New Honcho / Hilux with extra added shizzle n' pop

[SLASHPEDE]

new exhaust looks good! old one was waay to old to be on a shiny new honcho like that.

good job man

[Neeley]

Thanks for the nice comments fellas...

Well it's long overdue for an update, Haven't done a lot to it over the winter but it's almost completed the way I want it now.

Changed the pain job slightly by adding some gunmetal gray to the top and made a new bumper.




































At this point the bumper needed a lot of tidying up and filling with aluminium weld.

[Anthony Adams]

Loving the new paint and the bumper looks great. Just curios if you could mount it a little closer to the body to help with your approach angle?

[Neeley]

Originally Posted by murky123

that is a very nice exhaust.!!
can you make me one?

Use durafix and make your own, it's not that tricky when you get the hang of using the stuff.

Originally Posted by patrick21x

Very Nice, i am looking to get my Girl a honcho right now.

Thanks man, but don't you mean you're getting one for yourself and you might let her have a go?

Originally Posted by Huntweiss

Where would I get a chain saw and the scale sized rope and chans and hooking chains.

The chainsaw is actually a usb flashdrive I found on ebay. Sprayed it up to make it look used.

Originally Posted by SLASHPEDE

new exhaust looks good! old one was waay to old to be on a shiny new honcho like that.

Thanks man, my thoughts exactly.





good job man

Originally Posted by Anthony Adams

Loving the new paint and the bumper looks great. Just curios if you could mount it a little closer to the body to help with your approach angle?

That's something I hadn't thought of until you mentioned it. It's going to be tricky to alter it now but you're right. I'm on it.

[Neeley]

How's that?

I think it looks miles better now it's further back.

[Anthony Adams]

Oh yea man, that looks awesome! Great work!

[Neeley]

Thanks Anthony.

Just thought I would show a few pics of the electronics, there housed in a small waterproof food container. The yellow thing is the relay for part of the light system. The brake (stop and tail) controller has been dipped in plasti-dip and glued inside the body shell.

[2500hdon37s]

the bumper looks a lot better when closer to the body, but it looks funny becuase the stinger tube is too big IMO.

[Neeley]

Originally Posted by 2500hdon37s

the bumper looks a lot better when closer to the body, but it looks funny becuase the stinger tube is too big IMO.

What's a stinger tube buddy? I'm no expert or anything, I was trying to make it look rugged and to be strong. Are the proportions wrong?

[2500hdon37s]

Originally Posted by Neeley

What's a stinger tube buddy? I'm no expert or anything, I was trying to make it look rugged and to be strong. Are the proportions wrong?

the tube on your front bumper that comes to a point, the tube is too large. looks like somebody running a 6-8in tube stinger on a 1:1, and they usualy dont use anything over 2in. it doesnt look too bad because of the plastic tube cage, but just doesnt look right

[VintageCopal]

I really like your front bumper! It looks really good! I also really love the exhaust! I hope to see a lot more added to this because this is awesome!

[Neeley]

Thanks guys I appreciate the comments.

Finally..... A proper video is up, hope you like it....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sad26XK4qs

[JeepNJason]

Very, very nice looking honcho and vid!!!

[Neeley]

[Walter95]

Great truck and funny video!

[T Bone 347]

How come I haven't seen this vid yet, reminds me of the 'fainting goats!'
Seems top heavy or maybe stiff suspension....? Is it tipping like that or was not as bad as it seems in the video?

[northernerbill]

Alright mate, just a few miles south of you in Brighton. Rigs coming on great.

Not sure if you've been on

London Scale Trail Runners - Scale 4x4 R/C Forums

But they are London based club, if you ever come down Brighton for a day on the beach just holler there is a few of us here.

(ps the rubber o rings on your roof bars are meant to be on the inside lol)

[Neeley]

Originally Posted by T Bone 347

How come I haven't seen this vid yet, reminds me of the 'fainting goats!'
Seems top heavy or maybe stiff suspension....? Is it tipping like that or was not as bad as it seems in the video?

Lol.... Not top heavy, I made the mistake of setting up the camera to view the rig looking horizontal, when infact some of the angles were really steep.

Originally Posted by northernerbill

Alright mate, just a few miles south of you in Brighton. Rigs coming on great.

Not sure if you've been on

London Scale Trail Runners - Scale 4x4 R/C Forums

But they are London based club, if you ever come down Brighton for a day on the beach just holler there is a few of us here.

(ps the rubber o rings on your roof bars are meant to be on the inside lol)

Yeah I came to the last one in Epping, (my first time with the club) great bunch of fellas.




Well it's all changed now, I changed the honcho body for a hilux. Never liked the look of the honcho anyway.

[Titus]

Bugger me that is damn awesome!!!! Miles better than the honcho body. Paint scheme is fantastic! Scale bits are on the mark too. Yet another fine example of a scale yota. Brilliant work sir. keep the updates coming.
Viva le hilux!

Cheers
T

[Neeley]