Ext Cab Hilux Honcho w/ Steel Bed

[eemmaaxxxx]

Nice styrene work! What kind of filler do you use?? Nice colour choice too.

[slobin3d]

Originally Posted by Tanis

When you move the sliders forward, also tuck them up and closer to the frame, that'll look sweet. Nice work so far, cab looks tight
Are you going to add any extra reinforcing to the cab back, since the cage mounts to it?

Already did, pics will be up in a bit, I'm also looking to trim the bumper to narrow it up too. I'm not going to mount the cage to the Cab, I'm going to let them float, and have separate mounts. I'm going to secure the cage to the X brace on the chassis and not use the shock tower mounts

Originally Posted by kaetwo

WOW

That turned out really well. It's good to see someone doing something different with the Honcho for once.

Well done!!!

Thanks Brett, I promise I won't sell it until at least next week

Originally Posted by pardonmyn00b

Way to stand out from the crowd. Looks good.

Hey thanks

Originally Posted by montana.matt

I have a set of red leafs sitting here that I don't plan on using. PM me if you want them

Will do

Originally Posted by ceejay21

@slobin3d, great looking rig, sweet work on the cab!
How long before we can see some shots of it out running?

Sooner then later. Probably by the weekend.

Originally Posted by big bronco

the cab came out great! awsome work!

Thanks

Originally Posted by eemmaaxxxx

Nice styrene work! What kind of filler do you use?? Nice colour choice too.

Thanks, I picked up a tube of the bondo pin hole filler, its premixed in a squeeze tube and takes about 20 minutes to setup

[montana.matt]

Originally Posted by slobin3d

I promise I won't sell it until at least next week

[slobin3d]

Well I got most the LED's wired up, the bumper trimmed and replaced the Roller fairlead with a MSD fairlead which we have several of in stock and that helped out the looks of the front a bit, I also trimmed a bit more under the grill so I can bring whats left of the bumper back another notch. I also fabbed up a front battery mount/Body mount so I can start to button this thing up. I'll post pics tomorrow of what everything looks like but for now I'm getting the 3rd degree from the wife so I'm o......

[slobin3d]

Photo update time Got most of the LED's hooked up, I'm using the 3racing controller and I picked up a few of the axial led's and found out that the 5 string kit doesn't work with the 3racing setup.......... (In my best Tim Taylor voice grunt grunt) So I rewired it! I'm up to 9 LED's on the chassis and will have 6 more on the body when it's done, for a grand total of 15. Got the Bumper trimmed up and finished off, narrowed up the rock rails and finished up.

On to the pics

[A DOG]

Awesome looking rig man. That body looks damn straight with the Ex Cab. Cant wait to get mine together!!

[slobin3d]

Update time

I got a package from MontanaMatt yesterday and in it was a set of Rcbro leaf spring kits, and some rc4wd leafs, So I went to town tearing apart the stock 3link in back and went to figuring out how to make the leafs work. The stock Leaf kit's shackles wont work with the rear bumper installed so I used the original ones to make a template for some dog leg shackle out of 3/32 aluminum. Once that was done I could install the front mount. I removed the rear shock towers for a bit to gain a bit of access while I tinker and they will go back on when I'm done.

I got the Body mounted today as well, I used a front post off the tamiya High lift kit, and the slide in body posts that came with the honcho kit. I used 2 of the screw down body post holders and ran a screw through the the rock slider mount up, then used a spacer then the screw on body post. On the rear cage I used the 2 holes that are already in the rear X brace in the chassis and lined it up with the X brace on the tube bed and drilled through the bed and screwed the bed to the chassis brace. for now it seems plenty strong, If it gets to be weak I'll add supports.

Pics

[slobin3d]

To do list

BEC
Finish LED's
Finish rear window
Reinstall rear shocks
tear evarything down,
Paint everything that isn't black, black
shave off servo mount posts
touch up paint
install stickers
Wheel the PISS out of it

[sloyota]

nice rig

[montana.matt]

Turned out really nice Aaron
It's inspiring me to get started on my Honcho

[XSRCdesign]

Dam Aaron, look at you go!

looks like the paint and body turned out great

[slobin3d]

Originally Posted by sloyota

nice rig

Hey thanks

Originally Posted by montana.matt

Turned out really nice Aaron
It's inspiring me to get started on my Honcho

Get crackin!

Originally Posted by exesivefire

Dam Aaron, look at you go!

looks like the paint and body turned out great

Yup, pulled one out of left field

[montana.matt]

Originally Posted by slobin3d

Get crackin!

Gonna wait and see what the Scale Nats. spec class is first

[bradabolics]

sweet "honcho" another idea for the sliders that I did on mine...cut out the flat piece on the bottom (with the circles in it) so they are just the "tube"...truck looks good, thinkin bout leafin my rear soon...

[slobin3d]

thought I'd throw out a couple pictures of it naked, so you can see my body mounts, the radio placement all that good stuff

Specs are

3s 2100 thunderpower
FX/R
Integy 45t
Losi 2.4 RX with the case off
645 mg for now
3 racing led controller

Soon to have a CC BEC


Pics

[slobin3d]

You can't really see it in the pictures but the seams of the splice were visable through the paint, and some of the old body lines were too, It was bugging me so I sanded the joint area down and re-fillered it. I Used the foam pad sanders for the first go around and I think there just a bit to soft for this, they countout to the shape and enhance it instead of flattening it out, so this time i'm going to sand with a rigid block and see what that nets me.

[A DOG]

Great job on body mounts man. You can see the ex cab lines but im sure you can smoooth that out a bit. Good inspiration for my build to come.

[XSRCdesign]

Oh man, here we go again..

[slobin3d]

Originally Posted by exesivefire

Oh man, here we go again..

Whatcha talkin bout Willis?

[slobin3d]

Mmm Bondo buggers! that is all......