Axial SCX10 Jeep Chero-Manche

[pobrockcrawler]

Well here is another reincarnation of my SCX10, and to me, my favorite. As the title says it's a Jeep Cherokee in tamiya gun metal with a 11.8 inch (300mm) wheelbase. Still need to do bits to it like make bumpers and sliders and possibly some lights and an interior.

Previous build: Axial scx10 73 bronco



Body details


Decided to leave the grill decals off as i painted the grill area jet black so having shiny decals on it would look weird


Chassis layout: Put the rear shock towers in the dingo location and put the battery behind the transmission


I also replaced the majority of the hardware with some nice stainless stuff which doesn't round


Articulation


Front tire tuck


New pro-line scaler shocks (95mm), butter smooth and don't leak


To come: Replace the 30wt oil in the shocks with some Team Associated 40wt (made by Lucas Oil )


Spec list:
-Novac 35t with rooster crawler esc
-Savox digital sc 1256tg
-25t aluminium servo horn
-Spectrum radio gear, 2 channel
-3 racing driveshafts
-3 racing steering knuckles
-Axial c-hubs
-Axial uninersal shafts
-1.9 pro-line tsl
-1.9 pro-line titus wheels, weighted on the fronts
-Pro-line Jeep Cherokee body for crawlers
-Pro-line scaler shocks
-4000mh stick pack
-Homemade aluminium links

Thats it for now, tell me what you think, comments are appreciated and feel free to ask any questions






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[T I N Y]

Nice simple but cleanly done paint. I like it!

[pobrockcrawler]

Originally Posted by T I N Y

Nice simple but cleanly done paint. I like it!

Thanks man, I've always wanted a gun metal body and added the black where it was needed, grill, roof bars and rear number plate trim

[T I N Y]

You ever thought about painting some details on the outside of the body? Like the rear bumper and grill in silver. Then hand paint the door handles too.

[xjmachine]

sweet cherokee man, looks really good with the flairs cut off.

[pobrockcrawler]

Originally Posted by T I N Y

You ever thought about painting some details on the outside of the body? Like the rear bumper and grill in silver. Then hand paint the door handles too.

I have, but if I do anymore detail on the truck it will be black, to keep simple, and for the bumper, well that will be removed when I start making some tube bumpers. Thanks for some suggestions though

Originally Posted by xjmachine

sweet cherokee man, looks really good with the flairs cut off.

Cheers man, If I didn't cut the arches the body would have to be sky high to clear the tires haha, It looks much better anyway!

[MCW24]

Very nice color, I have the rokee body as well but mines way beat. Guy i bought it off of made some really cool head and taillight buckets.

[Tom95YJ]

Looks great ! I am thinking about picking up another SCX10 and XJ body for my Son to use

[Johnnysplits]

Lose that tamiya connector!!! Wouldn't be a bad idea to lose the nimh battery either.

[kaneohecrawler]

Is this the larger version body? Mine at under 12" wb is stretched. Urs seems spot on.

[pobrockcrawler]

Originally Posted by MCW24

Very nice color, I have the rokee body as well but mines way beat. Guy i bought it off of made some really cool head and taillight buckets.

Thank you, the cherokee has to be one of the best lexan bodies.

Originally Posted by Tom95YJ

Looks great ! I am thinking about picking up another SCX10 and XJ body for my Son to use

Thanks, that sounds cool.

Originally Posted by Johnnysplits

Lose that tamiya connector!!! Wouldn't be a bad idea to lose the nimh battery either.

Yep, the tamiya connectors will be replaced with deans connectors. Being 17 years old, at college in full time education and funding for driving, I can't really afford to go to lipo's just yet, it will be done though.

Originally Posted by kaneohecrawler

Is this the larger version body? Mine at under 12" wb is stretched. Urs seems spot on.

This is the 'smaller version'. The wb is 300mm and assuming an inch is 25mm, the wb is 12 inch, however I done a google search to convert 300mm into inches and the actual wb is 11.8 inches, so thanks for spotting that and I have since changed the op.

[pobrockcrawler]

Rebuilt the shocks with the 40wt oil, much better, more dampening







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[pobrockcrawler]

Finally some decent weather in England so I took my truck out for a whole 2 hours, got a lot of photos

























Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed these pictures, next on the list is some tube bumpers, new drive shafts and new axle lockers



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[Robs07junk]

Awesome Looking Rig Dude !

[pobrockcrawler]

Originally Posted by Robs07junk

Awesome Looking Rig Dude !

Originally Posted by hookem1

Looks good!

Thanks guys, shes getting there haha



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[pobrockcrawler]

Took the truck out today, lovely sunny weather.

Here are the pictures





My favorite picture








Thanks for looking, I might be brazing some bumpers later on this week so keep an eye out if i do haha

[pobrockcrawler]

Stripped down ready for new lockers and driveshafts

[pobrockcrawler]

New parts came in yesterday, took a while because the drive shafts weren't in stock, but anywho, got it all put back together when I got home from college yesterday and also did a couple other things to the truck. I sprayed the axle housing (hard to tell in the pictures), sprayed the wheel arches, removed the rear bumper and mounted the hi-lift jack on the back like I did on my Bronco.

Pictures



axles assembled




Hi-lift jack mounted up




Nice and black


Rear drive shaft


Front drive shaft


Few mandatory flex pictures




Thanks for looking, if you have any questions about the truck I am more than happy to answer.

[pobrockcrawler]

I made a log/rock climb going up the steps in my back garden today to really test the capabilities of the Cherokee. I'm super impressed in the way it's handling at the moment. I get some pictures up in the next couple of days and maybe some video.

Thanks.

[pobrockcrawler]

Pictures













Video: video-2014-04-01-15-54-33_zpsfe772bd1.mp4 Video by pobrockcrawler | Photobucket

Very happy with the truck, now that most of the maintenance stuff is done, I thinks it's time to start making bumpers, just need to get the material and a tube bender. This will be my first time brazing so I can't wait for that