Model: (Click to see more) 58324: VW Race-Touareg
Status: Runner
Date: 25-Mar-2008
Comments: 12
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I decided to rebuild the black G Wagon, after use had made it look tired.

I wanted to do a desert military style version, but as you can see it sort of evolved into a civilian desert challenge vehicle of sorts. I had a few ideas about the electronics, but needed some help from Mud-Plugger (many thanks buddy) to implement them, as he's very good at that sort of thing and i'm not, lol. So it now has 4x roof spot lights and 2 x headlights and 2x tail lights all plumbed in on a switch in the larger cargo box on the roof rack. There's also a switch in there that isolates the fully working winch :) on a third channel.

Other stuff you may notice in this build include a high lift jack, bungee cords, spade, axe, jump leads, spot lights and roof rack, all stuff I built from scratch except the jump leads which were by Mud-Plugger.

All in this was a very rewarding build that transformed the slightly bling dealer wagon into something that looks at home on all terrain.
Comments welcome.




If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
G wagon on Trail Doctor tyres

Comments

ukzz4iroc

25-Mar-2008

Brilliant!!

Andersop

25-Mar-2008

That is the dogs wotsits!

Igottamiya

25-Mar-2008

Great work.

Moondoggie

25-Mar-2008

Awesome to the max! Really like the color and the details.

DeeMiller

25-Mar-2008

Excellent!!!

Old Skool

25-Mar-2008

Very nice love of the details,great work

Wyoming

25-Mar-2008

Looks very nice Ben, color is much better than the beyond boring Silver/Black choices MB gives us. Great rig!

SMOKE-DOG

25-Mar-2008

Sweet truck, Sweet pics. Like the wheel tire combo, very original.

Mud-Plugger

25-Mar-2008

A pleasure to have been involved in the re-birth and the little extras my Disco got from it.

Petrolhead

25-Mar-2008

Very very nice, great work!

Wrc action

27-Mar-2008

Very sweet, How did you go about making a winch system and how effective is it? as I have a spare 4th channel on my support truck and am thinking about a winch, cheers Ryck

Bin ^jammin^

27-Mar-2008

Thanks for the nice comments.
Winch is very good and will lift the entire cars weight, i've used a MG 995 servo. I'll put some pictures up of it.


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