amellor03 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Had the idea to do this for a while, its been done already in america but the all the pics on the thread have gone so thats not much help. anyway introducing mongo the heist vehicle from fast 5 now before anyone has a go this wont be perfect to scale and wont just be rear wheel drive. the idea is for it to be 4wd for crawling then rwd for messing about started off with buying some axles from chris, gmade portal axles there not the perfect scale but i've wanted to use a set for a project for a while. coupled together with some m4 links i had from a previous project it should give a good start off point for the wheel base il be using axial vertical plates to hide the gearbox under chassis like on the actual truck, i will also be using a punisher shaft on the rear and a junfac for the front. ive also started on the cab, big thanks to dready for the plasticard. after a bit of searching i found out the cab was a oshkosh hemmt and after signing upto a website i got some blue prints to work from. this is where i am after 5-6 hours. its my first attempt at a scratch build so i will need some pointers. biggest decision i need to make is what electrics. either a 23t bz motor on 2s or brushless either 13.5t on 2s or a higher turn on 3s.... any advice would be great. Adam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Knight Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Awesome, looking forward to see-ing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiza1208 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 keep us updated on this it looks really cool good luck with the build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie1 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Cool, keep the posts coming :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 looking good so far mate, personally i would make little pedestals for the seat to make them higher but.....looking good so far!! im looking forward to see where your going chassis/cage route. i still have the odd urge to build another scaler, this makes it start again.......maybe one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Looks great. I suppose, motor turns and voltage / gearing depends on how fast you want to go. Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amellor03 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 looking good so far mate, personally i would make little pedestals for the seat to make them higher but.....looking good so far!! im looking forward to see where your going chassis/cage route. i still have the odd urge to build another scaler, this makes it start again.......maybe one day Ye the seat will be going higher than that I want it to be alloy frame cage so might do all the cutting bending and get my mate at work (who's a fitter) to tig it together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amellor03 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Little update Just a few extra panels added like the front with grill and bench sections to mount the seat. I have the centre console section marked out ready to cut which I'm hoping I can get done tomorrow but that's it till the weekend. Il probably start on the chassis and figuring that out. All comments especially advice welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 watched fast five today, cant wait to see this come alive looking good so far though mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 watched fast five today, cant wait to see this come alive looking good so far though mate every time i watch something fast and furious i want to build something from them haha i doff my cap to you sir, keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amellor03 Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 So it's been slow going for a while due to one reason or another, I built the centre console didn't like it so ripped it out started again and now I'm happy with it A few pics of how it will sit It will sit higher and further back than that, I've also got the motor and gearbox bolter together running 84/15 gearing for now with a 23t bz that's been Igified. I've started playing with the 103mm gmade piggybacks that I bought recently and bought some softer shorter springs to get the part droop setup I want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Knight Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 fairly coming along, keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amellor03 Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 I should have a rolling chassis with cab mounted by the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 come on mate, crack on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amellor03 Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 I'm a bit stuck untill my springs come from Korea lol but il do my best to plod on. Currently trying to work out the chassis mounted servo malarkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amellor03 Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 thought id update this as its been soooooooo long. so i cracked on and got the shell pretty much done. i then got the chassis thrown together and thought it would be a good idea to run it around the garage as rwd and this happened. next step was the cage work and after deciding to do it in steel i cracked on i decided to simply the cage to reduce weight and here it is finished and everything mounted so i then had a play with the shock setup so it sits right and thats up to date and here's the list of things to do: mount the shell more securely in shell cage work make bed swap the motor out for something slower mount the electrics up and battery paint the shell weight wheels up cheers for looking Adam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnipLicker Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Nice work!Sent from my RM-821_eu_euro1_342 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davejg73 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Looking good, can't wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammy Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 looks great mate and about time you got some more done to it too, lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amellor03 Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Cheers lads It's took me so long as I've nearly come to sell it at least 3 times! But I've decided it needs to be finished first and played with lol I've also decided to build a full cage frame just to see how good my cage skills are so that's taking priority at moment as I might have a buyer for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch101 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Did you get it done ? Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan_bench10 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 This looks awesome i hope you put the winches etc in :-D and also a hydraulic ram to lower/raise the flat bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiza1208 Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Any news on this? I've been thinking of doing something like this with my scout Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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