Boolean21's AEV Jeep Brute 1/10 scratch build

Finally... found some time to start on the next project...

fell in love with the American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) Jeep Brute....
now trying to make a brute in 1/10... it's going to be a slow slow build... a bit at a time...

was thinking of cutting up a Tamiya Jeep YJ body and continue from there, but thought i should start from scratch... if it fails... then i'll fall back to using the jeep yj body method...

here are some photos of the AEV Jeep Brute


drawn the body on the computer....


the body panels and the front grill....


lazy to print them out, trace on cardboard, cut out the cardboard and trace on the styrene.... so i tried a new method... cut the panels on stickers!


pasted the stickers onto the styrene and trace out the outline... saved a little time...


here's the front grill...


cut up the headlights and the holes in the front grill....

Thats a very good start!!!! very clean and straight lines. I like it. Time to burn more midnight oil.

All right! Now I know why we haven't seen you at the last 2 trails
Looks to me like it might be quite a challenge to get all the curves and round parts on the body. Looking forward to see how you get it done.

What chassis will you use?

wyetuck88 wrote:Thats a very good start!!!! very clean and straight lines. I like it. Time to burn more midnight oil.

Thanks bro... Old man's hands cant cut very straight already...

laneboysrc wrote:All right! Now I know why we haven't seen you at the last 2 trails
Looks to me like it might be quite a challenge to get all the curves and round parts on the body. Looking forward to see how you get it done.

What chassis will you use?

Argh.... I love building, but would rather spend Sunday morning at the trails than staying home to build...
Yeah, I foresee that I will be working on the hood for quite some time...

Chassis would likely be a custom one as usual...

Your cutting so precise bro.

oceanic wrote:Your cutting so precise bro.

No la bro.... Hands shivering liao... Haha

boolean21 wrote:

oceanic wrote:Your cutting so precise bro.

No la bro.... Hands shivering liao... Haha

Ok, so then *how* do you get it look so neat with all that shakiness
Not that I want to learn tricks to overcome my own shakeyness or so...

Nice.

laneboysrc wrote:

boolean21 wrote:

oceanic wrote:Your cutting so precise bro.

No la bro.... Hands shivering liao... Haha

Ok, so then *how* do you get it look so neat with all that shakiness
Not that I want to learn tricks to overcome my own shakeyness or so...

I also want to know leh. The round part look very smooth and clean cut. I have problem cutting straight lines even with 2mm thickness. Yours is 2.5mm right?

ken what your secret to cut such a precise round and curve.......do you use a hot wire....

I think he drill then filled them down...

No secrets bros...

I just cheated..... I used 1mm styrene for the grill....
And used the magical, trusty, traditional tool..... Penknife.....

Still havent file or sand it yet.... Should look ok after sanding....

Master boolean new project! Getting more and more pro. Should be able to DIY out a BUG in the future.

RTECH wrote: Master boolean new project! Getting more and more pro. Should be able to DIY out a BUG in the future.

Still lots to learn bro.... Lucky I have a bug liao.... No need to crack head on how to scratch build it..

some updates today... midnight oil started burning at 11pm+...

cut out the window panels... drilled some holes at the curved section and dremel-ed the straights...


made a bonnet out of foam boards... laminated 3 pieces together to form the thickness... then sanded it.... mocked up on the panels to see how it looked....


sticking the side of the trucks in position...


followed by attaching the front grill...


further sanded the bonnet and see how it looked....


mocked it up on a spare chassis to make sure the size is ok....
will likely not be using this chassis and wheel set... still undecided whether want to put t-rex 60 or axial axles under it..


thats all for this session....

still long way ahead... foam needs to be reinforced, and more styrene works... etc etc....

thanks for looking.

Superb! Coming together quite quickly. The grill looks really nice and spot-on. Did you use a body reamer for the head light holes?

laneboysrc wrote:Superb! Coming together quite quickly. The grill looks really nice and spot-on. Did you use a body reamer for the head light holes?

Thanks bro...

Only used the pen knife...

Look nice ! Styrene master !

Nice work!

Liew wrote:Look nice ! Styrene master !

Thanks master liew.... Me still rookie standard...

wyetuck88 wrote:Nice work!

Thanks bro

You are the GOD !

This????

RTECH wrote: You are the GOD !

no la bro...
the god is you... we just talked about the drift god (AKA Rtech) one or two days ago...

slow wrote:This????

nice!

looks similar to the AEV Brute

some minor updates... had a little time this morning to fiddle with the brute....

preparing to cut the front and rear windscreen panel
the shape and scale is based on the Jeep.... but it seems like too rounded for the brute.... hmmm... maybe i should keep the sides straight instead...
in the end, didn't cut it out yet just in case i change my mind....


sanded and coated the bonnet a second time with wood putty.... next round will be more sanding and coating if required.... this should make the foam ready for normal aerosol paint.... i hope!

Ok great! Cant wait for this brute to be done and hitting the trails!

found some time last night and tonight... so managed to cut out the front and rear "windscreen" and mocked it up....


just this little bits of updates..
thanks for looking.

Swee! Shape coming up liao.

Hope can complete soon....

Waiting to see it at the trails!

Looks good!