Hi from London
 

Found this forum while researching my Mercedes build.

I'm new to RC. Sort of. Back in 1982 I discovered toy porn in the form of a Tamiya catalogue I got my hands on. I grew up in Africa so anything from that catalogue was pretty much unobtainable, so when I discovered computers in the mid-80's RC was all but forgotten. Until May last year, when I saw a YouTube clip of the Tamiya Mountain Rider. Got one, built it, and... hooked.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/...ghts-Front.jpg

Too many kit builds out there, and I like making stuff, so I scratch-built a Ford Bronco Concept from 2004. It sits on a Vaterra Ascender. Doors, hood and boot open and close, and the roof comes off in two parts. Also made a Big Oly wing for it.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/bronco/BigOly01.jpg

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/...FullBody36.jpg

It's not quite finished because I started on an Unimog 401.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/...FullBody19.jpg

After that I customised a China Jeep JK body from Ebay into a River Raider ST replica, this time on a GCM J2 Skeleton chassis.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/brute/Outwood01.jpg

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/brute/Outwood02.jpg

Destroyed that body at a competition in June, so built a new one, designed to take a hit. This one is a bit of a mashup of the Jeep Trailcat Concept and the Jeep Porkchop.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/...TrailCat06.jpg

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/...t/Lights12.jpg

While building the second Jeep I also built a re-released Sand Scorcher. This one still needs lights, an interior, and a driver.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/scorcher/cage01.jpg

Which brings us to the reason for signing up here. I have three scratch builds on the go, all of them trucks. First is an Oshkosh with portal axles.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/...FullBody05.jpg

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/...FullBody06.jpg

The next is a Bedford RL. Lots of curves on this one.

https://www.wittenburg.co.uk/images/.../FullCab01.jpg

Finally the Mercedes Benz LPS 1418, which just got a build thread here.

That's it from me, for now.

Mike

Re: Hi from London
 

Welcome to the forum Mike, you have excellent styrene skills, it would be great to learn some of them!

Re: Hi from London
 

Thanks man. You know how it goes though, I just see all the mistakes :rolleyes: Happy to share everything I can, although I'm sure I'll learn more than I can pass on. Some amazing builds on here!

Re: Hi from London
 

All looks great! Toy Porn? The more you get the more you want.

Re: Hi from London
 

Wow those are some nice scalers great job! Welcome to the forum :)

Re: Hi from London
 

Thank you! You're right. A year ago I thought two trucks would do - the Tamiya, and the Vaterra Ascender which would host any scratch builds I might do. I now have 7 rigs and 9 bodies!!

Thanks Mr. Farmer, and thanks for the welcome. The word "scaler" is interesting to me, as it's used pervasively in the RC crawler space. I like realism at a a smaller scale, so apart from the green Jeep and (once complete) the Oshkosh my builds are mostly for light trails rather than rock crawling and mud bogs. I like detail, and stuff that opens and closes as it might in meatsapce :D