Capo 1:8 Jeep CD15823

[Rakthi]

Congrats on the new Tatra! You could put version one on eBay ... Am sure someone will take it of your hands. Had people in EU interested in mine, but postage and insurance was a deal breaker.

Neat that you got that shape from some old packaging!

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by Rakthi

Congrats on the new Tatra! You could put version one on eBay ... Am sure someone will take it of your hands. Had people in EU interested in mine, but postage and insurance was a deal breaker.

Neat that you got that shape from some old packaging!

Thats kinda the same boat im in. Shipping from Canada is retarded. I really miss the US sometimes. Someone would have to want one really bad if Im to recoup my investment and over come the shipping charges.

[Prop Shaft]

Painted the covers I made. Im attaching the drive shaft tunnel with scale hardware and the transfer case cover is glued to the transmission tunnel.

Then tackled some wiring. This is going to be the hardest part of this build, especially when I get to the engine bay. Using boxed styrene as wire chases, and two sided tape to attach to the inner quarters.


I found some boxed styrene that fits inside the rockers as well. These have to carry the 6 led wires as well as one of the battery wires. It was a tight squeeze getting the wires fed through.




A look at the painted fender flares.

And the mess that is my work bench.....

[Prop Shaft]

I wasn't able to accomplish much today. But got a little bit done. Fixed something that was bugging me. Since I had the body tore down for wiring, I sprayed the front door pillars in body color. They were still in their black anodized glory, and I really felt it threw off the look whenever the doors are off or open.

I also wasn't happy with how the b-pillars looked from the inside. Too hollow.

So again I went to the boxed styrene to give the pillars some much needed "mass". They look somewhat structural now. Plus they serve as nice wire chases for the dome light.

Painted them body color. I have then glued in with some e6000. Keeping them clamped till the glue sets up good.
Got the other rear lights all ready to go as well.

[Prop Shaft]

Small update. Spent a few hrs tonight working on the dome light. Made a lens from some clear styrene.

Then I used more boxed styrene that fit snug into the top of the roll bar for a place to mount a switch and an led, as well as a wire chase.


I slid various sizes of styrene strip into the boxed tube and glued them in to lock everything in place.
Masked off where the lens will be.

Painted and glued on the lens.

Mounted into the roll bar.

Now I'm just left with a mountain of wiring.... The plan is to conceal as much as I can between the dash and firewall.