Detailed real looking bodies

[stinkfist]

Does anyone sell these types of bodies for crawlers? I like all of the detail like the shovel and roll bars and the seats. http://www.rcrockcrawling.com/product_info.php?cPath=59&products_id=693

[FESTER2004]

all that stuff is add ons you eather make yourself or buy

[stinkfist]

Where do you buy these add ons?

[hijacker]

Look at model kits, toys in toystores etc.

[AirBoston]

Things like this are not usually sold but made. The people with these trucks are modelers who tire of having their works sitting on a shelf.

If you're so inclined, look at your local craft store. Brass tubing and some solder will get you a cage. Plastic will allow you to create lots of goodies or you could even use polymer clay. Where's good ol' Mike V when you need him?

[7urb0_c471]

The easy way to do it is to just get a toy rc truck, like a Jeep or F-150, and to fit that in. The harder way to do it is to get a Pro-line Bushwacker or HPI Wrangler body and to carefully paint it, then add custom touches to it with soldered / brazed brass tubing and plastic, as Airboston said. Many people got the Tamiya Highlift and modded that such that it could be difficult to tell the real F350 and the Highlift apart. Jamesbernachez (sp?) did that a couple times with awesome results.

[stinkfist]

Great thanks. I wish I could find someone who had a complete one for sale I would pay alot for it.:D I will look for a model kit to play around with might be fun. I just remember doing models when I was a kid never had the patience never finished it my ADD (attention deficit disorder) got int the way and I am a perfectionist so it did not help either. I think I still have ADD:D

[7urb0_c471]

Here:
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Those are the part numbers to make this body from Tamiya:

http://www.tamiyausa.com/images/product/250/58397/header_58397a.jpg

Realistically, it is one of the most realistic truck bodies you could possibly have, and it only gets better with the time you put into preparing the body, as well as finishing the paint (sealing and polishing) and adding accessories. Accessorize, girlfriend!


j/k...

[stinkfist]

Here:
9335487 9335488
9335489 9115194
9495521 9495521
9495521 9495521
9225105 9115196
9225104 9005869
9115198 9115195
9115197 9400655

Those are the part numbers to make this body from Tamiya:

http://www.tamiyausa.com/images/product/250/58397/header_58397a.jpg

Realistically, it is one of the most realistic truck bodies you could possibly have, and it only gets better with the time you put into preparing the body, as well as finishing the paint (sealing and polishing) and adding accessories. Accessorize, girlfriend!


j/k...


Great thanks. What about this one RTR what scale is it? Will it fit a Axial AX10?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0005p?&I=TAMC0753&P=X

[7urb0_c471]

That's a much smaller body. You'll be hardpressed to fit that without some custom mounts, and then it will look funny. The problem with the plastic bodies is that they are heavier than lexan, so they throw off weight distributions and raise center of gravities.

I won't profess to be an expert here, but the HPI Wrangler body (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGTE7&P=ML), Pro-line Bushwacker (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXPYK8&P=ML), the HPI Land Rover (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXPNC1&P=7), and the HPI F-150 (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVPROFIL=++&FVSEARCH=7196&search=Go) bodies all suit themselves well to scale mockups.

To get the appearance of real lights, you can use sterene plastic and plastic cement / CA glue to form the buckets, then use chrome paint for the reflective surface. You can make roll bars out of the plastic, or you can use brass tubing. Scale interiors, tiny shovels, tow hooks and cabling, and other bits and pieces can all be made by hand (some can be purchased) and make a huge difference even to mediocre bodies. It just depends on how much time and effort you put into it.