Capo 1:8 Jeep CD15823

[Rakthi]

I admire your steady hand on that bit of paint on the dash/wheel!, no way I could work that neat!

As for the missing exhaust, fabricating one from some tubing should be easy for you, no?

Stephan

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by Rakthi

I admire your steady hand on that bit of paint on the dash/wheel!, no way I could work that neat!

As for the missing exhaust, fabricating one from some tubing should be easy for you, no?

Stephan

I may do some sort of exhaust, not sure. The design of the motor doesnt really have a spot where the manifolds would go so it kinda bugs me that way

[Prop Shaft]

The painting and priming continues. Its amazing how thin the Tamiya rattle cans go on. I think i have 7 coats before all the sanding marks disappear. Taking my time on the other pieces and sanding with finer grit before I lay down the paint.

Ive noticed quite a few small imperfections in the casting of the body pieces. Nothing a little filler cant fix. But the windshield housing... Yikes. It was rough.

Starting assembling the roll cage while paint was drying.

Once assembled. It became pretty clear there was a problem. The left and right side bars aren't bent to match. You can see the difference when i stand it up against the wall.

Then I had a pretty major boo boo... The cowl pice between the hood and windshield was pretty badly bent right out of the box. I tried to gently bend it back into shape, and it just snapped in two instantly... Pretty much zero give when it comes to cast aluminum.

On the plus side the fella I bought this from is supposed to be sending me new roll bars and the cowl piece. Bit of a life saver there. As i have no clue how i would go about repairing the cowling.

[Rakthi]

Lucky for you the guy can send you a replacement! My fear in buying from CAPO ... When I ran into a non-fit problem with the 8x8 no replies on the emails.

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by Rakthi

Lucky for you the guy can send you a replacement! My fear in buying from CAPO ... When I ran into a non-fit problem with the 8x8 no replies on the emails.

Yeah I wouldnt be very pleased either. I tried emailing Capo directly when I was trying to buy the 8x8 and never got a reply. I just hope I actually recieve the parts......

[Prop Shaft]

A bit of assembly, and more paint...



Had to ream the mounting points to allow the body panels to flush up.


Rear quarters mounted to the floor. The wheel flairs bolt on with m2 screws

More paint. Ive gone through the 3 cans of Tamiya spay paint i picked up. Need to get some more now to finish.

This is the door panel treatment. Im trying to mimic a 1:1. Masked off proper areas.

Im happy with the end result. Makes it look as though the doors have some thickness to them.

[Prop Shaft]

Sitting on top of a 26" tool box.