the lumber yard I'm pretty sure could drive itself there and back on its own. I loved that truck. Even as a little kid my grandfather would let me shift while he held down the clutch.
My grandfather is also partially responsible for me getting into R/C. His neighbor across the street had a Tamiya Hornet that he would race up and down the road. It was the coolest thing my 11 year old eyes had ever seen. I studied the Tower Hobbies catalog obsessively, saved my money and picked up a Tamiya Falcon when I was 12. I was hooked.
Enter my dad. He's always been super supportive of my R/C interest. When my Falcon kicked its rear dogbones for the umpteenth time, he went halfsies with me on a Kyosho Ultima. He thought it'd be a great bonding experience. It probably would have been had I not worked around the clock to build the thing before he even had a chance to sit down. He painted the body.
Time to make it up to him! When I recently found out Pro-Line used to make a Ford Courier body, I knew I had to make a version of my gradfather's truck as a surprise for my dad. I managed to track down a body from Australia. The wheelbase is right around 11.5", so I picked up a Dingo kit and a bunch of other parts to get ready for a build.
Axial SCX-10 Ford Courier Build by johnny anguish, on Flickr
I'd love to make it a real stock looking truck, but that's probably not practical, given they were 2WD compact trucks. I want this thing to be relatively trail-worthy, so my dad will actually drive it (also the reason why I went with an SCX-10 over, say a TF2... readily available replacement parts!). In the end it will likely be "inspired-by" my grandfather's truck more than a replica. Let's hope dad likes it so the kids and I can go out trailing with Grampy.
Oh, here's some of my inspiration...
My grandfather is also partially responsible for me getting into R/C. His neighbor across the street had a Tamiya Hornet that he would race up and down the road. It was the coolest thing my 11 year old eyes had ever seen. I studied the Tower Hobbies catalog obsessively, saved my money and picked up a Tamiya Falcon when I was 12. I was hooked.
Enter my dad. He's always been super supportive of my R/C interest. When my Falcon kicked its rear dogbones for the umpteenth time, he went halfsies with me on a Kyosho Ultima. He thought it'd be a great bonding experience. It probably would have been had I not worked around the clock to build the thing before he even had a chance to sit down. He painted the body.
Time to make it up to him! When I recently found out Pro-Line used to make a Ford Courier body, I knew I had to make a version of my gradfather's truck as a surprise for my dad. I managed to track down a body from Australia. The wheelbase is right around 11.5", so I picked up a Dingo kit and a bunch of other parts to get ready for a build.
Axial SCX-10 Ford Courier Build by johnny anguish, on FlickrI'd love to make it a real stock looking truck, but that's probably not practical, given they were 2WD compact trucks. I want this thing to be relatively trail-worthy, so my dad will actually drive it (also the reason why I went with an SCX-10 over, say a TF2... readily available replacement parts!). In the end it will likely be "inspired-by" my grandfather's truck more than a replica. Let's hope dad likes it so the kids and I can go out trailing with Grampy.
Oh, here's some of my inspiration...
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