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Sept 14, 2009 20:47:10 GMT
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well I wasnt happy with the original plastice chassis on the clodbuster I have so I decided to buil.d my own scale tube chassis. this is after 6 hours work , the frame is 4mm rod from B&Q , its all TIG welded together. daft thing is its around a pound lighter than the plastic chassis.     placed roughly inplace to get an idea of where its going to sit. this is the first chassis I have ever built. I'm after a full on race style monster truck. more pics to follow. |
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Sept 14, 2009 22:43:28 GMT
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tht looks amazing, will be watching this to see how it comes out, always been meanin to make one of theses cutsom jobbies to do a bit of model offroading, but never decided what car to base it on!
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Current Fleet:
2004 Audi A4 1.9tdi Sport Avant
2014 Ford Fiesta 1.25 (wifes car, curse word box)
1987 Volkswagen Polo CL
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Sept 15, 2009 11:09:54 GMT
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Clod axles on tube chassis perform really well, great rock climbers, get the batteries down low and they handle suprisingly well from what i've seen, My monster GT got seriously trounced by a home built one once, only beat him in our "off road challenge" in the end because i'd added an extra fuel tank he didn't know about so i didn't have to pit stop and i made it a loooooong challenge on purpose.  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Sept 15, 2009 13:34:23 GMT
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i like the idea of a crawler , but I'm after a full on monster truck styley. i love the superclod , but hated the stock plastic boxy chassis. any pics of your popup.
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Sept 15, 2009 14:57:39 GMT
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Sept 16, 2009 21:11:13 GMT
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Aah this is going to be great. When I was a kid I had so many failed attempts at building a 'tube' chassis like this. Oh to have had the skills back then  |
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Sept 20, 2009 17:25:03 GMT
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abit more work ,  lower link brackets  rear bracing  cross bracing in roof area once the chassis is finished the body has got to stretched to fit the new wheelbase.    would like to get the chassis powder coated once its finished , anybody know of a cheap powder coaters around birmingham that would do such a small job? ade |
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Sept 24, 2009 18:50:53 GMT
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That looks really good
I once made a carbon fibre tube frame to take the running gear of a Losi MiniT but i couldn't get a good enough glue joint on some of the tube joints so it was a little fragile!
I didn't think about using metal tube lol.
As for power coating, not sure, but a good few coat of paint would work just as well i imagine
Lewis
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Sept 25, 2009 10:40:00 GMT
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I'd paint it and bake it in the oven i reckon, wait for er indoors to be aout all day though. |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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sparko
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Sept 26, 2009 0:57:25 GMT
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theres LOADS of info on here www.rccrawler.com if you want it chap. i tried a while ago but have no access to welding equipment so didnt get verry far lol looks ace though, if you fancy making another and popping it in the post i still have a pair of clodbuster axles and running gear in my 'just in case' pile ;D |
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Sept 26, 2009 19:50:06 GMT
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cheers guys, ive got that website saved , its a good one, as to making another , I'm open to offers to produce. ade
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lae
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Sept 26, 2009 20:30:17 GMT
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Wow! That chassis is really impressive! Did you make it from a set of plans or did you design the whole thing?
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Currently:
Mk1 Focus blandmobile
Formerly:
1969 MG Midget
1972 Avenger GT
1981 Datsun Cherry
1989 Corolla
1979 Mercedes W123 200D
1995 Ford Falcon
1996 Ford Telstar (bet you had to google that one)
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Sept 27, 2009 10:18:26 GMT
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no plans , all in my head , designed it myslef as i went along , its 4mm steel rod which when scaled up would be 40mm in real life. correct size. its pretty solid , no twist in the chassis or frame work. latest updates are . front lower links turned from alloy and fitted with rod ends , link mounts made and tig`d onto chassis. as i currently now unemployed ( made redundant 25/09/09) and looking at going self employed i should get it finished pretty quickly. more pics as i take them. thanks for the positive comments , ade.
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Sept 27, 2009 17:12:54 GMT
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as promised more pics,  tig welded a plate onto the bottom of the chassis to attach the links to.  upper and lower links made from 8mm alliminium bar , cntre drilled and tapped to m4 , m4 studding fitted and rod ends screwed onto them. ends of the rod are turned down on my lathe to the diameter of the rod ends.  still got to fit a mounting point in for the shocks , ride height not determined yet. |
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