Absima Sherpa Makeover part 2
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- I'm almost a year in to this crawler hobby and the #Absima #Sherpa is the one that started it all for me. So as a slightly early birthday treat for it, I'm putting it on a little diet and treating it to a new body. Hopefully this will keep some nice scale looks, stay close to the original Jeep shell, but improve the weight distribution and performance.
Paints used (all TAMIYA):
PS-14 Copper
PS-61 Metallic Orange
PS-5 Black
PS-48 Metallic Silver (Chrome)
PS-1 White
PS-55 Flat Clear
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Link to the body post mounts and other various Sherpa accessories that I've designed at various points.
www.thingivers...
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Does look good. Good work. Loving the videos, thank you
Thanks Dan, and thanks for watching. 🤙
I am working on a similar project. I am using a Chevy Silverado body. Still torn between using body clips or attempting a magnetic connection. Yours turned out very well!
Thanks. Can’t deny that magnets are way better for looks, but on the Sherpas original body I ended up fitting clips as well, just hid them as best I could on the wheel arches. Good luck with the build. 🤙
Great job mate! That's the best looking truck I've ever seen. I'm hoping to pick up one of these Sherpas when the piggy bank is full. Got a sub from me
Thanks 👍
Poor old girl isn't working at the minute, shift servo finally died. Luckily I have 2 spare from the diff locks 😁
Cheers for the sub! 🤙
That look rearly good just need interyer finish it off grate job m8 👍👍👍🤟🤟
Thanks. I am on the lookout for an interior for sure. Might have to fabricate something simple, just to get a driver in there really. 🤙
@@PhilBrindley lot people use the bomber 1s n trim them off needed or u can get good 1s of eBay m8 👍👍
Bomber could work. Absima do one for the Sherpa now, but it has race drivers. I think this rig needs a regular driver imo.
@@PhilBrindley there r some rearly nice 1s on eBay for 4 seater or 2 seater but not that cheep but look rearly good m8
Nice one Phil....paint job looks great!
Thank you. Fingers crossed it drives well too. 😂
Thank you for video.
Thank you for watching :)
Hello, love you channel :) a bit of advice about bleed throughs... when you mask put clear coat first it will bleed through and fill the gaps and when you spray the paint it will be exactly on your masking. Just for your future projects :) keep it up!
That sounds like a fantastic tip, thank you. I'll be sure to try that out next time.
Thanks for watching 🤙
@@PhilBrindley I've been a modeler for almost 20 years now and this is confirmed method :) try it it works :)))) its a bit time consuming as you wait for each leyer to dry but it pays off in the end.
Great video, looks much better, the jp1 is a great body, well detailed, very strong too, been using one for a couple years
Thanks. Good to hear that it's a tough shell. Lexan is pretty thick so I am hopeful that it will last well. 🤙
I fit mine on with a hinge
@@Mikeyrgt nice. Kinda wish I’d done the same.
Yes
Awesome Phil im locking for jeep wagoneer woody body but its Hard to find
That would look amazing. Could you do a Cherokee woody? Not quite the same though.
@@PhilBrindley 1978 jeep wagoneer
Hello Phil that's a sweet looking rig shame about the colour bleed what masking tape did you use just so I can avoid it .
How did you do the art work please I've something I'd like to do on my Ecto but not to sure how to go about it 👍👍 .
I think the masking tape was from B&Q. Probably designed for Matt emulsion! 😂 Will get the Tamiya stuff for next time. Rather than explain the graphics technique I'll find a link to the Hemistorm videos.
ua-cam.com/video/H3XBa9X3tck/v-deo.html
Parabéns 🎉
Que boddy é essa?
Obrigado, o corpo é um MST-JP1.
Is that tamiya copper paint ?
Also what colour did you back it with please.
Hi. The copper is just along the lower edge of the body, it’s mainly metallic orange. Then backed with metallic silver, followed by black. Hope that helps.
@@PhilBrindley thanks, the Sherpa looks awesome by the way.
Hi Phil, what happened with this crawler? Anything new? How is it driving? What do you think about your changes?
Hi, not done anything new with it since this video. Have given it some good runs and my son uses it when he comes out. The shift servo has died at the minute, but luckily I have a couple of spares, just need time to swap it over.
@@PhilBrindley would be great to see more of it. It was a good inspiration for my sherpa. 👍
Can u link the parts ? Body post ? Maybe a video on how to modify Them into fitting ? I dont like the body its to wide and the sides are hitting the tires when suspension is flexing:(
The posts were spares I had, but they are from Element kits so are the same as these...
www.makeitbuildit.co.uk/element-rc-enduro-body-posts-el42009-80828
They fit in to the cross braces that I designed, the Thingiverse link is in the description. 🤙
@@PhilBrindley thx mate.
That paintjob turned out awesome mate 👌 how did you do the panel lines?
Thanks! 🤙
The panel lines are done with a fine tip Sharpie on the outside. Super simple.
@@PhilBrindley great job! Never seen this so clean 👌
@@marcushaas44 this shell made it quite easy tbh. The panel lines are well defined so the pen can just follow nicely.
True, these mst bodies are nice quality
Hey mate, I bought a Sherpa Pro but I really would love a Land Rover body. Do you think it is doable?
I'm sure it would be, if you got the right shell. Some of the Land Rover shells are super scale and might not work so well with the chassis and wheels. If you go for the TRX4 shell though you should be golden. Might still need to get creative with mounting though. Good luck. 🤙
Hi. Please, what a body?
Hi, the body is an MST JP1.
Thanks for watching! 🤙
@@PhilBrindley Thank you. How did you set desert lizard shock absorbers on Sherpa? I have a desert lizard 100mm, I have given soft springs and 350 oil and the sherpa is quite low. I also had medium hard springs but it was too high and hard again? 🤔
@@dusantemkovic1570 I had mine set up in a semi droop with the soft springs and 350cst fluid. It did sit very low with 90mm shocks but that was how I wanted them. I tried the medium springs at one point but they were too firm.
@@PhilBrindley Thank you very much, I'm also going to try a similar setup.
Très jolie👍🏻, félicitations, bon boulot,
Je voulais la même carrosserie, mais elle est en rupture partout 😢
Whaat ?!? Is It possible to make That type of body from the origenal absima body?,this video makes my hiped to remake my sherpa,thnx for share al this
You could maybe make something similar from the original shell, but gluing lexan is hard work. I bought an MST JP1 shell and made the custom body mounts to fit. I think the Vanquish VS4-10 body would look similar too. 🤙
@@PhilBrindley thnx 4 the info i keep That in mind
Can I ask a question?the panhard bar on the back of my Khama seems to restrict the suspension travel height on one side quite a lot? Is the pan hard bar really needed?
I think they've added it to try and stay true to scale. On a full size it helps with stability at speed I think. I've taken mine off the Sherpa and am not seeing any detrimental effect. Best thing is to give it a try and see how you get on. 🤙
@@PhilBrindley fab thank you Phil
🥰🤩💥💯👍👏
Thank you! 🤩🤙
What happened to the desert lizards?
They went on to my gspeed lcg crawler, and have since been replaced in that. So as they are effectively spare, they may well go back in to service on the Sherpa! 🤙
Iv just brought a used Sherpa and I'm looking to upgrade the suspension. Iv never used the desert lizards and if there good on the sherpa i will get some.
@@pauldolman7487 much better than the stock shocks in my opinion, which are way too stiff. I’ve just put another set on my Ecto/LCG conversion (video coming soon). Hard to beat for the price.
Wow it looks great. Where did you get the wheels from?
Thank you. I got them from a friend, but I think they are just eBay/China specials. 🤙
Is this still alive and kicking?
Sort of. The shift servo is busted at the minute and I never seem to get around to replacing it. At least I have 2 spares from the locked out diffs. 🤣