mir4dor's Hilux (exploring that styreen thing)

[mir4dor]

Bad luck today

Took it out for a test drive and than this happened:

:mrgreen:


Lot's of detailing to do but it's a start ...

Credits to misster.ti: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=209372
Thanks for inspiration "thumbsup"

 

[CUSTOMHILUX]

That looks killer!! Look at mikes (aka ibjb) build he di that"thumbsup"

 

[mir4dor]

That looks killer!! Look at mikes (aka ibjb) build he di that"thumbsup"

:shock:

Found it. How the h*ll did I missed that one ?

Very impressive "thumbsup"

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192241

 

[CUSTOMHILUX]

I dont know how you missed it:shock: But i know a vendor on this sit sells them. I belive it is Harley soomething:?

EDIT: its Harley0706

 

[looneybin]

looks great. BTW i think i may have been the first to do it:mrgreen:

 

[mir4dor]

looks great. BTW i think i may have been the first to do it:mrgreen:

That looks great ! You have a buildtreath on that one ?

I lost alot of strenght because the door is cut out too. I use styreen to make it stronger and hope it will survive next sunday on a gtg :mrgreen:

Added some paint on the inner fender:

Must complete the fender to hide those electrics :|

 

[bmx_ican92]

What an incredible build!

 

[mir4dor]

What an incredible build!

Thanks !

I'm preparing the bed right now, it has to be on it ....
Stay tuned ...

 

[mir4dor]

The bed is on. Also made a nice battery compartment:

Made some supports to mount it on the chassis too:

New wheelwels (fenders ?)

Reinforcements:

Battery cover:

Mounted and fake hinges:

Made a short film mounting the battery just to show how fast it can be replaced. All of you can start laughing now :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo4WQo7t43o

Next is the front fender, couple of minutes ...

 

[mir4dor]

Made some reinforcements for the front right fender:

Made a front firewall too:

Started to close the cab-floor totally but hold on to the possibility to replace the clear glass and dash:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvQGtgoM6UU

More of closing the cab floor, styreen versus heatgun to prepare driveshaft tunnel:

After some sanding and filing:

Back to the front fender. This is what I really enjoy building, it all came out perfect I think ...

Top of fender:

Gleued, heated and add some supports:

Back in seconds ...

 

[Jester666]

I have something to add. Don`t use black marker on styrene, it will bleed through the paint:mrgreen:

Just kidding man, the styrene jobs looks amazing. Very well done"thumbsup"

 

[mir4dor]

Step two on the front fender. Found this pic and this is just where I want to go for this build, scratched and dented :mrgreen:

Took a piece of 0.5mm styreen and cut it at freehand, fired up the heatgun and got this piece:

It fitted spot on and so I gleued it immidiately. Detailed it with a siggaret lighter and further glueing (Tenax btw)

The pics don't do it justice since I treaded the inner fender with "semi gloss black", anyways, here's the result sofar:

Now I'm at the point that I can't stop doing inner fenders so it's time for the rear :mrgreen:

Pre-formed a piece, put it in the right place, heatgunned it and formed in the right shape. Glued and cut. Pics speak for them selves ?

That's it for now, hope you enjoyed, I know I did :mrgreen:
Thanks for looking.

 

[mir4dor]

I have something to add. Don`t use black marker on styrene, it will bleed through the paint:mrgreen:

Just kidding man, the styrene jobs looks amazing. Very well done"thumbsup"

It was the night before a gtg that I wrote it on there and at the time I got a little too enthousiast :mrgreen:

The bed will be detailed so I don't think bleeding is gonna be a problem.

Thanks for the kind words man "thumbsup"

 

[justinart24]

Killer build and crazy details! Keep it up bro!"thumbsup"

 

[ctrwannabe]

I'm liking it !

 

[sho_shane]

So whats happing with this build?

 

[mir4dor]

So whats happing with this build?

I have a little pauze with the hobby. I need some inspiration and will contineu after summer I guess ..

Thanks for the interest "thumbsup"