Hillbilly's garage

[hillbillyrc]

Not very scale but turned one of the utb18s in the fleet in to a compy rig. Used an Intheworks rc chassis, class 0 BFG krawlers, stretched wheelbase from 9" to 9.75", added axial OD gears, brass knuckles, rear portal boxes and servo mount, treal link raiser and a conversion kit to use mini T springs on the stock shocks.
Want to get some UD gears, make some body panels for it and get the new fusion mini 16 to clean up the wiring.


Another project I've started is this, decided to use the ascent cab. Some meus portal axles with all the brass they make, believe the chassis is an Amazon G-speed copy with bed, Tusks on some bronze wheels. Still need to build/sort out the desert lizard shocks, install the newer side skids and mount the transmission to figure out driveshafts.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Another project I've started is this, decided to use the ascent cab. Some meus portal axles with all the brass they make, believe the chassis is an Amazon G-speed copy with bed, Tusks on some bronze wheels. Still need to build/sort out the desert lizard shocks, install the newer side skids and mount the transmission to figure out driveshafts.

That looks awesome!

 

[hillbillyrc]

Thanks, figured full bump would be a good place to sort out the body. I'll be running shocks at almost full droop. That low ride height looks good.

 

[hillbillyrc]

Got the shocks installed last week. I ended up going with shortest soft spring inside the shock the the longest soft spring under the piston. It gives like 80/20 droop.

 

[hillbillyrc]

Installed the new side skids. found and installed the artful dodgers ULV trans. Didn't realize that the outputs should be to the outside holes and not the center. Wish I realized that when I was swapping to the left hand motor plate. I'll fix it later when I install the motor I haven't decided on yet lol

 

[hillbillyrc]

Haven't done much lately.
Did start my mom's spaghetti project. put together the punks 3d mini stagedive chassis and have it to a roller. The dlux 80mm shocks look great. The +10mm hardcore rc links wasn't enough for the wheelbase needed for the Blackfoot body. So adjustments will be needed going to try longer rod ends first after I trim the fenders like the 1:1 so I can finalize the wheelbase. I have a plan to run Velcro body mounts off the side skids. Need to gather paint as well but not ready for paint yet.

Bought an IERC lay down transmission mount for the IFS mullet just to help lower center of gravity even more. Also have a rear set of rock pirates shock towers I've been debating on swapping in as well.

Decided on a different interior for the SE build. I'll find a different use for the gatekeeper interior I had planned on using. I picked up dinky rc universal interior in black for the SE. Need to shorten it maybe an inch and add some tan paint for the seats to add some color and contrast.

Need to get parts for other builds to continue them. My son wants a 1/10 now so I'll use the scx10 for him since it just need an motor or re solder the broken power wire to the motor that's in it. But I have a couple new motors laying around. He wants the Subaru brat body on it. So I'll paint it up in light blue that's what he wants. I have till new years day to get that finished for his birthday.

That's just a small update on the garage.

 

[hillbillyrc]

Here is the start of Mom's spaghetti, swapped the front rod ends to stretch the front enough a stock drive shaft is to short now. I think a dlux utb18 cut to length will have to do. Last picture is ride heightish where I would like it. The one before is with the body on sitting on the tires.

 

[hillbillyrc]

Took the trail truck crawling only pictures I got

 

[hillbillyrc]

Finally added bumpers to the IFS mullet
These are proline scx10.3 bumpers. I saw them mounted with the coyote body and knew they were perfect fit sort of.

Rear bumper was an easy fix to get mounted. Slide the bumper in found no holes lined up exactly where I wanted/liked. So I used my pen/hand drill and made quick work at making new mount holes. These bumpers came with plugs/ shackle mounts to fill the holes in the bumper. I wanted a smooth look so chose the plug/flat look.






The front bumper I tried a scx10.2 deadbolt for a bumper but way too wide and stuck out to far for my liking.



The proline bumper was a better fit but, the bumper mount for the 10.3 wouldn't work. The posts were close in spacing but were bigger in diameter than the holes in the element bumper mount. Having enough meat around the holes I measuring it was close. So I decided to drill out the bumper mount holes to 5/16" drill bit and a little shaving afterwards. so the posts could slide in enough to get it tucked in and some screws to secure it. I think it worked out perfect and worth the work.