Sawback blazer build

[Artem]

I've never had a leaf spring setup so when I saw a sawback kit on a very competitive offer, it was immediately ordered.





Then I thougt that 8th scale willis is not what I actually want for the rig so I ordered blazer body and transmission started to become front mounted:




Body fit




tbc

[JDHog]

I like it. It looks like the wheelbase is perfect.

[Artem]

Originally Posted by JDHog

I like it. It looks like the wheelbase is perfect.

Perfect fit. That's why I've chosen blazer. There will be some issues with mounting it to the chassis and matching wheelbase, but it's more interesting than just put it on trailfinder

[JatoTheRipper]

Wow that looks great! Did the wheelbase line right up?

I've been wanting to do a front motor Sawback. I have a different idea, but yours will work too. Nice!

[Artem]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

Wow that looks great! Did the wheelbase line right up?

I've been wanting to do a front motor Sawback. I have a different idea, but yours will work too. Nice!

Thanks! Yep, 287mm both, no need to modify anything in arches unless you want to pop in some 120mm wheels)

[soze]

Looks great so far!

[Artem]

Originally Posted by soze

Looks great so far!

Thanks!


Let's move on
I've cut brackets for the transfer cases and servo, rear body flip-mount, welded rock sliders and made threaded side mounts









Painted all black





Truck was going to be heavy, so I ordered new shocks







Missing driveshafts came in and the roller was finished









Bodywork will follow. Stay tuned

[Artem]

Originally Posted by 4.3 Zook

That's the kind of "working on my RC" photo I like to see...lol

Is your friend spray foaming his car?

i'm shooting That's how people looks like going to a countryside and having acсess to the tools they can use at ANY time of the day

[Artem]

Time to paint!





















I'm not proud of it, but it's my first dash

[hillbillyrc]

That dash don't look bad at all. And inside with a driver and everything else it'll look great.

[Artem]

Originally Posted by hillbillyrc

That dash don't look bad at all. And inside with a driver and everything else it'll look great.

glad you like it)

putting ot all together and wiring







loking complete now, more or less

[JatoTheRipper]

White and yellow...I wanna call this the egg. It looks great! The paint looks perfectly smooth! The dash looks good too. We're all hardest on ourselves.

Now I want to see some video if it crawling with that front motor.

[Artem]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

White and yellow...I wanna call this the egg. It looks great! The paint looks perfectly smooth! The dash looks good too. We're all hardest on ourselves.

Now I want to see some video if it crawling with that front motor.

I call it yelk Thanks!
Here is its first video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ5931JRS6M

crawling will follow ..I mean kind of because I'm lacking rocks in the area

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by Artem

I call it yelk Thanks!
Here is its first video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ5931JRS6M

crawling will follow ..I mean kind of because I'm lacking rocks in the area

Yelk is fitting!

Nice video. Judging from that it looks like this truck will be really capable.

[Artem]

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

Yelk is fitting!

Nice video. Judging from that it looks like this truck will be really capable.

wraith on pit bulls 2.2 gave up to climb this ice hill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKHE7C8CYSc

[Artem]

Wheels!
My friend has made 1.9s for my build. Here they are













And some wheeling

[Artem]

Plates

I thought that Michigan plates will be the best for it. First, K5s were assembled there, second - I just like combination of blue and white.

So, here they are, made of milled aluminum





Then comes the detailing. So many nervs have gone..





And the result. It definately worth it!







4wheeling in white

[Artem]

Next were warm leds



This way it looks so much better

then I put acrylic paint to the grill







rear axle turn











I've also installed 40mm shocks in the rear. arches are safe now

[Artem]

and some pics

[Artem]