Awesome work, i like 6 wheeled vehiceles and you made it work flawlessly.

What is CA glue ?

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Thanks! CA glue is cyanoacrylate aka super glue.

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These look very sweet. Though I would love to see what a 25th vamp would look like with that done to it with the opening hood and all.

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*whew*

That is... well... astonishing. I look forward to seeing what else you have up your sleeves. Truly flawless work. And your notes on what you did are beyond helpful!



I'd be curious to see what else you have in mind for the drop in armaments. I love modular toys!

Also, it made me chuckle to see a new user named Ford Prefect. I just got done re-reading all of the Hitchhiker books a couple of weeks ago. Great stuff! Welcome to Joe Customs!

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Wowsers. Great, seamless work. Now I'd love to see you tackle a 4-seater VAMP.

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Thanks fellas! As for the 25th version I have some plans there I'm working to get a couple to chop up next. Something pre Humvee and all Joe





You gotta love Douglas Adams. I too recently reread and also re-watched the series. Ford remains my favorite character. Thanks for the welcome.

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Ok I'm gonna band wagon jump again seemless is the word hands down the best I've ever seen. Thanks for the how to, now all I have to do is sneak into the shop at work after hours and cut away.

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Good god man the exicution on those mods is amazing. It's a thing of frggin beuaty. Consider your design stolen, by a good number of people.

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I hate to give you a big head on your first foray on here, but damn if those aren't some of the best vehicle customs I've seen. I can't wait to see these all prettied up into a finished product. Then you can show us all what other magic you can pull off.

Oh, that censored pic makes me think you'll fit in just fine around these parts.

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You've got some sweet "LASER BLAST" right here...very well done.

smoothe as all your mods are, I really think my fav detail is the windscreen armor...and you made it functional...

I'd love to see more pics of the modular components for the 6x6.

I think a Vamp mkII front light bar would be perfect to complete the look of the 6x6, and it'd fill in that gap nicely.

and while it's still a WIP, I hope you'll match the Front wheels hubs to the rest of the green on the Halftrack.

My Dad told me many times, "Having the Right tools makes the Job Easy"...it's taken me a while to incoporate that into my work...but you're showcasing it quite well here. Your mods and cuts are so seamless because you've used the best tool (bandsaw) to give yourself an excellent starting point.

Looking forward to your future offerings.

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Like what has been said before, that is some awesome work.

Is there any way you could do a 'How to' for getting the seems seemless? And how you did the armor parts for the cab? Like the folding windows on the half track?

You sure hit these out of the park.

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These are amazing , but that censored pic is over the top fun .

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Thanks!



Thank you. It all comes down to lots of fit work. The cuts could be done with any saw and careful planning but the bandsaw keeps all the cuts more true. Always cut a little past where you want to be and sand things to fit.

A bench sander is the best way to even up the larger parts however you can make a large sanding block by stapling some sandpaper to a block of wood. That will keep all the sanding nice and even. Keep test fitting things as you go and it saves a lot of clean up work later on.Since the extensions ended up being butt joints I used the styrene on the inside to support and strengthen the joints keeping the VAMP playable.

The hinges are just aluminum tube with brass pin to make a piano style hinge. The rest of the parts are .060 styrene (which matched up with the thickness on the VAMP) cut to fit and uses the same style connection to keep the toy look with the new parts.

Thanks again for all the interest in these. I hope to have the halftrack finished up soon, mostly paint work left on that one. I finally got a Snow Cat so it will make a nice companion displayed together.

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...holyyyy "LASER BLAST"....


That is like 12 kinds of in-f'ing-credible! Genius ideas of variations on the tried & true VAMP with simply astounding results.

Wow.
These are amazing. They look absolutely factory made, the body work is so impressive I took my a while to notice how flawless your paint work is too.

Can I ask what type of blade you use with your saw to work with the vehicle plastic and styrene?

Oh, and how do you got about removing the wheels on these? I've never had any luck with that on the V AMP or STINGER.

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