[SIZE=+2]Harley's 2.2 Blazer Trail Truck[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]First and foremost[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Special thanks to JWCustomwurks, Nluvwithxlr8ing, and Kevinlongisland[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Special thanks to JWCustomwurks, Nluvwithxlr8ing, and Kevinlongisland[/SIZE]
Specs:
Wheely King Base Truck
Wheely King axles with Nitro MT knuckles and drive cups
MFM Chassis
The Crawler Store link package
WK Transmission Mount
The Crawler Store BM9 Brushless motor
Castle Creations Mamba 25 Speed Controller
Narrowed Geolander Tires
Super Narrowed Stampede Wheels
Hitec Digital 5645MG Steering Servo
K5 Blazer body painted by Nluvwithxlr8ing
Traxxas Shocks
This truck started simply because I wanted a new K5 body. It was meant to be a simple strait forward build, and this time that actually happened.
This build started a few months ago, actually as soon as the K5 body came out. I had Brandon buy one from Cory at RPP Hobby, and gave him a few guidelines to what I wanted. I told him that I wanted him to attempt to do a weatherable paint job, one that would show age as the truck was run on the rocks.
So he did an inner coat of rust colored paint and then finsihed the body off by painting the outside of the shell, and of course I wanted a primered fender just because they look so cool. Currently the body looks like a stock truck in decent shape with some slight repairs in progress.
I had a NIB 4x4 Wheely King sitting around so it became the base for the truck. I wanted to do a scale build but the WK axles are so damn wide. So to try and minimize the width I went to the hobby shop and ordered the HPI Nitro MT knuckles and drive cups. They came in a week later or so and I got to work. These don't narrow the track width much but if you want to use WK axles for a scale build every little bit counts.
Next order of business was the wheels and tires, I would have liked to go with 1.9's but the already bad diff clearance would have been amplified, so Nluv came in to help again. He had a set of narrowed Geolanders and pede wheels that would give me the narrowest appearance possible.
I used Traxxas shocks, setup for droop to set my ride height ultra low. It keeps it from looking like a monster truck but still gives me plenty of articulation, especially for a trail truck.
To try and keep a scale appearance I wanted to keep the servo off the axle, and as hidden as possible. So I attempted to keep the WK's stock style steering. I used the stock servo holder and flipped it upside down, the hole pattern lines right up with the MFM chassis too. Using the stock lower steering link on the the top now, a new lower link rod needed to be fabricated. This link needed to have a slight bend in it to avoid suspension link interferance.
Power comes in the form of a BM9 Brushless motor from the crawler store, along with a Mamba 25, pretty standard stuff.
While I do think the WK is a nice truck it does not lend itself well to scale builds when using a body this small. I am happy with the turn out for the products used, but this one may get a set of Axial axles and 1.9 slingers in the not so distant future. Right now though, I need to get this thing on the trail and see how it does in the water!
Here are the pictures as she sits now.
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