captain_joe
Gone hunting - Chevy Blazer (4/4)
I've always wanted to have a second Chevy K5 Blazer. Tried to do the variant from Norton74, but a quick look in my toybox told me, that I really dont have the snot bricks I'd need. I buy them by the score, but I seem to use them equally fast...
My current adaption of the Blazer from the Strange Things set has a rear swing axle, so that I remembered the Spring Wheels Holder No.2484.
It has been on my agenda for years, to build a "real" car with them. Most cars I've seen with these were 4-wide, so the wheels protrude quite obscenely from the chassis.
With those chunky wheels used in the 75810, the width of the tyres is 6 studs, and not 7 studs as it is with using the 4-wide wheel suspension. Slight problem with this is, that the housing aka mudguards are so tight, that although the wheels can move, they don't roll freely, but touch the sloped sides from time to time.
In the set 75810 the front is built up vertically - which is impossible if you have no space in either direction. The wheel housings need much more room than without working suspension, and as they are set on half-stud you cannot use any of the space behind the bumper.
Closed the gap between cooler grille and bumper with a tile, which is hold in place by two roller skates.
Addition to Toy Project Day 2042
Gone hunting - Chevy Blazer (4/4)
I've always wanted to have a second Chevy K5 Blazer. Tried to do the variant from Norton74, but a quick look in my toybox told me, that I really dont have the snot bricks I'd need. I buy them by the score, but I seem to use them equally fast...
My current adaption of the Blazer from the Strange Things set has a rear swing axle, so that I remembered the Spring Wheels Holder No.2484.
It has been on my agenda for years, to build a "real" car with them. Most cars I've seen with these were 4-wide, so the wheels protrude quite obscenely from the chassis.
With those chunky wheels used in the 75810, the width of the tyres is 6 studs, and not 7 studs as it is with using the 4-wide wheel suspension. Slight problem with this is, that the housing aka mudguards are so tight, that although the wheels can move, they don't roll freely, but touch the sloped sides from time to time.
In the set 75810 the front is built up vertically - which is impossible if you have no space in either direction. The wheel housings need much more room than without working suspension, and as they are set on half-stud you cannot use any of the space behind the bumper.
Closed the gap between cooler grille and bumper with a tile, which is hold in place by two roller skates.
Addition to Toy Project Day 2042