I've had my eye on a Yeti for a while now, and a few months ago when the kit was discontinued, I decided that I needed to jump on it.
While I was assembling my parts, I bought a few upgrade pieces, though not all of them are installed yet.
Here's the parts list:
- Stock Yeti kit
- Hobbystar Pro4 3000kv sensored SCT motor
- Castle Mamba X ESC
- Promodeler 470 servo
- STRC knuckles
- STRC caster blocks
- MFR trailing arms
- RPM front A-arms (not installed yet)
- 4mm hinge pins (not installed yet)
- ebay LED light controller & LED lights (not installed yet)
- Jato rod ends (not installed yet)
- Crawler Innovations Deuces Wild CWR-3003 foams with stock wheels & tires
Upcoming mods:
- New wheels
- Pitbull Rock Beast XOR tires
- Better servo steering link
- Eliminate servo saver
The build ended up a bit rushed because I wanted it done before I went away on vacation (I leave tomorrow), so not all of my upgrades are installed. Between coaching my son's football team and doing normal summer (and now fall) activities, I haven't had a lot of time to work on putting together the truck. As I was building it I assembled it with the STRC knuckles & caster blocks, and I used the MFR trailing arms in place of the stock noodles. When I get back from vacation I will cut down some Jato rod ends to replace all of the stock Axial rod ends, and I'll drill the a-arms & mounts out to accept the 4mm hinge pins. Lastly, I'll finish installing the LEDs and the LED controller.
For the body, I wanted to maintain the Orange Kryptek theme that I used on my Bomber and on the Gen7. The body is painted a 2-tone color that mimics the stock Yeti decal scheme, but in Duratrax Candy orange along with the black at the back. The paint job was rushed, which is NEVER a good idea with candy paints, but it still looks great in the pictures. :lmao:
The Orange Kryptek is from the same vinyl wrap sheet that had left over from the old projects.
I didn't take any build pics because by now everybody's seen how a Yeti goes together. Here are a couple pics from when I was getting the body together:
Interior. When I get time I'll paint up the skull helmets, but these were easier for now:
Pic of the trailing arms:
Pic of the STRC parts up front:
And, here she is in her last pictures prior to getting dirty and banged up:
As I begin to use the truck I'll update the thread, especially as I begin to upgrade & replace parts. I'll have a few videos of the truck soon too.
I can't wait to use the truck. :twisted:
While I was assembling my parts, I bought a few upgrade pieces, though not all of them are installed yet.
Here's the parts list:
- Stock Yeti kit
- Hobbystar Pro4 3000kv sensored SCT motor
- Castle Mamba X ESC
- Promodeler 470 servo
- STRC knuckles
- STRC caster blocks
- MFR trailing arms
- RPM front A-arms (not installed yet)
- 4mm hinge pins (not installed yet)
- ebay LED light controller & LED lights (not installed yet)
- Jato rod ends (not installed yet)
- Crawler Innovations Deuces Wild CWR-3003 foams with stock wheels & tires
Upcoming mods:
- New wheels
- Pitbull Rock Beast XOR tires
- Better servo steering link
- Eliminate servo saver
The build ended up a bit rushed because I wanted it done before I went away on vacation (I leave tomorrow), so not all of my upgrades are installed. Between coaching my son's football team and doing normal summer (and now fall) activities, I haven't had a lot of time to work on putting together the truck. As I was building it I assembled it with the STRC knuckles & caster blocks, and I used the MFR trailing arms in place of the stock noodles. When I get back from vacation I will cut down some Jato rod ends to replace all of the stock Axial rod ends, and I'll drill the a-arms & mounts out to accept the 4mm hinge pins. Lastly, I'll finish installing the LEDs and the LED controller.
For the body, I wanted to maintain the Orange Kryptek theme that I used on my Bomber and on the Gen7. The body is painted a 2-tone color that mimics the stock Yeti decal scheme, but in Duratrax Candy orange along with the black at the back. The paint job was rushed, which is NEVER a good idea with candy paints, but it still looks great in the pictures. :lmao:
The Orange Kryptek is from the same vinyl wrap sheet that had left over from the old projects.
I didn't take any build pics because by now everybody's seen how a Yeti goes together. Here are a couple pics from when I was getting the body together:
Interior. When I get time I'll paint up the skull helmets, but these were easier for now:
Pic of the trailing arms:
Pic of the STRC parts up front:
And, here she is in her last pictures prior to getting dirty and banged up:
As I begin to use the truck I'll update the thread, especially as I begin to upgrade & replace parts. I'll have a few videos of the truck soon too.
I can't wait to use the truck. :twisted:
