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01-12-2010, 01:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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|  My Honcho build
I recently sold my Tamiya based Toyota truck scaler because I was wanting something a little different. I like the quality of Axial kits and really liked the truggy look so I went with the Honcho kit. It really is a nice kit and comes with a great instruction manual. It took me a few hours to put the chassis and drive train together. I opted to mount the steering to the frame instead of the axle like the instructions show. I dont like seeing the steering servo on the axle when it comes to scaler type builds. Mounting the steering servo tot he frame is real easy to do. I may do a write on this soon. There is a kit out there to do it also but why pay for something when you already have 90% of the parts in the Axial kit. Other than the steering, wheels(Mayhem), and tires(RC4WD Rok Lox) it is pretty much stock. I left the suspension geometry alone for now till I have time to add four link suspension. It has been a lot of fun to drive and performs very well. On to the pics.           |
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01-12-2010, 01:47 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mission Viejo
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Very nice truck. One of the best ones I've seen so far!!!
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01-12-2010, 02:24 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Warwick
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I agree  Nice Honcho!
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01-12-2010, 04:53 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Ohio
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nice pics and scenery .... and NICE TRUCK!
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01-12-2010, 05:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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verry nice only thing id change is the upper part of the "black junk yard door" its sliver when the rest of the door is black!
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01-12-2010, 06:52 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Area
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"Mounting the steering servo tot he frame is real easy to do. I may do a write on this soon." Please do!
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01-12-2010, 07:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Livermore, CA
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I dig the beadlock wheels and the rcwd hubs. Looks scaler! |
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01-14-2010, 08:17 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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Sorry, I have not had time to take pics yet but here is how I did it. You use the servo plate that is normally mounted on the axle. There are 3 holes on it besides the ones you use to mount the servo. The two holes that are across from each other are the perfect distance apart and line up to some holes on the drivers side frame rail. You will have to mod one of the cross braces by cutting it in half and just mounting that cross brace to the passenger side. The hole left open now on the drivers side is where you line up what would be the front hole of the servo plate, the back hole would line up with the front hole of the shock hoop bolt. This may sound confusing and I am sure pictures would clear it up. I will try to take some pics soon to show you how easy it is to do on your own. | |
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02-17-2010, 10:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV
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looking good, i like the wheels!
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02-18-2010, 05:31 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: spring hill
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man that place looks great for crawling |
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02-18-2010, 06:16 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bradenton
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02-18-2010, 06:23 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pocatello
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Very nice pics and great choice of rims and tires.
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02-18-2010, 08:45 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Winnipeg
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Agreed!
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02-18-2010, 08:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: florida
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Very nice indeed! and I wish I lived near some of the rocks!:?
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02-18-2010, 09:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Prescott
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Yea, we have miles of rocks like that. It is a whoping 5 minutes from my house. Checkout out the video on our site HERE along with all the pics. Yea, us NARCCA guys are totally spoiled.  | ||
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02-18-2010, 09:40 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern, IN
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like it! i'm also interested in seeing the servo mount pics |
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02-20-2010, 01:30 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chapin, South Carolina
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Cool crawl spot. Need somthing like that here... |
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