Robotboy's Element J45C Since I put the IFS from my Trailrunner on my Gatekeeper I had a new project. Which is a good thing, kinda, since I love to build and tinker. Not much of a build thread as most of it was already built when I started. GK kit had an extra hard plastic cms mount so that went in first. Built the front axle with a FT machined diff gear and spool. Rebuilt the trans with the 11% OD option. Took the alum. panhard mount from the GK also. I had to mess with different links and rod ends to get the wheelbase/axle positions right for the body. WB is 12.5". Updated Specs as of now: MST J45C Body, elect. trays and sliders. Element Trailrunner donor. Element trans. w/ high OD machined gears ratio. GPM Al. spur gear adapter & HR metal 87t spur. HW Fusion 1800kv system. 19T pinion. CC BEC. Annimos 25kg servo. TGH panhard mount. FT machined diff gear & locker, front. Beeftubes front axle housing. SSD Heavy brass knuckles and rear axle weights. SSD Aluminum C-hubs. SSD Aluminum link mounts. SOR rear link riser. Club5 8mm Brass Wheel Hexes. Club5 & FT SS high clearance links. Incision driveshafts. Vanquish Ripper front bumper. China aluminum shock towers. Chinesium 1.9 beadlocks. Proline 1.9 Hyrax tires. CI Lil Nova Comp cut foams, soft-front, med-rear. 3Racing winch w/ cheesy micro esc, Team3Six cable & warn hook. https://i.imgur.com/RjEClEL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/RQTEzmp.jpg https://i.imgur.com/rZ7wYSu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/4dstwbr.jpg |
Re: Robotboy's Element J45C Been waiting for a reason to bite the bullet and get the MST J45C body since I first laid eyes on it. Thought it was very cool and it is. Nicely made with lots of accessories and decals. I didn't want it to look like it was new, quite the opposite. It had to look well used and abused. So this is my first attempt at a weathered paint job. With my limited skills I'm pretty happy with it. :) After it's first run I'm impressed. Runs and crawls great. The HW Fusion is a nice setup for this truck. Plenty of speed and torque. Running a 19T pinion and after a good deal of crawling it wasn't even warm. Anyhoo, here it be... https://i.imgur.com/35vOM8F.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7TRhsb3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wsW7gUI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9EQLahQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5t69uDc.jpg |
Re: Robotboy's Element J45C Gnarly! I dig that body. Lou |
Re: Robotboy's Element J45C Looks fun, nice work! Do really like that body. I also picked one of those up when they released. Definitively motivation for a future project. Does the Trailrunner not come with the slider mounted receiver box or did you just leave it out? |
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any plans for water sports with this truck, yet, but if I do I'll just throw the rx in a balloon. :ror: |
Re: Robotboy's Element J45C Lovin' this truck and added some upgrades. Updated specs in first post. GPM Al. spur gear adapter, HR metal 87t spur, CI Lil Nova Comp cut foams; soft-front, med-rear, 3Racing winch w/ cheesy micro esc, Team3Six cable & a warn hook , TGH panhard mount and a Beeftubes front axle housing. https://i.imgur.com/lbXQCA8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Tr4TvP7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GikODsT.jpg A couple new poser shots and a short test video. My camera ran out of storage. Err :x https://i.imgur.com/1U8WSl7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Ips7Rk0.jpg <iframe width="595" height="335" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pzertgCozTk" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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