89Rotary Pathfinder/Honcho Build Thread

[89rotary]

Alright, so i'm new, and i'm new to Crawling. lol my Good Friend Tom (on this forum with his XJ and Comanchee) got me into it, as well as my uncle. Tom has been trying to get me into it and i've wanted to, but kept putting it off. then i went and visted my uncle, and he let me drive his wraith...... well i climbed his front steps and i was hooked.... i needed a rig NOW. lol. so i went out and purchased a Honcho RTR.





So, i'm new... lol i'm not a 4x4 enthusist per say, i'm actually a AutoX, Drift, and Time Attack Fiend. lol so my knowledge is very limited. BUT i'm starting to enjoy crawling (RC and 1:1 lol) i own a 1995 Pathfinder, and plan to get the RC4wd T-Finder Body to run to make a "mini-Me" of my real pathfinder ^_^

so Hope you guys can enjoy my flare i add, and won't make too much fun on me lol

[89rotary]

Alright, so today i Ordered my Pathfinder body ^_^ super stoked about that! and modded my Side Rails, and Front Bumper. once i get my new shell on i'll make things look alot more real. mostly just doing little things for now. i used my Butane Cutting tool and plan to sand the edges but for now i'm happy with how it turned out. gettin there! ^_^ still gotta get ready to order new Steering Links and Control arms.

Pics!!!







*** Credit to the Original Designers of each "Mod" i seen both these in build threads, cannot remember who did what lol. ***

[CodesEmpire]

This will be cool to see what you do with this. Keep up the great job here.

[89rotary]

Originally Posted by CodesEmpire

This will be cool to see what you do with this. Keep up the great job here.

Thanks ^_^ i'll try and not dissappoint.

heres my 1:1 rig, i'll be getting as close as i can to looking like it. ^_^

[XcrawlerkidX]

rtr's are a good start. had one myself and beat the guts right out of it and still worked.hahaha. like the pathfinder idea. love the pathfinders. my dad had 95 as well a few years back. tough little buggies. heres a picture of his, hope ya dont mind me puttin it on youre thread.

[89rotary]

Originally Posted by XcrawlerkidX

rtr's are a good start. had one myself and beat the guts right out of it and still worked.hahaha. like the pathfinder idea. love the pathfinders. my dad had 95 as well a few years back. tough little buggies. heres a picture of his, hope ya dont mind me puttin it on youre thread.

Nah I don't mind at all lol. I used to own a 92 Pathy, and I was surprised just how well they actually do off Road. Went out one day with Tom94xj and a bunch of jeep guys for some 1:1 crawling and couple of the guys brought their scales up. That's actually what got me started.


One of the main reasons I went RTR rather than kit, was A: I wanted it now.... B: got a killer deal on this one C: did some looking and found that it was actually cheaper to go this route (assuming all electronic parts were purchased brand new)... oh and D: I already am building a Tamiya TT01E drift chassis. Lol which I've made look like my 1:1 rx7 lol


1st question, looking on rc4wd and trying to order steering links. Looks like they sell a bunch of different length links? And joints? Do I need to measure mine and order from their? Or am I may a newbie and the different sizes are control arm links vs steering links lol


Actually Here's a picture of both my 1:1 Rigs lol and then a blurry of my 1:10 lol

[89rotary]

well, Just Ordered my Integgy (not sure if thats spelt right... lol) Steering Knuckles, and Steering Shafts ^_^ man can't wait!!


this R/C Stuff is addicting.....

[iFrog]

It is online the beginning hahaha however it's a lot of fun

[XcrawlerkidX]

they do pretty good off road. my dad just had firestone destanation a/t's and that picture was wheelin a few years back with a jeep group who had lifts and big tires. got stuck more then the jeeps did but still had a blast

[autonomous]

Originally Posted by 89rotary

Actually Here's a picture of both my 1:1 Rigs lol and then a blurry of my 1:10 lol

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That a white silvia s13 in the background? I dig the mix of drive and crawl

[89rotary]

Originally Posted by autonomous

That a white silvia s13 in the background? I dig the mix of drive and crawl

Is actually my buddies s14 lol we were washing cars. I needed to wash my fc so I towed it. It's not Street legal, and also not tuned yet lol

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[89rotary]

So, my pathfinder body came in today. started cutting and preparing the body. Big surprise in store ^_^


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[89rotary]

Alright, so with Tom's guidance, lol I checked my parts tree and bam! Rear Mount. Now my Pathfinder body is mounted. Getting ready for paint tomorrow. Super excited to get moving on this. Already loving the way it looks.




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[89rotary]

Annnna Progress. Painted up the bodies today. So here's the run down. One body, is all pretty and stickered up right, and painted correctly. The other body, I painted a hammered bronze to simulate rust. And then painted the outside of the body work the body color. So add the body scratches the rusty will show ^_^ I'm excited to head over to tom's soon to run his course. (Toms paint idea also lol)








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[Tom95YJ]

You need to update this ! I had a blast running my course with us. Your honcho made me but another set of ripsaws and ditch my rock crushers

[89rotary]

Here's an update, installed my integgy knuckles and steering links mmmmm aluminum


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[Tom95YJ]

We gotta get out and crawl again.


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