Blazer

[JeremyH]

My wife decided a while back that she wants a crawler but one that is a bit more scale and I finally got started on one for her. She has picked out most of the stuff with this build.

Specs:
TLT axles
K23S
Tamiya low friction shocks
1980 Chevy Blazer body w/Flourescent pink paint with ghost flames
1.9 Crushers on stock car rims
Pede tranny w/Novak 55T and 17T/84T
Novak XRS
Recaros (not yet installed)
TSS rear bumper and tire carrier (not yet installed)

Pics:






(yes, the paint is bright, but it looks funny in these pictures)




This was my first body with the airbrush. The paint looks more even in person...I guess my camera doesn't like those colors!

I haven't yet mounted the body, but I plan to use velcro mounts.

[canadianbacon]

wow, that thing sure is bright lol, and those tires look incredible IMO with those rims

[JeremyH]

Yep, it is bright...although the pictures make it look even brighter. I tried to convince her to let me back it with black, but she would have nothing to do with that! She likes the color....and I guess that is what matters.

I hope to have it drivable sometime soon.

[luis]

looks fricken sweet those tires make the agressive mudder look

[JeremyH]

Yeah, I really like the tires as well. I cant wait to get the carrier and spare mounted...

[JeremyH]

Well, I finally had a chance to finish the wiring on this thing. It is almost ready. I just need to make up a battery pack (the current one is not staying), cut up some new body mounts (ignore those in the pics, they are ugly as hell) and mount the bumper and it is ready to roll!

Crystal couldn't stand waiting any longer....here are some test run pics (w/o body since I haven't finished the mounts yet):





This truck works really well. Not a ton of flex, but enough.

[JeremyH]

I got the body mounts finished:

[JeremyH]

And she likes it!






It does pretty well on the rocks considering the gearing it has.

[eddievedder]

That is a really nice truck. Plus it matches her shoes

[rctrucknut]

YEAH RIGHT NICE TRUCK, I HAVE THE AX10, IM BUILDING MY OWN HOMEMADE ONE TOO, i have the chassis already done, its all alum. very similar to a clodzila 1 chassis, ill make my own links out of 1/4 solid alum. tubing, moab tires, proline 70 ford body, &i want to use tlt axles or ax 10 diffs, i already have a stampede tranny, id post pics butt im not paying 20 bucks to do so!

[pantablo]

Nice blazer! Nice to see something different too.
Quick question-why doesnt the white on the top come down to the bed, all the way around the rear side windows?
pablo-

Originally Posted by rctrucknut

YEAH RIGHT NICE TRUCK, I HAVE THE AX10, IM BUILDING MY OWN HOMEMADE ONE TOO, i have the chassis already done, its all alum. very similar to a clodzila 1 chassis, ill make my own links out of 1/4 solid alum. tubing, moab tires, proline 70 ford body, &i want to use tlt axles or ax 10 diffs, i already have a stampede tranny, id post pics butt im not paying 20 bucks to do so!

$20 lets you ATTACH pics. You dont need to pay anything to upload your pics to something like photobucket.com (for free) and link the pic here with the [img] tags and your URL.
With the amount of info you gave about YOURS you should start a separate thread on your rig...

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by pantablo

Nice blazer! Nice to see something different too.
Quick question-why doesnt the white on the top come down to the bed, all the way around the rear side windows?
pablo-

Thanks for the compliments.

Yeah, I noticed that too after I painted it.....oh well. My mistake.

[JeremyH]

Oh....BTW, she named it yeaterday....Herbie.

[danielk]

J, looks awesome! You bringin it to the next GTG/Comp?

Ps. Sorry for splashin ya last time...didn't mean to.

[Stormin2u]

The rig looks good and now you and she can have some wheeling fun in common, good job ;)

[spot me 2]

Nice rig!!!

But why does she look pissed in all the photos????.....

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by JeremyH

Thanks for the compliments.

Yeah, I noticed that too after I painted it.....oh well. My mistake.

she probably never noticed...lol.
And brilliant picking pink on her part-unlikely you'll drive it much, hahaha....

[JeremyH]

Haha....I dont mind driving a pink truck....and neither did the kid in the park! She made that little boys day by letting him drive that thing! Oh...and she didnt notice. She picked out that body because she said that is what her dad drove when she was younger....I dont have the heart to tell her that he actually had an old EB.

I dont think she was pissed....it was a bit sunny and I think she was concentrating on driving. She kept trying to run me over with the crawler!

Soon, I will have the rear bumper/tire carrier painted and mounted up and some recaros installed!!

[JeremyH]

BTW, I forgot to note.....these 1.9 Crushers are awesome! They seem to work much better than the 2.2s:

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by pantablo

And brilliant picking pink on her part-unlikely you'll drive it much, hahaha....

Well, I have proved you wrong lately. We have a few scale courses at each of our local comps and I have been driving this rig in that class lately. I have made a few upgrades:
Spektrum
Banzai 45T
G8 Flatirons w/2.2 mem foam
Sidewinder w/ CC BEC
3S Lipo

I thrashed this truck recently and it ended up with a broken axle and driveshaft. Here are some pics:





(IIRC, these next two pics show where I broke the axle....passenger front)


(in 3 wheel drive)


When I brought the truck home in this condition, Crystal (wife) was less than pleased....so I decided to upgrade. The shopping list included:
CVD's for the front
Stainless C's
High clearance knuckles
Straight axle conversion for the rear

Pics:
(side view)

(got steering? This shows the new SS C's, CVD's and high clearance knuckles)

(new straight axle conversion and a shaved rear....those servo mounts were cluttering everything up!)


Testing to commence this weekend!