Barbies Jeep Rubicon?

[70duncan]

Well, I have been gathering parts for a build for my wife for a while now.

Crawler Graphics Custom painted Jeep Link http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174804
Axial SCX-10 scale chassis
3racing winch
Tekin FXR
Tekin 35t motor
14t pinion
2200mah 3s 20c Lipo
CC BEC for steering
CC Bec for winch
2.2 Axial wheels
2.2 Losi Rock Carvers with memory foam

And some Delrin rod and sheets for misc parts.


First off the wheel base of the chassis did not match the body, so I used 5/16" Delrin rod to make the wheel base a little longer.

I won't bore you guys the the basic part of this build, because it has been covered several times.

Now that the wheel base was right, it needed to mount the body.
First off, this chassis was never inteded for a body of this size.
No big deal, that is the fun of building a scaler. I tried the velcro method and it did not work according plan . I couldn't make the front velcro mount stay stuck to the body because of the metal flake that was used in the paint. So I had to go with the body posts. Here a couple of picts to show what I came up with.





The extra holes were from trying different attachment points.

[70duncan]

I had to ditch the Axial shocks. They wouldn't let the rig flex right with the body choice. So I made some out of Traxxas shocks. I just removed the stock spring and added a spring from my Harber fright bin, and cut off the top tab of the shock, then used a bolt to mount the axial rod end on top. You can see the end product in the above picture.

Next I had to make a spot to mount the winch and front bumper. It ended up fitting perfectly. You can see how I notched out the hole to match the stock axial bracket. I also made a rounded notch to help clear the servo horn.

[70duncan]

Next is the mounting bracket for the winch and electronics box.
The electronics box is from radio shack. It is going to house the ESC,2 BECs, winch controller, and RX. It was a very tight fit, but I got it done.









The 2 releaf holes are for the rolers on the winch mount. This way I could keep the winch back far enough to not damage the rollers.

[70duncan]

Here a couple of picts with all the electronic mounted and the battery location. I left the rear battery mounting plate on for now. Not sure what for:?. But I will remove it after some crawling. I want to see how it handles first.

[70duncan]

Here are some body shots. It will take me a while to make the bumpers and rock sliders. But I will post up when I start making some progress.

Let me know how it is looking so far.

[DrunkDriver]

Nice! Love that paint !