1984 Toyota 4Runner

[UNGLEWD]

Didn't realize there was a real one in the driveway, that's even cooler!
It amazes me the quality of the roof in its raw form... such good work n00b.

[Ikaros]

question: How did you make the roof part, did you laminate it or is it vacuum formed?


btw, awesome work, certainly that window around the corner

[LetsGoMuddin]

Wait, so is this going to be 3 wheel drive?

[seychelles]

Pls can you give me some more info about narrowing the yota's axles?

[DRW-FJ40]

Golly! You nailed that back roof section. The rear side windows are really good. This is by far your nicest jeep thing yet.

[MidlandRC]

Rich, I'm lookin at that roof and can only scratch my head. Crazy clean work as usual sir. Those are really swell pencil lines too. Did you handcraft the drawing instrument as well?

[pardonmyn00b]

Wow. I like your dust, it's 99% 4Runner now. wow. And that old new tire and rim is top shelf... or hanging under as it may be. Nice and old/new.

Thanks!

Geezus i Love your Rene work man it boggles me how's you make it so clean and neat and perfect I try so hard and can't come close to the level of professionalism you achieve in your builds outstanding bud

Thank you

Needs more wolf dogs.

Gosh, that's really nicely done.

It's not done yet. There's still room for wolf dogs. Thanks guy.

I've always loved the 1st Gen 4Runners... nice to see you doing a detailed build.

Can we get some shots of your 1:1 for reference? And for eye candy...

This is what it looked like when I bought it. There was a lot hiding underneath that fancy red paint.


And after I ruined it. I was trying to make it more scale.

Thank's for the additional "fender - picks" and the explanation ...

awsome progress since my last "visit"...

I already see another "guilds-finest-project" .....

You're welcome. And thank you.

Wow! That really is turning out awesome.

Thanks

Didn't realize there was a real one in the driveway, that's even cooler!
It amazes me the quality of the roof in its raw form... such good work n00b.

I bought it for no other reason than to make a scale model of it. Thanks Kev. I love how scratch built stuff looks before it gets filler or paint.

question: How did you make the roof part, did you laminate it or is it vacuum formed?


btw, awesome work, certainly that window around the corner

It's just just plain old .100 sheet styrene. No trickery. Thanks.

Wait, so is this going to be 3 wheel drive?

4WD!

Pls can you give me some more info about narrowing the yota's axles?

I'll quote myself from another forum
"I don't have many pictures of the process since I was experimenting and didn't know if it would work. I removed 10mm from each side of the axles. I drilled the housing out to accept some aluminum tubing I had laying around. Then I cut a section out of the housing and used JB Weld to stick it back together. I figured out a way to make the axles come apart for service if they needed it. The axle shafts were just cut and brazed back together. I have no idea if this is going to hold up to actual use, but I'm going to take it easy on this truck anyway."

[pardonmyn00b]

Golly! You nailed that back roof section. The rear side windows are really good. This is by far your nicest jeep thing yet.

Thank you sir!

Rich, I'm lookin at that roof and can only scratch my head. Crazy clean work as usual sir. Those are really swell pencil lines too. Did you handcraft the drawing instrument as well?

Don't scratch too hard! Thanks. I found the pencil floating in a porta potty.




I couldn't find any shocks that were short or thin enough so I built my own. They are made from 1/4" and 3/16" brake line and some 1/8" rod. Shock boots are from a Bruiser. I ran out of Sophisticated Finishes rust paint so I had to weather them old school with paint.




I also threw some details on the axles. Breather, fill and drain plugs.

[UNGLEWD]

Love how the boots are all humped up, they're never perfect.
One needs a rip! Unless of course your full scale model does not.

[Ikaros]

If we could rate you for ruining stuff, you would be a Pro too!