Scratch-built 1/6 scale off-roader vehicle

[Doug Wallin]

I saw similar off-road vehicles on the internet. Over the years I have become an avid scratch-builder. No kit, no nothin'. I had to build one of these things!

The easiest fabrication material was small rectangular brass tubing, and solid brass rod, for ease of soldiering. Because of so many joints I decided resistance soldiering was the way to go. Because this scale model would be unlike anything I had ever built, I decided to document the construction photographically. The project took me some nine months to complete.

It took me literally many months just to fabricate the tubular brass body cage. I used a diecast motor of the correct scale. I detailed it with wiring, radiator, even scratch-built exhaust pipes. The interior cockpit, except for the seats, was hand-crafted from various materials. Tire and wheel components were kit-bashed and modified to fit the cage.

This remains the most challenging, and at times exhausting, project I have ever attempted! 

Any comments, or questions, please let me know.

Doug   

  

[Bruce Scully]

A lot of very skilled  work in this , looks great , well done .

[PappyD340]

Very cool, well done!

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Doug!

Wow, the triumph of patience. Riding this thing would be "airy". Bravo!

CT

[bobthehobbyguy]

Very impressive. Always impressed with such magnificent fabrication skills.

[ybsluos]

Wow Doug!  That is impressive work and a very cool vehicle!

[echo]

Congratulations on a nice build,  nice soldering skills too !  Looks great !

[ChrisR]

Awesome!