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New bright 4dr jeep scale trail rig
- Thread starter Emedina1222
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Emedina1222
Pebble Pounder
Wooo it's everyone's favorite time! Update time!
So Iv settled in here in Finland and it's sooo cold lol and snowy. Super excited. I have my jeep with me cause it traveled on the plane with me of course. But Iv been doing what I can with little tools [emoji849]. Got the body all sanded and primed. Did it like 4-5 times till I was happy. I'll add those photos when my computer comes in.
But today I finally laid down the coats of paint and boy am I loving it!
Sorry for the quality if the photos I had to use my iPhone instead of my camera cause I don't have my computer here yet. But enjoy [emoji4].
As far as the back and top I still haven't decided if I want to leave it painted or go flat black with it. Let me know what you think.
And the radiator and frames I painted the body could don't worry I'll be going back in with a paint brush to detail the radiator, intercooler, and hoses.
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So Iv settled in here in Finland and it's sooo cold lol and snowy. Super excited. I have my jeep with me cause it traveled on the plane with me of course. But Iv been doing what I can with little tools [emoji849]. Got the body all sanded and primed. Did it like 4-5 times till I was happy. I'll add those photos when my computer comes in.
But today I finally laid down the coats of paint and boy am I loving it!
Sorry for the quality if the photos I had to use my iPhone instead of my camera cause I don't have my computer here yet. But enjoy [emoji4].
As far as the back and top I still haven't decided if I want to leave it painted or go flat black with it. Let me know what you think.
And the radiator and frames I painted the body could don't worry I'll be going back in with a paint brush to detail the radiator, intercooler, and hoses.
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RootBreaker
RCC Addict
absolutely halarious.. wow whatta build thread!!!!
Emedina1222
Pebble Pounder
lol :lmao: there is soooo much more but all the pictures are on my camera so i cant upload them yet :/ and im not expecting my computer for another month. shipping house hold goods takes sooo long.
RootBreaker
RCC Addict
hope you paid extra for the monkey crates to be cared for or you will have some angry apes... :lmao:
Emedina1222
Pebble Pounder
Well started working on the steering wheel didn't like the simple skinny steering wheel so making it into the correct one.
Also considering painting the intercooler red. Not sure if I'm liking the gun metal gray intercooler. Just think I need some thing to make the piece pop to say.
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Also considering painting the intercooler red. Not sure if I'm liking the gun metal gray intercooler. Just think I need some thing to make the piece pop to say.
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Woolenspark
Newbie
Doing a great job. Intercoolers are usually an aluminum color and seen the connector hoses in red and blue. Love the apes wish i had help like that in the garage i work in.
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Emedina1222
Pebble Pounder
Woolenspark
Newbie
Stands out alot more
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Emedina1222
Pebble Pounder
Major picture update!!!
Well Iv got my PC set up so I was able to get all my photos from my camera finally so let's go ahead and do this update! Unfortunately we haven't been able to utilize Ape Garage as my space is very limited here. But the build still continued.
First we are gonna jump back before the final paint job to primer photos and sanding.
So at that point I was finally happy with where the body stood with no visible dents and imperfections. So went ahead and painted.
Next I went ahead and changed up the shocks as I found the scale super scale shocks from rc4wd couldn't hold the weight of all body and bumpers and etc. so I upgraded to these RRD shocks I found at my local hobby shop. They are perfect just debating on going with some shorter shocks.
Next has to be my favorite part of the build the door panels! Got them nice and painted.
Then I bring us to where we were last with the intercooler.
The next thing I wanted to knock out were the rear lights so I cut my hole to fit them and glued them in place and filled around them with plastic body filler. What I didn't take a picture of was painting the body filler with a gray that would match the body as close as possible. As it didn't matter much it was gonna be covered by the rear fender guards.
After working on the interior, filling all joints and cracks and sanding it down we moved to painting. With help from the fiancée, we determined that a flat black interior with flat grey accents would be perfect for this build and this is how it turned out!
When wiring up the lights I found the perfect way to hide the light cables in the engine bay. This would be perfect for anyone who'd is using these Knight custom parts and is working on an engine bay. So I ran the cable through the gaps the the front finders and reattached it to the jeep. I had to make a small diagonal cut in the body to feed the wife's back into the jeep where it would not be seen.
Next I took it for a spin in the snow again!
After a nice test run I was happy where it's at. Now it's time to finish it up and do the finishing touches. I started with mounting the doors and hood using those really strong magnets to keep them in place.
Next was the crazy wiring, I chopped and shortened the wires for the lights and some of the other wires I order to keep it looking as clean as I could. In this first photo you can kinda see how the front finders look with the wires. Next I took the inner fender wells from my previous build that's being recycled soon into a two door china jeep for the fiancée. But to make them fit I had to cut them quite a bit as they stuck out from the fenders quite a bit but I'm happy how they turned out.
I then went back and reinstalled the gps unit just waiting to place the decal on it. Then I installed the headlight lenses. Looks great!
That's all I have for now
well I have one more I just need to take some quick pics to show y'all I'll be right back.
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Well Iv got my PC set up so I was able to get all my photos from my camera finally so let's go ahead and do this update! Unfortunately we haven't been able to utilize Ape Garage as my space is very limited here. But the build still continued.
First we are gonna jump back before the final paint job to primer photos and sanding.
So at that point I was finally happy with where the body stood with no visible dents and imperfections. So went ahead and painted.
Next I went ahead and changed up the shocks as I found the scale super scale shocks from rc4wd couldn't hold the weight of all body and bumpers and etc. so I upgraded to these RRD shocks I found at my local hobby shop. They are perfect just debating on going with some shorter shocks.
Next has to be my favorite part of the build the door panels! Got them nice and painted.
Then I bring us to where we were last with the intercooler.
The next thing I wanted to knock out were the rear lights so I cut my hole to fit them and glued them in place and filled around them with plastic body filler. What I didn't take a picture of was painting the body filler with a gray that would match the body as close as possible. As it didn't matter much it was gonna be covered by the rear fender guards.
After working on the interior, filling all joints and cracks and sanding it down we moved to painting. With help from the fiancée, we determined that a flat black interior with flat grey accents would be perfect for this build and this is how it turned out!
When wiring up the lights I found the perfect way to hide the light cables in the engine bay. This would be perfect for anyone who'd is using these Knight custom parts and is working on an engine bay. So I ran the cable through the gaps the the front finders and reattached it to the jeep. I had to make a small diagonal cut in the body to feed the wife's back into the jeep where it would not be seen.
Next I took it for a spin in the snow again!
After a nice test run I was happy where it's at. Now it's time to finish it up and do the finishing touches. I started with mounting the doors and hood using those really strong magnets to keep them in place.
Next was the crazy wiring, I chopped and shortened the wires for the lights and some of the other wires I order to keep it looking as clean as I could. In this first photo you can kinda see how the front finders look with the wires. Next I took the inner fender wells from my previous build that's being recycled soon into a two door china jeep for the fiancée. But to make them fit I had to cut them quite a bit as they stuck out from the fenders quite a bit but I'm happy how they turned out.
I then went back and reinstalled the gps unit just waiting to place the decal on it. Then I installed the headlight lenses. Looks great!
That's all I have for now
well I have one more I just need to take some quick pics to show y'all I'll be right back. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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Emedina1222
Pebble Pounder
Ok so sorry I took the photos with my phone but I basically turned the Knight custom rear bumper tire carrier into a functional tire carrier (swings open) and wired the third brake light.
As you can see from the photos I just cut the tire carrier from where it joins with the bumper, cleaned and threaded the hole and screwed it down with a few washers to allow i to rotate without unscrewing. In order to keep it closed I used what I believe is a servo mount of some sort or something, found it in my spare parts from my scx10 parts bin. I drilled out a hole on the tire carrier and when it's closed I use a piece of metal rod to slide through both holes to keep it closed.
If y'all wanna see any photos of something or want a better shot of a part let me know and I'll upload a pic with my camera. thank you for viewing, build is t done though. Still have the rear window inserts to finish, and the snorkel, and full engine bay to complete.
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As you can see from the photos I just cut the tire carrier from where it joins with the bumper, cleaned and threaded the hole and screwed it down with a few washers to allow i to rotate without unscrewing. In order to keep it closed I used what I believe is a servo mount of some sort or something, found it in my spare parts from my scx10 parts bin. I drilled out a hole on the tire carrier and when it's closed I use a piece of metal rod to slide through both holes to keep it closed.
If y'all wanna see any photos of something or want a better shot of a part let me know and I'll upload a pic with my camera.
thank you for viewing, build is t done though. Still have the rear window inserts to finish, and the snorkel, and full engine bay to complete.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
