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CATT: Cobra Armored Troop Transport
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12-29-2009, 07:29 PM
Jimbotron
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Tenken
Hrmm, you painted this or it came in that color? Do you happen to have any WIP photos of the main compartment conversion? I only have the DTC Rhino, but i am very intrigued by your conversion...if its feasible for me to do this, i may have to pick up a ROC Rhino.
No, I didn't paint it. That's the color the ROC Rhino comes in. I think it's a good color for Cobra.
Sorry, I didn't take WIP pics.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
neo-viper
I like it man where did ya get the ladders from.
The ladders are actually each two single row IC sockets. I clipped some of the leads to get the correct spacing in between each rung and soldered the remaining leads of the two together.
Now, I'll try to do a how-to for the lid. I don't 100% remember the order I did things but I'll do my best to explain. This is really the first vehicle I've customized, so you might have some better ideas on how to go about it.
First off, a word of warning: You may want to get something like Goo Gone because there is a really sticky lubricant inside that gets on everything. I mainly used a Dremel rotary tool with a cutter bit to gut everything. I used different grinding bits to smooth edges and what-not after I cut. I also used hot-melt glue to glue everything in place.
I cut these four knobs off the lid but left the two on the end.
I glued the front section in place. I cut the piece off the back end and glued it into place. I also glued a piece of plastic to it to keep the lid from falling in. You can see it in this picture.
I've seen someone do something similar to this before but they removed the hinge pin and just lifted the lid off. I figured out why when I went to lift open the lid and the driver's hatch was in the way. I first cut a section out of the lid itself but I still couldn't lift it the whole way. I had to cut the corner off the driver's hatch and glue a piece of it on the inside to fill in the hole. Here's some pictures I just took. sorry about the poor quality.
I glued the section I cut off the lid on the inside of it and tried to make it look like steel bars (I butchered it a bit).
I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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