Building an RC-Truck, Help wanted

[Dousi]

Hey Guys My Name is Florian and I'm from Switzerland. This Trucks are my dream, but I cant afford one, and my hobby is RC-Cars.

I want to build one of these Chevys in 1/4 scale.

hope you can help me with some pictures and Blueprints plans and so on that I can build this.

this Truck is what I want:



first of I'll start with the Frame but I don't know the measurements and the exact form and so on..

could some body post some Photos or even Blueprints of it?

Thanks in advance!
Florian

[Dousi]

Please? nobody wanna help me?

I'm not sure what exact type it is, but i think it's a 1989 V3500 Crewcab Dually.
was it avaible with short and long bed or only short/ longbed?

if nobody want to or can't give me a blueprint of the frame, can you say me where i could find one? serched for a few weeks now but couldn't find anything....

Help Please!!

[andrewmp6]

There is a body in 10th scale i think its the clodbuster body.A dually was always long bed never short bed most was crew cabs like that but they made them in standard cab too.

[Stepper86]

Hi Florian.

Bluprints are not somthing that normaly would be used during a restauration. Only time I can think of is íf you need to straighten out a bendt frame, and then you normaly take the frame to a body shop that do the work.
This is probably why you are not geting any response to your request, I do not so sure that many here have them. Maybe Keith Seymore a member here would know, he worked with building these trucks back in the days, and has a lot of knowlege about them.
Otherwise try asking a body repair shop, they will most likely have / be able to help you find a GM workshop manual where the frame measurements are included.
You can also try e-bay, there I found a Body repair manual, with frame measurements for a Cadillac I was workin on.
Witch 1/4 chassie you plan to use? I do a little RC short curcit racing when I find time for it, it´s good fun:-)

[Stepper86]

Try this site( maybe you know about it all ready)

http://www.scale4x4rc.org

They might be able to help you.

[Restrorob]

Hello Dousi, Welcome to the board. You can find some build info here;

http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-h...tion-kits.html

[Goldfinger]

gm heritage may have some dimensions

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by Dousi

Hey Guys My Name is Florian and I'm from Switzerland. This Trucks are my dream, but I cant afford one, and my hobby is RC-Cars.

I want to build one of these Chevys in 1/4 scale.

hope you can help me with some pictures and Blueprints plans and so on that I can build this.

this Truck is what I want:



first of I'll start with the Frame but I don't know the measurements and the exact form and so on..

could some body post some Photos or even Blueprints of it?

Thanks in advance!
Florian

You need to make a Crew cab out of 2 clodbuster bodys and make the hips from scratch... thats how to get the body. the frame can be made from a variety of things. personally i would strech a axial dingo frame...

[1tonchevy]

tamiya rc cc-01 clod buster crew cab dually at ...

[Dousi]

@andrewmp6: I know that body, but I want mine to be in ¼ scale. Thanks you for the info’s on the Bed and Cab!
@Stepper68: Thanks for the tipp, I will try it, but am not so confident because GM isn’t official in Switzerland, so no GM shop’s around here. But I found the Automotix website where you can rent a DIY Auto repair Manual for a few dollars. Is this the right book?
I do not Plan to use an existing Chassis. I think I will do two builds. The first one will be based on a Traxxas Summit and then the second one will be built completely from scratch, that’s why I need those Frame measurements. But the second one will use Parts off of the Summit, especially the Locking Differentials and eventually the transmission with a dual motor mod.
@Restrorob: Thanks for that Link! That’s a lot of good Info There!!

@1tonchevy: I know this one, but I want mine in 1/4 scale, not 1/10th!

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by Dousi

@andrewmp6: I know that body, but I want mine to be in ¼ scale. Thanks you for the info’s on the Bed and Cab!
@Stepper68: Thanks for the tipp, I will try it, but am not so confident because GM isn’t official in Switzerland, so no GM shop’s around here. But I found the Automotix website where you can rent a DIY Auto repair Manual for a few dollars. Is this the right book?
I do not Plan to use an existing Chassis. I think I will do two builds. The first one will be based on a Traxxas Summit and then the second one will be built completely from scratch, that’s why I need those Frame measurements. But the second one will use Parts off of the Summit, especially the Locking Differentials and eventually the transmission with a dual motor mod.
@Restrorob: Thanks for that Link! That’s a lot of good Info There!!

@1tonchevy: I know this one, but I want mine in 1/4 scale, not 1/10th!

then you will have to build the body from scratch.