Making a DIY RC Body! - Custom Hood for UCFab Karnivor

In this video I walk thru the steps of building a custom hood for a my UCFab Karnivore chassis. This chassis uses a modified Proline hood from from a long discontinued body. So it was time to dive in a make my own!
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[@wesmadebuilds681]

Never seen a gallon of Bondo mixed at one time. This a process I’ve wanted to try but I can never seem to find a body to copy since I tend to make oddball trucks. 😁 Maybe one day I will get a large vacuum former to replace my homemade one.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

I’ve never mixed that much at once either!

[@joesmith4222]

A gallon of Bondo? Well you've never been to Tijuana. Screw chicken wire over the dent, stuff it with newspaper, and coat it with Bondo.

[@blindj]

Amazing, I purchased a 3D printer one year ago because of a simple ESC tray that wasn't available for purchase. It turned out to be an amazing tool. Part of my New Year's resolution was to learn CAD. I am still at beginner level however being able to just design and print something I need is amazing. This is right in that vein of being an awesome tool and I absolutely love it. Thanks for the video.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

This type of stuff goes hand in hand with 3D printing for sure! I have some plans for my scale nationals builds that will combine printing and vacuum forming!

[@blindj]

@@HarleyDesignsInc Definitely looking forward to seeing the progression And what innovative ways you use your tools to customize your RCs. Keep up the great work.

[@DoubleClutchProductions]

Reach out to kydex holster makers for info on vacuum former's

[@nuge74]

Awesome job! I picked up a vacuum former a couple months and it’s a great addition to the hobby, so much fun.

[@furball5553]

Can you write down all the sweet excuses to tell the wife why a vacfromer is a necessary tool I'll need to go over them before sending 1k 👍✌

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

I’m turning that into the question of the week for scale news 😁

[@andrewdecavia7553]

Finally learning the use for all this. Watching all these styrene videos I started seeing these in use. Never knew what it was for when you first talked about it on the SCX24 budget series.

[@Scramblerkidd]

What I’ve done while doing automotive bodywork is to use fiberglass resin as a thinner for body filler. You might can thin a small amount and brush into the mold to help prevent air bubbles on the surface. I also used the thinned filler to fill pin holes.

[@brianellison3525]

Wow beats the heck out of a heat lamp, a wooden block with a bunch of holes drilled in it setting on a box with a shop vac hooked to it (Thanks, Popular Mechanics Mag outta the 70's) Love your stuff, my tuber frame truggy owes a bit to you for it's existence. After I saw your vids on how to fab your own tube frame, I built one. Then another, then about three more till I got the damn thing right. Now it's 6 1/2 pounds, low, angled skid, Vanquish all through it. As always, thanks, and have fun.

[@roor512]

Glad you did a video on it I was interested good video

[@troo1977]

What is the detail like on the bottom of the piece ? You may be a few steps from getting a detailed piece by making a mold of the detailed bottom ( if it is detailed ) and then turning it over to make another mold. It’s like you are now getting a negative instead of a positive finished hood. Takes twice the amount of material but the finished vacuumed piece should have the detail you want.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

That’s a good question, but this seems to be the normal process for vacuum forming. This is so that the material stays the thickest for the majority of the part I believe. This is basically the same shape as what someone like Proline would use as well.

[@MrBurtonf]

I was thinking the same thing. You’re losing so much detail - or should I say the detail is underneath the body since you are forming the body against the mold which is on the underside.

[@Dr.Crawler]

Please make a Topkick body. They stopped making them. And it is the best of all time.

[@DonsRCworld]

Cool! Have you made any Ripper hoods using this technique?

[@rdmodelism9697]

thanks for video, i building audi RS Q e-tron model body, and upload video to my channel as soon as possible

[@keithsmith7503]

I want to make a Nissan Xterra lexan so bad. Been in the process of designing

[@chucksrchabit.7671]

Awesome. And .60 is considered hard body

[@indybama80]

Vaccum form looks good josh! Got a question for u josh. Do u happen to know if theres any other place besides fb to get scale nat tickets? Askin because i dont do fb. Would be very helpful if there is. May have to get a buddy to pick them up for me if not. Thanks!

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

The tickets will be for sale on Eventzilla, so you don’t need FB. But that is where the event link will be posted.

[@BrothrBob]

Could you take your favorite lexan body & follow the steps you did to duplicate your favorite body? Say TRX-4 body?

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

You could, but the amount of effort it takes to do it really wouldn’t make sense if you can just buy a replacement. This is best for custom applications really.

[@hirevinrs4]

Would be cool to see some wood carve a rc body then lexan mold it

[@TheDeLeonGarageCollection]

Very nice work. I've done some casting myself but smaller scale 1/24 scale model kit type stuff. I've used plaster to make my sculpt then using silicone and resin to make the part. I have not used Bondo to create a Buck but then again I don't have a vacuum set up. I wonder what the advantages or disadvantages for using Bondo vs resin?

[@jasonice1584]

This was great to watch thank u

[@eloiserobinson8124]

Masterfully 🎉🎉 😅💋

[@erazco6568]

I rather use plastic panels

[@codyoscardavid6268]

That’s a rad way of doing it!

[@CoachD386]

Nice DIY

[@vbspeed7571]

Great video thank u 4 all the hard work u 2 put in from v&b speed a new rc community ✌

[@adamkaser4759]

I have this body still. It is painted for my mt-410 but never ran.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

I would have paid good money for it before I made this hood 🤷🏻‍♂️😁

[@scx24fam]

Killer vid for a killer looking front clip. Cant wait to see what you come up with in the future 🤜💥🤛

[@MRfoxracing32]

How high were you towards the end of this video? Feeling that edible kick in haha.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

Haha!! It was actually just 11:00pm and we had been working on that project all day. I was just tired, although it’s not that different of a look.

[@Dr.Crawler]

So so so Awesome

[@meirdeaph]

That is wickid rad

[@jerryvolpini7987]

I also build scale models and a vacuum form machine is a vital tool for custom builds. Same principles here, just bigger! 👍 Going to be an amazing rebuild!

[@shanec8812]

Awesome! I have a clear brand new hummer body still that I want to sell.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

If it would been before I made a new hood, I probably would have paid $200 for that body! But now, I’ve already got what I needed. 😁

[@deweycj5]

Looks good 👍

[@Legoman585]

Awesome dude

[@dirtberger4533]

Man I think I'll try building one. Looks great. Thanks for the info.

[@luise563]

This is awesome!

[@khimbittle7705]

great video

[@upsidedown1229]

Great work HD, I have so many things to try in this hobby! Keep up the good work.

[@1957fuzz]

So what is Kyle gonna do with your chassis?? And is Kyle gonna go into production with more Karnivore chassis?? Great job on the hood and showing us the process.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

Now that hoods are available, I’d bet he makes some more of them.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

My car will be coming back to me soon though, I’m excited to have it back!

[@themountain59]

Job well done!

[@RTmadnesstoo]

Excellent!!!

[@flintTC]

So damn cool.

[@savagelife977]

Very cool

[@philliphaney3323]

Awesome

[@Jellybean_191]

Man that is cool. It's a bit ahead of me, but is definitely interesting.

[@blakedenley3792]

Badass!

[@petermakeithappen8336]

Wow 👏 Josh you really did this the right way and this video is a great tutorial on how to vacuum form the right way.

[@johngookinsable]

This hobby is endless! Just think of the possibilities! Great job!👍🎯

[@949Designs]

I've always used MDF or HDF for bucks. After watching your video, I'm thinking that it's time to try something new to me. Thanks for the inspiration Josh.

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

Wood definitely works well but I never would have been able to replicate this shape with wood!

[@1LACOSRC]

Badass Josh! Turned out way rad brotha🔥💯🤙

[@Storyracing387]

Great video! I need to recreate some older designs for my race truck 😁

[@Basshertz13]

Holy plaster of Paris Batman really cool Josh

[@hedgemeist]

That's really interesting and an awesome tool.

[@danweiss4928]

Watching the process remind me of art class. It was a informative video. Thanks

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

My wife was definitely teasing me of “crafting” all day.

[@FunAdventuresImp]

Very nice Harley 👍, awesome tutorial on how to vacuum form Maybe a cab and bed sides are next !

[@HarleyDesignsInc]

My next project is Jeep based!

[@Loomis_Fishin]

That was awesome!!!