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Redcat Gen8 Crawler Build

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I'm tackling my first crawler.  I'm starting with a Redcat Gen8 chassis and a Jeep Comanche hard body.  Here's where I'm at so far.  I had to do a lot of trimming to the chassis and clear holes in the bed to get the body to sit down on the frame.  I have a lot of detail and finish work ahead.

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Also, I'm going to attempt fabrication of an interior with styrene and some detail parts.  Finding a driver that's not a ripped muscle-man was tough.  That's Ralphy from Christmas Story.  Luis from Ghost Busters is on the way.  They might be a little small, but I think they'll look OK once in the truck.

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I've been reviewing all sorts of weathering techniques.  I want this to look like a rusty beater when it's done.

 

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I like it alot,

crawlers and trail trucks are the funnest to build.

nice choices of steering wheels.

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Learning how to fabricate pieces with styrene.  It's a learning curve, but a lot of fun.  So far I have a center console over the battery and a dash board.  I'll need a false floor over the chassis floorboards to get the seats up higher.  That'll be OK, since it'll give me lots of room for electronics.  Shocks upgraded too.

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Also, I bought a cheapo micro-servo.  I'm going to try to have a working steering wheel tied to the steering input and modify Ralphie so his arms move.

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Some more progress.

Added a servo for the steering wheel, used some glass for lighted gauges on the dash and added elevated floorboards.

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Desert Lizards are supreme shocks, more so than people realize, good choice.

YEAH!

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16 hours ago, ACCEL said:

Desert Lizards are supreme shocks, more so than people realize, good choice.

YEAH!

Right now, they have soft springs and no oil.  I want to get the car built, with all the added weight, before I juggle springs and fill them up.

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Is that TIN TiN or perhaps Peter Billingsley? and

Jeff Goldblum and or Jerry Seinfeld?

Dash is really really sharp looking!

Outstanding job you did there 1376 you.

 

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Looks amazing.  I'd been looking at buying a crawler kit and that body was on my short list.

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