Another toy car project...

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So in-between looking after the rugrat, working and giving the Mrs some attention I also like to play with toy cars, with an unhealthy obsession with Tamiya. It's no lie that I could afford to run a much nicer car if I flogged my entire collection, but you only live once - and I live for the 306

Anyhow...

I started this build 6 months ago, the longest project I've ever actually completed.

I'm a bit of a Jurassic Park fan, having grown up with the original film (although I was 5 when it came out in cinemas...) I was just getting into off-roading or 'crawling' as it is sometimes called, which is basically a non-racing slowed-down way of playing with toys. The slower running means you can get away with a lot more detail...

I started off with a bodyshell. There's no off-the-shelf item for this, so I had to buy a kids toy online and take it apart. This gave me a starting point.



I needed a chassis next. I went for a CC01 since it has a solid rear axle and independant front suspension, but it looked kind of cool on my Monster Truck chassis too...



On the CC01 Chassis -



Some cutting and modding later -





Shit got complicated -



Mounted -



Spotlights, foglights, winch and a new bumper...



Primer -



Oil-filled dampers added -



Individually-masked numbers / letters



Scale aerial added, interior painted -



And this is where I'm at now, all that's left to do is add driver / passenger figures and some little accessories -











Thanks for reading