Paint & Patina on the New RC4wd Toyota Land Cruiser FJ55, Finishing up the Iron Pig
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2022
- Finishing up the new RC4wd toyota Land Cruiser FJ55 body set with some patina! This is a challenging body to assemble but I am pretty happy with the outcome.
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May have to get one 9f these bodies and pay tribute to my 76' 55. Had the old Kelly green and white. Was a fun rig.
From my experience, usually a silver undercoat will help with the scratches and wear, looks better as the truck gets trail rash. Also, you can spray with "adhesion promoter" to help the paint adhere . Pus, I used to use engine paint (adhered to Lexan really well) For the life of me, I cant see why this body has to be Lexan, however. You need a heavy weight on a leafed truck! You got some great results!
Sweet job on the "Iron Pig" Bro! Right On 💪
Great job on the body. I really liked watching it. Thanks for sharing your experiences and advises, too👍
Can't wait for the test drive video bud!
Looks fantastic on my end bro, keep up the good work! Cheers from wisconsin
I’m not a fan of lexan bodies, and specially this new one from rc4wd! No thanks! the only reason I passed this one! The chassis seems good! I had a feeling it was gonna be a monumental task in putting that body together! And I think you did an amazing job!👏😎👍
Looks great men😃💪
Awesome video my friend impressive work on the paint job great job thumbs up 👍
Challenging for sure! The 2001 Tacoma was a big disappointment but they really put alot of details into this body. I wish it was a hard body but at least it can be finished well if you take your time and pay attention. You did a great job! Odd choice by RC4WD in my opinion , but it's growing on me. The LWB is my favorite TF2 so it's got that going for it too. Looking forward to seeing it run the gorge!
having seen the 1:1s the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum has of the FJ55, this one looks pretty good!
For "Not a lexan guy" you did pretty good!
the Museum is in Salt lake, and the one you speak of is near all original! only a few items were replaced during it's service life.
Awesome job!!! I've been watching other channels saying same thing about the body assembly stuff not lining up
great job ! & thanks for the tips amigo
We need to get you some lexan scissors and a body reamer when you're here. lol
Don’t much care for the body but u done a really nice looking job of painting and putting it together
I'm with you, I'm no fan of lexan.
My first kit was a lexan body and I tried scuffing (inside) and the first time I took it out the paint chipped off in pretty big chunks. It was such a pain I just applied duct tape all over the interior instead of fixing the paint. Never again, hard bodies are so much easier.
All that being said I applaud your results!!!! It looks really good
I definitely agree with you on this one! I’ve been in your shoes before! They’re a pain in the rear!
@@anibalbabilonia1867 thanks, it's good to know I'm not the only one. I didn't use the adhesive aid, just plastic primer & paint. But like I said. That's the first and last lexan paint job I'll do. I had bought a traxxas TRX-4 Defender body before painting the other one. It was pre painted and I added duct tape before I ran it because of the issues with the paint job. So far no issues. I guess the factory knows how to paint lexan. I'll leave it to them.
Looks good brotha…I hate dealing with lexan myself now that I’ve got the hardbody bug.
Good overview of the process. Came out nice! From all I have seen, and what you experienced, that body is a Bear to put together! Or should I say Pig?
Nice looking truck but the body just doesn't look good for rc4wd hardbody is what I like the best but I really enjoy your video thanks for making it
Nice! Love the seat covers. Which blue Tamiya color did you use? Thx for the assembly tips.
It was tamiya ps-3 light blue
Very nice work man! Wonder why Rc4wd is done with the hard bodies? I don’t care for the lexan bodies, except for when I use to race nitro RC .
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I know I'm late to the Pig Party, but I have one coming to me today! One thing I'm not a fan of is how high the body sits on the chassis. The RC4WD description mentions adjustable shock towers (two holes like the Gelande 2 hoops?). It comes with 70mm and 90mm shocks, do you think swapping those for 60mm and 80mm shocks work or would I run into binding issues with the steering linkage?
It might help. The real thing it needs to sit lower is softening up the leaf springs. They just had way too much arch for a lexan rig.
Thanks...same ol' RC4WD problems! I'll work on loosening them up.
How does the length of the body match up with the TRX4 Defender body? Shorter or longer?
It is 12.37 inch and the defender is 12.75 inch. Could make it work easily.
I had a 1972 FJ 55. It was brown and that weird peanut butter color . Great job on the paint . I think it would of been better as a hardbody. Do you think that body would fit the Gen 8?
It’s a pretty large body. I know it’ll fit a trx4 so it should fit a gen 8 pretty easily
@@RCeveryday thank you
Hello from southeast alaska how's your day going bro
Going good buddy
That's good I just got done cutting grass at my aunt's house she didn't have know one tocut it for her
You think Rc4wd is done with the hard bodies? I can’t believe that they are going Lexan…..
I don’t think they are done. Every now and then they do a lexan set. The last one I remember was the Tacoma body.
Not the cutest Toyota but definitly a thing.
Too bad RC4WD is not able to get someone like you to do a real paint job for the boxes ... it would sell way better.
Usually when you have issues with Philips screw, it's because they are not Philips but JIS
Agreed! I like the FJ55, but the box art doesn't do it any favors.