semijoe Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 alright time to get started here, Ive been playing around with this build for about a month now , trying to prep for it . suspension is something new to me as it is an independent suspension. so at 1st I bought the wrong parts , this booboo cost me 180.00usd . but im hoping I can resell the item back to the build. I went with plastic side but alum backers, alum cross members and alum corners. I do want the chassis to be able to twist a little under stress. the truck will be 34 inches long by about 13 inches wide . tires are about 5.5 iches tall. im going to detail much as possible. maybe a 1/10 engine under the hood. I was going to do military colors, but ,been there done that. I was thinking maybe yellow , blue and alum color, not sure yet the bed I do something crazy, but I don't want let the cat out the bag yet . im figuring 6 month build , 600 plus hours if you want to see the real truck google maz 537. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semijoe Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I made four belly plates , these sit right under the axle for protection and later the transaxle mount on top them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Start of another fantastic build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semijoe Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) man, this a beast in a 1/10 scale. also I already see that I have a lot watchers, many thanks everybody I want to let everybody know, I don't have a machine shop. everything is cut with a hand held hack saw , I use a drill, tap, and a table sander. no specially tools. all metal is bought from home depot. so really any body can make this . just takes patiences, a lot of pictures and amagination the chassis has an upper sub-frame . to scale its 28mm high and 97mm wide. the cross member are 14mm solid alum covered with styrene . each cross member goes right over the axle Edited March 22, 2014 by semijoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Anybody can make this ? I don't think so. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semijoe Posted March 24, 2014 Author Share Posted March 24, 2014 Anybody can make this ? I don't think so. : ) I have faith in all . its about the will to do it ive started working on the bumper, reason why im doing the bumper now is because this gives me a base width of the truck .theres more parts to make for the bumper , will work on that tomorrow , but heres some pictures, to give you an ideal on scale, heres the bumper from a 1/14 scale king hauler semi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semijoe Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 work on the rear cross member, front cross member, made a plate for the winch , that's going behind the front bumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Its bigger than the other one?! Joe, you got some skills sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semijoe Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 had some time to work on the maz I cut and drilled the holes for the A-arm brackets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semijoe Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 started to mount one bracket at a time, have to make sure everything will work right . so far I don't see any issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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