Pro-line Ambush mini Toyota.

[Andersen72]

I can’t resist something like this Pro-Line Ambush 4x4 1/25 RTR Micro Rock Crawler EP w/ 2.4GHz Radio, Battery, Charger #4004-00 Free Fedex Shipping,
And I decided to go for it 115€ and free shipping it’s quite good. And I’m wishing for long time ago for a Toyota and an Ambush with leaf spring it’s perfect for a mini Trail finder.
Looking for eBay I found this

And yesterday it arrived and I started to cut

It fits perfectly on the battery

I need to cut the bed to adjust the wheel base

And after glue and sand it

I don’t want to cut the bed to get down the body. For me it’s perfect. Even I think I can make the interior with a little bit of styrene

 

[R.Billy Rob]

It would have looked better, and been easier if you extended the frame instead of cut the body. It’s easily done by cutting one of the dual frame plates. I did it for my 1:20 Toyota.

 

[Andersen72]

Oh!!! Now I see!! Simple and effective

 

[Andersen72]

Now I m trying to decide what colour I will use. I love in blue

But my Gelande is blue. My MST-W is blue and my Unimog is blue!!
So... perhaps in red?or it’s too much classic?

Yellow?

Orange?

Now I’m considering weathering white

I think that my choice will be this racing colours

What do you think?
Brown is beautiful too

And blue again

And again

 

[Pierced Soul]

So the ambush takes a 1/20 size body

 

[high plains drifter]

It's hard to make the Toyota look bad in ANY color. Personally not a huge fan of the brown, and basic red/ blue is so common... but the classic race color stripes ALWAYS look good. Dunno if weathered tan or light grey appeals to you but maybe worth considering. Gun metal, primer grey, weathered white, and light blue... all look sweet to me. Really cool project!

 

[R.Billy Rob]

So the ambush takes a 1/20 size body

All micro crawlers fit the 1:20 scale bodies better. You just have to lengthen the wheelbase to match.

 

[Andersen72]

It's hard to make the Toyota look bad in ANY color. Personally not a huge fan of the brown, and basic red/ blue is so common... but the classic race color stripes ALWAYS look good. Dunno if weathered tan or light grey appeals to you but maybe worth considering. Gun metal, primer grey, weathered white, and light blue... all look sweet to me. Really cool project!

Thank you. At the end I think like you and I will take the classic race colours like model

At the moment my Dremel dies and I’m stopped. Well it’s a Chinese “Dremel”. Now I will buy the Dremel 4000 or 4300.
What rotary tool are you using?

 

[high plains drifter]

I'm using a 300 for the time being and it does fine. The 4000 is a great series. It's 1.6a motor is more than enough for most jobs and it's smaller size makes it a little easier to use than the 4300. I think that the 4300 is a bit overkill for most projects and the price tag is pretty hefty in comparison.

 

[Andersen72]

I think tomorrow I will buy a 4000 that I see I my local hardware store

 

[Andersen72]

Ok it seems that always will fit in.

 

[Shinchu]

see the dremel thread in the tools section.
FWIW i did a dremel thread last year and ended up with the 4000. FANTASTIC. worth every penny.

great work on the yota, i had no idea the ambush had leaf springs?? so cool!

 

[Andersen72]

Start painting

 

[Andersen72]

see the dremel thread in the tools section.
FWIW i did a dremel thread last year and ended up with the 4000. FANTASTIC. worth every penny.

great work on the yota, i had no idea the ambush had leaf springs?? so cool!

Hey man!! Very happy with my new Dremel 4000. So much better than the cheap rotary tool that I had
The interior fits on the chassis thanks to the Dremel. It let me cut and sand the styrene easily and why not to say it, every time I’m learning a little bit more how to work the styrene

 

[Andersen72]

Painting

 

[Andersen72]

A little bit more

 

[Andersen72]

And finishing

 

[Andersen72]

 

[Andersen72]

Now with RC4WD stamped wheels and Rock Creeper tires from my Gëlande 1/18 much better I think I will order them in white