- Project: Toyota Hilux Double Cab Scaler -

[lol]

Hmm, battery strangely resembles a large spare fuel can. Draw in the X with a sharpie! Excellent work Jason.

[KITT222]

Originally Posted by texan_idiot25

-golf claps-

You've become an incredible scale builder, and I love seeing your stuff. One thing that keeps making the trip to XMS worth coming.

The feeling is the same here.


All I can say is WOW! How do you get it all cut so perfectly, and glued to seamlessly?

[Dr. Kustom]

Thank you very much guys! For the battery in the bed, I might just leave it as its, for easier to take it out and recharge them. For the tube work on the bed, I started off with 1 side first, I use Krazy Glue to glue them on, once they are set, I measure them, and write down all the numbers, then make the copy for the other side.

Update: Got the bed painted! Also added some details at the bottom of the chassis.

[GearHeadV8]

**** looking good you should make the battery into a fuel cell and just use styrene to make into a square add straps and use heatshrink to make the 2 wires into 1 so it looks like a hose

[dreamingISdrifting]

The best part that I like about almost all of your projects is that they are NOT shelf queens, you put so much work into them and are not a wee bit afraid of getting them dirty, that is just pure awesomeness. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work man, what on your mind for the next project?

[Donziikid]

Need more light in your photos. They are too dark to see a lot of the beautiful detail.

Not to sound like a broken record, but you're doing a great job with this.

Cheers,
Kyle.

[mycrors4]

you should REALLY be a service provider that makes custom stuff and sells em, but not for the 1/10 scale stuff, but for the smaller scale cars im sure the 1/18 guys would pay A LOT for your work....

you'd be rich!!!!

i love this
if i had enough money, id make an offer, but idk how much to pay.. i need like over $1000 for sure!!!!!
lol if u want... you can have all my xmods lmao

[dreamingISdrifting]

Lol, he is a service provider, just not a parts maker.....yet.....

[mycrors4]

Originally Posted by dreamingISdrifting

Lol, he is a service provider, just not a parts maker.....yet.....

he is service provider for custom body work, but what i meant is make full on rtr cars for people with custom work done to the cars(like this one, where the model chassis was used for the real chassis..... and ect

[dreamingISdrifting]

Yea, I guess,......Losi MRC $120, Hilux Model Kit $30, Epoxy and Styrene $20, Sold for $250??.....Priceless lol, but then again.....it takes sooo much labor....

[Dr. Kustom]

Originally Posted by GearHeadV8

**** looking good you should make the battery into a fuel cell and just use styrene to make into a square add straps and use heatshrink to make the 2 wires into 1 so it looks like a hose

Thanks Cody, thats a good idea, I'll see what I can come up with later.

Originally Posted by dreamingISdrifting

The best part that I like about almost all of your projects is that they are NOT shelf queens, you put so much work into them and are not a wee bit afraid of getting them dirty, that is just pure awesomeness. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work man, what on your mind for the next project?

Thanks, I don't plan on starting on a new project any soon, I have way too many projects on hands atm. But for my next project, I'm thinking of Han's RX-7 from Tokyo Drift.

Originally Posted by Donziikid

Need more light in your photos. They are too dark to see a lot of the beautiful detail.

Not to sound like a broken record, but you're doing a great job with this.

Cheers,
Kyle.

Thanks for pointing that out, Kyle. I'll take pics with better lighting next time.

Originally Posted by mycrors4

you should REALLY be a service provider that makes custom stuff and sells em, but not for the 1/10 scale stuff, but for the smaller scale cars im sure the 1/18 guys would pay A LOT for your work....

you'd be rich!!!!

i love this
if i had enough money, id make an offer, but idk how much to pay.. i need like over $1000 for sure!!!!!
lol if u want... you can have all my xmods lmao

Haha, I'll think about that, when I finish all my projects, and have some free times, I'll think about making scale accessories for small scale R/C cars.

Update: Have been busy, and didn't have much time to work on this one, but I got some new stuff for her. I'm in the process of making the heavy duty front bumper and the high lift jack.





And some videos of her running.

YouTube Video

YouTube Video

[mycrors4]

Originally Posted by Dr. Kustom

Haha, I'll think about that, when I finish all my projects, and have some free times, I'll think about making scale accessories for small scale R/C cars.

wait... think about what? the Service Providing? The offer? Both? O.o
just wanna make sure before i get too excited lol

i got scared in the first vid when it fliped over.. im like "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG DID HE SCRATCH IT?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!? OMGOMGOMG?!?!?!"

the front bumper looks good, so far.. no truggy style front bumper? idk, just throwing out ideas...

[Bananabrain]

The truck looks amazing, keep up the awsome work.

[momo]

woah this thing is way awesome
how strong are those axels?

[Donziikid]

Front bumper looks great! The attention to detail is awesome.

Cheers,
Kyle.

[Dr. Kustom]

Originally Posted by mycrors4

wait... think about what? the Service Providing? The offer? Both? O.o
just wanna make sure before i get too excited lol

i got scared in the first vid when it fliped over.. im like "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG DID HE SCRATCH IT?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!? OMGOMGOMG?!?!?!"

the front bumper looks good, so far.. no truggy style front bumper? idk, just throwing out ideas...

I was talking about the service providing, but for $1000, thats a deal.

I already got a few light scratches on her, its not noticeable, but no rock crawler is perfect right? The heavy duty bumper is what I'm using for now, but maybe later I will build a tube bumper for it.

Originally Posted by Bananabrain

The truck looks amazing, keep up the awsome work.

Thanks B!

Originally Posted by momo

woah this thing is way awesome
how strong are those axels?

Thanks momo, those are my 1st ever small scale axles, so I don't know how are they compare to the SSMT axles, but they are amazing, the bottom of the axles have many impact with the rocks, but they barely have any scratches/marks on them.

Originally Posted by Donziikid

Front bumper looks great! The attention to detail is awesome.

Cheers,
Kyle.

Thanks Kyle!

Update: Got some interior parts painted today.

[Donziikid]

"Flakey"/textured paint or are my eyes buggin' out on me again?

Cheers,
Kyle

[Bananabrain]

That interior looks awsome, so realistic.

[Dr. Kustom]

Originally Posted by Donziikid

"Flakey"/textured paint or are my eyes buggin' out on me again?

Cheers,
Kyle

I did the texture with the Tamiya spray can, the grey interior is done with Tamiya grey primer, the bucket seats are done with the Tamiya Matt Black. It's my first time trying the texture effect, and I'm pretty happy with the result.

Originally Posted by Bananabrain

That interior looks awsome, so realistic.

Thanks B!

Update: Got more work done on the interior. Break up the grey interior with some matt black.








Also painted the window trims matt black, but you can't hardly see it, door handles painted aluminum silver.

[Donziikid]

Originally Posted by Dr. Kustom

I did the texture with the Tamiya spray can, the grey interior is done with Tamiya grey primer, the bucket seats are done with the Tamiya Matt Black. It's my first time trying the texture effect, and I'm pretty happy with the result.

Gotchya. It looks good. Just haven't seen it from you before and was wondering if that was the actual intent.

Cheers,
Kyle.