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11-04-2006, 10:05 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hanover PA
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|  Project True scale test rig I've been wanting to work on this for a long time and reciently got the motovation to start. The goal is to make an RC car that is as scale as possible, in every aspect, with a super secret body  . This truck will kind of be a rolling test platform for another 2 trucks i will eventually build so to start I'm going to use a Mountaineer chassis I bought new 10 years ago  For the hard chassis fans out there, i'm not going to cut or weld to the frame in any way  I want to preserve it.To keep the scale appearence i'm sticking with the original axles  One of my pet peeves is the difference in axle width but with the body that's going on it, it won't be that notacible. I was originally going to use 2.2 tires but after Measuring my 1/18 Nylint tires I realised they were exactly 1/10 scale 35's so to bring the whole shabang down to a respectable level I placed the axles above the springs   Yes the pumkin is on the wrong side but you'll see why later  The tires are just sitting on the bare axles but the proportions are what i was shooting for. More progress to come  Last edited by Metal Masher; 08-04-2007 at 10:53 PM. |
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11-04-2006, 11:11 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rio Rancho
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| that looks really good. I like the nylint tires on there, real scale looking. I will be watching this one for sure! |
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11-04-2006, 11:39 PM
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| Axial Team Driver   Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: OC
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| The tires may be 35's in 1/10th scale, but the bruiser/mountaineer frame and axles are actually larger than 1/10th scale. Not exactly sure how much but I know 1bjb knows. Where is he at?  Good luck with the build! I with I had a set of those axles |
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11-04-2006, 11:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: N. Arkansas
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| Looks good. Stock toy diffs are driver drop aren't they? If you were super anal retentive you could cut the rear axle and shorten it, but different backspacing on the rear rims would probably do the same thing. |
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11-04-2006, 11:48 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rapid City
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| Toys are pass-drop, wranglers are driver. Hmm... |
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11-04-2006, 11:48 PM
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| Release your anger..   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North American Union
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| nice frame can't wait for your neat paint job on the "secret body" Last edited by ThinkTank; 11-05-2006 at 12:51 AM. |
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11-05-2006, 02:02 AM
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| [HOONIGAN]   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Junction
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| Huh, "Secret body", sounds interesting. It will be nice to see a build that is scale in every aspect, you don't see that much. Should be sweet. |
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11-05-2006, 11:08 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hanover PA
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11-05-2006, 11:12 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hanover PA
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I've already thought of that and the housing would not need modifing, just the outer bearing carrier and the axle shaft itself. I've already got something it the works for that. I have a good solution for running 2.2's and using backspacing that i'll explain later. | |
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11-05-2006, 11:13 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hanover PA
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I've already thought of that and the housing would not need modifing, just the outer bearing carrier and the axle shaft itself. I've already got something it the works for that. I have a good solution for running 2.2's and using backspacing that i'll explain later. | |
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11-05-2006, 11:14 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hanover PA
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| oops! :? |
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11-05-2006, 12:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Look outside your window 0.0
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| Looks like a great start, gotta love those Bruiser chassis. I just have a question about the nylint tires you have there, are both the outer and inner diameter for the wheel openings the same? I always wondered because of the big dish in the back of the wheel. |
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11-05-2006, 01:22 PM
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| [HOONIGAN] Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Grand Junction
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11-05-2006, 02:02 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: atco
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| nice |
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11-05-2006, 09:08 PM
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11-05-2006, 09:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hanover PA
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| Well I took the chassis over to my garage to start on the cage. Since I didn't want to damage the frame I decided to incorporate the skid plate into a means to support the rest of the cage. I started by plazing some rough pieces. Man I love plasma cutters!  The main plate is pretty heavy at .120 thick and the sides are .060. Once they were cleaned and shaped to fit the chassis...  They were welded...  then the welds were ground smooth and tested once again for fit.  |
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11-05-2006, 09:42 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hanover PA
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| You can see how the sides wrap around the frame to give the sliders something to attach to  Seems to work pretty good  Well time to hit the sack. More to come later. |
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11-05-2006, 09:52 PM
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| AKA TOKEN  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: "Used" Mexico
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| Must be nice to have all that equipment man,The skid looks awesome. |
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11-05-2006, 10:08 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Amish Ghetto
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| are you in hanover pa???? if you are we need to get together and crawl |
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11-05-2006, 10:13 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rio Rancho
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| they way you built that skid plate is a work of beauty! This is going to be an awesome rig. I cant wait to see the final product. |
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