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03-19-2011, 10:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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|  Kaetwo's D90 Challenge Rig
It's been a while since I've done a buildup so I thought I would share some progress shots of a rig that I've wanted to do for a long time. The D90 Challenge Rigs have been a favorite of mine for a while, so I thought I would give one a shot. I started on the rig months ago, got bored with it, sold it to a bumb here in Utah, who sold it to another bumb, who then sold it back to me. Now that I've cleared that out of the way, lets get onto the build  It's taken me forever to find the D90 that I really dig, but this orange one really caught my eye. The green one is wicked cool as well, so I'll be using the two of them as references. Lets start off with the front bumper.  |
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03-19-2011, 10:37 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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Eff you too. Danik is still heart broken.
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03-19-2011, 10:41 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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Ladys and Gentleman, this is the second bumper that I refered to, who sold it back to me. Truth be told, I water tortured Zach out of it and his son who dug the crap out of the rig has been crying non stop for a week now. This Landy is a naughty little girl. |
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03-20-2011, 02:34 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Netherlands
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Hi Kaetwo, nice start! Look forward to next post :nice: You might find this post interesting? http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/sho...341#post434341 |
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03-20-2011, 10:36 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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Thanks for sharing that link. I love it!!!! This is exactly the type of event that where running next weeked, so that video has given me some wicked ideas  I was glad to see some more pics of the Orange Landy too  Where going to do a huge 60 gate G6 course (it's a way cool concept founded by Brian Parker with Axial) and should be a total riot. With that combined with the Winch Challenge, it's bound to push the rigs limits. http://axialracing.com/wordpress/201...ale-challenge/ Now onto some more build pics. These next set of pics and the skilled craftsmanship was done by Zach. When he got his hands on this rig, he got straight to work on the exo cage and body mods. Not that Zach does poor work at all, but this brazing was the best that I've seen him do, and that's a big reason I wanted the rig back. Check her out!!! | |
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03-20-2011, 10:42 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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It's now time to fast forward to the last couple of days as now she's back in my hands and I've been busy tweaking and moding for the tube/drop bed. I've also done some detail work on the rear bumper. What do you think? |
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03-20-2011, 10:47 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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I wondered what happened to this rig. It was the first time I had seen a HPI Defender body that I liked. Rear bumper is HAWT! |
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03-20-2011, 10:50 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: "the valley"
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sweet build man. cant wait to see shots of it @ the event. |
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03-20-2011, 01:35 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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Thanks guys! I'm getting paint on it today as well as building links to align the wheels a bit more to my liking. I should have some updated pics soon |
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03-21-2011, 02:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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Well the paint is dry and she's now ready for some new links and the styrene bed work. I'll get after it tonight and post up some new developments |
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03-21-2011, 02:34 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Looks really good....
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03-21-2011, 02:40 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Flashback to old school paint job! Nice! |
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03-21-2011, 02:44 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Just noticed that the hoops run on top of the cage, not the frame...
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03-21-2011, 04:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bay City
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Love the looks of this rig and eager too see more.
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03-22-2011, 01:36 PM
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| Say hello to my dactylion  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On the Boat to Whore Island
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Dig it...
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04-11-2011, 09:49 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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How about some updates  I've built out the drop bed for this beast and got a chance to throw on some black paint. Onces it's dry, I'll get her all put back together and post up a fresh set of shots. I'm off to detail the body Enjoy! |
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04-12-2011, 07:13 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Copperopolis
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Nice Rover. I'm really liking the Simex tire and Hummer rim combo... Looks good. Hows the compound / performance of those tires ?? Last edited by DORK VADER; 04-12-2011 at 07:16 AM. |
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04-12-2011, 11:07 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Whales
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The tire is the RC4WD FlashPoints in there X3 compound and they work really well. http://store.rc4wd.com/FlashPoint-19...res_p_675.html | |
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04-12-2011, 11:14 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Salt Lake
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Didn't think I would see any of my stickers on rigs lol Kind of fits it well.
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04-12-2011, 11:19 AM
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| Say hello to my dactylion Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On the Boat to Whore Island
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Oh I will second what kaetwo said, tires do quite well. | |
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