Scaled down Fun Buggy

[Robbob@RCC]

Thought I would share this with you 1:1 builders over here now that I noticed Pirate4x4 has an RC area. I started this a few months ago and had my build thread over at RCCrawler.com.

I was breezing through Petersons site one day looking for ideas when I found Freds Fun Buggy in his blogs. After looking through his build pictures I knew this was the project for me.

My Eritex Atlas Transfer case.

[Robbob@RCC]

my first hump was getting these made with out a cnc machine or welder



so I measured up, drew it out on cardboard, traced it onto my steel, fired up the band saw, gouged out 4 pieces then put a drill bit through each one to come up with these.


also tagged each frame hole with a slight counter sink to give the effect like the originals.


for the top pieces just cut 2 thin slices and whacked some holes through them. ( even center punching my marks it seems i couldnt keep them straight :-( )


bolted in a couple of pillow balls

and threw a couple pieces of stainless through them



fired up the Mapp gas

[Robbob@RCC]

once the steel changed back to its normal color the filing and sanding began and whalla my first obstacle was done.




hump 2 was gonna be the front shock mounts and keeping as close to original as i could.



so i cut up some inner and outer pieces and brased them up the same width as a normal pillow ball.


cut and trim a blank piece for the top ...... can even say i put my blood into this one lol


blew some holes in them and sanded every thing down.

[Robbob@RCC]

little stunt shot for mock up and thinking




just some more forming frame work .........







and as if overcoming the first 2 humps wasnt fun enough .......... now its time for another, the rear shock mounts.

[Robbob@RCC]

got my hood bars in

[Robbob@RCC]

well i washed her up just to clean what was done and i started on the front bumpstops.

pics of my trusty bender.



now for the rig





Servo mount



Eritex Atlas Transfercase mount



Rear limiting strap ( in place for the real rigs winch )

[Robbob@RCC]

Bump stops ( the beginning )



Overall washed and clean

[Robbob@RCC]

well i got the motor almost done. i started building it the Hemi way but just wasnt happy with it, even built a matching manifold to the original.





the dist up front wasnt doing it for me when trying to match the original so i pulled it out and went the GM way.




still got a bit of work to do on the pulleys and the fuel injection/fuel pump

[Robbob@RCC]

got some styrene work done over the past week.

firewall is in


got the radiator


fuel tank and radiator built


worked on my engine belly pan


little dash work


tank and radiator mocked up




interior floor with shifter/switch in


pedals done

[Robbob@RCC]

radiator and fuel tank painted up



and some mock ups of it all together





cant forget the juice .... little Optima should do it



dash done with gauge pots in ..... just waiting on the gauge faces to show up

[Robbob@RCC]

got my gauges in the dash pots



just have to install the GPS and the rest of the welder parts plus find where the keys went :lol:

so i got my shocks in and started wrenching on the bottom.

chewed out some shock mounts ( they'll get died black once done )



pretty darn close to looking like the real thing?



and the front


also got my pan rod setup

[Robbob@RCC]

now for some brain usage ....... how do i get this steering down to an inch?


found some lever thingy for airplanes to use for mock up


drilled some holes


chopped it up, added some bushings and ball ends


and i got something like this






this is just the mock up piece, the finished piece is aluminum and a about 3mm longer allowing me more throw.

so for the rear axle i dug out a block of the good stuff

[Robbob@RCC]

after a few hours of sawing, gnawing and chewing the fat off



and after a little clean up



camera batteries died before i could get mocked up pictures :roll: but they'll be soon.



well thats about it for now. she did stand overnight on shocks with about 4'' of belly clearance :roll: 110mm i got are just a bit too tall so gonna grab some 90mms this week.

but she is painted .................................................. ...............

[Robbob@RCC]

After I painted it I noticed some weird effects in the paint and that it wasnt sticking to well. I painted the frame the same way I did my FJ project but something wasnt right. My Fj has rubbed some rocks well and didnt chip on me but this was chipping with my finger nail just to easy, I believe my black paint was just old and didnt bake well into the primer. Well I stripped it all back down with Purple power (this stuff is great) and found a member of another club that was willing to sandblast it again for me so now I sit patiently waiting for that then its off for a better paint job.


teaser shot of it sitting on suspension


I just had to send my engine back to the builders to finish the injector lines and fuel rail.





got my overflow tank built


and redid my rear air tank and battery hold down


also got my Optima wired up


luggage rack/light bar all made up

[Robbob@RCC]

cant skimp out now ...... made my headlights (this i wouldnt wish upon even my worse enemy, took some brain work and the right model parts)

draw


fit the light bucket


cut and file


twice :shock:


wire


and finally paint



and the lovely windwhield

[Robbob@RCC]

and window sealer



got curious about aluminum steering blocks and noticed the resemblance in the RC4WD ones and some stock TLT ones. i just knew this would be a weak spot for me so better to fix it now then after i break one.:roll:

measured up the stock ones


measured up some TLT ones from TCS


perfect match!




well theres definitely more to come ............ thanks for watching

[UGET IT]

Jesus..................

[jesster]

Simply badass...

[Bajabomber87]

You should build a real truck, you have so much work into that r/c that you could have your own fun buggy real scale lol

[RCCjetboat]

shipping to 60446?

If only I had half that talent

[Krazy Krakker]

That is completely SICK!!! I'd be in a padded room by now trying to get all that small tube work and detail done on that scale.

Feel free to send it to me till you get your sanity back. I'll take GOOD care of it for you. lol

[83vortectoy]

Man that scaled down buggy is the shiat

How much shipped, fawk it I will pick it up.

[Rerock]

Is there some special "not finished" detail I'm noticing about this diff cover versus the other pics of the RC axle???

EDIT: I'm looking at the 1:1 axle pics in post #1, compared to the RC axle in post #13, versus the look of the cover pictured above... Hmmm?

[PAToyota]

Damn! I'm not sure if I'm more impressed with the 1:1 build or the scale build...

[Lance]

Originally Posted by PAToyota

Damn! I'm not sure if I'm more impressed with the 1:1 build or the scale build...

Took the words right outta my mouth!