Clod Truggy time!

[Die-Laughing]

Looks good Chris.. Nice work"thumbsup"

 

[thzero]

Looks good Chris.. Nice work"thumbsup"

Yeah, way too much!! I've still got an interior to do...ugh!

 

[thzero]

Well, some more tidbits...

Built a fuel cell with some styrene. It and a battery I built are going to sit right behind the tool box that is sorting all the electronics. I had to build a new platform to hold them, but no biggie.

Btw, I finally found a decent place that had a ton of different styrene for sell (MidWest, Plastruct, Evergreen, etc)... https://www.hobbylinc.com

 

[thzero]

Ok, well some more updates. Finally got around to brazing up a cage for it. First real attempt at making some significant tube work. Really quite hard trying to get everything lined up, etc.

And a pic of it where it'll be mounted on the chassis. Haven't decided if I'll braze it on, or bolt it down.

 

[JHTreyIII]

Looking good!

 

[Die-Laughing]

That came out lookin pretty damn good for a first timer"thumbsup"

 

[Desert Rc]

braze that bitch

 

[thzero]

More updates to the inner cage...

 

[wheelinjp]

nice build. looks great. "thumbsup"

 

[thzero]

The "tool box", fuel cell and battery. Didn't quite measure the bottom plate right, ugh. Oh well...it'll do for now.

 

[thzero]

Well got the electronics wired up, but managed to fry a 3racing winch controller. Fun!

 

[thzero]

Since I have the various electronics finished, including a new winch controller, I started doing some test fit assembly. I was originally going to screw the project box to my rear platform, but it won't all fit into the cage so I'm going to have to put it in piecemeal. That means I need another way of attachment, so just going to use some heavy duty velcro (use it all the time in various RC vehicles; I've only really found it at Radio Shack though) to do it - worked well in the Wraith for the same purpose so shouldn't have an issue. Because of this I had to change up the rear platform a bit so that I could lower the box a tad and leave room for the velcro, which takes up about ~10mm of space.

Also decided to narrow the "toolbox" top a bit, and make the sides of the top a bit shorter. Just didn't look close enough to scale. Now it looks a bit better to me.

Will post more pics after a bit.

 

[thzero]

Electronics box is finished with diamond plate and chrome!

The updated rear brace to hold the electronics box and the fuel cell, etc.

What it will look like with the electronics box in it.

 

[blakeski]

go ahead and let me know when your done, and ill pm you my address... great build!!

 

[thzero]

go ahead and let me know when your done, and ill pm you my address... great build!!

LOL.. nice.

 

[blakeski]

paint color??

 

[thzero]

paint color??

Hadn't gotten that far.. I'll take suggestions though.

 

[Die-Laughing]

The electronics box & brace came out great.. Clean work.

Hmmm.. Colors... How about olive drab or something military? Flat colors are real easy to work with. Just spray it on and go! Then, after it gets all bashed up, tear it down, do a respray and just like that.. Fresh paint. Easy as pie.

 

[thzero]

The electronics box & brace came out great.. Clean work.

Yeah, not too bad if I do say so myself. I've just epoxied some small magnets to the top of the box lid and bottom of the toolbox lid for the attachment method.

Hmmm.. Colors... How about olive drab or something military? Flat colors are real easy to work with. Just spray it on and go! Then, after it gets all bashed up, tear it down, do a respray and just like that.. Fresh paint. Easy as pie.

Yeah was thinking about flat colors; probably like one panel done up in a flat gray like it was primed and thats it.

 

[z71baja]

this is truly an inspirational build. I'm hooked on Hilux truggies but the clods really take the cake. this is a rig I just picked up and that i'm working on with the help of a friend. Had to have a cowl hood like yours so I built one myself before sending it off for a new true truggy cage. Here are some pics: