RC4WD TF2 with GCM Scale Transmission
This is my pride and joy. All custom built by myself 2 years ago as a scale trail truck. It started as a standard TF2 that I installed the GCM Racing scale transmission that gives about 10% overdrive to the front wheels. I built a custom styrene interior, and brazed up a custom steel rear bed, sliders and front winch bumper. It also has working lights and a working winch.
Recently I brazed up an 'anti wrap bar' to stop the rear leafs bending up while it's trying to climb up stuff. I'll put a few pics of that at the end of the pics.
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Completed truck
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Interior waiting for the driver figure.
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RC4WD Scale Shocks. Filled with 100,00 diff oil.
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Steel brazed front bumper housing a working winch
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Completed interior.
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Winch bumper, before painting.
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Etch primered rear bed. (My dad's D90 cage also)
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Sliders complete, waiting for etch primer.
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Working on the rear bed.
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Beginning to take shape.
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Starting to bend up the cage. 5mm steel tube.
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More work on the interior.
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1.5mm & 2mm stryene.
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Custom made transmission mount.
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Basic TF2 assembled.
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Steel Anti Wrap Bar. Prevents axles wrap.
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Steel Anti Wrap Bar. Prevents axles wrap.
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Steel Anti Wrap Bar. Prevents axles wrap.
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Driver figure. No name yet. Maybe Colin?
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As it looks now having had a Wheel/Tyre change.
Comments
rjg1973
Great build!!
toyolien
@rjg1973 Thank you.
Badcrumble
Not surprised you consider that your pride and joy! Great brazing work and custom interior! It really makes it yours.
ScaleXtreme
Looks awesome! Beautiful work on those handmade parts.
MAD-BEE
Awesome build but its that interior that gets all the points!! Brilliant! Do you have a little dude driver for it?
toyolien
@Badcrumble Thank you. A lot of work at the time, but please with how it looks.
@ScaleXtreme Thank you.
@MAD-BEE Thanks very much. I've added a pic of the driver. Some Wrestler body, Tamiya head.
JYCM3
Very cool truck and love the scale garage lots of details , those props and the RC4WD parts are not cheap. Best of all, that Mona Lisa ??
Tamiyastef
Awesome, totally awesome! The colour on this thing is great, the brazing and interior even greater! Must be fun to take this trailing/crawling.
toyolien
@ JYCM3
Thanks. The Mona Lisa is actually the mascot for the 'Dirty Richard' foams made by Pit Bull Tyres. I just printed it on some ink jet friendly canvas.
@ Tamiyastef Thanks very much for the kind words. It is an absolute pleasure to drive. It's pretty capable for a 'leafer'.
MAD-BEE
Iol nice mate Colin looks very relax in that seat!
JerseyRC
Incredible result....crazy good scale detail and certainly inspirational!!!
Dan j
Hey just spotted this, absolutely amazing work!!! Everything from the scale garage, the truck interior and framework is stunning. You have given me much inspiration!
toyolien
@Dan j Thanks very much. I did end up selling this Toyota but I do have the desire to build another one at some point in the future. We'll see ??
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