"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile) 11/09/2020 at 13:44 • Filed to: None

0

12

I completely forgot the Land Rover Forward Control IIB had frame extensions at the front. That will alter my plans only slightly...

sony1492 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/09/2020 at 13:53

0

flatisflat > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/09/2020 at 13:53

3

Goggles Pizzano > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/09/2020 at 13:56

0

Big ol’ winch?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sony1492 11/09/2020 at 13:57

3

+

= ....?

I have a build manual for a Toylander and while I’m corrupting the plans for long wheelbase so I can make some of those *too* (relax, Toylander legal, I’ll be buying some more manuals/licences) , I thought “what about making some variant parts to make a IIb?”.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > flatisflat 11/09/2020 at 14:01

1

Let’s say, hypothetically, that a company makes a build manual for a 40% scale Series II. Let us further stipulate that I have such a manual. In theory, if I were to build more than one (which Toylander requests the purchase of more manuals for), I might want to make some long wheelbase versions.

Let us say that that would require mutilating the plans and adapting a number of parts. If that was done, might it not be possible to change a number of parts and use a lot of the same pieces to make something that was built on the same chassis, if I’ve already “corrected” the wheelbase ?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Goggles Pizzano 11/09/2020 at 14:03

0

I’m not experimenting on an existing full size IIB. I’m proposing to make a toy one.

flatisflat > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/09/2020 at 14:14

0

I approve of this hypothetical.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > flatisflat 11/09/2020 at 14:23

1

The best part is that the firewall, windshield frame, and some extra parts one might consider ways to design (upper doors, roofs) might largely carry over and be duplicate parts that would work for something like this. If one were to do such a thing.

EngineerWithTools > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/09/2020 at 15:07

2

I was today days old when I learned about these, and bookmarked the Toylander site. Thank you!

I also approve of the modifications. Hmmm. I can do sheet metal in NX, and know a lot of shops with  lasers and brakes...

66P1800inpieces > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/09/2020 at 15:20

0

Just because it will be small doesn’t make it a toy!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > EngineerWithTools 11/09/2020 at 15:23

0

I work at a shop that does sheet metal *and* have a box brake at home, but rather than reengineer the whole thing to use metal , I’m looking at building it *mostly* how they call for, which is with moisture-resistant MDF or high-ply count plywood. The only thing I’m looking at modifying is to make some of the parts like bumpers and tailgate and hoods and the sides out of vacuform, because building one MDF die for multiple parts and making a door latch indent that can be repeated is a little easier than doing a router x-many times for however many I build.

I’m looking at building a lot of them, maybe seven (for which I’ll need to buy more build authorizations from the company).

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 66P1800inpieces 11/09/2020 at 15:27

2

Quite right. A 40% scale replica meant to be driven by children and which I will totally - totally! - not drive is clearly a simulation device. Ahem.