Honcho lands down under

[MostlyBS]

Well because of Christmas & a postie strike it arrived a lil late but it's here

Dunno if it's the first in Australia but I'll bet it the first in The northern Territory

[Positronic]

Congrats, scaler should be fun up in N.T, my Auntie lives in Alice.

[QIK-RX4]

Got mine at 9am this mornin mate....... Townsville.

Tower Hobbies.....

[QIK-RX4]

All built... Just waiting on the running gear... Tekein 55t / FX-R, rc4wd 2 speed.

Cheers,
Rob.

[MostlyBS]

Sweet seems there are a few around oz.
I got mine through RPP since none of the local shop either knew what Axial was or called me back.

This is what she looked like last night


Had other things to do today so not running yet

[MostlyBS]

Hey i noticed your wheels are black, is that how they came in the box or have you painted them???

[Shadow Fox]

Originally Posted by MostlyBS

Hey i noticed your wheels are black, is that how they came in the box or have you painted them???

they come silver.

there's a way though to take the paint off...jsut not sure how he did it :-P

[bronco_trail_rig]

looking good. Love the color.

[quinn_thercdude]

LUCKY!! lol

[QIK-RX4]

I used Tamiya primer and black gloss....

Thanks for the comments guys.

[MostlyBS]

Ahhhh looks like I may have to match mine to the body aswell. The silver wheels just look funny.

I wired up the electrics yesterday but found my servo horn was hitting one of the front chassis braces.
So I decided to install the Hand Bro's steering kit. It seems to fit ok so far but I haven't really tested it fully yet

[JTank70]

looks good man.

Nice color choice, I just blasted mine in Gunmetal yesterday too.

I am also on the fence wether or not I like the chrome wheels.
I think even a regular silver color would look better then the bright chrome. Or maybe Black.

I thought about just hitting them with Tamiya Smoke paint to make it close to the gunmetal. The smoke paint that I have is polycarbonate paint though so it probably wouldn't stick though.

I have to go build some more on mine. Maybe I will do a build thread.

Yours looks really cool and the photo has motivated me to work faster!

Thanks for sharing.

[MostlyBS]

Took the Honcho out for a quick run to see how it handles.
Nothing to fancy just a quick run in the back yard.





I fitted the Pro-line Scale shocks & so far I'm not real impressed. Guess I'll work on them a lil more.



The Hand Bro's steering kit works ok. The drag link hits on the diff bracket so I can't get full travel on the left side.

I played around with the kit & ended up using one of the Axial bent rod ends that are used with the 3 link. Helped fix the problem a little.
I know Hand Bro's have a new bracket on the way & this will fix it.

Really like the RC4WD Rok Lox tires, When I fitted them I used the Pro-line foams from the kit tires as it felt a lot softer, even had a slight memory.

The Tekin FX-R Crawler combo withe the 35t motor seems ok so far. A bit jerky at low speeds & the reverse is stupid. I still have to play & research the settings yet.

I also used the servo mount as a quick battery mount.



I used the mounting post that hold the original battery tray up.
It's just a quick fix until I get some time to make up a new plate for the electronics

[rckid14]

Originally Posted by Shadow Fox

they come silver.

there's a way though to take the paint off...jsut not sure how he did it :-P

you can always sand blast the rims or scuff them done with a red scuff pad and prime them and then use a black gloss or flat black, whatever color i guess you want to use

[JTank70]

Man I'm tellin ya our trucks are going to look nearly Identical! I did my bed silver and truck gunmetal too. I'll try to put m "Axial" stickers in a different spot lol. My gas tank is going to get the Red stickers for now too.

Thanks for posting the new picks. I actually think the Chrome wheels look good with your(our) color scheme.

I like it a lot good job.

[MostlyBS]

I was going to go with a satin black but they were popping up everywhere in that colour.
So I still wanted a dark truck & Gun metal it is

[JTank70]

I was positive I was going gunmetal after I saw the "leaked" photo's before the release. I like the color a lot.

Seeing your Pics has gotten me motivated to finish mine up today. I have had it since wednesday night but have had a lot going on around here. We are getting a whopper of a snowstorm today through tomorrow. Good Excuse to stay in and build.

Only trouble is my body reamer & scissors are in the mail (first build).
If they don't show up today it will be monday or tuesday before I will get to it. I would just take the exacto to it but I think I am afraid of slipping.

[MostlyBS]

If you have the right tolls in the mail then I'd wait till they arrive.
Worst thing is when you stuff up a body on the last step

[QIK-RX4]

Could you tell me what lipo your running in the pics? It looks very compact in size.

[MostlyBS]

The Lipo came with my AX-10.

All I know is what's written on it.