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HemiStorm's Gelande build
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rollinlow
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sweet video can't wait to see what u do with this kit:thumbup:
hulkmaxx
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Not a Rover guy but I will def be watching and learning, since I'm still really new to the scale crawler stuff.
hulkmaxx
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lookin awesome some far man.
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Thanks guys! 
Getting the hang of styrene, great fun to work with! Some more progress made. I cut out the grille section, and made a custom grille. Rebadged it, and made the line of the badge surrounding match the topline of the headlights, like the 1:1 version, as the grille sits too high in the RC4WD shell. I didn't feel like cutting up the entire front to fix the issue, and figured this was a nice compromise to solve the issue.
I made a new grille out of styrene, 2mm for the surrounding frame. 1 mm spokes in the center with a cut-up-frying-pan-mesh-thingy in the back. Ruining household items for your RC's FTW!
I also thought the headlights looked a bit too boring the way I had them before, so I added a ring, in which I carved a gunsight type of detail, like a compass too in a way. After grinding the largest corner off the hood to made the edge less square, I think the front is done for now.
I've started on the rear fenders. This is hands down the most fun I had with the hobby in a very long time!
Getting the hang of styrene, great fun to work with! Some more progress made. I cut out the grille section, and made a custom grille. Rebadged it, and made the line of the badge surrounding match the topline of the headlights, like the 1:1 version, as the grille sits too high in the RC4WD shell. I didn't feel like cutting up the entire front to fix the issue, and figured this was a nice compromise to solve the issue.
I made a new grille out of styrene, 2mm for the surrounding frame. 1 mm spokes in the center with a cut-up-frying-pan-mesh-thingy in the back. Ruining household items for your RC's FTW!
I also thought the headlights looked a bit too boring the way I had them before, so I added a ring, in which I carved a gunsight type of detail, like a compass too in a way. After grinding the largest corner off the hood to made the edge less square, I think the front is done for now.
I've started on the rear fenders. This is hands down the most fun I had with the hobby in a very long time!
Excellent work as always, Hemi. This is what the hobby is about!
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Glad you guys like it, I'm having a blast with this stuff!
The Kahn Design Defender is coming along nicely, messing around with styrene is much more fun than I ever thought it would be!
The Kahn Design Defender is coming along nicely, messing around with styrene is much more fun than I ever thought it would be!
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rollinlow
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looks awesome!!for being a "noob" you have skills and making stuff i can see you making a scratch body soon cuz once u get started it hard to stop with styrene
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It is addicting for sure!!
Making a custom grille and headlights for your hardbody RC with simple tools? You can! Here is how I made mine.
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hulkmaxx
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Very nice job.
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been following this on youtube... bravo! Thanks for sharing your build
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Made a start on the center consoles, the rough shape is there but I need to finish them up. I was out trying to encourage the grass to grow and shot some primer. Tomorrow more sanding, more primer. And coffee. Lots of coffee. In the bottom of the post also a video of the parts before paint.
Rear passengers also need to be climatized. This is a Kahn after all.
The grass in the background. Non cooperating as ever. I love mowing lawns.
50 shades of primer.
Rear passengers also need to be climatized. This is a Kahn after all.
The grass in the background. Non cooperating as ever. I love mowing lawns.
50 shades of primer.
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