An EXTREMELY TINY Car Tutorial You Can Drive! - (87 times smaller than real life)
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Have you ever wondered what it takes to build an extremely tiny car that you can drive on your desk… and have so much fun doing it! This tutorial is for you!
I’ve been building models and realistic scenery for a while and I’ve always wanted to shrink down and walk around my creations… but since that is not an option just yet the next best thing is to be able to do it in a third person view by driving a tiny HO scale car through my scenes, and with this tutorial you too will be able to go on a tiny road trip 😃
I bought this model about 8 months ago from tiny4x4, unfortunately it’s not currently in stock however I have been told they will be receiving a shipment in the not too distant future. In the mean time the Das87 kit can be found on eBay, Amazon and a few other retailers but finding the ESC and nano receiver can be a bit more challenging.
If you have been enjoying the videos please feel free to check out my Patreon page and consider being an awesome Patreon. You can also check out my website to find lots more information and tutorials.
/ luketowan
www.bouldercreekrailroad.com/
Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Parts List
01:50 Front Axle Assembly
06:22 Rear Axle Assembly
07:22 Chassis & Motor Assembly
09:09 Servo & Steering Shaft
10:20 Attaching Plug & Power Switch
10:40 Fitting The Body
11:15 Wiring The Electronics
12:28 Steering Arm & Steering Rod
13:16 Test Fit Electronics and Motor
13:41 Photo Etched Parts
14:17 Painting & Detailing
16:11 Maintenance & Servicing
16:29 Charging The Battery
16:57 Outro - Розваги
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned 'Where's Wally' yet... or 'Waldo' for the Americans here 😃 I'll leave you with a hint so you don't have to scrub through the video over and over... he is in the video twice, once in the intro shots and once in the outro shots... It's pretty easy to spot him in this video 😉Have fun!
I spotted Bart
@Natthapon Techa beat me to it...
Awesome tutorial Luke.. thanks
I'm subscriber like more than a year and just found out that Waldo thing... damn.
Just wondering is there any reason to not put windows? Anyway, its an EXTREMELY well done remote car.
Adding Wally/Waldo is more of a new thing I've been doing so you probably won't see him in many of my older videos 😉
It’s like watching someone performing microsurgery... hats off luke
I would like to see a diorama of a cave system, with shiny and colorful crystals, bats hanging from the top and explorers inside the cave
That would be so cool! :0!
@@dustchain It's the bats that sold the idea for me
Ohh, with blinking led's buried behind the crystals inside the cave giving them a glow..
Added to the caves (or tunnels) interior I think you may wish to add some animated dinosaurs.
~Jim
@@jvanamb Or a Neanderthal man dragging his wife in.
if there was a way to fit a really small camera in there you could potentially stream it to a vr headset and drive around your dioramas in first person. that would be soooo cool
Yeah! Most all in one fpv cameras are small enough to put on the car.
That's such a good idea.
@@VTXHobbies Sadly most FPV's I've seen aren't 360 and aren't really good for beautiful scenery it gets the job done for driving but not for photos or video.
Ridiculous... as in ridiculously good! He really needs to do the camera thing in the scene he's made as that would look awesome!
@@ralexcraft990 tiny dashcam for tiny insurance claims
Good lord. I honestly don't know how you have a) the patience, b) the delicacy of touch, c) the eyesight, d) the nerves and e) lots of other stuff. Well done with this. Hope you and your family are well.
Hi I’m a big fan
“It also came with tiny side mirrors...which I lost” 😂😂😭
@ThePhilRivers You're right, at first I thought "that's strange that Luke would lose the side mirrors, he's so organized and meticulous". But your comment made me realize that no matter how organized or meticulous you are, you can lose things, no matter if you're a professional or a beginner.
He probably left them in the same spot as the lost footage. Did he check under the car seats?
I was so happy to hear that even a master can do this!!!!
I’m going to buy one to drive around my fathers public layout!
Thanks for all your videos Luke
That part had me wheezing... I mean LOOK at them. All he had to do was think too hard in the wrong direction and they were gonna go rogue
With the size of these things I can just sneezing would send they flying
The ants will be so happy when they reclaim lukes house and find some reliable transportation :)
Land Rover and reliable aren’t two things I’d put in the same sentence 👀
Senorpickle 420 oh boy you sure said it there.
They already stole his mirrors.
A land rover defender no less
Jgjh
I love how he narrates this like a tutorial but it is way out of anybody else's level
i built one last night in a 16.5 minutes, this guy is a amateur. :)
@@villiantwo meh its more easy like you say but it's hard enough while you're recorded it, behind that scene there be a lots of footage to make proper view in front camera and last thing say something whole 18 minutes
Someone on a forum recommended this channel to me.
Oh, that's a pretty cute HO Land Rover. And a good job of stop motion to show it moving.
(Starts watching video.)
Wait, what, it's 1/87 and RC? WHAT????
Seriously, that's just about the most awesome thing I've ever seen; and I've seen a huge trebuchet hurl a pumpkin 1,866 feet!
Absolutely amazing work.
That’s truly gorgeous, last time I did anything RC I accidentally fried the ESC. Luv that outtro tho.
Thanks mate, yeah it would take much to make a fatal mistake with the wiring and burn up a circuit board!
@ungratefulmetalpansy They put the smoke into the circuit boards and motors at the factory. If you let the smoke out they won't work anymore. :)
this dude building his own real life gta
@Neortik dude not a bad idea
@Neortik thats actually a really good idea...hell even a cheapskate like me would pay for it
Seems like a lot of work when you can just do the same with hot wheels and make them drive around telepathically and have tiny figurines run under the tyres
IN MINIATURE... AND IN EXTREME GRAPHICS TOO HOLY GEE
FANTASTIC video! I work with 14th scale models. It blows my mind how you managed to cram EVERYTHING needed into such a small space!
I would love to see a haunted house model! Complete with all sorts of monsters,ghosts,zombies,ghouls, the sky is the limit! Maybe even make a little graveyard around the house with zombies coming out the ground!
I dont think I will ever build one but thoroughly enjoyed watching!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Same mate as my old hands start to shake
You are too good, from someone who's about to start building a layout this channel is providing so many tips!
Awesome, I'm glad you have found it helpful 😉
There's no way my old eyes or shaking hands could ever built anything this tiny , but it sure was very cool watching you build it 👍😎
I loved this so much I was crying tiny 1/65th scale tears of joy.
Luke could you try doing a rain forest diorama please? Also love your content!
with rain drops? xd
And let the tiny rover drive trough it?
@@alf3071 There's a diorama around the Internet with rain effect. If I remember correctly it was made with magician's filament
Brazilian and also Japanese rain forests lol they'd be both amazing
@@onbekend1631 Camel trophy!
Whenever the Miniaturwunderland in Hamburg plans to build Australia, they have to call you! Amazing work!
This was amazing, and you failed to mention it was all-wheel-drive! Which makes it even more insane.
Where was this in my childhood?? Imagine the big car rug everyone had with a few friends and all having one car to remote control...
I’m in awe of you’re patience and skill!
Adorable! I need a video of you driving through all your models in some crazy off road mini-venture!
Holy *CRAP* ! Did anyone els notice he labels the timelines 😨
That’s amazing
AND IN THE DESCRIPTION!
He really thought about his viewers when he made this video 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
The detailing and patience of your video is so calming and I smiled when you mentioned soldering skills. Me too. I can relate.
As a Jeep Wrangler owner, I must say this is the cutest thing I've ever seen!!!😍😍😍
If the downsizing movie were to become a reality in the future, you would be a millionaire.
T Diehl That was the worst movie Matt Damon was ever in.
European Union regulations makes car engines smaller and smaller year by year, so it is not so distant future ;)
@@timehunter9467 The worst movie ever made.
Gualtiero Dandolo Very true!
or they could just shrink a real car
I can't believe this is an RC car that is smaller than a Hot Wheels (1/64 scale).
That is insane. And you built it! That is even more insane.
The best part is it driving over the acoustic foam!!! Go tiny truck, GO!
Having the correct tools is half the work. Interesting to watch.
It's past 2 am. BUT DO I CARE
Yes. But then I am early for the first time in a while.
And mini things makes me happy.
And makes me wonder what it would be like living in one of this man's dioramas
-What did you last weekend ?
-I built a car.
-Great when can we take a joy ride ??
-...it's complicated
Kudos. As a long time (65 yrs and counting now) hobbyist and H0 and N modeller, I have to admit I'm totally flabbergasted by your patience and your talent. That's real precision watchmaker job!
"it even came with tiny side mirrors but i sneezed"
He lusts over them wtf
Uh-oh, Luke’s getting into Rc Rock Crawling now, and he’ll be good at that too!!!
I've had this kit for a year but I was too afraid to assemble it because there were no instructions I could find, at least not in English, I think I might build it this weekend.
Awesome! I'm so glad you got something useful from the video, have fun building 😉
go ahead and sell it to me contact
hibarra30@hotmail.com
Found this video by total accident...I'm more of a tank model guy myself and will probably never own a micro car kit but WOW did I find this video to be so pleasing to watch! Great tutorial and great camera work as well!
Luke, you have the patience of a Saint and the dexterity of a surgeon. Well done
What an awesome little car, your patience is incredible.
You could have glued some smoked plastic in the back windows though, or maybe painted the battery to look like luggage. Very nice still. =)
Well, you can always get a side job fixing mechanical watches I bet now! Those are some tiny parts!
oh yeah! That is a whole other level!
@@LukeTowan As someone who does repair mechanical watches I can safely say you're not far from it with this! The gears and 3DP parts do look a bit scruffy but I bet you could get some amazing results just changing out the gears on the model. Definitely gonna look into making something with these now! :D
@@LukeTowan I do dental implants, and some of them are multi part with locking latches and levers to operate them. I have to say: your work is really good.
I wish I would understand the electronics part too, so I could do this kit too :(
Luke Towan clickspring on Utoob.
When Film-Makers start again make movies without CGI.
Great Work !!!
🎥🎞✌️😝🚀🚀🥁🥁
This is my dream toy set up. Still now in my 40’s. Amazing work. ❤
I LOVE THE VOICES AT THE END!!!!!!! Reminds me of the bloopers at the end of an older video and the "girl overboard" in another!!!! More of these please. Im a very happy Patreon!
Normal people be like: God, no....
Watchmakers be like: Oh please :> you call that tiny?
Yeah I can't even imagine how difficult it would be to make a watch from scratch!
@@LukeTowan Had to fiddle around with tiny gears once, made a steampunky EMP grenade with some moving gears. That was already enough for me :p A working watch where everything has to work together, sounds like a true nightmare.
you wanna see some complicated watches? take a look at Jacob & Co astronomia watches.... thats a whole another level of watches!!! and for the record, the pricetag on those are basically half a million or more.
@@LukeTowan From scratch? Might only need to follow How To Make Everything long enough.
Adam Savage did the mistake of reffering to the screws that hold his glasses together tiny. A watchmaker sent him some screws that are almost literally unbelievably tiny. I don't even understand how they could be used.
Now it's official, I'm getting old. My eyes never can focus on those small parts.
Great build Luke...👍
Its like making a real car! Good job love the video.
When I see things like this are possible, I'm truly convinced that we are living in the future.
I want to see you drive that thing through a whole load of your diaramas!
It's great to find someone actually showing how to do this.
You’re what job applications mean when they say “detail oriented”
Oh. My. God. Amazing!
I never knew how much I needed a tiny RC car (or at least, to watch you make one).
Also, it looked like your soldering skills were more than adequate... :)
Thank you very much! I guess my soldering gets the job done but compared to people who have been doing stuff like this for many years I definitely need a bit more practice 😉
I made custom audio cables for 20 years, and I always told people "It's not rocket science, it's just practice.". Looks like you had the tools and the skills. Well done (as always)!
Even having made wargaming terrain for decades, I find I always learn something from your videos (I bought a pair of machinist 1-2-3 blocks after seeing you use them - love 'em!).
I laughed out loud at the "It came with these mirrors - which I lost". So relatable...
*Love me some Luke on my weekends!!!*
Amazing. So tiny and yet functional. The progress with miniaturization keeps on amazing me. Awesome. Great stuff although it seems delicate.
An incredible kit and build. I had no idea RC components could be so small, and the functional AWD was impressive.
I don’t think I have the patience to do this, however I really want to motorized my bus and lorries on my layout. Keep up the good work.
I think adapting this to a bus would be quite easy and there would be plenty of room inside to make it work 😉
Check out the Faller Car System parts.
Also search Table Top Trial Trucks
I thought it impossible to custom make all my parts for micro cars until I finally tried. So building a ready made kit should be within many people's abilities if you have the tools and just go very slowly and follow Lukes advice.
YES finally a proper tutorial on how to put these awesome tiny machines together!! and where to purchase additional parts needed to run it :D
I love how it drives. It’s so small it looks like it was stop motion filmed...
He says “tutorial” like I’m actually gonna make this.
Luke: "this is really tricky" - translation = F***ing Impossible and will take about 50 goes"😁😁
Blown away, once again you have found a new level!👍👍
WOW.... Building that seems like a labor of love. I wish the assembled chassis was available for purchase on its own. I'd love to design and 3d print new "bodies" for them.
Man alive! If only I was into HO, and not O, I'd get one of these in a heartbeat
Wow, this is just amazing(you should try to glue all the houses and create a town)
Really fun project, and I loved the ending xD
I love the gold play button in the intro! Awesome work getting to 1M subscribers! 🥳🥳🥳
Thanks so much!!
Simply awesome. Thank you for this incredible build video! As usual, Luke's tutorial is well thought out and comprehensive in all regards. My first exposure to 1/87 scale RC was back in 2000 at the International Hobby Manufacturers Show in Chicago. A tractor trailer rig driving around the show floor. Das-87 has really refined their production to a fine art.
Please use this RC car for all the B roll shots in the future
Day 112 of quarantine, let’s build micro rc cars
To take over the world
Yes indeed
I don't wanna hear your effortless quarantine comments
Keep your own life kid
@@mitsuvolts03 bruh no need to be randomly rude
@@alie5146 it is kinda annoying ngl
Wow! I could feel myself getting frustrated and shaky just watching! Maybe I could get my heart surgeon to build one of these for me!
Even if I were to attempt something like this, it would take me so many months. This is so detailed, tiny and awesome. Your patience is outstanding and so is your work, Luke Towan. Wow!
Thank you so much!
Who remembers the Zip Zaps from Radio Shack ? This reminded me of them ..
I sure do. Got a few of them still. Most of them didn't have digital proportional throttle/steering though.
That is awesome. Tabletop RCing. Need one of those.
Now he can play Gaslands without ever having to touch his models!
@@nekrataali 😄😄😄😄😄
Omg thats so awesome. Imagine having this as a kid
That was epic. Thanks for sharing. At first I thought it was a stop motion then you got into the building process and I started to worship you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is a brilliant video showing your amazing skills.
I like how it looks like there is working suspension as well. Would look great with some slow mo footage.
Perhaps some tinted out windows to hide the innards.
I would absolutely pay you for one of these, I have an affinity for miniature things
Ooh I want to make one. Psych!! Watching you assemble those tiny parts was enough for me. Thanks. Love watching it drive through an actual terrain? too!!
this tutorial is a life saver because no instructions are included, currently i have the front axle finished other then the steering arm. doing pretty good for never building with parts this small.
Built with more care/skill than full-sized land rovers.
Lunacy. Sheer and utter lunacy. Those parts are nearly microscopic. Excellent workmanship Luke. Excellent workmanship. Cheers.
This is so awesome! My husband is amazing with electronics I cant wait to share this with him!
WOW... THIS IS SO COOL... U'VE AWAKE A 6 YRS OLD HEART TRAPPED IN A 37 YRS OLD MAN...!!
Now the "Hey son, let you younger cousin play" is Scarier with this hobby.
Real great stuff! thanks for this amazing clinic!
Luke has reached an insane level with his tutorials.
You must add tiny camera for spying 😂
I’d like to see ultra “realistic” floating islands...
I build RC vehicles and even I find this project exciting. I would love to see the look on my crawler buddies when I brought this to a meet!
I really wanna thank you from bottom of my heart, for all these detailed videos you gave us
Plot twist: It's normal sized RC, He's actually a Giant !
When I say the thumbnail I was expecting Faller system.
This is way more impressive.
And real 4 wheel drive too!
Loved your little commentary at the end. Great to see that wonderful sense of humour in your video. Had to go back and find both Wally's though! You really loved those books!
“And the enjoyment afterwards is certainly worth it.”
*Is driving really small car really slow*
THAT IS TOO ADORABLE!
I want Jeremy Clarkson to drive in this, together with James May and Richard Hammond.
Only Hammond will fit
@@GrenadierSt yes
Imagine a small city with lots of real people driving this cars
oh god...
An RC 1:87 vehicle is amazing, and what’s this, you say? It’s also a 4x4 with CA locked differentials?! JK. Luke, now you’re showing off! As always, outstanding work! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us.
The finished product looks so much fun to drive around on that terrain.
I'm sure soon someone will be selling this vehicles ready to go.
I think that would take away from the awesomeness that Luke adds by building it from the ground up. Anyone can buy one.....not many can make.
Those kits are very labor intensive. No-one would buy those models if you calculate the final price.
Damn, now that's a small Land Rover"
lol 😃 yeah it's pretty tiny!
This is madness!!!! I do a lot of modelling and dioramas but this is really unbelievable.. i have the greatest respect for your work!!
Love these miniature moving vehicles! So KOOL 👍🏻