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Nvghostrider 06-13-2012 09:16 PM

Long time lurker, first time posting
 
First scaler I found on Craigslist yesterday. It's already been worked on for hours and has about 6 packs on it since yesterday. More to follow.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-19-40_625.jpg

Mr.Joshua 06-13-2012 09:50 PM

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Man what a rust bucket...looks awesome! That's a lot of packs in 24 hours, too much fun eh?
I lurked a long time and ended up scoring a rig on Craigslist too, welcome to the addiction"thumbsup"

Nvghostrider 06-13-2012 09:50 PM

I've played with a few types of models but this is quickly becoming my favorite. Pulled apart my creeper today and some of the gears are shot. Darn. Plenty of parts for a 2.2 scaler. That just sucks,
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-20-37_477.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...9-20-44_93.jpg

ADD: these are pics yesterday afternoon before the late night work session.

Truck came as painted. I loved the rusty metal look but it was backed by some odd black paint that flaked horribly.
Specs: SCX 10 kit truck, aluminum links (3 not 4), stock trans/axles/drive axles, Traxxas 27 MHz 2 channel transmitter with matching receiver, Futaba 3305 servo, Novak Rooster ESC with 55 turn motor, stock battery tray and radio locations, several NiMh batts reconditioned at Batteries Plus including one built by the previous owner.

Initially I debated on leaving it as is until I could take a bundle of ones and fives to CKRC. On the way home I dropped by the shop and bought two things. TWO THINGS! One was a CKRC aluminum servo arm and the other some 40 weight shock fluid. Of course I could have spent more but with forty bucks in my pocket and a rumbly in my tumbly that's all that I felt necessary. After the hour drive home and scarfing on some Popeyes Chicken it was game on.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-20-29_112.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-21-31_107.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-21-58_459.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-08-52_207.jpg
Changes:
Relocated battery tray assembly to the front after removing second crossmember on the front of the chassis. The crossmember was obstructing front axle travel via the steering servo. The radio box was lowered slightly and the battery tray assembly was secured on top. I tend to Velcro and zip tie electronics due to bad experiences with double sided tape. ESC was dangerously close to the front drive axle so it had to be moved. I'm still using the NiMh batts since the can get wet with little worry but a few smaller lipos may be in order. Paint is just some Krylon Ultra Flat Black Fusion paint. Looking back I wish I would have dusted the black on and kept some of the metal/rust color. 3am is not polite to artistic views. Aside from shimming the links a little to square up the stance and articulation I threw on some beadlocked RC4WD TSL Boggers because they look cool. The body was pretty well thrashed so some trimming was done to prevent further snags and tears. Tore down my Creeper this afternoon. It's been catching oddly when I drove it and it had a 45 turn Novak in it which is now in the SCX. I've been looking to transform the Creeper so it may be donating vital parts to a 2.2 scaler in the near future. Since the motor was coming out I figured now was the time to start with the water resisting step. Tore apart the tranny and it was moderately coated around the bearings with marine grease. Not sure about the other tranny gear but hardened outdrives will be installed in the near future.

Soulo747 06-13-2012 10:04 PM

Welcome to your new addiction. This sh*t makes heroin look like bubble gum.

meatmonkey 06-14-2012 03:52 PM

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The steel outdrives are a must. The two plastic trans gears are rather robust, especially if your let the slipper work. If you stick with the plastic Traxxas shafts you'll likely never get a chance to strip the trans gears.

Took me a year to strip out the idler, and then it was in with Robinsons one piece lower and idler gears.

Welcome to THE addiction. I have fleet of RC cars, but the SCX sees more use and abuse than any of the rest.

The CF100 body looks good with the high clearanced rockers and flat black. Mines half black.

http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/...sRandom199.jpg


You'll like the 40 weight oil with the extra weight of that Nimh.

You can prolong the life of the plastic knuckles by making a tie bar out of plate steel or aluminum with two holes drilled in it to connect the upper kingpin bolt to the tie rod/drag link bolt. I made mine out of a Blitz front tie bar, just cut down and opened up one of the holes. Use a washer and grease on the upper kingping bolt and only snug the bolt to where you can't easily rotate the washer.

Lipo's don't need any special preparation before dunking them. I've been regularly submerging Turnigy 5000mah 20C 2s packs for almost a year now.

If you plan on playing submarine it's worth your while to round up some small 3 or 4mm setscrews and drill holes in the axle and trans cases. Then you can pump them full of grease with a regular needle fitting on a grease gun.

Levesque87 06-14-2012 04:18 PM

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When I first bought my Dingo, I thought it was going to be a truck to use when all my nitros where broken, or I was out of fuel. Ive sold every nitro truck and the Dingo is the best truck Ive ever owned. I use mine for a trail truck and enjoy it. Welcome, I found this site is like the dictionary for crawlers and very helpfully people.

Nvghostrider 06-14-2012 10:10 PM

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Got the Creeper up today but there is still some odd binding in the front bearing. Gonna ride it til it dies then replacing the tranny with an Axial one and switching to a metal tube chassis if not switch it to an SCX chassis all together. On the way home today I saw an early 70s long bed Chevy on a trailer and would love to see it in the stable.

The height Boggers have over the Flat Irons is astounding. Im hoping to get a new body soon but I'm going to wait on getting too in depth with the scale work until I have another to cycle out driving and working on. The current body may end up chopped and bobbed around a crawler cage. With it's curves and tattered edges it should fit well.

Thanks for all the tips. I think I like the added weight of the NiHm adds to the scale feel that is oh so appealing. The Creeper is setup with a Sidewinder and 55 turn Novak on 3s. The Axial tranny that goes into it will definitely be getting hardened gears before it runs. With the weight of the massive 2.2s pushed by CKRC drivelines I'm sure the stock gears would get destroyed. As for this truck I've had very little issues in that aspect. I do plan on gluing some dowels or thick metal wire into the stock drivelines for rigidity but the scale style wheel spin and lack of breakage issues are more than welcome.

Gotta get to geasing and dipping tomorrow. I'd love to get mud sometime next week. Tomorrow we are off to Developers Dunes, a bundle of dirt and gravel hills in the undeveloped portion of our neigborhood. Maybe this weekend Rattlesnake Hill. It is a prehistoric volcanic hill just down the street. The pit I drive in offers so many different terrain variances that I have to take someone with me otherwise I'd stay there until dark. Pics and hopefully vids to follow. This has been such an amazing site to visit, it's too bad there aren't more locals involved in crawling/scaling.

Nvghostrider 06-15-2012 01:03 PM

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Got to play down the block today. Only got a handful of pics but took some video. Now I gotta remember how to upload the Flip to YouTube...

Nvghostrider 06-15-2012 11:56 PM

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Pickup vid first - YouTube

Nvghostrider 06-16-2012 02:24 PM

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Still experimenting with it all. Desperately need a grip pod and tripod and Flipshare is not cutting it due to clashing Mac issues. I'd love to do some editing of the footage. On the way back to the truck there was an awesome sand bank I had to try. Got about a foot up and was buried almost to the top of the Boggers before I got no response from the motor. Steering worked so after getting back to the truck I found the drivetrain bound something fierce. After packing up the family I got home and pulled off the pinion gear. Drivetrain spun freely but motor seized. Figured on rinsing before panicking paid off. The motor must have had a quarter teaspoon of sand in it and a nice black carbon ring around the water bowl was a prime indicator of something that probably should have been done long ago. After some swishing and wet runs in the bowl the 45 turn was as good as before. Just wish I'd gotten a pic of the sandy carbon ringed bowl.

Nvghostrider 06-20-2012 03:14 AM

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From a few days ago. Some slight changes since then.
SCX10 Vids First Set - YouTube

Nvghostrider 06-20-2012 08:10 AM

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Took this set of vids yesterday. Looks like I have some broken Photobucket links. Yay...

SCX10 Vids June 19 2012 - YouTube

ZackMicF 06-20-2012 05:11 PM

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nice truck !!!

well have to rc wheeling sometime!!!

i noticed your name on here from Reno4x4 and what do you know, same person!!

Nvghostrider 06-20-2012 10:21 PM

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Yup. Haven't heard much from locals here. The only people I heard meeting to trail/crawl were guys from CKRC last week when I was in the shop. Definitely looking to get out with like minded (crazy, obsessive, fanatic) people to run my stuff. Should have waterproofing done before the 4th of July.

Nvghostrider 06-22-2012 10:17 AM

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Junk rich and cash poor but in need of a bumper. Used stuff from the extra parts bag, 1/8 scale body clips and zip ties for mockup, and a good old Bic left over from years ago when I still smoked.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-27-59_382.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-28-08_702.jpg
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-20-42_505.jpg
Screwed on. Figuring I'm cutting and grinding on it eventually but it seems to be keeping the front of the body from the constant hammering.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-19-45_468.jpg

Nvghostrider 06-27-2012 02:12 PM

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One of my favorites from last week.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...-20-03_225.jpg

Jus 06-27-2012 09:56 PM

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And here I thought I was the only one that still used that body... I love it. I hope I can find another when this one finally has had enough.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...d/DSC01803.jpg

"thumbsup"

Nvghostrider 06-28-2012 12:32 AM

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Mines on the ragged edge of scrap. Not sure what I'll switch to but mid 50s Fords have always been my favorites. I'm thinking this one will end up on a 2.2 tuber project. Amain still has the 50s Chevy body in the off road truck section or some such.

CrawlinMike 06-28-2012 01:01 AM

Just finished this and still have one new and clear as well. http://img.tapatalk.com/3267ea99-0151-24b3.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/3267ea99-016e-c188.jpg
They still get used.

Nvghostrider 06-28-2012 08:26 AM

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Wow. Both trucks look great.


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