semijoe

yea man ,

thanks everybody, shes moving along pretty quickly next I add the top middle bar, the outer roof skin, the inner top and add the 3rd window . I cant wait to get the hood on,

I started on the forward compartment I received in my sound and light kit. this all should fit in the engine compartment, the battery will go under the floor boards I scaled out the seats and seats mounts and there dead on, on difference in the seats is the backer is lot higher, but the width is the same after installing the seat something look off. I lost 8mm in between seat, not sure where, I look at some 1:1 interior, man! these guys cant even stand up in side without crouching, really tight inside, so maybe im not that far off .

for me to put the top on, I need to make an inner structure, im using square stock with metal inserts, this will keep the structure strong and not bow after awhile .

so I had one of those 3 steps back , the airbrake containers under the axle were out of scale. must of forgot a number. anyway I had to make them 4 mm bigger, next ive added backers to the axles for the brakes . you can see them here looking at the axle to the drum I finally finisehed installing all the mud flap mounts , I bought some 1/16 thick 12x12 inch rubber sheet. it works perfect im getting close of finishing the lower hull and chassis , almost ready for paint

man! this is turning out to be a very nice rod, great craftmenship

I wanted to put some brake drums on, o I modded some 1.7rims . these rim are the exact diameter as the 1:1. started on the grill backer

worked on the rear bay today added ladder mounts , on top and bottom made a steering universal shaft box cover started on the forward inner hull

worked on the rear bay also started on the interior panels

started on the rear door made the inner door made the outer door working hinges and door latch is made

made the exhaust, was hoping to use the Tamiya big rig, but wrong, this is 2x the size, the main exhaust is 1 inch pipe . crazy big man . next is the windows

oh my god man ! this car brings back a lot of memories. what a wonderful and beautiful build, hats off sir

I made a tire rack, the out is plastic but the inner parts are metal. it will hold with no problem

I have one thing left to do, which is the snozzle and I cant get it to work right , very up setting

ive started on the upper hull, I wanted to do in a one piece, but again some where down the line I would need to take apart, but the cap/roof will be one piece . in side the hull I made 1/8 metal ribs, will cover with .040 plastic for interior

the lower chassis is done , all running gear works good , everything is made to come apart and now its primed

cross members are glued and screwed, top rails are done, next I need 6 more fender post and then the chassis is ready for primer

today I started on the side nerf bars/protection rails

Joe, you do amazing work!! Just awesome!! thanks guys !

time to work on the rear suspension, 1st I drilled and tapped some holes in the yota axles, ive added a ball end next ive add the ball ends to the belly and added 2x links, this will keep the axle leveled next Ive added a cross stabilizer drive shafts installed and a glimpse at it with tires on it

wahoo! tires and rims are in ive started on the walker beam suspension, there is a lot of parts in volved , but heres the basics

today I made opposite side steering box , added about 100 micro screws everywhere and started on the sides push bars

lower fender post are mounted and I found some 5 inch foams, heres alittle tease

I usde a high torque servo and mounting it to the frame ,then I made a steering box

next I made a transmission cover , heres the basic piece. next I have to sand and detail alittle , and drill some mounting holes