Wanted: Part U5 for XR311

[Wanted: Part U5 for XR311]

Hi

do you have them already? Or are you still looking for them......

 

cheers

Tom

[XR311 (2000 re-release) Build]

And the final step !!!!

 

 

And here she is !!!! 

 

 

 

 

I must say I loved to put this one together.... 

here a small youtube film where you can see her run 

 

I hope you like the build... sorry for the delay but it's finally complete

And I'm working on my next project, The Cheetah !!!!

 

Cheers

Tom

[XR311 (2000 re-release) Build]

Only 2 steps to go

 

Step 31 , final construcion of the body

 

And again the parts needed

 

 

And the final result

 

 

That concludes the build of the body.... only thing left is putting the parts together, and she's ready to roll !!!

 

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And lets get on with it......

 

Step 30, the front lights and wind shield

 

The parts needed

 

 

And construction of the windshield

And front lights

 

Not too much but getting there

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And lets continue with step 29, which involves the driver , and fitting the lower body to the upper body.

 

 

here the parts involved

 

hardly noticable, but B10 and B11 are attached here

 

and the lower body attached to the upper body

 

and here a few pictures of the assembled and painted driver.

 

the body without driver

 

and with......

 

hope you like the painting of the driver

 

Tom

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Soooo here is step 28, the seat assembly

 

 

with of course first the parts needed

and the lower body

 

here the seats and parts are painted

 

and assembled to the lower body

 

detail of the seat and fire extinguisher

 

and seen from the rear

 

 

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Guys.....

 

I noticed i never finished this topic......

 

I shall finish it..... sorry fot the looooooong delay :)

 

Tom

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And step 27

let's get on with the body... it's pretty fragile, so I hope I don't destoy the car with the first test runs

Parts

The back part mounted and inforced with some evergreen strips.....

and detailling the dashboard

looks pretty good if you ask me

the fuel lid I presume

and an overview of the upper body mounted and painted....

Tom

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Scale is 1/12.... and unfortunately this is my only ine... so nothing to compare it to....

Anyway time to get on with the show

Here step 26

Not more then putting the parts of the previous steps together.

As you can see I put the right Jerry Can the other way around... just liked it more this way

Tom

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And lets get on with 25

The parts

Jerry cans

The trunk

rear bumper

front bumper

Perhaps you can see that the racks are mounted in a way that they are not straight.... I didn't think this was very nice

So I cut the rack.

Mounted this loose

And afterwards munted this in an angle of 90 degrees !

Looks a lot better to be honest

And the end result.

I also took the liberty of changing the pins on one Jerry can,

Otherwise they are mounted in the same way, I like the look of this better

Also the hook is not mounted yet... I'm still looking for a small chain for this.....

Unfortunately no hobby store in the neighbourhood....

Any chance anyone got something lying around ????

Tom

[XR311 (2000 re-release) Build]

Finaly, lets get on with the body

Step 24 (It's about time isn't it

here the body parts

and the small parts that need to be mounted... you have to cut the wire mesh yourself

Mounted and painted

Tom

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And to complete the chassis, step 23

with the parts.....

And the end result of the chassis

just a few more detail pictures

Tom

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Here Step 22, the adjustment of the torsion bars,

Tom

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Thanks !! Yep, will paint the body like the original !

I forgot to put in step 21, But I guess you understand that I really did this

Tom

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And the installation in Step 20

The servo arm

And how it looks like put together!!! ready to run !!

Tom

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The scale of the Vehicle is 1/12 !, and yes, I will refer to the boxart... (just the way I ike it )

Lets get on with step 19

Step 19 ???? yeah, well not reaaly a build step

More like testing th transmitterand receiver.....

I will be using an Acoms transmitter, with a Tamiya TRU-02 receiver, a TEU-104BK Speed controller, and for now a Futaba S3003 servo

And the parts.... thank God it all works fine

Tom

[XR311 (2000 re-release) Build]

Glad to see that it is read

So lets go on with step 18, the front underguard.... something that I will definately need with my driving skills

The parts

and mounted

Like I said, I don't find it very appealing on the model, but i will mount it, to minimize damage when driving it

Tom

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And step 17

The chassis is nearing its completion

parts for fixing the chassis later on

and the tyres with 5 screws each

and completed (upper view)

sort of sideview

Tom

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Yup, indeed, the suspension system is very typical for the XR311 / Cheetah design..... and I must say it works quite well

anyway, lets get on with step 16

Step 16, the tyres

the parts (this sprue times 2 of course)

and the tyres (total x 4 of course) The rims have been painted in the correct colour

takes some effort to put the middle piece in the tyre

and the endresult.... the rims don't have to be glued, because they will be held together by the screws

Tom

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And let's get on with 15 right away, the rear suspension

Same set of parts as step 14

And put together, it almost doesn't fit anymore on my A3 cutting mat.....

Tom

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Thanks guys, let's continue then with step 14

The torsion bar setup

This is also the biggest improvement on the original XR311 / Cheetah design

The old ones were plastic torsion bars which had the tendency to break, so they were replaced by metal ones (part BP-2)

step 14 !!

The parts

and the result

Didn't put tension on it yet, otherwise the legs will be in the upper position

Tom

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And I'll continue with 13 right away....

The parts (lets start with Gear B,

and the result..... sorry for the bad picture, don't look at it too long or else you're gonna be sick

and like I said with step 12, the same picture

Tom

[XR311 (2000 re-release) Build]

Hi Guys

Well, at least there is interest, and that motivates me enough to continue

So let's continue with step 12

The RS 540 motor

The parts

And I made some pictures, but the lighting was totally wrong, so this is actually the picture of part 13......

Tom

[XR311 (2000 re-release) Build]

Ah yes, it's up and running now.... anyone want me to finish this report here ?? (I admit that I forgot.... )

Tom

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and what the heck, lets go on with step 11

The rear suspension

The parts

and again the result

Tom