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eichkay
28-12-2008, 04:15 PM
Thought id take my cruiser out for another run today.. Just out the back of my suburb on the lesmurdie hillside ..

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/eichkay/Crawling/PIC_0927.jpg

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eichkay
28-12-2008, 04:17 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/eichkay/Crawling/PIC_0915.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/eichkay/Crawling/PIC_0910.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/eichkay/Crawling/PIC_0908.jpg

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eichkay
28-12-2008, 04:17 PM
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/eichkay/Crawling/PIC_0904.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/eichkay/Crawling/PIC_0899.jpg
KingBob
28-12-2008, 05:24 PM
Gotta admit that thing looks pretty realistic! Should make up a scale looking front bumper. Good candidate for scratch building an interior too.
eichkay
28-12-2008, 05:46 PM
Yeah im going to make a old school toyota bar of it this week.
BIG PETE
28-12-2008, 06:15 PM
i was amazed how well it climbed the rocks yesterday
and doing nuts was fun to watch
obzELiTe
28-12-2008, 06:16 PM
needs the spare wheel carrier as well.
eichkay
28-12-2008, 07:33 PM
i was amazed how well it climbed the rocks yesterday
and doing nuts was fun to watch

Ive since done some suspension mods after my run today.. Its getting allot more articulation and better rear droop with the hilift friction shocks installed. Ive got more idea's and some other shocks to play around with.

Im going to make some better rear links from that alloy we got off richard
BIG PETE
28-12-2008, 07:46 PM
is there anything you can do with the front to give it a touch more flex
eichkay
28-12-2008, 08:24 PM
is there anything you can do with the front to give it a touch more flex

I worked on the front today aswell, Its got more flex and travel now, very close to the same as the rear now.. still playing around got some other shocks i'll try in different mounting positions.
BIG PETE
28-12-2008, 08:29 PM
sounds good mate we might have to shoot down to bells rapids during the week
eichkay
28-12-2008, 08:51 PM
sounds good mate we might have to shoot down to bells rapids during the week

Yeah that would be cool..
KingBob
28-12-2008, 10:22 PM
needs the spare wheel carrier as well.

And a roofrack. lol, And the roo bar needs to extend back over the front wheel arches down to steps by the doors. lol
SNPY
28-12-2008, 10:42 PM
How did you do the body lines? .. man was gonna paint mine that color!
eichkay
28-12-2008, 10:48 PM
How did you do the body lines? .. man was gonna paint mine that color!

Its a nice color for the cruiser, another color i was looking at was camel yellow from tamiya PS can's

I used a good quality super fine tip staedtler pen i got from jacksons art shop and a very steady hand. Errors require metho and try again.

Some people use a super fine line tape but thats ultra hard to get hold of in australia and also near on impossible to find online anywhere. Kyosho micro line tape, i just do the pen thing, doesn't peal off and lasts for a fair while before touchup's
SNPY
28-12-2008, 10:51 PM
Cool man thanks for the tip .. might have to go for some sort of green for mine .. yours is looking good though nice work.
eichkay
28-12-2008, 10:54 PM
Stock FJ40's were like a dark green...
SNPY
28-12-2008, 11:10 PM
Yeah that's what i was thinking .. like the British racing green
obzELiTe
28-12-2008, 11:59 PM
irl mine spends most of its time on 3 wheels when you go off road, so it looks pretty realistic.
obzELiTe
29-12-2008, 12:31 AM
Stock FJ40's were like a dark green...

mines a bj40, and the dash is still the stock colour, pretty much the colour of yours, also with the white roof. although mine is topless atm.

plans are to a military green now.