General Lee & Rosco's police car

[Panther6834]

I've never seen the Dukes of Hazard movies before...

The movies??? Lol. LONG before the 2005 movie (which was 'decent'), or the 2007 "beginning" movie (which was pretty bad), "The Dukes of Hazzard" was a TV show, running 1979-1985. If you want to see the REAL Dukes, watch the TV show (tho, I advise skipping season 5).


~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

 

[Jim85IROC]

That looks great! I've never seen the Dukes of Hazard movies before, but the wheels on the PoPo car appear to be slightly too big, however I have absolutely no knowledge on this topic lol. I accidentally threw my Gen8 in full reverse with the front wheels on max lock and rolled it. I actually use halogens from a Hess truck for my Gen8's front lights. If you want them to do something you will need a shiny surface behind the halogens, though they are surprisingly good and realistic for nigh time driving. "thumbsup"

Yeah, the wheels are definitely too big. If I get ambitious I might design and print a set that works with the VTA-style tires like on the General, but until I get around to that, these wheels will do.

 

[Jim85IROC]

I haven't made much progress on Rosco's car, but I did swap the cool white headlights for much better looking warm white lights.

On the side I've also been working on an interior for the Kyosho General. I was lucky enough to find a really well made 3d model of a 69 Charger with a full interior. After some tweaks to the files, I was able to print the dash, door panels, seats and rear package tray. I printed the floor too, but quickly realized that I had to cut almost all of it away to fit over the chassis, so I wound up cutting the door panels and rear package tray so I could install a false floor that I made from a styrene sheet. After that I printed partial seats to work with the false floor.

Overall I'm real happy with the interior, but after all of this I think when I get time I want to redo it with higher quality prints and a much lower floor for the front seat area.

Here's the interior with the body off:

I cut down a Traxxas body mount and installed it in the front chassis plate:

At the rear I am sitting some tan painted washers right on top of the body post mounts. There are large holes in the package tray to fit over the body posts. The body itself holds the rear of the interior down.

Next I need to cut out the windows on the orange car. I used the gray one as my guinea pig to practice on. I also want to design and print the roll bar for behind the front seats.

 

[OSRC]

Fantastic! Both projects look great!

 

[Logan’s RCAdventures]

The movies??? Lol. LONG before the 2005 movie (which was 'decent'), or the 2007 "beginning" movie (which was pretty bad), "The Dukes of Hazzard" was a TV show, running 1979-1985. If you want to see the REAL Dukes, watch the TV show (tho, I advise skipping season 5).


~ More peace, love, laughter, & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

Yup, that is why I said no knowledge of that topic . Thanks for the tips about where to find it at! The cars are looking really cool now. I want to print a custom interior for my Gen8 but I'm having trouble designing it."thumbsup"

 

[Jim85IROC]

Well, Roscoe's car is done(ish)! *I still need to paint and install Roscoe and I think I'm going to swap to the larger "sheriff" decals on the fenders and quarters, but otherwise, *it's done!

The windshield is thinner than I'd prefer, but it seems to look good.* Hopefully it holds up.*

I don't love the large wheels and low profile tires, but the center caps help sell it.* Down the road I may design wheels that use the VTA style tires.

A nice pair!

 

[Jim85IROC]

Got Rosco painted and installed!* He ended up looking more like Enos than Rosco, but I don't really have any control over that.* Since this was the first time I ever painted a driver figure, I'm pretty happy with how he came out.

 

[Gula]

I had really good luck replicating some large looking tires on small wheels, although still 1.9s. I bought the wheels separately from this #Traxxas 7378 and spun each wheel on a bit of smooth sandpaper.

 

[Jim85IROC]

I had really good luck replicating some large looking tires on small wheels, although still 1.9s. I bought the wheels separately from this #Traxxas 7378 and spun each wheel on a bit of smooth sandpaper.

These wheels don't have enough lip to look like a tire. It shouldn't be difficult to make the wheel, I just need to actually do it.

 

[Jim85IROC]

The video for Rosco's car is up and includes a fun chase scene at the beginning!



https://youtube.com/watch?v=9LluBex--6M&feature=share9

 

[high plains drifter]

The chase scene had me grinning from ear to ear. Your talents are endless between the printing, building, filming, audio, editing, etc. Phenomenal video and really cool to hear you talk about how it all came together.

 

[Jim85IROC]

The chase scene had me grinning from ear to ear. Your talents are endless between the printing, building, filming, audio, editing, etc. Phenomenal video and really cool to hear you talk about how it all came together.

Thanks! I absolutely love doing running videos, but they never get any views. I'm hoping that the Dukes videos help change that. The best part about the running videos is that my kids and I have a lot of fun dreaming them up and executing them.

 

[Logan’s RCAdventures]

Awesome camera angles!"thumbsup"

 

[Jim85IROC]

For those who are interested, I posted the car chase from the police video separately. I did some additional editing, color grading and I added music. I'm pretty happy with the result.

https://youtu.be/wjxQXFVqKgQ

 

[high plains drifter]

I kept hearing Waylon's voice throughout the whole thing. Side note/ off topic- I miss seeing Catherine Bach on Friday nights lol.

 

[durok]

Great video! Excellent editing... "thumbsup"

 

[OSRC]

Love it! It's like my childhood came back to life in 1/10 scale.

 

[B-MOW71]

Great job on the vid! The editing, sound effects and realism was outstanding! Brought back great memories of watching the "Good Ole Boys" back in the good ole days!

 

[Gula]

Whatvan awesome build! Love all the detail, and great videos too. Brings me back to good ole times "as a kid" Curious, you wouldn't happen to know if the clear KYOFAB707 1970 charger comes without body holes. Oh, and these are the wheels i was talking about.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Holy cow these cars are awesome! Great work!