Hello there!
Since RC4WD released the G2 with the Cruiser body, I wanted one with the intention of making a replica of my father's BJ40.
A bit of background story of the 1:1.
It belonged to the company my father worked for and was is dailly driver. I remember riding in the back with my friends coming and going to elementary school! I remember even better our heads hitting the hard metal, in the back! Ah... Good old days! :mrgreen:
Then, they assigned another car for my father and the BJ40 was used as a work horse pulling heavy equipment. Due to that, the rear was fitted with a heavy dutty leaf stack, which made the rear as hard as a brick. Well, my father retired about 10 years ago and managed to save the BJ from the scrapyard! It was in a really bad shape... You will notice that the rear of the cab looks weird... That is because it was fitted with a steel panel to protect the original panel from rusting more and fall apart... A few years ago the motor got tired and had to be replaced. The "new" motor was the same as the original, but in good condition! Also, the wheels were striped down and painted in the wrong color. They were the same color as the body.
Some photos of the 1:1:
Now, the plan, like said before, was to make a replica, BUT, it wont happen... I do not have the patience, skills and most of all, the time to do this... But I'll make some things similar, like the color, the snorkel, the rear spare tire mount and will be changing the links to leafs.
I won't bother you with kit build pics, that has been done before, so let's jump ahead!
The grill is wrong...
Thats more like it!
I was able to score a can of the original paint! Yay! Problem is that the paint is about 10 years old... So it was very thick...
The end result was not the best... Paint ended up with a matte finish... Well, so be it!
Was not impressed with the transparent stickers, so only used about 3 for the interior... The remaining details were painted by hand.
Used bleach to strip the chorme and spray painted the roof and grill.
I was very happy the way the roof looked till I peeled the tape... Poop... :evil: That's what you get for being lazy and not using the right tape...
After a long struggle I managed to mount the body... It was really hard... The "glasses" didn't line up, the top didn't fit properly, the doors looked dented at the top... So, cutted the front glasses and screwed only the rear ones that still don't fit well... While at it, I cutted the driver glass to make it "open". I'll remove the grill and put some reflective material inside the front lights. Won't disassemble the body anytime soon, only if i'm drunk...
As for the tires, I couldn´t find any that matched the 1:1 so, they will be the more that ok Baja MTZ 1.9. For the wheels I went with the Gmade SR03. Where I bought them only the Silver Semi gloss were available. When I got them, I removed the silver and was left with the primer. I noticed some bubbles under the primer. It turns out to be rust UNDER the primer... I think it's a bit lame for the Gmade to do this... I was aiming for a care look on the BJ but with this wheels... I'm sad... 5 ou of 6 wheels are like this or worse...
Since RC4WD released the G2 with the Cruiser body, I wanted one with the intention of making a replica of my father's BJ40.
A bit of background story of the 1:1.
It belonged to the company my father worked for and was is dailly driver. I remember riding in the back with my friends coming and going to elementary school! I remember even better our heads hitting the hard metal, in the back! Ah... Good old days! :mrgreen:
Then, they assigned another car for my father and the BJ40 was used as a work horse pulling heavy equipment. Due to that, the rear was fitted with a heavy dutty leaf stack, which made the rear as hard as a brick. Well, my father retired about 10 years ago and managed to save the BJ from the scrapyard! It was in a really bad shape... You will notice that the rear of the cab looks weird... That is because it was fitted with a steel panel to protect the original panel from rusting more and fall apart... A few years ago the motor got tired and had to be replaced. The "new" motor was the same as the original, but in good condition! Also, the wheels were striped down and painted in the wrong color. They were the same color as the body.
Some photos of the 1:1:
Now, the plan, like said before, was to make a replica, BUT, it wont happen... I do not have the patience, skills and most of all, the time to do this... But I'll make some things similar, like the color, the snorkel, the rear spare tire mount and will be changing the links to leafs.
I won't bother you with kit build pics, that has been done before, so let's jump ahead!
The grill is wrong...
Thats more like it!
I was able to score a can of the original paint! Yay! Problem is that the paint is about 10 years old... So it was very thick...
The end result was not the best... Paint ended up with a matte finish... Well, so be it!
Was not impressed with the transparent stickers, so only used about 3 for the interior... The remaining details were painted by hand.
Used bleach to strip the chorme and spray painted the roof and grill.
I was very happy the way the roof looked till I peeled the tape... Poop... :evil: That's what you get for being lazy and not using the right tape...
After a long struggle I managed to mount the body... It was really hard... The "glasses" didn't line up, the top didn't fit properly, the doors looked dented at the top... So, cutted the front glasses and screwed only the rear ones that still don't fit well... While at it, I cutted the driver glass to make it "open". I'll remove the grill and put some reflective material inside the front lights. Won't disassemble the body anytime soon, only if i'm drunk...
As for the tires, I couldn´t find any that matched the 1:1 so, they will be the more that ok Baja MTZ 1.9. For the wheels I went with the Gmade SR03. Where I bought them only the Silver Semi gloss were available. When I got them, I removed the silver and was left with the primer. I noticed some bubbles under the primer. It turns out to be rust UNDER the primer... I think it's a bit lame for the Gmade to do this... I was aiming for a care look on the BJ but with this wheels... I'm sad... 5 ou of 6 wheels are like this or worse...
Hope you enjoy! 
