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1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 4th, 2012, 5:53 am
by oldskoollews
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 5th, 2012, 3:42 am
by CALracing
Looks Good, you need to give yourself more credit for your talent. Geoff
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 5th, 2012, 4:02 am
by oldskoollews
Thanks for the 1st comment! It's my 1st attempt so not brilliant but I hope to use this one as a learning curve for the next 1!
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 5th, 2012, 4:39 am
by bobjeffreson
oldskool,
Welcome to the site.
Looking great! Keep us posted on the rest of the build.
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 5th, 2012, 5:18 am
by oldskoollews
Thanks for the welcome! Should have all the body work sorted by next week if my sheet steel turns up! The running gear is based on a go-kart, so solid rear axle and no suspension, but this is my 1st build, which only can be improved upon in my next build! Glad you guys like what I have done so far, was worried that it would be shunned as poor work and ignored lol phew!
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 5th, 2012, 8:46 am
by Mike Casey
I think this is awesome! very cool indeed.
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 5th, 2012, 9:19 am
by oldskoollews
Thanks! One day I hope to be as good as you guys with the detail, especially on the suspension/drivetrain side of things, I'm also on a virtually non exsistant budget, so far it's cost me about £50, roughly $80? and shouldn't cost much more than £100 ($130?) seeing the budgets and the things you make/produce/buy this is a cheap alternative lol the roll cage is made from a recycled childs stairgate too! But I think I'd I build another it too will have an all steel shell, much quicker and cheaper to knock together than fibreglass.
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 6th, 2012, 1:25 pm
by oldskoollews
yeah thats basically what im building, i did look for an engine that would fit up front, but for love nor money could i find 1, plus, my budget is virtually non-exsistant so using what ever i have to hand, which happened to be a 50cc pocket bike engine, mid mounted for even weight distribution, i will however build a dummy engine for up front to make it look the part when lifting the bonnet
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 7th, 2012, 12:50 pm
by oldskoollews
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 7th, 2012, 4:13 pm
by Annihilator
very cool little project you got going on there
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 2:26 am
by oldskoollews
Cheers! It's coming along nicely now, pace is picking up regarding getting the rolling chassis sorted, then it's steering and electrics before taking it all apart again for paint
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 8:04 am
by oldskoollews
I am indeed, very much like the set up on a go-kart, keeping this one very simple, should be interesting to drive, will drift easily with this set up too which should be entertaining to say the least!
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 2:09 pm
by CALracing
Keep at it , looking Good.
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 8th, 2012, 3:34 pm
by Mike Casey
Just shows you dont need to spend a lot to have something to be proud of. I love seeing this stuff.
Re: 1/4 scale mini pick up
Posted: March 9th, 2012, 1:25 am
by oldskoollews
Only thing holding me back from progressing is the lack of sheet steel, waiting on my supplier to deliver the goods then I can crack on with the build! Still, I have next week off work to get this built up and also my full sized mini built back up ready for summer driving!