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09-25-2016, 02:14 PM | #21 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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| Re: First time builder project - SCX10 II
Took the car out today to Belgium, for the 'Walk the Trial' event (near Antwerp). Great organization, and great routes. Added a couple of scale accessories to the car for this occasion as well. The car performed amazingly well. The stock tires really had tons of grip on the surface, and the bigger steering angle helped out in a load of tight spots. It's a great machine. Last edited by IVIaarten; 09-25-2016 at 02:32 PM. |
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09-27-2016, 01:12 PM | #22 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: liberty
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For a first rig you have really outdone yourself. Nice work. Also man that is a totally sweet place to crawl.
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09-29-2016, 03:53 PM | #23 |
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09-29-2016, 05:16 PM | #24 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Salt Lake City
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Those trails... |
10-03-2016, 04:59 PM | #25 |
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10-23-2016, 03:32 PM | #26 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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The paint gave up trying to stay attached to the wheels. Removed what was left, painted the lettering on the wheels white, and added some small stickers..... .... and then went to play in the mud and if you look closely, you can see the rccrawler.com bumpersticker Last edited by IVIaarten; 10-23-2016 at 03:34 PM. |
10-23-2016, 10:54 PM | #27 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: The Netherlands
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| Re: First time builder project - SCX10 II + first DIY mods
Nice photos like those Wtt trial photos. Driving in the mud was fun.
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11-21-2016, 01:47 PM | #28 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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Time for another little update! We did a night run with a group from www.rctrailforum.nl a while ago. Since I needed some more light for this, I soldered up some extra LED's and mounted them on the roof rack. After the run I cleaned up everything with some rubber seal on the connections and the rear of the LED's, and taped everything nicely. That helped clean things up quite a bit. Since I didn't want any extra cables running through the lid I decided to make a little box to mount the lipo on the roof rack (the roof rack was still looking rather empty as well, so that's a bonus). Stole some coffee-stirrers from work, and went to work. glue, cut and file... .. and we have a nice little chest. Some fitting and 2 coats of clear later: I also managed to pick up a set of used steel beadlocks on that night run. They needed a little work. I replaced the stupid steel hub-covers with some nylon rings from the local DIY store, and replaced the (terrible) scale hardware with some stronger stainless stuff. I managed to salvage the tires and foams by baking them off the plastic rims in the oven, and cleaned off the remaining glue with acetone. The tires came off looking brand new. And the final result of these little changes: |
11-22-2016, 12:01 PM | #29 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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Ow yeh, also ordered some new GMade shocks to replace the stock ones.
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11-22-2016, 09:00 PM | #30 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: West ky, Benton
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Where did you get your roof rack I been looking all over for one that fits right. And awesome build I have gotten so many good ideas from this thread
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11-23-2016, 11:52 AM | #31 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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11-23-2016, 12:01 PM | #32 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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Nice clean realistic looking build, love the roof rack with wooden box concealing lipo for lights! Hobbywing Quicrun 1060A is great budget waterproof esc, I have two working well for many months. http://www.hobbywingdirect.com/colle...brushed-system Their new QR WP 1080 is a great new option! http://www.hobbywingdirect.com/produ...80-brushed-esc Last edited by Natedog; 11-23-2016 at 12:13 PM. |
11-23-2016, 01:10 PM | #33 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Rio Rancho, NM
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| Re: First time builder project - SCX10 II + first DIY mods
Amazing first build. Well done!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
11-23-2016, 03:10 PM | #34 | |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Pacifica
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Axial Racing - JCROffroad Roof Rack ~D | |
11-24-2016, 03:18 PM | #35 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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Messing around trying to make some sand ladders from perforated aluminium Not looking too bad on there: |
12-04-2016, 11:53 AM | #36 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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Yay new toys Gmade 93mm XD Diaphragm shocks. Last edited by IVIaarten; 12-05-2016 at 03:57 PM. |
12-05-2016, 03:55 PM | #37 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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There, got these built with little trouble. The only problem I had was my own stupidity with sharp knifes..... Anyways, pretty please with the quality of these, apart from the top plastic ball. Since these are a bit thicker than the stock shocks I had to make some small aluminium spacers myself to make sure they cleared the shock hoops and wheel wells. Front: And back: The springs seem slightly on the stiff side, but maybe they just need some run time. Otherwise I might order softer ones. Altogether pretty pleased with them. |
12-05-2016, 04:21 PM | #38 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Columbia, MD
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I really, really like the way your truck looks. Its a very nice combination of flashy but subdued and clean. How much light output are you getting from your roof LEDs? |
12-06-2016, 10:28 AM | #39 | |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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It's gotten a bit better after blacking out the back of the LED's and painting the inner of the buckets silver, but it's nowhere near the 3s lightbars. I actually prefer it this way, it's a bit more realistic imo. Could get a bit more out them if I remove the grills, but I like the looks of them. Might eventually upgrade them to superbright LED's and up the voltage. I'm lucky that I heal quick, and could manage with a band-aid. | |
12-11-2016, 05:07 AM | #40 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: The Netherlands
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Been wanting some new bumpers. Could buy some but decided to try to build my own and learn something in the process. Picked up some supplies for silver soldering at a local hardware store and some steel corner profile. U-profile sadly wasn't available, and square tube was too large to my liking, so started with making my own square tube from 2 corner profiles. First attempt at silver soldering ever Next to make some notches to angle the bumper And solder them up Since I wanted a closed bumper, I left some tabs on both sides Folded them over, tapped them shut with a hammer, and soldered them up After some cleanup And a mockup how it should end up looking like on the car Pretty happy with how it's turning out. I'm getting better with the soldering. Want to make attach points for tow hooks still, a fair lead and need to figure out the mounting. |
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