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11-20-2014, 10:28 AM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tekin, ID
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|  Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender
Grill and headlights are in, mirrors on, now I just need to figure out something for the marker lights. Might have to get some different buckets.  Last edited by Ty@Tekin; 01-27-2016 at 12:23 PM. |
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11-21-2014, 07:23 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bunnell, Fl.
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| Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender
That's sharp Ty!
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11-21-2014, 07:43 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Commerce Township
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| Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender
Great detail! Nicely done.
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11-22-2014, 03:48 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The Netherlands
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| Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender  awesome!
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11-22-2014, 05:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Charlotte
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| Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender
Turned out great bud!!
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11-25-2014, 09:25 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SoCal
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| Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender
That thing looks real. Great job. Nice detail work.
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11-27-2014, 09:06 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Charlotte
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Ty, have ya considered using 3mm LEDs for the turn signals? You might be able to get them in to those tiny housings.
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11-27-2014, 10:16 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tekin, ID
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| Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender
Thanks everyone! I do have 3mm orange LEDs, but these housings are solid plastic with no lenses. I'll figure something out eventually! |
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11-27-2014, 10:47 AM
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Damn... We'll keep at it bud. Looking forward to seeing what ya think of it when it hits the rocks. | |
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11-28-2014, 10:07 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Rhode Island
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| Re: Ty's Vaterra Ascender
Very nice build! love the FJ. I just picked up an Ascender, building a Trail Runner over it. |
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01-08-2015, 08:09 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: In a van down by the river
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender
As a cruiser-head with a couple 1:1's FJ40's in the garage, this is a build after my own heart. Love the execution and finish details. Having just purchased my first RC (Axial Wraith), my inital thought was that I have to get an FJ40 body onto my frame as soon as possible. After looking through this build, sadly it looks like I will have to start with a smaller base than the Wraith as the Tamiya body looks pretty small. Anyhow, love the thread, look forward to seeing it progress to completion. Last edited by evantwheeler; 01-08-2015 at 10:22 PM. |
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01-09-2015, 10:54 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tekin, ID
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender Quote:
You'll definitely want a smaller platform for the Tamiya body, it is pretty narrow. I'd like to narrow my track width a bit more, but it's not bad where it is currently. | |
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01-27-2015, 01:13 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Honolulu
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender
Nice build! FJ-40s are my favorite 4x4s.
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02-04-2015, 09:18 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender
any new progress on this ?
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02-09-2015, 09:03 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tekin, ID
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I haven't worked on it much the last couple of months, winter weather always slows up my builds and I don't get to do any wheeling. I have got a little work done on the interior and have started making fender liners, I'll post them up soon. |
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03-17-2015, 12:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sandy, UT
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender
This is a great looking build. Any chance we can get some more pictures from different angles so we can see how the wheelbase worked out? Maybe a few naked chassis shots and such?
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09-17-2015, 09:41 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tekin, ID
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender
I've been driving this rig quite a bit and really focusing on driving scale. Pays off, looks cool and the body isn't getting all thrashed! Such a fun rig, the T30 crawls soooooo slow. It's cool to bump some throttle trim and just let it creep along.    Last edited by Ty@Tekin; 01-27-2016 at 12:27 PM. |
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09-17-2015, 04:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: Welderville just south of benchviseland
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender
Hell yes FJerp!!! Nice work! And like a fine Bourbon - Looks good on the rocks ; ) I just started my FJ build not too long ago and I'm to the dreaded body stage...Trail-worn or Trailer-queen lol. |
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10-13-2015, 07:08 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fortuna Calif.
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| Re: Ty's FJ40 Ascender
Nice build I also love me some FJ-40s. I just pickup a Tamaya FJ body, and an Axial builders kit I am going to try and do another like my first SCX-10 FJ. Thanks for giving me a few new ideas. And that "scale driving " thing is a great idea, wish more people would do that instead of point and shoot. It seems to me that people today are just tiring to break their rigs.
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10-17-2015, 10:59 AM
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| Quarry Creeper   Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: San Jose
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This thing looks awesome. The wiring made me weep! Just too perfect in the minimalist way the wiring looked, really cool. I have been lurking on the 1.5 side lately cause I would like to try building one possibly. Finishing up a wraith with dmg SK in it atm though. Good luck, looks inspiring.
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