Scale Halfcab Bronco
 

I wanted to build a rig that had a wheel base that actually fit the body and also make sure the tires did not stick out to far from the fenders (stupid laws in California).

Here are the specs:
11.5" WB
8.75" track width
2.5" center clearance
8.5" max height of cab

Bender Customs chassis set up 60/40
TLT-1 Axles locked diffs
Blackfoot stub shafts
Stampede trany w/Jato shafts, 120T 64P spur
55t Lathe Motor, 16t 64P pinion
HPI Geolander tires w/pie shape foams
Traxxas rims w/rock rings
2 wheel steering
5 oz of bb's in each tire


http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aaa.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aab.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aac.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aad.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aae.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aaf.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aag.sized.jpg

wow looks way better good job badger:-P :mrgreen:

Yeah you caught a early peep show. :lol:

Thanks.

well i like to stalk people:mrgreen:

Looks good man, but your tires on on backwards.

Dang! That's flippin' sweet!

Nice badger,Like the 1/2 cab mod nice and clean.

Got the shafts today,everything's a go,C ya tomorow.

Cant wait to beat it tomorow, I mean SEE it tomorow :flipoff: jk man, nice bronco... Can you say group picture? lol

Nice Work!
 

Once again you amaze me Badger! Of course I love the Bronco body (I'm running that too) Nice mod on the cab. Two thumbs and a big toe up! Phuckin sweet!:mrgreen:

I spy some Chemtool Carb cleaner AAAAAAAnd is that a Nylint chassis? Is yours broke too? Hahahaha;-)

Damn you Badger! I spent all night painting this one, and you beat me to the punch! I hate you :flipoff: I'm diggin' the halfcab, though. Nice touch.

Badger, looks much better, like the body mods, trimming and bumpers, great additions. Awesoime looking truck, I want to see the group pic today also! But man, when are you going to learn to spell?????

"TLT-1 Axels locked diffs" maybe try axles?:flipoff:

Looks awesome!! I like how scale it is, tires fit under the body nicely.

AWESOME!!! Maybe if I'm good Santa will bring me one for Christmas. Best scale Bronco to date in my honest opinion.

Wow ! Looks great! Awesome Job John!

I'm impressed. That's very cool rig. I dig the pre-runner style bumpers and the flat paint on the flairs.

Wow! Very nice work, looks really scale. Nice work on the body too! Are those Sprint wheels? How are the 64p gears holding up? Again, excelent work man! Get some action shots:D


-Destroyer

Looks great Badger, what can't Bender's chassis do:lol:

Sweet eye candies! nice detailing on both rigs!

microgoat,

i dig that orange, can you give me some info on it? I'm gettin ready to paint a motorcycle body and that's what I'm lookin fer.

thnx

120T Spur, that's just cool! Nice TLT Based crawler you got there!

Really well done. I think that is the most scale appearing rig yet!

very nice dude i like how scale it looks

hope you are bringing it to RCX badger!

Nice work mr. Badger sir. I really dig the bob tail (half cab) and the use of the Blackfoot stub axles to stuff the tires in the wells, great idea. Good work and great attention to detail:).

I will definitely be bringing it to RCX.

Thanks for all the complements guys.

I was really surprised on how well it performed at todays comp, I took 2nd place with it. I had absolutely no run time on the rocks before the comp, and the real surprising thing is I am not going to change one thing on it. I am going to drop it off at one of my LHS's to put on display tomorrow and pick it up shortly before next month's comp to hopefully get some more locals interested in rock crawling.

It will be at the same booth running side by side with the courier. Can't wait, rcx is gonna rock, at least for the 2 of us it will.:mrgreen:

Whats the half cab thing?

Well???:? :flipoff:

I have no idea what the sprint wheels are you are referring to and yes the 64P gears are holding up great. I was just browsing Tower and found those wheels and decided to try them.

Sorry, I meant Spirit. Are they these?

Thanks for the info!


-Destroyer

No they are actually these http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LXJJ72 . They look very similar to the ones you posted though, not sure if the specs are the same.

The EB looks great man, like the color scheme.

Mike

Badger,


First off, that is spectacular. I'm not a ford guy myself but that is nothing short of awesome. I have looked at those wheels for a long time but never could figure out how to get them mounted on the axles due to the wheels 5 bolt hub design. Maybe you could show us some pics of the inside face of the wheel by the hub? I would appreciate it.

Thanks.

I am not sure what your referring to regarding a 5 bolt hub design. :? These wheels have your standard + hub for the axle pin to slide into. I had to take the dremel to the wheel hubs because there is to much plastic around the hub when you tighten down your wheel nut the hub hit's the steering knuckle and prevents the wheel from spinning freely.

Here are some pics to better explain.

You can also see in these pics that I pulled the wheels out of the black tie WAY to early. :lol:

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aah.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aai.sized.jpg
http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/sc.../aak.sized.jpg

I'd hit it.

I fixed it for you.

Thanks for the pictures
I coulda swore those use the older tamiya hubs that were star shaped. I know you have seen em if you have ever bought 2.2 HPI wheels. Anyway it is irrelevant, thanks again.

Where is RCX?
anyplace close for Motorhome Hook up's?Just got Brandnew tires on it,So im just itchin to take it out:flipoff:

go to www.rcx.com and check it out. I am sure they are close, badger and I are camping in his new unimog radiobox, so I hope it ain't too far.:shock:

SWEET:shock: