Dready's Rc4wd Trailfinder 2 **Now with Blackwells!!**

[Dready]

Introducing Rc4wd's brand new Trailfinder 2!!!

So Lets start with the Box and Hats off and credit where its due. Superbly Printed and very nicely Packaged/Presented.

Everything inside is well protected with Various different packing material.

Some of the Parts are Pre-Assembled and others will require you to get busy with the Tools.



A Manual is included in the Box which is very well printed and has all of the information that you will need to build your own TF2

The Body Set comes in a Seperate box and has its own Manual we'll get to that Later.



All the Bags of Parts are clearly labelled and Correspond exactly with the Information in the Manual


So whats first I here you cry!
Fitting the Leaf Mounts and Rock Sliders to both frame rails
Attach to the Frame easily using the M3 hardware.
No problems everything went together well.



Add some Cross Members and the Frame is coming together nicely.

The Tray that fits over the top and helps mount the Servo and Battery is Also made of Aluminum fixes using countersunk screws.
Nice touch to include the Strap holes for mounting your battery easily.
Little things ;)

Also added is the Scale Fuel Tank which is similar in design to the one on the Honcho.
We'll put some electrics in there later on.
The Shock Hoops are nicely machined and bolt Directly to the Frame Rails

The Rear Cross Member also has nice Detail

The Transfer Case Fits snugly into the Skidplate
Make sure you fit it the right way round!!


Leafsprings bolt directly to the cast Yota Axles
They come with 3 leafs I have just used the Main one on this build.

and Bolted up to the frame starting to resemble a chassis at last.

Underside view

The Shocks fit next
These have internal springs inside which I have left in for now.
Watch out for the Little ali Spacers, you have three choices on angle at the back but only a single mounting hole on the front hoop



Driveshafts and to be honest this is the only piece of the Kit that I dont like.
Everything else is Beautfully made and made of metal and to garnish this truck with Plastic Drivelines isn't going to work for me.
I will be replacing these with Rc4wd Punisher Shafts for Peace of mind.



Body Time
The Parts are excellently Molded with hardly any mould lines.
The Cab is very similar to the Tamiya version with some subtle tweaks to improve the Scale look.
Its made from a Yellow Material so if you weren't to keen on painting you could easily just pick put the details and run it like it is!


Quarter Windows added into the Doors, Recessed Handle Apertures.

Great Detail on the Bonnet vents

The inside is also of similar Quality

The Grill is truly stunning no words needed here.

The Rear Bed comes already with a Drop Bed of around an inch and a Half.
Just two holes for the Bodyposts unlike Tamiya's!!

Detail here is also Good with very detailed wheel arches

The Rear Tailgate has no Branding

Here is a Shot of the Optional Cab Back that you can use for a Truggy Build if thats the route your going to take.

So after you have cut all the parts free from there sprues its time for prep and paint.
In all the excitement I forgot the pictures of primer.
So I wont teach anyone to suck eggs on Painting a shell you can either do it or you cant.
Colour is from Ford off there Focus ST
Its got a very slight meatllic tint to it. (Good for arty shots in the woods!)





Fitting out the shell really is childs Play, its well documented in the Manual and in no time at all you'll be pretty much ready to rock and roll.

The main thing is TAKE YOUR TIME.

Paint takes time to cure and if you rush it you'll regret it.










Time to fit some electrics and get this thing dirty.
Thoughts Questions fill your boots and I'll do my best to answer them.
More pictures/info or of different bits ask away thats what this thread is there for.


Big Massive Thanks to all the Guys at Rc4wd for making this happen and also giving a certain few of us this excellent opportunity to get there hands on one before the Masses.

[Maddog Madigan]

That was fast!

[Dready]

Originally Posted by Maddog Madigan

That was fast!

I got it Tuesday Night but the Bodyset around 3 Months ago so that was already Painted ready to go on the New Chassis

Which leaves me a New Bodyset to go to town on..............stay tuned

[markturbo]

What a great looking kit!

They will take over the market with this truck at the price they have it listed for, I can't see why someone would buy any other truck in its class.

[Die-Laughing]

Damn dude! Nice!

[BigSki]

Very nice model! Exactly how does the front of the body attach to the chassis? How does the body come of for access to the battery? Since it appears that you are usnig the bed with your cab, how about you send me that full cab back and I'll do a write up of adapting it to a Tamiya cab?

[aiden102408]

Ok I'm a little jealous ...LOL
Can't wait til I get mine ...the orange is sweet as hell ..very nice




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[hotwheels000]

Looks to be a very nice kit indeed.

[Dready]

Originally Posted by hotwheels000

Looks to be a very nice kit indeed.

I'm really impressed just putting together a small video been out just now.

[Erin]

Can't wait for the vid, I really want to see one of these drive

[Dready]

Dirty at last few statics the video is just uploading
I purposely haven't added any music
Photo location is limited today seeing as I live in an Area of London that's usually on fire!







Video in a minute just uploading

[Mr Glassman]

Wow, I think you might be the first to get one of these dirty!

I'm going to try and beat you to a scratch!

[Dready]

Originally Posted by Mr Glassman

Wow, I think you might be the first to get one of these dirty!

I'm going to try and beat you to a scratch!

The Skid has a Scratch on it as do the Axle cases
The Vid is nearly done 95%

[Dready]

Rc4wd's Brand New Trailfinder 2 First Quick Test Run - YouTube

Apologies for the Video i'm no Cameraman and I cant edit for toffee!!

You'll get the idea though

[BGGruff]

Wow this kit is very impressive and looks great all put together!
RC4WD has really done an outstanding job with this, all I can say
is wow. I really like the whole set up. So everything is metal
or aluminum? No plastic bumpers or rock rails? Well really nice
work getting it together Dready and nice choice of color.
I know what I will be getting to replace my current Hilux/Trailfinder
set up...it will go on the shelf. The TF2 will hit the trails.

[Dready]

Originally Posted by BGGruff

Wow this kit is very impressive and looks great all put together!
RC4WD has really done an outstanding job with this, all I can say
is wow. I really like the whole set up. So everything is metal
or aluminum? No plastic bumpers or rock rails? Well really nice
work getting it together Dready and nice choice of color.
I know what I will be getting to replace my current Hilux/Trailfinder
set up...it will go on the shelf. The TF2 will hit the trails.

All metal apart from
Driveshafts
Bumpers and Sliders (there plastic similar in material to the honcho ones)

No doubt there will be option parts coming out to convert these to metal.

[wiseguy444]

Damn it,now i want one.
Verry nicely boxed and looks like grade A quality stuff

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

Did I miss it, what motor and what battery was in the video. Rig looks great. I just got mine tonight.

[Boyd]

Nice paint job - I was down to the SCX10 or the trialfinder a few weeks ago ended up buying the Axial 1 week before I seen that these were coming out. Now I'm going to be working more overtime to add to my collection. This hobby is going to keep me busy for a while.

[Erbing]

Very nice, I cant wait toget mine.