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Son of a gun-ner wrote:
As for the Union/Confederate question, that answers obvious, Max is from Detroit. . . .

Yankee by Birth, Rebel by CHOICE. If I were really old enough, I'd have served with the Confederacy.

Max-U52 wrote:

Son of a gun-ner wrote:
As for the Union/Confederate question, that answers obvious, Max is from Detroit. . . .

Yankee by Birth, Rebel by CHOICE. If I were really old enough, I'd have served with the Confederacy.

hahahahaha

Which bruder? I have one coming in the post haha

Wow, that looks great. But, I don't think the HL truck frame will have the balls to pull that. Have you thought about taking the running gear from a different crawler? I (or at least Harley did) put the gear from a Temper 1/24 crawler under a 1/18 halftrack i had modified into what I call my "fake scout car" and it worked quite well. You might be able to still use the HL frame, just upgrade the axles and motors.

I really hope you can pull it off, Son of, because I'd just love to see video of that Bad Boy cruisin' around under its own power.

Son of a gun-ner wrote:This one.

Very similar to the cab I have coming. But mines 6x4.
Also building my own low loader with height control. Soo many projects

I am either going to use 4 servos and run slow speed or I am going to run 4x micro geared motors and direct drive.

As for steering axles I am not powering the front wheels. But for different angle steering use twin servos and different length steering arms.

Son of a gun-ner wrote:

At the moment, I'm on a learning spree lol.

One of the things I truly love about this hobby of ours is the education I've gotten along the way. And not just in radio control, but also things like photography, video editing, 3D printing (still goin' to school on that one), and even how paintball works.

May your spree never end, Bro, you're gonna have a ball along the way and I think with any man, the more education the better, right?

Update is I got bored with the colour and ripped the body off for a repaint.
Wow the LEDs are bright!

Light bar test
https://youtu.be/vXxerqIlnvk
BRIGHT!

After priming with grey plastic, the first coat is sandy beige colour i found in Halfords
DIY Spray paint camo by Will Pattinson, on Flickr

Making it up as i go along and spraying some light green down with rattle can to try and give a soft edge and camo effect! Never done this before!
DIY Spray paint camo by Will Pattinson, on Flickr

Cab done aswell
DIY Spray paint camo by Will Pattinson, on Flickr

LED light bar
Diy light bar for the Hilux by Will Pattinson, on Flickr

Building up the cab
Building up the cab! Looks good, I impressed myself! by Will Pattinson, on Flickr

Looking much better!
Building up the cab! Looks good, I impressed myself! by Will Pattinson, on Flickr