Boolean21's 1/10 M923 - 5 ton truck - Newbie try to scratch build a truck body... :D

mounted the ripsaws to do some photo comparison...
should be going ahead with ripsaws for the M923.... and keep the super swampers for my wraith...

bought the hinges for the bed... will keep these aside for the time being...


mounted the ripsaws on the truck...


comparison between the ripsaw and the creeper tyres...
ripsaw - 5.5" tall
creeper - around 5" tall


more photos....


Tyre size comparison photo...



A comparison between the M923 on creeper tyres and on the ripsaws....

looking really good...hey Boo, how much you bought your tyres for? whats the width? I am not sure what tyres I am using and I am planning to change it. Its too thick for my body...

wyetuck88 wrote:looking really good...hey Boo, how much you bought your tyres for? whats the width? I am not sure what tyres I am using and I am planning to change it. Its too thick for my body...

thanks bro...

the ripsaws are from my wraith... getting another 4 more pcs....
the ripsaws are around 5.5cm wide, and 5.5" tall.

oh icic I am looking for a narrow but 5.5 inch in height tires. Any model to recommend?

wyetuck88 wrote:oh icic I am looking for a narrow but 5.5 inch in height tires. Any model to recommend?

Hmmm... No idea... Will keep a lookout for you...
See if there rest have any tyres to recommend...

my new grill!!... inspired by LaneboysRC... the valueshop pencil holder...
my grill is bigger... so i bought the round pencil holder, cut up the top and bottom and i have a long piece of wire mesh... the mesh size is nice!

front grill now looks nicer. thanks Laneboysrc..


primed the bed and the 3 bed sides... the wood seems to absorb all the paint.... took me 1+ can of nippon pylox flat white.... sprayed, sanded a little and sprayed again...


made the base plate for the 2 side boxes... and mock up the position...


fabbed some "S-bracket" to mount the side boxes... the idea is to let it "wobble" when the truck is moving... so styrene should do the job instead of 3mm aluminium bracket... hope the styrene will hold up well...


mounted the side boxes up...


the bed, when the 3 bed sides flips open... can fit my honcho nicely...
this truck is small... compared to some one's secret project...

Looking good! Where did you get the small Honcho from

How did you bend the Styrene? Hot water? Open flame? Hairdryer?

laneboysrc wrote:Looking good! Where did you get the small Honcho from

How did you bend the Styrene? Hot water? Open flame? Hairdryer?

I heated the styrene using a normal lighter.... Around 6 to 7 seconds of open flame on the bend lines make it easy to bend at sharp angles.

Swee! Master boo, wat color you intend to spray?

Thanks bro... Master is Liew...

Newbie Boo should be going for light sand color...
Now thinking whether to keep the wheel rings same as body color, black or the whole wheel spray same color as body....

nicely done!!!

wyetuck88 wrote:nicely done!!!

thanks bro.

more updates...

dismantled the chassis for spraying...



found an old bumper base that i made for my landy... width is just nice for the base for m923 front bumper...


made a simple dash panel, will print some sticker for the dials, etc...


took a spare steering wheel from the wraith spare parts lot and mocked up the driver... still got some more work to do on the interior and seats...


collect another set of 4 ripsaw tires today... now the tires are complete...
the creeper foams are still nice and clean... as expected, no water and mud will get into the beadlock wheels...


assembled the body and bed on the blackened chassis... didn't mount the axles and stuffs first cos i still need to blacken the links....


till the next midnight oil session....

Those midnight oils are definitely well spent...Looks wonderful!!!

wyetuck88 wrote:Those midnight oils are definitely well spent...Looks wonderful!!!

thanks for the kind words man.

Can't wait to see the finish product.

RTECH wrote: Can't wait to see the finish product.

I second that! Very awesome project!

RTECH wrote: Can't wait to see the finish product.

laneboysrc wrote:

RTECH wrote: Can't wait to see the finish product.

I second that! Very awesome project!

Thanks bros... Hope it turns out to look like truck...

some updates...

sleeved the links with 8mm heat shrink... i think can use 7mm heat shrinks too...
photo is before heat shrinking...


found some "materials" to make some dials on the dash....


and after the dremel-ing.... became these...


touched up the dials and "installed" them on the dash....


the M923 has some "handles" all around the truck... one handle on the bonnet, one handle on each side near the door, and one handle on the passenger side dash board...

i made some out of brass rods and brass strip...
after cutting and bending....


and after some soldering... the handles are done...


mounted up the axles back onto the chassis...


primed the handles with grey primer, will be priming the cab and bed again with the grey primer before the final coat of paint....

some photos of the handles mocked up on the different positions...




thats all for today's midnight oil....
need to top up some oil liao...

nice work!!! need to burn more oil.

Excellent. Work on the details started.
Great idea with the instruments. Do you have a photo of real instruments? May be worth printing them, cutting them out and sticking inside the rings

wyetuck88 wrote:nice work!!! need to burn more oil.

yeah... must top up oil to burn...

laneboysrc wrote:Excellent. Work on the details started.
Great idea with the instruments. Do you have a photo of real instruments? May be worth printing them, cutting them out and sticking inside the rings

didn't manage to find the meters... but will print some meters and stick into the rings...

didn't follow the exact numbers of dials though... this is the photo that i found for the dash view..

boolean21 wrote:didn't manage to find the meters... but will print some meters and stick into the rings...

Bonus points if you make them light up from behind

Actually I was thinking of lighting them up on our Dingo -- but discarded the idea due to time constraints. (old already, so no more midnight oil )

laneboysrc wrote:

boolean21 wrote:didn't manage to find the meters... but will print some meters and stick into the rings...

Bonus points if you make them light up from behind

Actually I was thinking of lighting them up on our Dingo -- but discarded the idea due to time constraints. (old already, so no more midnight oil )

haha, yeah, thought about lighting up the dials too, and make the steering wheel turn too cos i have lots of bonnet space to play with...
still thinking whether to do it as this will be a mudding rig!

if i have extra oil to burn... i will try to incorporate them into the build...

Build build build...

Hi, Bro Boo

May I know how you solder the brass strip and rod? Where did you buy those brass materials? Can share some info?

dwong wrote:Hi, Bro Boo

May I know how you solder the brass strip and rod? Where did you buy those brass materials? Can share some info?

Hi, I used a mormal soldering iron and some stronger solder.

Brass rods can get from Teck Leong Metals, address is in the DIY section.

Appreciated.....

Burn ! Burn ! Burn !

Not done yet??