My 1.9 jeep buildoff

Thanks for the bumps guys, Not I have to go to the doctors and see what I contracted from you all..LMAO On the brighter side.

Well I am almost done, I got most of the interior carpeted, and painted, and added in the kenwood flipout tv..LOL And got my new rings in from Cory at The Scale Shop..

go red (bumpbump)

looking nice.

Well I know time is about up for the buildoff, And as much as I hate saying that I wont be finished on time really stinks. I had a family member fly in, So I didnt have much time to work on it for a good week. I got all the diamond plate crush corners done, I also got all the 4 link mounts and links done, I also made a front steering arm made. I will attach detailed pics later. I just wanted for you all to see what is done so far. And in order to get this jeep done right it will take a bit longer to do, I still have the headrests to do, The modified winch I made, all 4 shocks and a bunch of other things left to fabricate. But I guarantee it will be ready for the summer scale competition in july. Good Luck to all the guys in the Wrangler Buildoff..

-Rick:nice:

whats the day its got to be done

mksuperbug wrote:whats the day its got to be done

Tomorrow I will still enter it into the vote, But I dont think ill get much response. Except from you guys.

where do you vote

never mind (deduderrrr)

mksuperbug wrote:where do you vote

If they allow it, I will post up a link tomorrow night, or the day after... I am gonna continue to keep trucking away on it, But I dont want to cut corners on this one..

Well, I got some more done. It now able to stand on its own. First I had to make spring perches to attach to the frame and to the 4 link mounts. I then added a set of stock TLT springs. I also took a set of TLT shocks turned them down and cut the body and shaft of them down about a quarter of an inch for a more scale appearance. I then made a set of shock hoops and quickly ran out of Oxygen while bazing the second one (DAMN)..

So I started making a scale semi working winch. I started with a proline winch and quickly ripped it apart. I ditched the fake fairlead for one off of my 3 racing winch. I then used a Viper alarm hood pin switch as the drum and turned the ends down to fit bearings to each ends. I then drilled into the end of the drum and brazed a shaft on the end and attached the end of the winch to it. Then I added some steel cable that a friend had sent me a while back (THANKS HALFCAB). I then bought a scale hook from 500swmag http://rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167828 So now I can pull the winch hook and line out and then twist the end of the winch body and wind in the hook.. I have a bunch more pics of the winch and shocks while I was making them, I will post them up later today..

Looks good ,but will it crawl. You'll be done with by the next comp.

ROCKEDUP RICKY wrote:Looks good ,but will it crawl. You'll be done with by the next comp.

Thanks, I hope it will crawl, It has very good articulation (WAY TOO MUCH) But thats why im building limiting straps for it. Im gonna shot to have it done for the next comp I would like to get pics of it out there on the terrain..

Broken Dam is a nice pic place for the rigs.

ROCKEDUP RICKY wrote:Broken Dam is a nice pic place for the rigs.

How about, a scale gtg out there in the next few months? We could have a cool trail ride out there

Well guys, Sorry for the Delay.. Ive been busy here at work, So now that I have some inbetween time I have been slowly putting the JK together. Here are alot of pics.. I hope you like it so far?

Here is a pic of how it looks as of 10 minutes ago



Here are what the stock seats and headrests look like before I modded them. I cut the headrests off the top and then used styrene to fill in the backs of the seats and headrests. I then added polls to the headrests and inserted them into the top of the seats.




I then modified a stock axial trans by cutting out and removing the middle gear so I can get better gear reduction, And a more compact so I use it as a transfercase. I also built the transfercase crossmember so it tucks up nicely against the floorpan.





I then made the mounts to hold the motor and gd600. I am using a 65t motor and using the gd600 as a transmission.
The bellend of the motor slides into the front motormount and then I will bolt down the rear mount for easy removal or repair.






Here is a pic of my modified tlt shocks that I turned down, And then shortened the shock body and shock pistons. Oh and I made my own KING off road shock stickers.. Sorry for the blurry pics




Onto the flex shots

Man that is AWSOME!!! Great work.

That thing looks better every time I see it, get it done and send it to RCCARACTOIN.

Looks great, very nice work!

A little sneek peak for you guys.. Ill get you more when I put it together..
I was torn between Red, And Yellow. So I went with Sunset orange metallic
Tomorrow I will have all the trim, And everything all painted up, And then its time to slap the body on the chassis.

Thats orange, looks to be gold. Team Avery was just talking about this rig today at lunch.

Here is another pic for you.. Once I get home I will be able to sit down and start doing the final assembly..
I will try to bring it out to the comp..

Is that a big dent in the right front corner and whats that silver spot on the hood. It does look orange now.

ROCKEDUP RICKY wrote:Is that a big dent in the right front corner and whats that silver spot on the hood. It does look orange now.

lol, Its from the lighting in the paint booth..

Here is a few more . I got the fenders installed, But I have to finish the top of them off, And then start installing the lighting system.

There's a nice pic of your rig that Bender took at the denver comp on the Axial web site.

http://axialracing.com/wordpress/2009/07/27/vanquish-products-laguerra-en-rocas-rojo/