heavyleftthumb Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 thought i;d bob a thread on showing the build and development of my landy scaler. been wanting to do one for a while been collecting parts as its gonna be a doozy. a while back i purchase a scx with landy hard body from big gaz (cheers fella, top bloke by the way ) and couldnt bring my self to run the hard body so i purchased a hpi rubicon for it and have abused it in scaler run for a few months but i have seen a few hard body builds and thought mmm i got to get me one of those. Anyways today been building a bid standard SCX10 which i will mod to fit and the hard body again. The i got my good friend TOM 24-7 to do me a badboy roll cage, i know the rc4wd are nice but i couldnt justify the cost, so i ask him to have a bash at one, and hes done me proud, i daresay he will be getting more work from me, here what it looks like before a quick tidy up and paint. At the same time decided to paint my OEM beadlocks to match the cage and they have come out well nice. A bit of test fitting to the shell. thanks for watching and i will update as i go along ...thoughts and views always welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun17 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 looks sweet as mate, ill deffo be watchign this one, loving the cage too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 gonna look nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbrown79 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Can't beat a Landy Replica!! Top marks on the cage!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 thanks for the kind comments but the cage is down to tom24-7 from on here, hes a diamond and he did the magic for me. i merely painted and neatened a tad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 looking good so far, nice choice of colour for the body!! the wheels do look the business now you have painted them. look forward to seeing this running mate, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbrown79 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Is that a original land rover paint?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Is that a original land rover paint?? i wouldnt knwo as big gaz painted it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Is that a original land rover paint?? it is mate, rioja red (from a discovery though) i wouldnt knwo as big gaz painted it cheers mate, looks real good with the cage on, we got to load up that roof rack now!! Edited June 22, 2011 by big gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbrown79 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Thought it was that paint but didn't want to sound a geek lol and state the colour ha ha I'm thinking of painting my defender shell for my savage in zambizi silver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 should look sweet mate. i tried to keep it a "scale" as possible with the shell, but i know heavyleftthumb will do the body justice now, when i had it, it was covered in scale dust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 should look sweet mate. i tried to keep it a "scale" as possible with the shell, but i know heavyleftthumb will do the body justice now, when i had it, it was covered in scale dust yeah i been working out whats going on it, it should be full, all i need now is a canoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom24-7 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 hey bud landys looking awesome and that spray paint is bang on and thanks for the shout on the cage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 credit where its due pal, you worked magic on it, its just what i wanted cheers again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 got some more time to work on this project, wheels are used ones as this is gonna be used and ran so why buy new. Paint in the same bright silver as the cage ad they look so nice. it will be a shame to get them mucky ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 shiny shiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) managed to collect some used Rc4wd mud grabbers on my rc travels, a very nice scale looking tyre. hopefully will be nice and grippy and sell cleaning. decided to use some self adhesive weights and some surprisingly bendable lead flashing , then added some insulation tape to make sure it doesnt moved. They seem really heavy but i have told of people putting extreme amounts of weight, i may well add more in future but for now they have 150g in each front and 120 in each back one. Edited June 22, 2011 by heavyleftthumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 been thinking about front bumpers. i already got some box section made from aluminium from big gaz( cheers pal) and they do look so realistic like proper landy ones, do i have a bull bar or not, as i have seen some and they change the look for the front and ti doesnt look like a landy any more, what do you guys think? maybe a simple hoop design or just run the bumperS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Also dug the light kit i got for this bad boy. Its running 2 white 10mm leds up front so as to fill the light lenses and two 5mm red for rears. do you reckon the light kits will flatten quicker then say having 4 x 5 mm leds up front? as i aint no electrical type of guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom24-7 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 i have an awesome light kit in my draw mate im sure we can arrange something and id go for a nice winch bumper i mean youve got a cage so why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 i would say the small hoop mate for the bullbar with maybe a winch or 2 spotlamps in there. as for lights, the ones you have will be fine mate, pp9 battery will last ages with them, there not bulbs that drink juice, they will last the same as have 6x 5mm leds, mine have lasted near on a year with the same battery. ill do you a bumper if you fancy calling round one day mate, bout half hours job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom24-7 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 +1 on the battery gaz mine had been submerged and allsorts and i bet if i turned it on now it would work and its the same battery i had at SDR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz! Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 +1 on the battery gaz mine had been submerged and allsorts and i bet if i turned it on now it would work and its the same battery i had at SDR mine still has the sdr one in too, looks worse for where but still works..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigbrown79 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I'd go with big gaz's suggestion a defender looks better with only a small A bar on or just standard box bumpers. Would love a metal bumper to put on my Landy shell which I use on my savage. Would give it a true look!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavyleftthumb Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 think your both right been googling the landy and they rarely have bars on it, time for test fitting the bumpers and might bob an ally hoop at most, cheers for the info ont he leds never ran lights for long and did want to blink and it be flat lol I'd go with big gaz's suggestion a defender looks better with only a small A bar on or just standard box bumpers. Would love a metal bumper to put on my Landy shell which I use on my savage. Would give it a true look!! sure gaz could knock you a bumper up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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