LoveToROCK
Rock Stacker
1st Post here, 1st Crawler UPDATE Wheels/Tires
I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I've been reading this forum, most of it anyway, for the past two weeks.
I went to RACEWAY Hobbies in Smithton PA two weeks ago...to just look around. :ror: The owner, Matt took the time to show me around and he got me interested in Crawlin. I came home and started reading this forum, I was soon hooked. Last Saturday I went back to RACEWAY and bought a AX-10 kit, motor, ESC and radio.
I had been running a nitro Revo but this crawlin thing is much more fun. And at 53 years old I like this going slow stuff better. I raced real Jeeps back in the '70's but never rock crawlin.
I built this AX during the past week. But I had to do it on a budget right now so I used less than the best for the motor, ESC and radio. I will upgrade those and a few other things later.
I did modify the shocks, changed the too heavy stock springs with HPI med/softs. They are about half the stiffness of the stock springs and seems to be better. I used a peice of nitro fuel line inside the shock to lower the ride some and used a small 1/4" peice on the outside as a dampener.
I made an aluminum plate for the steering servo and split battery pack.
I guess that I didn't pay attention to what batteries you guys use for the split packs. I took apart a 1800 7.2 pack and made it into a split pack and was confused as to why it didn't fit. My batteries were too big to mount them on their side but they did fit standing up just fine. The big batteries give the front more weight.
I painted one clear body with an airbrush about 15 years ago. I never used the Parma water based paint before. I did have trouble with the paint until I thinned it properly and my detail airbrush died so i had to use one that will not spray a small amount. But...I figure that I learned alot painting the Betty body so the paint on the Bug body that I bought might turn out better...I hope.
Thanks to all the members here for sharing so much about RC/RC."thumbsup"
And a special thanks to Matt at RACEWAY for getting me hooked.
The paint on the rear part is a mix of Silver Pearl and Charcoal Pearl, the front is Fluorscent Green.
I just wanted to say hello to everyone here. I've been reading this forum, most of it anyway, for the past two weeks.
I went to RACEWAY Hobbies in Smithton PA two weeks ago...to just look around. :ror: The owner, Matt took the time to show me around and he got me interested in Crawlin. I came home and started reading this forum, I was soon hooked. Last Saturday I went back to RACEWAY and bought a AX-10 kit, motor, ESC and radio.
I had been running a nitro Revo but this crawlin thing is much more fun. And at 53 years old I like this going slow stuff better. I raced real Jeeps back in the '70's but never rock crawlin.
I built this AX during the past week. But I had to do it on a budget right now so I used less than the best for the motor, ESC and radio. I will upgrade those and a few other things later.
I did modify the shocks, changed the too heavy stock springs with HPI med/softs. They are about half the stiffness of the stock springs and seems to be better. I used a peice of nitro fuel line inside the shock to lower the ride some and used a small 1/4" peice on the outside as a dampener.
I made an aluminum plate for the steering servo and split battery pack.
I guess that I didn't pay attention to what batteries you guys use for the split packs. I took apart a 1800 7.2 pack and made it into a split pack and was confused as to why it didn't fit. My batteries were too big to mount them on their side but they did fit standing up just fine. The big batteries give the front more weight.
I painted one clear body with an airbrush about 15 years ago. I never used the Parma water based paint before. I did have trouble with the paint until I thinned it properly and my detail airbrush died so i had to use one that will not spray a small amount. But...I figure that I learned alot painting the Betty body so the paint on the Bug body that I bought might turn out better...I hope.
Thanks to all the members here for sharing so much about RC/RC."thumbsup"
And a special thanks to Matt at RACEWAY for getting me hooked.
The paint on the rear part is a mix of Silver Pearl and Charcoal Pearl, the front is Fluorscent Green.
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