Proline Tuber "Rock Willy"
 

I recently purchased my first crawler a AX-10 ARTR. Not long after I saw a thread in which the new Proline tuber was being tested and instantly saw some potential for a fun build. I spent about two months building it in the evenings and weekends. I already see some details I will improve at a later date, just like the 1:1 scale its never really "done" 8)

My goal with this build was to provide some nice details and at the same time keep the Axial chassis un-modified so that I can continue to make performance upgrades.

Enough chit chat time for pics :ror:

Well here it is my first scale build on my first crawler...

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Kind of bland right out of the box, out comes the knife

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The first big mod was to remove the rear cage. The "excess plastic was removed and styrene was added to create additional tubing.

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A new cover for the RX bay had to be created, time for a fuel cell

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Add a little paint and it starts to come to life

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Next I started to build the dash

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The small tabs built into the dash hold it in place

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The ever popular Recaro cell phone seats

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The seats had to be cut down to size to fit Willy and trimed to fit around the spur gear and tranny

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Final mock up of the seats and the intial mock up of Willy

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Willy required quite a bit of Dremel massaging to fit the seat

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Willy had to get butt implants to fill the gap when seated. I used Crayola's air drying foam clay and then a light coat of epoxy. Very light and easy to paint.

Time for paint

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Next electonics

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RX in bay

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ESC shelf for the Rooster

The finished product

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Finally got a chance to get some action shots. The set up needs some shock tuning, it sidehills just as good as it did with the Axial body but, exibits more body roll. Other than that it handles like a pro 8)

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looks like a good start. Are you planning on running the body panels? I like that tuber kit looks sweet.

looks like I jumped the gun. Awesome custom work.

You caught me in the middle of posting everthing. Yes on the body panels, pics are up now

awesome finished rig. I like the body panels.

Great job in the interior"thumbsup"

Great job, looks killer

That came out awsome. Great work "thumbsup".

wow that looks cool. Great work on the dash"thumbsup"

Nice Job, simple clean and not over cluttered.

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WOW that looks awesome! "thumbsup""thumbsup"

Very nice I was waiting to see someone add those seats on the side nice work"thumbsup"

Great Build
 

I love the detail of the rig. Great job."thumbsup"

rig came out great, good job on the details.

dude weres my car? Just kidding. You really made this kit into something special. How about some lites? ( you know the L.E.D).

Yeah I was thinking about that, maybe some rock lights to! I'll take any suggestions or tips. I have seen kits but, I bet you veteran scaler pros out there build light set ups from scratch ;-)

"thumbsup"i like it!
nice job,makes me wanna build one:lol:

That came out great. I was seriously considering the Proline tube kit. How did you make the dash and where did the seats come from.

That looks awesome! I love the attention to detail on it.

looks wicked
awesome body "thumbsup"

The seats are cell phone holders purchased off E-bay and the dash was scratch built from styrene. I finally responded to your PM, sorry it took so long.