Blasphemy!

[wyd]

New paint scheme looks good. If my rims Rubi have some 1mm carbon fiber spacers from Avid I use on my 2wd buggy to change the handling but will try on the Telluride if I need it to be a tad wider.

 

[BJoe]

Those might work if you have rubbing issues between the rim and C-Hub like I do, I even thought about using the 2wd front hexes for a bit more clearance or the hex spacers that come with some of the older HPI Touring Car rims, like what's on my SCX10 XJ.

 

[BJoe]

Long time since I last posted here, but I have a mini update! I just swapped steering servo for the 2075 that had been in my Monster Wheely King (check out that thread for that update) as well as put a set of X-Long shock shafts in the front shocks, which give a noticeable boost in droop without much loss in compression, and threw in the 9.6v pack that had been in my SCX10 until I went 3s in it. I'll try and get some pics of it next to my store's shelf model to show the difference later this week.

 

[fyrstormer]

You should put an RPM Slash 4x4 rear bumper on it. Then you can put rear lights on it too. That's what I did.

 

[BJoe]

Here's the front shock set up, the longer X-Long shafts do give more droop, just need to get to someplace and try it out!





I ended up pulling the rear bumper bracker off mine all together, it kept getting in the way the first time I took it out.

 

[fyrstormer]

How do you keep the back of the body shell from getting caught and damaged on rocks?

 

[BJoe]

I just let it drag, no different than I do with my SCX10 and WK.

 

[fyrstormer]

Ick. It'll crack and tear eventually. I prefer having a rear bumper, even if it means it sometimes gets caught on stuff. I put RPM's low-profile-wheelie-bar wheels on the sides of the stock rear...thing, whatever it's called...to minimize hangups. Judging by the wear on the wheelie-bar wheels, it's been working well.

 

[BJoe]

Eh, most of the bodies I've run (other than the HPI TJ Rubicon) held up well to being drug like that.

 

[fyrstormer]

Well, if it works for you then that's all that matters.

One last suggestion re: protecting the body: Get some silicone tubing of whatever color you prefer, slit it lengthwise on one side, slide it over the trailing edge of the body, and superglue it in-place. It should keep the edge of the body from getting caught on jaggies.

 

[BJoe]

I'm good there too, this and the other two bodies just get drug on all sides, although I've thought about putting the factoru tube sliders on the SCX10, as well as the Telluride (they should line up, even with the low body height I'm running.)

Funny story BTW, I had mine at work tonight and one of our teen employees bought himself a SCX10 Deadbolt last night, put it on the counter and had it flexing out on the controler wheel while it was in a laydown position, and all but flexed out. So I grabbed another can of Tamiya paint to show off my rigs "flex" like in the above pic...............he was kinda embarrassed after he saw it:ror:

 

[fyrstormer]

Well, to be fair, it's easy to be proud of however much articulation your very first trail/crawler truck has, even if it's not that impressive.

But yeah, if it can't stand on its own spare tire, it doesn't have enough articulation for crawling:

That's with the stock-length shocks, btw, I just drilled a fourth pair of lower shock mounting holes on the front A-arms, 7mm inboard of the innermost stock mounting holes. The shocks are travel-limited just enough to keep the tires from dragging on the fenders, so as you can see there's a little more articulation that isn't actually used in this picture.

 

[wyd]

A matching pair. They look great. Not much longer and I will be running my Telluride. Just did a test run with my new servo and it would great and let my friend try it out vs his new Wraith. He liked how mine was fairly fast but still had the ability to trail and climb over things. As soon as its nice we are going to do some trailing.

 

[fyrstormer]

The green one on the right is a bit cheaper, not as many upgrades, but in terms of trailing performance it's identical to the orange one on the left. The orange one was such a hit with the kids at my girlfriend's family's get-together last summer that I decided to build a second one, minus some of the upgrades on the first one that I only added because *I* wanted them, so two kids could run them at once. That should keep my Wraith out of harm's way.

 

[BJoe]

New pics of mine!



And a short video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LeFi60bQk

 

[BJoe]

Thanks, the right colors seem to go a long way into making this body look better, and in all honesty, this paint and overall appearance was somewhat inspired by the KL Cherokee Trailhawks too, only this truck actually has beadlocks on it!

 

[fyrstormer]

Looks good!

 

[BJoe]

 

[Natedog]

Very nice build, thanks for the pics too.

 

[BJoe]

Thanks Nate!