LAV25
Quarry Creeper
Well, I broke one of the knuckles on the Short Bus first run out, went to the LHS but they don't stock them so I'll have to order some. But, I found out that they've installed an indoor crawler course, except it's really geared to 2.2 size rigs, so I fired up sketchup (getting really comfortable with it now) and designed myself a 2.2 scale bodyless chassis, with what I learned making the super chassis, and then making it again, and then making it one more time, and then modding it til it worked, I think that this one should run OK right out of the bag....
Famous last words....
But again, I can make this for about 4 bucks, so what the heck.
The lines were inspired by a tuber being built by another member here, not sure if it's top secret or not, but he has skills I can't even dream of, so I had to go the cheap, simple, and ugly way.
Made a lot of progress over the last few days, on to the pics:
And no, it's not really going to be a three wheeler, but it looks pretty cool as one!
I'm calling it The Rock Croc, kinda looks like a crocodile or gator to me, and Tamiya done stole the Desert Gator name already!
Got the Rock Croc almost done, still need to print out some custom stickers I made for it, you'll see the logic in a bit, it's gonna need some more heavy modding, gotta clip off some excess plastic on my homebuilt top center links and shock mounts, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna want to make a BTA steering kit for it (or buy one, but they aren't cheap). Anyway, as soon as I saw it all painted up green (by the way, $1.95 rattlecan spray paint doesn't stick to cutting board, oh well), I knew what color wheels I had to have:
Anybody want to guess the official logo?
Anyone?
Green rig, yellow wheels.....
No offense to the John Deere company, any of its employees, or the member John Deere, but it simply had to be done.....
It's very nearly competition legal, I couldn't find any zero offset wheels so it's about 13 inches wide, which is a half inch too much, and it doesn't have side plates, which I'll fix as soon as I finish the next bottle of Fanta (the hood and roof are both just cut out of 1.5 liter PET bottles), and the Masher tires, well, hmmm. I've had them laying around for the last ten years or so from an old project that never took off, once I get better tires I'll probably put them on my Dagger.
Questions, comments, suggestions and outright mockery are all welcome....
Famous last words....
But again, I can make this for about 4 bucks, so what the heck.
The lines were inspired by a tuber being built by another member here, not sure if it's top secret or not, but he has skills I can't even dream of, so I had to go the cheap, simple, and ugly way.
Made a lot of progress over the last few days, on to the pics:
And no, it's not really going to be a three wheeler, but it looks pretty cool as one!
I'm calling it The Rock Croc, kinda looks like a crocodile or gator to me, and Tamiya done stole the Desert Gator name already!
Got the Rock Croc almost done, still need to print out some custom stickers I made for it, you'll see the logic in a bit, it's gonna need some more heavy modding, gotta clip off some excess plastic on my homebuilt top center links and shock mounts, and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna want to make a BTA steering kit for it (or buy one, but they aren't cheap). Anyway, as soon as I saw it all painted up green (by the way, $1.95 rattlecan spray paint doesn't stick to cutting board, oh well), I knew what color wheels I had to have:
Anybody want to guess the official logo?
Anyone?
Green rig, yellow wheels.....
No offense to the John Deere company, any of its employees, or the member John Deere, but it simply had to be done.....
It's very nearly competition legal, I couldn't find any zero offset wheels so it's about 13 inches wide, which is a half inch too much, and it doesn't have side plates, which I'll fix as soon as I finish the next bottle of Fanta (the hood and roof are both just cut out of 1.5 liter PET bottles), and the Masher tires, well, hmmm. I've had them laying around for the last ten years or so from an old project that never took off, once I get better tires I'll probably put them on my Dagger.
Questions, comments, suggestions and outright mockery are all welcome....
