CR-01 Expedition Vehicle

[Waterboy]

Hello all, I am a big fan of expedition vehicles, the big huge trucks in the paris dakar rally and the ones people live in that travel around the world. A couple days ago i thought of making one. And im putting my thoughts into action. Im in Mexico right now so for Christmas they were selling toy plastic trucks, ones like dump trucks and everything. I found one that had a lot of potential, so im gonna get it. I plan on making one like this:


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The truck cab i found looks mostly like the last one. I will make the back out of some thin plywood, ill keep you posted :D

[Wyoming]

Those are some cool trucks for sure, great type of vehicle to build!

[spencertrax]

great idea, love the IH in number 3. just brought an IH back from NC last week to NS Can. got stuck in the snow storm outside of Washington.

[Waterboy]

if you had an expedition vehicle you would have made it!

[JAnderson]

I like it much like my tow rig

[Waterboy]

hope it doesnt look too much like your joe, dont want to copy yours...

[JAnderson]

No not at all, yours will have a box back, where mine will be more like a tow truck

[Waterboy]

yes true. :) im gonna have some pictures up today

[Waterboy]

Heres the Pics: 1100 1101 1102 Im gonna paint it grey with black trim, but if you have other suggestions ill be happy to here them. Now I need help with the back, so can any of you help me with materials or how to build them?:yourock:

[Waterboy]

Well I got an unpleasent suprise this morning, I left my cr-01 outside on my workbench (stupidest thing ever NEVER gonna do it again:banplease:) and it rained. not rained, downpoured. Luckily my parents (Halleluya) and got it for me before too much damage had happened. Luckily, everything worked fine, and ill keep this build going. WHOOOEEEFFFF!!!!!:common001:

[Wyoming]

Now I need help with the back, so can any of you help me with materials or how to build them?:yourock:[/QUOTE]


That depends on tools you have and expense want to incuur, I would recomend doing a mockup in cardboard and tape or similar to get rough look first. Styrene is great and cheap way to build very detailed boxes, campers etc. But other materials like alloy are more durable. I would try to find an existing box and modify it.

[Waterboy]

Thanks Wyo, none of that can be found down here in mexico:( sooo.... i went all woody on it, yep, gonna use a darn peice of plywood, and hopefully itll end up looking something like a box:D

[860Crawler]

hopefully thin plywood!

[Wyoming]

Nothing wrong with wood, I love wood and it is suprisingly strong, especially you get screws or Gorilla glue to bond it. It is also easy to work into form you want.

[Waterboy]

hopefully thin plywood!

dont worry, very thin plywood;)

[Waterboy]

Nothing wrong with wood, I love wood and it is suprisingly strong, especially you get screws or Gorilla glue to bond it.


Im using little pieces of wood to bong it, pretty thick and not flat like the plywood. The on the corners of the plywood i put screws into it from 2 sides, complicated, but ill put pics up soon.

[Waterboy]

Heres the back of the exped: 1103 1104 1105

Ill get some more pics up, the back stock shock thing isnt working too well, with all the weight of the plywood on it, so i put some traxxas shocks on it. Works much better, alot more stable.

[Waterboy]

what noone likes my exped vehicle? Thats ok:( :D

[Arcocustom]

I applaud the fact you are having a go at fabrication. It is a unique vehicle. Wood is not a very good material for RC though because of it's weight, but if it's all you have, then give it a whirl. Everyone here has traveled a similar path. I started building RC kits at 13 years old and I know how it is. This hobby is about fun. :) Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

[Waterboy]

thank you arco for that:) I am going to make windows and interior and such, so ill get those picks up soon;)

[Flowmastered87gl]

Maybe putty and sand the pop rivots on the rear box too. I think once its completed and finished it will be sweet :D

[Northwest 4x4]

cool build go for it can't wait for the interor shot's, one last detail you need pipe stacks that would make it even more scale

[JAnderson]

Looking good so far, think once you get some interior work done it will bring it all together!

[Waterboy]

cool build go for it can't wait for the interor shot's, one last detail you need pipe stacks that would make it even more scale

Thanks Northwest, workin on that practically as we speak:) yes i agree with you on that:tinfoil3:

[Waterboy]

ok, so ive been thinking on adding some more scale things to the vehicle, like mabye mudflaps and pipe stacks thanks to northwest. I NEED IDEAS!!! If anyone has ANY scale ideas that i can make, because i cant buy any lets say proline roof racks or lights to it, because I cant buy anything down here. So if you have any ideas on how to make any scale stuff, please tell me:) thanks:Tamiya1:

[Northwest 4x4]

well on most of the rig have a tool box built into the the frame just under the front doors it looks like the steps to get into the cab

[Waterboy]

ive been thinking about that, trying to figure out how to mount it. pictures of the interior will be up today:)

[Waterboy]

Here are the shots, the little green army guy needs to be painted, hes alien like:D Hope you guys like it.

[Waterboy]

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[JAnderson]

What a green alien you have there, LOL

I think you need to heat him up and bend his legs. he looks like he had too much coffee and does not want to stay seated.

[Waterboy]

What a green alien you have there, LOL

I think you need to heat him up and bend his legs. he looks like he had too much coffee and does not want to stay seated.
haha nice one joe, i was thinking about that, but i dont no how to heat up his legs...:confused:

[McFig]

Heat gun or hair drier

[Waterboy]

a normal hair dryer? Really?

[Arcocustom]

Placing his legs in boiling water might be worth a try. Whatever you do, use caution and please be careful.

[Waterboy]

ok so you guys have definetly seen more vehicle, what do you think my expedition vehicle needs?

[JAnderson]

a Shovel for sure

[Waterboy]

a shovel would be good, made the mud flaps today:)