GQ Shell

Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Location: On board the Mothership

I suppose this will get a million hits thinking I have one....sorry.
I want one though, do they make them for trucks ?
or some overseas variation maybe.......
any info would be good

want to finish this and GQ it !!

Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne

Easy answer, no Patrol Shell

Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Location: geraldton, west oz

if you had of asked 6 months ago, then yes i could of provided you the details of a guy who makes them.

but now, your shit out of luck.

Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Location: On board the Mothership

did he die..............

Might have to look into getting a few made........ seems they would be popular enough.....will look into it I think.
Our friends to the north do this sort of thing cheap.....mmmmm

Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Location: geraldton, west oz

nah, he just stopped making them. he had moulds for all sorts of old fourbys. i got a couple of 1985 single cab hilux bodies off him for some scale crawlers i built.

Joined: 05 Mar 2007 Location: On board the Mothership

do you have his contact details....
He might want to sell the moulds..
if so I could arrange on of the plastics mobs in syd to do a run.....

Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Location: geraldton, west oz

too late for that as well mate. all the moulds were sold within 24hrs of him stopping production.
was quite the frenzy

Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne

Ned can you post up some pic's?

And do you know what company made them?

Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Location: geraldton, west oz

it wasnt a company. it was just one guy in the us who loved rc and building scale replicas.

it cost him a bit to set it up but there was a big market for them so they werent cheap.

ill dig around for some pics, but i think they were on my old hdd.

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:10 am

Theres a guy on ebay, who makes them. Just look for gtho bodies in rc cars.

Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Location: Your Mummas House!

Worst thread EVARRR!!!

Want a body that doesnt exist from a guy who probably never made them, who charged through the roof then sold all the parts cheap and nobody knows, and the moulds were taken out of service never to be used again!

Then pics of a SICK looking chassis..

Sell me the chassis Harb, ill look after it.

Banned Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia

Mannnnnnnnn that savy is clean...

I would be too worried to drive it round like I normally do at the skate park/bmx track!

But boy does that look the %^$bling^*% or what!!!

Heres mine in action

or in vid with the axial 28 rr fitted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4das24x_eYc

Whats the power plant in your thing??!?

Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Location: Seymour

Harb wrote:

did he die..............

Might have to look into getting a few made........ seems they would be popular enough.....will look into it I think.
Our friends to the north do this sort of thing cheap.....mmmmm

Have a dig through my posts in the RC section ( a while back). I found a bloke on a US RC forum that did all sorts of odd 4x4 shells.

Post up if you find it!

Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Location: Melbourne E/S

bj on roids wrote:

Worst thread EVARRR!!!

Want a body that doesnt exist from a guy who probably never made them, who charged through the roof then sold all the parts cheap and nobody knows, and the moulds were taken out of service never to be used again!

Then pics of a SICK looking chassis..

Sell me the chassis Harb, ill look after it.

I was just about to post the same thing, all these years in RC and I have never seen one of these "popular" bodies. Rolling Eyes

Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Location: Your Mummas House!

ned wrote:

nah, he just stopped making them. he had moulds for all sorts of old fourbys. i got a couple of 1985 single cab hilux bodies off him for some scale crawlers i built.

PICS!!!

Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Location: Seymour

I reckon i could almost get one made, but finding a base scale model to run through the scanner at would would be the biggest problem.

I'm not that smart to be able to make a digital model with the correct lines/profile either....

Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Location: Your Mummas House!

coxy321 wrote:

I reckon i could almost get one made, but finding a base scale model to run through the scanner at would would be the biggest problem.

I'm not that smart to be able to make a digital model with the correct lines/profile either....

could you use digital photos?

Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Location: Seymour

Could do, but i have another plan - its just going to take some $$$ and time thats all. Dont hold your breath, i'm known for taking a long time on projects!

Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne

Coxy, if you can make a Patrol shell, there would be quite a market for it Very Happy

Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Location: Seymour

B.D.R wrote:

Coxy, if you can make a Patrol shell, there would be quite a market for it Very Happy

Yeah, i realise this. I'm going to have to make some phone calls and pull a few favours though - the way i want to do it is usually mega $$$.

Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: yallourn north,victoria

coxy321 wrote:

B.D.R wrote:

Coxy, if you can make a Patrol shell, there would be quite a market for it Very Happy

Yeah, i realise this. I'm going to have to make some phone calls and pull a few favours though - the way i want to do it is usually mega $$$.

i may have some images that may intrest you, will pm them to you

Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Location: Melbourne

Take some pics of a GQ. Print them off to scale and then start building a clay model. Then you could make a light weight fibreglass shell from it.

Joined: 14 May 2005 Location: North East Subs. Melbourne

make a suzuki one and sell 10 times more than a pootrol one EVER would Wink

seriously!!

Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Location: Seymour

1TUFFGQ wrote:

Take some pics of a GQ. Print them off to scale and then start building a clay model. Then you could make a light weight fibreglass shell from it.

Nah, i have a more accurate way of doing it, however TNA's 1NSANE model was pretty trick.

Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: yallourn north,victoria

coxy321 wrote:

1TUFFGQ wrote:

Take some pics of a GQ. Print them off to scale and then start building a clay model. Then you could make a light weight fibreglass shell from it.

Nah, i have a more accurate way of doing it, however TNA's 1NSANE model was pretty trick.

that's exaclly the stuff im going to send you Wink

Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne

foolsp33d wrote:

make a suzuki one and sell 10 times more than a pootrol one EVER would Wink

seriously!!

They already have Wink

Joined: 14 May 2005 Location: North East Subs. Melbourne

B.D.R wrote:

foolsp33d wrote:

make a suzuki one and sell 10 times more than a pootrol one EVER would Wink

seriously!!

They already have Wink

production!??? LINK!!

EDIT:

never mind found it.. SOLD OUT :(

http://www.ckrccrawlers.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1465

Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne

Here ya go, and there in Ballarat Very Happy

http://thecrawlpit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3226

Joined: 14 May 2005 Location: North East Subs. Melbourne

Gar why must you tempt me so!!!!!!!!!!!!

MUST RESIST PURCHASING...

MUST NOT GIVE CC DETAILS..

FAILING RESISTANCE..NOOOOOooooooooooooo

Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Location: Melbourne

HE HE HE, now get off ya backside and build a crawler to put it on Twisted Evil

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I know you have toyed with the idea of a crawler so build it armsup