Another Rookie Scratch Build

[HANgOVER Airbrush RC]

I might look into that Pro Weld.

Have you tried the MEKP, the stuff that is the catalyst for fiberglass resin?
I got a bit of that lying around...

Sweet bumper, what did you use for the panhard mount?

 

[joe122]

That is awesome! Very cool Dodge. Has great character lines, have you considered a color yet?

 

[Mike Flea]

The Dodge looks really good with them steel stockers, but wagon wheels wouldn't be bad either "thumbsup"

 

[Natedog]

The Dodge looks really good with them steel stockers, but wagon wheels wouldn't be bad either "thumbsup"

X2, I vote wagons though. That MEK is nasty to breathe, very bad for you, I'd use something else but I always try to avoid breathing too much of any glue etc. Dodge is looking great, you just need leaves on all four corners. "thumbsup"

 

[snapon boy]

Bob smith super gold products are supposed to non irritating. I vote kidney beans wheels.

 

[HANgOVER Airbrush RC]

lol....kidney beans...we call 'em "D slots."

I have indeed considered a color. I have considered many.

I'm thinking I'll try wagons first, I have a set of those on my other class 1, but time will tell...

But,

What's bothering me now, is a friend stopped by, and we crawled a bit in the snow. It was cold, and the snow was mostly "ice-ish." We stayed on top of the crust mostly, only kicked up a bit of fluff...

The chassis came to me with a sensored brushless.
After a few minutes of crawling, we went back to the shed to warm our bones and thaw our trucks.

After a few minutes, turn my truck on, and it's smoking.

Is it possible, that sensored BL motors are that temperamental with moisture?
It ran fine, right up 'til I shut it off.


I'll let it dry overnight. Hopefully it'll dry out enough to be correct by morning.

Just my luck...

Oh, The CJ-5 build might continue soon....

 

[snapon boy]

Let it dry out for several days. Some electrics are very touched to water. I use a sensored brushless set up in my blizzard but it's in a tub and dosnt usually get wet.

 

[HANgOVER Airbrush RC]

well, Photobucket decided to do "maintenance" at the very same time I wanted to upload pics to share with you guys.
So that's not gonna happen.
Oh well.
C'est la Vie, or however it's spelled.

As far as the chassis...
Turns out, the speed control was "somehow" put into brushed mode.
All is better now. It may not be as water "temperamental" as I thought. Which is....well, good news.
We'll be crawling on Sunday. That will give me a chance to see if the chassis is where I want it, so to speak.

I guess I'll just add the pics in the morning...

 

[HANgOVER Airbrush RC]

Now that Photobucket has finished whatever maintenance they were doing...I was able to upload progress pics.

I mocked up the body on the chassis, and for whatever reason, the wheelbase is off a scoshe....

More like 1/2".




OK, what would Noob do???

He'd throw it away. It's a Dudge.
But wait, He's building an old Chevy?
Maybe he does have a place in his heart for domestic vehicles....

So I cut off the front of the bed. Make a few 1/2" strips on the bandsaw, and start to re-construct the front of the bed. I thought while I'm at it, I could make the rear lower fill panel too.
The "old" bed front might end up as the tailgate...
I still need to raise the rear bed sides a bit, but for now it helps to have everything sitting level.




Ok. Now that the bed is a bit longer....




Cool. So I decide to work on the chassis for a bit.
I need to get it back down (or close) to factory ride height.
After dealing with a few stripped button heads (valve grinding compound is your friend!!) I rebuilt the EMU's without springs for the rear, and installed shorter shocks on the front.
I am merely guessing at this point, because I never had the truck new. So I'm not sure what goes where, as far as shock length. So I just go with what "looks" right.





So, I still need to figure out a few more things...
like where the battery will go...and how to mount it...

But, its getting closer to being driveable...

 

[Mike Flea]

it's turning out real nice, Hangover, looks good with them wagon wheels "thumbsup"

 

[snapon boy]

Tool box for the battery

 

[HANgOVER Airbrush RC]

Tool box for the battery

Find me a tool box that measures 5 1/4. Step side bed. Lol.

 

[Mike Flea]

Closest fit without hacking some out of the middle, Tractor Supply has one for holding gift cards, 4.25" wide

Proline's is 6.25 & RC4WD's is 6

 

[snapon boy]

You could make one. You seem to be very talented builder.

 

[snapon boy]

Rc4wd makes real scale diamond plate you can use for the lid.

 

[Broon72]

This truck build makes me want to try building a custom body, keep up the good work

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[fr8cture]

Looks great man. Skimmed through it the other day but much better viewing big pictures on my pc. "thumbsup"

 

[joe122]

looks awesome, agree, the wagon wheels do look right at home.

 

[HANgOVER Airbrush RC]

So, where did I leave off.....
Oh yeah.
Had to make the bed fit.

CHECK...

Waste more red primer?

CHECK...

Find some paint to waste?

CHECK....




I concentrated on mating the body to the chassis last night.
I kept taking parts off the TF2 until the bed sat on the frame rails.
I "trimmed" the battery tray, removed the radio box, the rear shock hoops, and I inverted the factory "shock mount cross brace" thing. So I now need shorter rear shocks.

That's the price I pay for having custom stuff...

Notched the rear of the cab, and the front of the truck so it can live on the frame.



I think I'm gonna run my Ascender's battery for now.
I should be able to hide it somewhere in the bed...



Then I got the dumb idea to make a windshield...

Oh boy...
Skinny is not at all impressed. He's beating his head against the wall...



I gotta figure out what to use for window trim...
And about a hundred other things...

Cheers!

 

[imthatguy]

Pretty impressive for your first go!

Cut up some RCA cable for your window trim. Works a treat.