55ovalcharlie
Rock Stacker
Ok - I'm playing catch up with this thread sober with me and this first post.
A while back I scored a bargain basement priced, new in the box TRX-4 Bronco.
Anyone that's followed my other builds will know that pretty much everything else has been axial based but this was too good a deal to pass up - so it's been sat in my office for a good few months waiting its turn.
the traxxas body is simply gorgeous imho with a crazy amount of detail for an RTR truck.
But.....
I couldn't leave it alone.
chucked on some Team DC Wheels with ProLine Hyrax tyres on that I had (after fitting some of my fake Method race wheels hub decals :biggthumpup
The main thing that lets the body down in my eyes is the fully blacked out windows on the hardtop - you know - the bit that should be removable on the 1:1 trucks.
So - broke out the sharp thing
chopped off the roof
then chopped off a bit of my finger too.
The plan is to do away with the integrated rear inner arches and shock hoops, kick the shock mounts forwards a bit, then do a full size drop bed and make it into a pickup.
I recently purchased a Tevo Tornado 3D printer at the suggestion of Harley Designs on youtube, so have been slowly teaching myself 3D design using Fusion360.
I carefully took a pile of measurements from the now roofless body and set to drawing this up.
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The idea being that the bed drops down into the aperture and is secured to the body by screwing through from the inside of the drop bed, into the mounting holes that are built into the trx-4 body chrome trim strips - so - no need for glue.
Fired up the printer, pressed "print" and 26 hours later had a TRX-4 drop bed ::2thumbs
I'd saved the bi of the roof that I cut off, and that's now been trimmed down and the very back bit of it fitted to the remaining cab roof as a rear screen.
Also added a bit of rubber edging strip to finish off nicely the cut lines on the body.
All in all, this has resulted in a super stiff lexan shell.
For body mounts, I filled in the exiting body pin holes in the front hood and fitted some neodymium magnets GCM Racing style - the rear will be secured with a screw through the bed floor into the chassis cross member, that will be disguised with some scale accessories.
I've also done away with the original front bumper and made up a very simple tube bumper from some solid stainless steel rod
Next up was paint
gave the exterior of the shell a quick blast with some Tamiya PS silver paint kind of acting as a primer.
Followed by top coats in a variety of colours using Tamiya TS paints with various washes applied and dustings of Vallejo weathering pigments too.
Painted in a very similar style to my Chevy truck as you will tell.
details of which can be found here (sorry it's on another forum)
http://scalebuildersguild.com/forum/showthread.php?26449-My-First-SCX10ii-Chevy-C10
partly because I had paint left over :laugh: but mainly as I just love that colour scheme and the weathered finish.
Printed up some custom decals for the tailgate and rear end to make it just a little bit more different
and made a reg plate
Gave the drop bed a quick blast with some textured paint
Fitted an eBay special full light kit (awesome quality for the price!!!)
drew on some panel lines using ink, smudged it around a bit then sealed in with some clear coat
made a cover for the drop bed box thingy (the box is there to give a bit of room for the custom shock hoops I'd made) that kind of makes it into a bit of a tool box thingy
designed this scale power tank CO2 bottle on my lunch break - I've got a powers hit DMS of this style on one of my other trucks but seeing as I won't be using a dis on this truck, thought I'd have a go at making my own bottle
then sorted out a sand ladder on the 3d printer to act as the rear body "hold down"
so this is where I'm at at the moment
Next up is to sort out the boring stuff like servo, esc placement, custom battery tray, interior, and see if I can squeeze in some kind of servo winch too.
A while back I scored a bargain basement priced, new in the box TRX-4 Bronco.
Anyone that's followed my other builds will know that pretty much everything else has been axial based but this was too good a deal to pass up - so it's been sat in my office for a good few months waiting its turn.
the traxxas body is simply gorgeous imho with a crazy amount of detail for an RTR truck.
But.....
I couldn't leave it alone.
chucked on some Team DC Wheels with ProLine Hyrax tyres on that I had (after fitting some of my fake Method race wheels hub decals :biggthumpup
The main thing that lets the body down in my eyes is the fully blacked out windows on the hardtop - you know - the bit that should be removable on the 1:1 trucks.
So - broke out the sharp thing
chopped off the roof
then chopped off a bit of my finger too.
The plan is to do away with the integrated rear inner arches and shock hoops, kick the shock mounts forwards a bit, then do a full size drop bed and make it into a pickup.
I recently purchased a Tevo Tornado 3D printer at the suggestion of Harley Designs on youtube, so have been slowly teaching myself 3D design using Fusion360.
I carefully took a pile of measurements from the now roofless body and set to drawing this up.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s4wJFNkVyoo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The idea being that the bed drops down into the aperture and is secured to the body by screwing through from the inside of the drop bed, into the mounting holes that are built into the trx-4 body chrome trim strips - so - no need for glue.
Fired up the printer, pressed "print" and 26 hours later had a TRX-4 drop bed ::2thumbs
I'd saved the bi of the roof that I cut off, and that's now been trimmed down and the very back bit of it fitted to the remaining cab roof as a rear screen.
Also added a bit of rubber edging strip to finish off nicely the cut lines on the body.
All in all, this has resulted in a super stiff lexan shell.
For body mounts, I filled in the exiting body pin holes in the front hood and fitted some neodymium magnets GCM Racing style - the rear will be secured with a screw through the bed floor into the chassis cross member, that will be disguised with some scale accessories.
I've also done away with the original front bumper and made up a very simple tube bumper from some solid stainless steel rod
Next up was paint
gave the exterior of the shell a quick blast with some Tamiya PS silver paint kind of acting as a primer.
Followed by top coats in a variety of colours using Tamiya TS paints with various washes applied and dustings of Vallejo weathering pigments too.
Painted in a very similar style to my Chevy truck as you will tell.
details of which can be found here (sorry it's on another forum)
http://scalebuildersguild.com/forum/showthread.php?26449-My-First-SCX10ii-Chevy-C10
partly because I had paint left over :laugh: but mainly as I just love that colour scheme and the weathered finish.
Printed up some custom decals for the tailgate and rear end to make it just a little bit more different
and made a reg plate
Gave the drop bed a quick blast with some textured paint
Fitted an eBay special full light kit (awesome quality for the price!!!)
drew on some panel lines using ink, smudged it around a bit then sealed in with some clear coat
made a cover for the drop bed box thingy (the box is there to give a bit of room for the custom shock hoops I'd made) that kind of makes it into a bit of a tool box thingy
designed this scale power tank CO2 bottle on my lunch break - I've got a powers hit DMS of this style on one of my other trucks but seeing as I won't be using a dis on this truck, thought I'd have a go at making my own bottle
then sorted out a sand ladder on the 3d printer to act as the rear body "hold down"
so this is where I'm at at the moment
Next up is to sort out the boring stuff like servo, esc placement, custom battery tray, interior, and see if I can squeeze in some kind of servo winch too.
