My Axial SCX10 Deadbolt Build - New to the Hobby

[Wade]

Looks great....two thumbs up

[JBHardwear]

Wow great job Nathan!!!

That Grill Tho!!

[TAT76]

I think the best part about your build is your having fun and it shows in your posts.. Keep it up..

[amsarge]

Great rig! Thanks for some good ideas for my Deadbolt.

[Ubergoober]

Very nice looking rig, you did a great job. What tail lights are those?

Originally Posted by NathanGilmer

Hey guys. I am extremely new to the hobby of Scale Crawling. My dad bought me an Axial Deadbolt a couple months ago and I love it. I think the body is actually pretty cool, it just needed some work to really make it great.

This is my current build, I will update as continue to improve it. It is also my first build so it is far from perfect, but I am having such a good time with it. It looks pretty great from about 5 feet away.

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I added a 3D printed grill to try and make it look more like a real car. I also used the light bucket tree from Axial and a cheap lighting kit. I added the SSD winch bumper and a Warn Winch for recovery and protection.





I added the Knight Customs 3D printed Snorkel on the hood. These are great products.



Added a custom mesh roof made with some kind of needle work thing I found at the hobby store.



A few scale accessories.





Rear bumper all from SSD and exhaust from Knight customs. Door handles and License plate are printed on our own little 3D printer in the garage.



Painted my driver's head to make it look a little cooler.



Overall I am pretty happy with it. I think it looks pretty neat. I plan to add metal links, I need to get my winch working. I also really want to do wheels and tires. This hobby is a blast. So much to do.