Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Other Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: Backerther on April 13, 2024, 09:52:39 am
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The latest RC car rated as the flagship in my ground fleet is this 1/8 Jeep wrangler rubicon now under modification to meet
my requirements to be able to go through all the terrains. {-) ...I'm joking a bit and too much exaggerative....?? {-) %% :-))
But it might not be joking from the inside mechanisms and outside profile...It seems to have some kind of potential to go through
most terrains where I will go for trail runs in the near future...... O0 O0 O0 :-)) :-)) :-))
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Initial modifications were made to three points, to add a digital V meter, vehicle number plates and a body holding string to keep it open for maintenance.
Two are for practical purposes and the other for a good scale realism. O0
This car seems originally well-crafted so that there will be few to add or modify it except a scale appearance and some dress up works of my own style.
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In the second place, this jeep has not been equipped with a spare tire at the back door so that I made an only tire cover
for just a scale realism. At the same time this rigid tire cover(case?) could be a storage space for some small parts or something like that. :-))
A Spare tire itself for this size might be comparatively heavy which may lead to rear heavy body which is unfavorable when climbing a bit steep slope....But I may try the tire in a trail run if I should get it in the future though. :embarrassed:
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For the third place, I added some lettering, some accessories and some stickers to the hull to have it looked like a real car. O0 %%
I think the jeep may look a bit like a real crawler with these dress-ups. :-))
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Well then, it's about the time to get into the first trial run briefly on the road to grasp how long/far it will go on with a single
battery 5000mAh 3s lipo.
To conclude, it ran as far as 5.6km(3.5miles) with a 775motor and an overall weight of 4.6kg which is good beyond my expectation for this 1/8 scale long distance cruiser . :-)) :-)) :-))
This means another one battery will fulfill 10km trail run(if it's mild run)sufficiently...!!!! :-)) :-)) :-)) %) %) %)
This could be called "the jeep" literally????, "the king of land"???.!! ...like me who is still a long distance runner?? :D :embarrassed: O0 :-))
The jeep went more than around our boating lake in the pic No1 below. Distance around the lake is 4.7km.
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The fourth modification is to install a pair of edge protection mouldings to the underside of doors.
I found the stuff for the mouldings in the odds and ends this time like I did in the case of making spare tire cover. {-)
Buying ready-made parts through the internet, they would cost me about USD17 and 18 days to get!!!!..... {:-{ :D
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Customization project is still under way. :-))
4 shackles were painted red and many other equipments were also added after proper painting.
This jeep model is becoming really a jeep model with these cosmetic works. {-) O0 %%
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And next goes to a winch which is, so to say, a kind of symbol of a rock crawler car in these days. O0 O0
That's why I couldn't help installing it to my jeep and this is a working one as to wind up the wire for towing the 4.9kg hull
powerfully as seen in the pics below. :-)) :D :embarrassed: O0
I had beforehand a suspicion about the capability to tow the car with such a small motor of the winch....but....slowly but powerfully, silently did it actually.!!!! :-)) :o
However,I do not intend to get into muddy terrain nor somewhere like that at all with this jeep model..!! {-) {-) {-) O0
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Looks really good with all your additional bits and pieces on it. Nice little winch.
Chris
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Chris,
Thank you for your always friendly and kind comment.!! %%
Kiyo
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I love it :-))
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SteamboatPhil,
Thanks a lot for your kind comment.!! :-)) :embarrassed:
Kiyo
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This time, I changed the original wheel /tires to the aluminum bead rock wheel /tires like a real and orthodox rock crawler.!! O0 %) :-))
From the point of a nice appearance, the original black wheel looks too monotonous for my impression as the tire itself
is black.. O0 Therefore, I have hoped it something like an accent in the whole black colored wheel/tire.
In this sense, combination of silver and black is good enough for a tough looking rock crawler car.!! {-) :embarrassed: :D
Moreover, lots of bolt heads do seem to enhance so powerful an impression on the car itself. O0 {-)
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Next goes to the bare spare tire on the back door which I think would be a typical image of the jeep wrangler...??
By hanging the tire along the back door, the jeep model looks really jeepish ,doesn't it..?? Don't you think so..?? {-) {-) O0 :-))
By the way, I have ever heard that Japan is the country where the jeep is the best sold in the world except USA. :o
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This item is indispensable to make as far as many equipments are already put on the car roof neatly.!!
Unless the ladder is set, the configuration of my jeep will be something contradictory, won't it ??? O0 %% {-)
Therefore, I made it simply. :-)) After use of the ladder, it must be loaded on the roof again for departing..!! :-))
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How good are the tyres?
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Martin,
You really hit upon a good question which I have been waiting to be asked by someone, to tell the truth. O0 O0 %%
You question will be replied soon clearly with a trial run to take place on coming 2nd, May.
Japan is now in the midst of the longest vacation throughout a year to continue for 10 consecutive days beginning from April 27
to those who are lucky. :-)) :-)) :-)) However, the old like me has been enjoying this level of vacation always in a year,
hasn't we.? {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
We the Japanese normally call the week " Golden week " and a huge number of people normally goes out for their respective
place to enjoy their own amusement. Major speed ways are abnormally jammed with cars which move soooo slowly and stop
in a row of 40 km(25 miles) or more at the longest sometimes..... <:( >>:-( >:-o :o :o {-)
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The last customization work before the second trial run is a hip protector to be attached to the rear bumper as in the pics below.
Shall I call it a bumper protector..?? {-)
As many RC rock crawler enthusiasts might have experienced that the rear bumpers often hit the corners of stairs when going down in the fields..... {:-{ <:( The taller the steps of stairs are, the stronger the shock against the bumper may be...
Therefore, my jeep must be careful to go down the stairs with a height of step over about 11 cm(4.3in.) as seen in the last pic.... O0 ;) {:-{
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I have still found lots of things to customize my new 1/8 jeep wrangler to make it really and practically tough model to be able to
run in the fields with less problems.... {:-{ %% :embarrassed:
Take a look at these pics for instance. I have ever been hit by something convex at the front tie rod in the field though not so
roughly. From this experience, I thought it quite necessary to protect this tie rod in earnest and made a very simple but stout
protector out of 2 mm steel rod as seen in the pics.
If I should buy a ready-made protector made of aluminum in the internet, it would be over USD15...
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The second trial run with new tyres were carried out successfully in the large park spending about 3 hours.
With these new tyres, the car width has been 1 cm wider reaching 30cm and very stable in steering at a bit higher speed.
This car is a version 3 type by which it has been modified to be much lowered and front-heavier CG for a better crawling performance. :-)) :-)) :-)) I could have you shown a video, if I recorded it....A working model is to be recorded by the video to report it precisely, isn't it, if possible ?... O0
The park we have walked is famous for its beautiful rose garden but it was a bit earlier to enjoy the flowers to our regret... <:(
There were very few already open .... {:-{ <:(
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From the experience in the last trial run, I found it necessary and convenient for the transmitter to be operable
by one hand only. Especially when running on the road to be able to go right forward with less adjustments in steering, it was
a bit troublesome to use both hands for a very slight adjustment to keep going straight....
That's why I made a one-hand-operation stuff this time as in the pics by which I could afford to get my right hand free when
going forward simply on a bit wide road that did not require delicate steering in a long distance cruise. :-)) :-)) O0
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Tiny but essentially important item is this for a car model, isn't it ..??
Yes, indeed. !! An exhaust muffler pipe must be indispensable to set around rear bumper for a scale realism and to avoid
something contradictory for its scale profile.
Then I made and set it as seen in the pics below, which I have been aware to do so. O0 %%
Pic1 is the original image of non-muffler which I greatly have felt it sooo strange as a car model... :embarrassed:
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The next customization work is to add a home-made front bumper under guard made of aluminum. O0
This will be also very important to add when running in the rugged terrain. :-))
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It still goes on and on...
I applied an aluminum-made diamond check plate on the front fenders as seen in the pics that I have been eager to do on the
jeep rock crawler since this kind of dress-up has not been seen normally in both real cars and model cars. {-) O0
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I don't know how far my customization work will go on.... :embarrassed: {-) %%
I have still some more ideas to do that will be the last to customize in my hobby room...?? But I'm a bit busy with other jobs.
The most important is for me to enjoy the operation of the RC models in the fields finally, that is my ultimate purpose to do
this RC model hobby, needless to say. O0 %%
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This time, I applied the diamond plates on the rear fenders and the whole car became like those in the pics.
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Those diamond plates are pretty flash Kiyo %) ....sort of like a diamond Tiara for a wheel O0
Derek
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Exactly yes,！ I do think so, Derek..！！ {-) O0
You do have a good vision....amazing ! But, don't take it so seriously and that is a kind of fashion or decoration for the car. {-) {-) {-)
Even my wife also indicated that you had had better not to set the diamond plates, and it did not look well for
the long working time......... :(( <:( The hobby work is such and such, isn't it ?? %%
Upon receiving the diamond plate sheet from a dealer, I was so much disappointed with the poor quality , to tell the truth.
I regret that I should have spent more money .... :embarrassed: <:(
Thank you for your funny comment. :D
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Hi RC jeepers,
I have come back here after a while from my Hokkaido cruising tour by 1/1 car and 1/32 RCed Pt-109 boat both of which have been done quite well. :-)) :-))
Today I am referring to this jeep updating in two points.
One is an addition of simulated engine sound which is well-synchronized with the motor rev., though not shown here.
The other is an addition of 4 pieces of dust-free covers for shock absorbers which may be useful in trail run from my actual
experience so that I do recommend the RC crawler enthusiasts to adopt with. :-))
1,2/3/4; This engine sound speaker is comparatively small that it could be installed here with no modification at all.
5/6/7/8; These dust covers may be convenient and time saving when cleaning the shock absorbers after the run. :-))
Try them if you think it necessary to add in your cars. :-)) O0
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Hi RC jeepers,
Here are the pics of my latest jeep equipped with a very realistic sound simulator with a large speaker. :-))
The sound synchronizes with running mode comparatively good.
I'll try it in the very near future in the field to confirm how good the sound is in the open air. O0
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I went to a certain famous plateau of summer resort some 170 miles north of Tokyo together with my jeep.
It was really enjoyable and interesting to spend the time there in the summer resort different from the routine in the urban life. :-))
The jeep ran so well with the engine sound realistically in a calm air of the plateau under cloudy days due to an approaching tyhoon. :D O0
Are you also enjoying another life from time to time unlike usual model boating hobby life.?! {-) %% :o
Or have you been mostly occupied by the boating, suffering from a fierce scold of your wife, like me...??? <:( :-X {-)
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Hi all,
Outing in the suburbs of Tokyo in early autumn..
It has quickly been changing to the autumn here in Tokyo in terms of air temperature of 27 degrees C from 34 degrees C
nowadays.! At the same time, I soon feel like going out somewhere with RC models like RC boats...
However, it was windy and cloudy in Tokyo so that I decided to go with my 1/8 Jeep wrangler rubicon, namely mighty king of land
for me.!! :-)) %%
Yes, indeed, it is the autumn already and actually here and there in our local boating site with some flowers trees and air...
It was not completey hot any more though I walked over 4km(2.5 miles).. .Very truly autumn.
Next time I should come here,I may carry my fast boat since I have found the water clean suitable for my luxury cruiser boat. :-)) :-))
I wonder how you there are enjoying outdoor activity with RC models in these days..?? O0 :embarrassed: :-))
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Well, it's a very fine day yesterday as well as air temperature with no clouds in the sky and we were in the midst of three-consecutive holidays in Japan.....What shall I do in such a wonderful day...? Needless to say, RC boating !!! ???
Of course,not it !!! Going out to the countryside with my mighty RC Jeep wrangler rubicon 1/8 looking for Japan's autumn. %%
It is really autumn across Japan and good season to go out for walking as well as to build a model ship and its sailing. O0 :-))
This time,40 km(25miles) west of my hometown in Tokyo where is still "Tokyo" administratively, but too rural with lots of low mountains and countryside scene. :-))
It was about 5.6km trail walk.(3.5miles) A good walking for keeping my health for model boating. :-)) :-)) :-))
I wonder Allen is enjoying his Willys jeep outdoors...??? :embarrassed: :D ok2
Are you enjoying your own autumn around you or far away from you in your style,all.? :embarrassed: :D
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Beautiful countryside Kiyo.... O0 ...what is the whitish material being air dried on some sort of elevated lattice frame-work in the photograph 8.jpg? of your Jeep in the wilderness.......
Just a little off-topic, we have seen reports in-line, that Stellantis [manufacturer of Jeep, Dodge & RAM....have filed for Chapter 8 in the USA for bankruptcy! <*<
One of my Daughters had a new 2022 luxury Jeep ......beautifully appointed leather interior.........visually splendid......only problem, it kept failing to start.....the Jeep people could not find or duplicate any electrical fault, however it failed again ......2 days after leaving the service center
So after 3 more failures in as many months of the same nature [electrical fault >>:-( ??] [and still in new car warranty] they decided to sell it onwards ...pitty the poor chump that purchased it.......
Derek
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Derek,
Thank you for your comment.
The whitish looked materials are many bunches of rice plants covered with transparent vinyl film for drying.
This kind of scene in the countryside is typical ones in the good and old Japanese traditions.
Japan has long been an agricultural country originally since circa AD 2nd century.
By the way, I am so sorry to know that even luxury Jeep that your daughter purchased did have many faults.... :((
The jeep was beautifully appointed and visually splendid, but but but exhibited many troubles....
From this information, I feel the same tendency could be said sometimes in some Rc models, ie, a beautifully and splendidly made Rc models does not always show a wonderful performance like its appearance in running...??? {-)
From my long experience of building and flying many RC planes, I feel it often is more important to build "RC" models as precise as possible to get it run as it should be than to build beautifully. A Rc model has to "work properly".
It is ideal if both stands parallel, needless to say. O0 :embarrassed: :-))