After over a year with my Wraith I decided it was time to dust off the AX10 chassis rails and the lexan body I bought together with my Wraith.
My idea is to build an SCX10 style frame with Wraith axles. Why Wraith axles? Well, I like them, they have proven to be strong, I will be using 2.2 wheels and if need be I will change parts to and from the Wraith when the need arises.
So here's the plan. I'm on a tight budget, I will be using any stock Wraith parts I have replaced over the past 12+ months on this build and will eventually upgrade when something breaks and if the budget permits.
First an introduction to the body. I am a Suzuki Samurai 1:1 fan. I have 2 of them and was thinking of making this as wild as my extreme 1:1 Samurai. This body is not exactly a scale version of the 1:1, the front part looks close enough but the rear is by no way that of a Samurai, but it will do
Next is the chassis. I chose this for the flexibility of configuration where the links can be mounted. I like this more than the stock SCX10 chassis
Here's what parts I have left over from my Wraith assembled temporarily for picture purposes
Some parts my girlfriend got me, hey, it's Christmas right?
... and today I started and finished measuring the new custom links to fix this body on this setup. Had to do top rear links twice, not bad for my first set
So, from the little experience I have I personally think it is coming along pretty good so far. You will notice that I removed the springs from the stock Wraith shocks. The reason behind it is that because of the lack of weight, there was no compression of the shocks and the whole thing sat pretty high in the air making it look bad and I could not imagine what angle the propshafts would have to be at. Imagine the binding!! In the future I will remove the King shocks I have on the Wraith and try them on this before ordering anything.
Here's some more pics
This is as far as I got so far. As soon as I have more updates I will post some more.
Why WCX11 you may ask? Well, its not an SCX10, its Wraith based, hence the W and as for the 11, well, its one set bigger than 10 lol - hence WCX11
Thank you for reading this
My idea is to build an SCX10 style frame with Wraith axles. Why Wraith axles? Well, I like them, they have proven to be strong, I will be using 2.2 wheels and if need be I will change parts to and from the Wraith when the need arises.
So here's the plan. I'm on a tight budget, I will be using any stock Wraith parts I have replaced over the past 12+ months on this build and will eventually upgrade when something breaks and if the budget permits.
First an introduction to the body. I am a Suzuki Samurai 1:1 fan. I have 2 of them and was thinking of making this as wild as my extreme 1:1 Samurai. This body is not exactly a scale version of the 1:1, the front part looks close enough but the rear is by no way that of a Samurai, but it will do
Next is the chassis. I chose this for the flexibility of configuration where the links can be mounted. I like this more than the stock SCX10 chassis
Here's what parts I have left over from my Wraith assembled temporarily for picture purposes
Some parts my girlfriend got me, hey, it's Christmas right?
... and today I started and finished measuring the new custom links to fix this body on this setup. Had to do top rear links twice, not bad for my first set
So, from the little experience I have I personally think it is coming along pretty good so far. You will notice that I removed the springs from the stock Wraith shocks. The reason behind it is that because of the lack of weight, there was no compression of the shocks and the whole thing sat pretty high in the air making it look bad and I could not imagine what angle the propshafts would have to be at. Imagine the binding!! In the future I will remove the King shocks I have on the Wraith and try them on this before ordering anything.
Here's some more pics
This is as far as I got so far. As soon as I have more updates I will post some more.
Why WCX11 you may ask? Well, its not an SCX10, its Wraith based, hence the W and as for the 11, well, its one set bigger than 10 lol - hence WCX11
Thank you for reading this
