Soze's HoBao DC1 Kit Build

[2mtech]

That's some awesome detail.

[soze]

Some more detail work.

Backed the seats with Duratrax Black.

I then carefully cut and removed the masking over the seat and tops of the armrest and put on a nice coat of plasti-dip to give it that "leather" look.

[nosser]

This seems like a pretty well thought out kit. I used to own a Hobao Monster Pirate 1/8 monster truck and I loved that thing!


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[soze]

Body Steps 7-12

Finally getting to the finish line, and it's starting to look good!


Put together the Interior Dash Assembly




Put the backs of the seat on. Left it with the protective film on for that flat look, but didn't plasti-dip it like the front of the seats. Kind of like how some car seats have hard plastic backings.




Interior is finally done.








Front windshield wipers. The screws for these are actually part of what attaches the interior to the body.






Gotta hand it to HoBao... kinda cool of them to include this kind of interior in the kit.




Time for the wheel wells to go together.








This is where they go...




Fender flares... the go hand in hand with the wheel wells to attach to the body.




All done attaching the fender flares and wheel wells.












Last piece to finish the body part of this build and the stock kit overall!




Final step of the kit instructions completed!






Went back to add some decals I missed that are for the hood.









Still here? What? You thought I was going to give you the satisfaction of the body mounted onto the chassis?

Psshhhhh... you'll have to wait for that.

[Teng]

I am with your build here.

[TooOldForThis]

I found a picture with the body mounted

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by soze

Still here? What? You thought I was going to give you the satisfaction of the body mounted onto the chassis?

Psshhhhh... you'll have to wait for that.

You sonuva...



The body is actually nice though. Not necessarily my style, but the interior is great and it actually looks very nice when finished.

BTW your painting of the seats with Plasti-Dip looks awesome. Nice one.

[Joonatin]

Damn I’m torn between this and the CFX-W. I’d really need the portals to replace the Ascender chassis in my Unimog, but this kit is way more tempting over all. The quality seems excellent. TRX-4 is also an option but it’s too big for the mog body and expensive, plus I don’t want the crap electronics. Screwing around with 4WS on the CFX-W might be nice too.

How wide are the axles, hex-to-hex? There doesn’t seem to be much size info for this car available.

[soze]

Originally Posted by TooOldForThis

I found a picture with the body mounted

Yep, pretty much what I was going for. Now I just need someone to make me a 3D printed Merc grille.

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

You sonuva...



The body is actually nice though. Not necessarily my style, but the interior is great and it actually looks very nice when finished.

BTW your painting of the seats with Plasti-Dip looks awesome. Nice one.

I was very ho hum on this body when the truck first came out. Now that I've built it... I really like the body and I realize why I wasn't so thrilled in the beginning. It's that huge front bumper. I think it distorts the nice looks of the body. So, now that I'm done with the "standard" portion of the build, it's time to look at tweaking it. New front bumper will be one of the things I look into.

[soze]

Originally Posted by Joonatin

Damn I’m torn between this and the CFX-W. I’d really need the portals to replace the Ascender chassis in my Unimog, but this kit is way more tempting over all. The quality seems excellent. TRX-4 is also an option but it’s too big for the mog body and expensive, plus I don’t want the crap electronics. Screwing around with 4WS on the CFX-W might be nice too.

How wide are the axles, hex-to-hex? There doesn’t seem to be much size info for this car available.

Coming from someone who owns both... that's a tough one. I really like both.

The CFX-W is a cheaper kit, but includes no body. It's also got some minor aftermarket support for hop-ups now from the likes of MST themselves and Samix. That being said... those hop-ups are expensive comparatively.

The HoBao is more expensive, but it includes the body, and a some of the parts provided in the kit are what you would usually spend extra for as hop-ups. Also, even though HoBao already has pretty good components... My sources say there are hop-ups in the works from HoBao.


The CFX-W crawls well. That I can attest to. I haven't crawled the HoBao yet, so I can't really give an opinion on that yet. Will definitely need to swap out the tires and maybe softer springs on the shocks. The big body will also be more of a challenge compared to the Pro-Line SR5 Hilux body that I'm using on my CFX-W.

Out of the box, the kit also suffers from some bump-steer, and I'll post about that later. However, it's really easy to fix to get rid of that just requires a few spacers depending on the servo horn you use.

[calcagno45]

Bravo on that lid and interior. Looks really nice.

[Joonatin]

Most likely I’ll end up with both anyway. It’s probably more of a question of which one first But the DC-1 is quite tempting and on sale in a localish hobby shop...

[soze]

Originally Posted by Joonatin

Most likely I’ll end up with both anyway. It’s probably more of a question of which one first But the DC-1 is quite tempting and on sale in a localish hobby shop...

There you go. Get both!

[soze]

Alright... finally give you guys a completed look.

Shown with the stock wheels first.




I gotta pull the rock sliders/foot rails out a bit. The instructions had it at the last hole, but it should be 2nd to last to make it wide enough for the body.




I may have to do some trimming along the sides so that the front of the body sits more easily. Right now it's a tight fit since the body is coming up against the top of the slider brackets preventing it from going any lower.
















Testing some wheels out.... I have a few I can try. Hopefully something I have will fit the look. Here are pictures of the 2 wheel/tire combos that I have on-hand that are already put together.

Stock Axial SCX10.2 combo



Chanquish D-Holes with Pro-Line BFG Krawlers.




I have a few other wheels and a few other tires to try... Duratrax Deep Woods, KO Hyrax, KO TSL/XLs.

[2mtech]

That body sure came out looking sweet...nice job!

Chanquish D-holes aren't bad. Still like the stockers. Sue me

[soze]

Originally Posted by 2mtech

That body sure came out looking sweet...nice job!

Chanquish D-holes aren't bad. Still like the stockers. Sue me

Stockers would've been fine with me if the tires were stickier. I like how wide the stock tires are, but they're just not sticky enough.... and they have a stronger rubber smell than usual. Any ideas on how to get rid of that?

[2mtech]

Originally Posted by soze

Stockers would've been fine with me if the tires were stickier. I like how wide the stock tires are, but they're just not sticky enough.... and they have a stronger rubber smell than usual. Any ideas on how to get rid of that?

You're probably smelling their funky mold release. 1:1 Nankangs from Taiwan reek to beat hell. Natedog's Simple Green trick? Dawn, hot water and a denture brush work for me for removing mold release, sticky you may have luck with SG, I haven't tried it.

Or you should just sell them

[soze]

Tried out various wheel/tire combinations today.

KO Assassins from eBay & Duratrax Deep Woods Tires




I showed this before already but... KO D-Holes & Pro-Line BFG Krawler Tires



Last but not least... KO Assassins (Black) from eBay & KO Super Swamper TSL Tires




So far I'm leaning toward the KO Assassin (Silver) + Duratrax Deep Woods. I like how they fill out the wheel wells.

The KO TSL's are way too small, so I'll probably pick up some Pro-Line TSL XLs.

I'll probably use the Krawler + D-Hole on the SCX10.2

[2mtech]

KO Assassins + Deep Woods for me, out of these choices.

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[durok]

I agree with 2mtech, definitely those look the best!

I've got a set of those wheels in sort of a subtle amber-tinted silver center and black rings, from Injora.

Wrapped in my broken-in stock Vaterra TSL Swampers, after boiling/baking them free from the RTR plastic glue-on wheels, I also soaked the tires in my "Witches Brew" of Purple Power/Simple Green/Greased Lightning/hot water.

They are very sticky now, but that's likely to go away once they see the incredibly dusty gravel and rock crawling terrain at my local session spot.