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I just picked up this exact model kit unbuilt at a thrift store today.

It's a brilliant channel and a great idea they have done with Wheelie Yellow. What is that chassis you are using there please?

Im going thru your videos... watching all the ones about, wheelie yellow

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I subscribed... i will only stay subscribed while you build the van. Afterwards, i will reconsider my subscription with this channel. I enjoy this video and that's probably because im a subscriber to "wheelie yellow".

I like it when wheelie yellow talks to the camera, more than the van itself

I love the variety of models you build. Very interesting to also hear your planning, trials, and experiments with various ways of constructing things.

Wheelie's last video was basically a how-to, with added lights and features. He's cool, easily the most famous sock puppet in the R/C world.

As others have said, wheelbase is distance between axle centers , wheel track is the distance from side to side, and that’s on center as well, the outside dimension varies according to wheel width, of course.

Excellent ideas! I can’t wait to see it finished. All the best!👍🇨🇦😁😂

Let’s go!😂

Wheelbase is the length between the wheel centres..

Hello Deon, good to see you back, your Wheelie project looks like some excellent engineering. . I think your wire will work quite well because of the " strand winding" similar to electric wring, which of course is copper. The only place that would probably carry silver wiring would be a jewelry supply business especially for beading. . The metal from the cans looks great. I'm anxious to see the progress of the buildout Wheelie is definitely going to have some competition Up here in the Pacific Northwest I only have about a week left before I have to disassemble my model area and prepare for some end of summer guest. We rarely get visitors so that's OK, and as I clear up the area I can probably achieve more organization so getting it back together will go faster plus do an inventory . I'm studying various schemes for my Albatross and PBY, to see if I can work on both at the same time. So by middle of September I'll be back to building. . So Happy Modeling till then, I hope Chicken is well - he might enjoy driving your new Wheelie :-) Cheers Bob

I think the "wheelbase" is distance from front wheels to back wheels lengthwise. Could be wrong though.

Wheelie Yellow said on his Reddit page that the chassis he uses is an FTX Tracer

Hello Deon, Not usually a commenter although I have enjoyed your videos for sometime. I was, however, intrigued by your comments on your mathematical studies. Purely out of curiosity are you an amateur mathemetician or a professional researcher in that particular field which I didn't quite catch? Thanks, Peter

It’s interesting Wheelie Yellow made his van white - looks like an American postal vehicle. You should do yours in kiwi colors - whatever that might mean to you! Also, do you intend to make yours with the crazy dynamics he puts in his? I think he runs on a knife’s edge and his van falls over much of the time. Very comical! Also are you sure it’s balsa in his build? I thought it might be basswood - but I know US and UK/commonwealth often have conflicting names for things.

do you have plans for a stopper for when the body sways it stops tipping at one point?

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Make it an ice cream van.😊

I've decided to build it upon a smaller scale/ younger kid-friendly (I hope) cassis the "buggy Desert Truck Max Fox 1:24"" I will 3d print it, and I know someone for the puppet. But it be less authentic than yours or the real one, but probably more durable i print it in ASA (a strong outdoor plastic). My concern is that it shouldn't go to fast as in those video clips. But its pretty hard to find a car with suspension that's not so expensive either, the most work will be in drawing it in 3d Blender but I'm good at that, maybe i put a movie to on youtube, although I'm not such 'public' youtube maker. Also i wont include a camera, its a bit to much for a young child i think. I think your video (and the originals) finally pushed the button for me :))

Was thinking the same, though its to fast for a young child i would like it to give to. Still thinking though about it. I've seen mini rc cars with cams. I can 3d print but I wouldn't be able to put the puppet inside. Even a mini one..or thinking maybe clay.. but we'll still thinking about it

What is the chassis?

The oldest thing I’ve built was an HGUC Z’Gock, with the Guntank not far behind. I’ve been wondering about trying to get my hands on a 90s-era kit like the Abigor or something.

This is going to be a fun series! Liked and subbed. Cheers!

Thank you for paying it forward! Excited to see how your build progresses!!! Cheers Doc

So he used the same model as that? Looking at the wheel, it kinda similar. Its bigger than I thought.

Deon working on some modeling tutorials today, I think I may have located Wheelie Yellows super secret laboratory where he is upgrading some very high tech changes to his van, thought you might enjoy the leap he is taking. Cheers again, Bob ruclips.net/user/shortsQmycQs1KCvg?si=N3jtUFBOJxeJcWAp

Hello Deon - just checking to see on any new videos coming - even Wheelie yellow has been quiet. Hope all is well, we are currently in the beginnings of a government coup, so I'm on a news blackout and trying to complete a few more builds. Cheers Bob

I definitely would not use the Tamiya. That chrome chassis is a rare collectors item. Especially in pristine condition. I find Wheelie Yellow quite entertaining as well.

WHEELIE YELLOW IS THE BEST ON RUclips!!! Smiles for miles!!!

Yes, I think the videos are based on real life experience 😄,

Very interesting series of videos on building this kit. Unlike building a plastic kit you are truly engineering the aerodynamic portions for the finished product it would be fascinating to see some of the modifications as you make them, or how you detail the cockpit, however I know it's difficult to film and build at the same time. On two different subjects, Wheelie Yellow has completed his new van and is now working as a delivery driver, I'm totally hooked on his adventures plus , now that you have balsa would on the work bench be sure not to let let Chicken in the room, he'll love nibbling on the wood just liked a cuttle bone. Cheers until the next chat, BOB

Never seen your channel before but I love Wheelie Yellow!

You can also try ironing the wood. I've gotten some pretty bad dents out of wood by wetting and ironing multiple times.

Wheelie just remade his van.

Nice Timetravel. Had these Super Quartet card sets as well here in Germany. Many kids here played with it. The Airfix Hellcat was one of my first kits, it was in the plastic bag blister, but my very first model kit was given to me to my mother on my first School day, it was an Airfix Boeing 737 Lufthansa. So the virus started 🙂

What kind of RC is that, what is the name of it?

The shear size of the pieces on your bench is huge compared to the standard scale models,, ironically two of the parts look like they are the front part of Wheelie Yellows van. I suspect you are right on the scaling, in that they may be using similar parts for different models. There may be a relationship of the scaling to the aerodynamics of scaling the model for actually flying to match the forces just the model would reach in flight, compared to our 1/48 scale. However that's just a theory based on the fact that I've only flown ,049 engine size aircraft. Although the canopy shouldn't be that far off . A manufacturing conundrum. Ironically , this build reminds me of the movie " Flight of the Phoenix ". Do you plan to build any cockpit details ? I'm looking forward to your building this out. Cheers Bob.

Great post. Of course I like watching your posts while I'm doing model building ;-) Other channels like Flory Models, Nigels modeling bench or The Interesting Modeling Co. inspire me just as much. By the way, I design digital AI backgrounds with Stable Diffusion, you can load different models and render the images locally on your own computer. This is really a very useful tool. Greetings from Germany.

I'm a static scale modeler myself (as you can probably tell from ny username), but I find it interesting getting your insight into the world of RC and balsa models. I was wondering, do you have any finished examples you can show in a future video? Cheers, Phil

A lot of times a truly accurate scale model of an existing aircraft will “fly like a pig” and manufacturers make design compromises to improve flying characteristics. And also they are designed with available power plants available and landing gear hardware when the kit was designed. Generally speaking one has to get around quarter scale before you can get equivalent aerodynamics out of a truly scale models. A lot of old plans show both the kit tail surfaces and the true scale outlines may be dotted outlines.

Very interesting transition in scale from the RC type from plastic, it was certainly exponential in comparing just the cockpit size and that 1/72 wing to the wooden wing. Plus it require a a different level of expertise. I typically have music on as well when I'm building, we have Hulu and Disney package with several other streaming channels like Netflix if I'm on a long build time sometimes I play a movie in the background Anxious to see bow Wheelie Yellow is conning along. CHEERS BOB.

With the small scale diorama you could make some shadow box sides and hang them on empty spaces on garage walls.

whenever I get yellowed decals in a kit, I just put them in a sunny window for a while, the yellowing will then get bleached out, giving a clearer carrier film.

Always an outstanding video and presentation. Keep up the great work!

I always wanted to build the Top Flight Corsair. It's one of my favorite aircraft. I was gifted the Top Flite AT-6 Texan as a Christmas gift from my brother back in 1995. It's mostly built, but would need retracts and final finishing. I got into R/C airplanes in 1988 and stopped building plastic scale models. Twenty-eight years later I stopped building and flying R/C and went back to my first love of scale plastic models. Most of my R/C stuff has been sold off, but I have enough of it around if I ever wanted to get back into the hobby. The FAA here in the US has taken the fun out of the hobby for me, with their somewhat ridiculous rule changes they've recently implemented.

Very nice aircraft that you have there! I like the Corsair. But I love the Texan! Look forward to your next video!

I would like to follow your build. Looking forward to it.

I agree, the warping is not visible on camera.