Something Different :D

I saw a video of one of these on YouTube, and thought it was a real one for a minute haha they are expensive - but I still want one! 😃

Very cool, would love one but price is a little high for me (spent that amount on my quadcopter)

Atlas transfer box

Ok so some more bits turned up

Inner arch liners (need painting and cutting out)



Spot light kit, only will be using two



Mudflaps



Replica snorkel



4x chunkier tyres, tried to roughly match my real life tyre design



3mm LEDs for the sidelights, again warm white



Spare wheel and tyre for the spare wheel on the rear door



MTronik ESC, this is programmable, and 100% waterproof



30wt shock oil



Added the 3mm LEDs next to the main headlight ones





How they will look in the spots when I have made the spot light loom up



Also just an example of why I was fussy over the colour of the LEDs, here are the ones that came with the spotlights, I wont be using these, but look how blue and unnatural they look



Also mounted the tyre I will be using on the spare wheel





And one of the chunkier ones just to see what it looks like



The actual kit is currently going through customs so hopefully wont be long

These will give you an idea of the scale

sprayed the arch liners



because the paint is on the side that isnt seen it is scratch proof

So I figured out the wheels were actually 3 part beadlocks, with the assembly held together by a hub and the 5 screws disguised as the lug nuts



The tyre can now be mounted with the beads locked in just like a real tyre





Also roughly cut these out, will require proper trimming when the kit arrives

Small update, got the rest of my lights made up, 8 in total now

2x 3mm warm white for sidelights
2x 3mm red for rear lights
2x 5mm warm white for headlights
2x 5mm warm white for front spot lights





The whole loom



I have also made a seperate pair of 3mm for the work lights on the back of my real one, however I wont know until the scale lights Iv ordered will look right or not. Either way they will be on a seperate switch

So whlst stuill waiting for customs to do some work, I made up the rear work lights out of a spot light kit i ordered and made some custom mounts that pretty much resemble the real lights





They are also hooked up to a seperate RC channel so I can switch them on and off independant of the main lights



This 3m fine line masking tape came today, to be used for masking and spraying curved edges, is quite nice to use actually

What spray set-up are you using? Rattle tin or other.

Tamiya ts rattle cans for the body, tamiya ps for the lexan bits

Ok got more updates

Added tin foil to the inside of the work light buckets. Gives it a bit more realism imo




I ordered some nicer spot lights for the front A-bar, however they were chrome inside and out, I wanted them black on theoutside and chrome on the inside, so used some of this



Like this



Smoothed off some of the moulding lines and primed them



While that was drying I also had arrive today some lengths of 6mm styrene rod, that I plan to make the front A-Bar out of, here is a piece I used just to practice bending it etc with heat, also doubles up as something to hold the spot lamps to spray them on



then applied matt black



And removed the maskol inside to leave the chrome



Lenses on





Final thing to arrive today was a 1/10 scale radiator kit



Coat of tank grey first



Followed by aluminium dry brush





and the fans on the back



Thats all for today

Those spotlights look more effective than standard Series headlights

Well the parcel is in Coventry so shouldnt be long now perhaps Monday if Im lucky.

So pretty much finished my home made A Bar

Dimensions I required, 86mm means it will line up with the chassis rails perfectly just like the real one. Cut a length then bent it up using heat.



Next I bent in the kink in the bottom of the legs, to give the fog lights clearance at the back, again the real one has this. Also glued the feet on, now these are massively bigger than they will end up being, they will only be about 7mmx7mm to match similar dimensions of the welded on plates of the real one. This will then be attached to the bumper by means of 3 M1.6 per leg into the bumper.







Test fit fog lights



Wet sanded the whole thing and primered



Its worth mentioning that I didnt bother smoothing the glue around the edges of the bottom of the legs where it joins as it does a nice job of replicating the weld lines

After coat of black gloss





All thats left is to cut those feet to size and drill the holes for the bolts.

Out of boredom I gave the snorkel a bit of a tidy up around the edges and sprayed it a more matt black, then I made some replica axle breather hoses, the hoses are thin strips of wire, the replica cable ties are thin strips of shrink wrap I cut then shrunk





the real ones

Top job!
Looking forward to the main build, which if current parts are anything to go by, the final result should be a stunner!

This is fantastic, please keep this thread going!

Well done!

So my box finally arrived, well actually I went to get it



Top layer nice metal parts



Second layer



Then a box inside a box



Inside that box a hard plastic shell, hand there for scale



First job is to take all the axles apart and pack with grease as they only come lightly coated





Took the axle completely apart, note the metal bearings



Reassembled, thread locking everything



Transmission unit, all metal



Opened that up and greased



Insides of the transfer box



Then onto making up the chassis

Had to make up a load of these tie bar links, rose joints



Chassis rails made up, and transmission mounted



tx box in



One of the shocks, these are quite cool because they are like coilovers, so can adjust the height



Filled up the shocks with shock oil



Rear axle made up



Front



Mounted both axles to the chassis



Driveshafts, the ONLY plastic component on this chassis!



Connected those up



Servo in



All the electrics in, fuel cell in the rear doubles up as a receiver box



First job on the shell, turn it into a van! So made up the panels out of styrene sheet and glued them in place





Final job for this evening, I purchased a resin scale fuel filler cap/unit as the one on the model isnt accurate to my vehicle and needs relocation too





Cut the incorrect one out, and stuck a piece of styrene in the gap left



Cut off the rivets around it



Filler, probably too much :lol:



Started on cutting the hole for the new one whilst that was drying



Needs a little more work but its almost there



Sanded down the one i covered at the back, feels totally smooth



Test mounted the new one, not permanently as has to be sprayed seperately



Also bought a rear handle for the back door



That's where I left it tonight

Outstanding!

Paul

Todays update, working a bit slowly today as have had stinking cold

Cut this plate out from behind the rad, so I can run spot light wires, and mount my rad that I painted, also allows me to offset the grill a bit futher in as its a bit close to the spot lights



So talking of spot lights I mounted by A bar and spots





Then I set about the final piece of custom bodywork/cutting I needed to do, fit the afterpart rear door handle recess

located the template





Drilled 3 Holes



Cut the rest out and sanded and stuck the piece in behind, still got the handle to glue in there, but will wait until after its painted



Set about removing the moulding lines off the body, the main ones are here, the rest are quite well disguised but I did them all anyway



Bit of wet and dry later



Masked off some bits and primed the inside of the shell



Then 2 light mist coats





Followed by a couple of wet coats



Doesnt have to be amazing this area, most of it you wont see



Cut the arch liners out



Fitted the other tyres



Thats about it for today Im afraid

holy sheet.... expensive but very fun... sadly i dont have the patience for the real thing never mind a miniature.. I'm also heavy handed lol