Capo 1:8 Jeep CD15823

[evo mike]

Hi,
I think it's a fantastic build ! Very detailed.
Could you provide / give some dimensions of this build please ?
Wheelbase, width, how big is the body please. I still have a big body lying around at home, and always wanted to make a nice chassis for it, this one seems so cool.
Thank you !
Mike

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by evo mike

Hi,
I think it's a fantastic build ! Very detailed.
Could you provide / give some dimensions of this build please ?
Wheelbase, width, how big is the body please. I still have a big body lying around at home, and always wanted to make a nice chassis for it, this one seems so cool.
Thank you !
Mike

Thanks. The wheelbase on this is right around 14-1/2". Width is about 10-3/4"
As far as how big the body is, thats a little hard to say at this point because its literally in about 2 dozen pieces. Ill have a better idea as I start getting the pieces painted and assembled.

[Prop Shaft]

Not much in the way of an update. Im busy at work, plus Im messing with the paint currently. A tedious process for me. Thinking I'm going with blue. Now Im just decided on which blue I want. Making a trip to the hobby store tomorrow to see what options there are in the Tamiya lineup. I did manage to get the engine painted and installed though. Along with the prop shafts.

[Prop Shaft]

Worked some more on it today.
Started with the floor.


Then the seats.

Seat mounting brackets.


Seats and trans tunnel mounted to floor.


Then I moved on to the dash. The gauge cluster is printed on thin plastic, the idea is lights behind it shine through. The directions are unclear, but there was only 1 clear piece to cover the printed cluster, and the gauges came all warped in my kit. So I cut up a scrap piece of lexan to sandwich them and keep them flat.

Finished dash.

One of the body panels had some casting issues.

Found some TS-15 locally so was able to start painting body parts.

[Rakthi]

Nice job on the engine! That bit of paint makes a **** of a difference!

They sure upped their game on the detailing in this model. That interior looks pretty good. Am I correct in thinking you added those little color details to the dash, handbreak etc.? If so, I should send you the dash of my truck

Stephan

[jack van]

very nice your doing a great build and the paint on the door looks great

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by jack van

very nice your doing a great build and the paint on the door looks great

Thanks.

[Prop Shaft]

I did a little test on a spare piece using some the rust oleum blue i had. The finish of course came out really dull. So I hit it with some rustoleum clear. And this is the end result.

Forgot about painting the filler cap, so took care of that.


It was about at this point i realized that theres a pretty serious problem with the paint. Its not sticking to the factory primer for shite.... Its chipping off really easy. So now I have tons of time and money into a **** paint job. Hooray!


Ran across a misaligned hole for one of the door hinges. Decided to drill it out and use a nut on the back side.



Heres how the roll bars looked out of the box

And after some careful bending.


Roll bars in.

Inner fenders. They are thin vacu formed styrene with felt applied on one side. Kind of a neat idea.

Cut to shape and installed.

Rear door hinges.

Rear door installed temporary till i get the paint sorted out.


Front door pillars.

Pillars installed to dash and firewall.

Shot of how it all goes together. Fender and windshield piece aren't installed just placed to give an idea.

[Izzy]

Seems like a nice kit with some major flaws. But in all looks like it is a great base kit to make it just right. Just think - if it were perfect out of the box then you would already be bored of it.

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by Izzy

Seems like a nice kit with some major flaws. But in all looks like it is a great base kit to make it just right. Just think - if it were perfect out of the box then you would already be bored of it.

Yeah i guess you have to realize the more complicated a kit is... The more there is to go wrong. Its still leaps and bounds above buying a Axial or something, as far as scale goes.

[Prop Shaft]

Continued building.

Rad support and body mounts

Radiator installed


At this point the body can be mounted to the chassis.


Prop rod

Fender flares screwed to fenders


Light housings mounted. I haven't bothered installing LEDs yet. Ill handle that once the paint is sorted.

Grill bolted on

Fender and inner fender/electronics tray mounted


The hardware for the hood latches

Turned out the bag labeled m1.6 screws are actually m2 screws.

Luckily I had a couple m1.6 screws that fit the bill.



Had a **** of a time getting the front fenders bolted up, the holes are a bit misaligned.


Mounted up the hood.


Done for the night. Its starting to look like a jk now...

[Rakthi]

Bloody shame about the paint chipping of so readily.

For the rest starting to look like you're almost finished apart from sorting out the electrics. Where is the ESC, receiver etc. supposed to go in this model?

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by Rakthi

Bloody shame about the paint chipping of so readily.

For the rest starting to look like you're almost finished apart from sorting out the electrics. Where is the ESC, receiver etc. supposed to go in this model?

Theres trays on either side of the motor for mounting electronics. The battery on the other hand... i have no idea where im going to put that.

[ThunderTruck]

Getting close to any updates? Looking forward to seeing the wiring portion.

[Prop Shaft]

Finally back at this. So after some monotonous scrubbing with lacquer thinner using rags and q-tips, Ive managed to strip a handful of the body panels.

And re prime and paint/clear a few. I'm using duplicolor etching primer paint, and clear coat. I like the new color better.

Ken sent me the Capo chassis mounted servo bracket, so I've decided to ditch the cable set up. This set up works so much better.




After thinking about battery placement. I noticed some slots in the floor that appear to be for velcro battery straps. I'm guessing this is where Capo intended the battery to go.

The only 3s battery I have just barely fits between the wheel wells. I need to conceal it somehow. Was thinking maybe building a subwoofer box or something along those lines. I'm open to ideas here. I thought maybe a cooler but that would be a big *** cooler lol.

[Roundabout]

Looking good.

[Rakthi]

Hi Prop, happy to see you are at it again! New paint is looking good

That servo makes way more sense than the cable set up too.

Did you get that broken cowl piece sorted out?

Stephan

[Prop Shaft]

Originally Posted by Roundabout

Looking good.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Rakthi

Hi Prop, happy to see you are at it again! New paint is looking good

That servo makes way more sense than the cable set up too.

Did you get that broken cowl piece sorted out?

Stephan

Hey Stephan, good to hear from you. Im hoping this paint holds up better then the previous attempt. My test panel showed real promise but it also had a few months to cure...
I think Capo may have realized they over engineered the cable steering set up. Its just not strong enough. Probably why Ken sent me the chassis mounted bracket for free.
Ken ended up sending me two replacement cowl peices, the first got bent just as bad as the first one, most likely during shipping. The second time he shipped it in a box. It was slightly bent, but not enough to where i couldnt massage it back into shape. All is good now!

[Rakthi]

Glad to hear it all got sorted out and you got your replacement parts.

Keep posting the pictures

[Prop Shaft]

Did some interior work on the jeep today. Steering wheel servo.



Instrument lights.