Ldogg's Wraith's

[LDogg]

thanks. the red honcho with ripsaws is now a NB JK, and I added another scx10 wrangler unlimited. the black honcho is going to become a brute, once a find another new bright body. I also sold my xr10 and have an exo on pre-order with RPP.

[LDogg]

you can see, I have a thing for Jeeps.

[muddywaters]

Looks Awesome!, I also ordered the RTR for my sons birthday next week and I'm getting the kit version so that I can putit together with my son cant wait to take him out and do some trailing everything should be here by this Wednesday or Friday.

[perseus71]

Looks great! What roof lights are those?

[LDogg]

Thanks! The light bar on that scx10 there is from LD Racing. I think RPP hobby is the exclusive dealer, but not sure if that's the case anymore. It's crazy bright. I have some pics in my build thread for that rig.

[LDogg]

Well I need to update this thread. I have not messed with the rig since last November, but I started fooling around with it the other night. I still need to paint the body, but I have moved the esc to the rear, and relocated the power switch. I also picked up some scale goodies, and have a vp CMS on the way. I plan on making a rear deck lid, and running a proline rack back there. Then a dinky rc trail rack with a gear head (ld racing) trail torch led light bar like my 4 door jk. Need to swap wheels and maybe tires out, and add some additional scale accessories too.

[meatmonkey]

Man dude, I thought I had an addiction but you make me feel normal!

Then I saw where you said you had that Jeep thing and it all started to make sense.

Looks sicked draped in cutup JK. How badly do the tires rub?

[LDogg]

Haha, what's worse is I just bought a honcho RTR, a dingo kit and a wraith kit..... Yeah I have a problem....

[LDogg]

Vp CMS should be here Thursday. I also ordered 2 Sam Fischer figures and 2 Chris redfield figures. I plan on putting two in this wraith, and two in the wraith kit.

[94smasher]

I like the idea of the cargo cover with a rack on it...looks neat.

[LDogg]

Thanks, that was a spur of the moment thing. I have have that proline cargo rack for months just laying around. The idea just came to me while looking at the deck lid. I thought hmm I wonder if that will fit, and sure enough it fits like a glove.

[Scott105]

These things do want to multiply. Already looking at an scx10 to go with my wraith.

[LDogg]

Haha, yeah they do. What makes it worse is that this is only the crawler collection. It doesn't account for the short course, monster trucks, 1/16 scale traxxas, or 1/5 scale baja rigs.

[94smasher]

geez, well, if you ever decide that you need one less honcho, I know a painter up in Canada who would love one...

[LDogg]

Minor update.
Vp cms is here.


Got sam fisher fitted.


Stretched the steering wheel with a bic pen. I am not completely thrilled with how thick the steering wheel shaft is, but it will do for now.


Thee in a couple sleeping bags for now, need a cooler or two and some more scale goodies.

[LDogg]

Ok major update. I dropped the jk body and just painted some wraith panels a satin black on the outside. I liked the jeep body, but with the cms I was going to have to hack it up more, and I messed it up when mounting the front bumper. So I decided to pitch it. I actually prefer the satin black panels. I swapped the shocks out, mounted the cms bracket, made and painted the rear deck lid, and mounted the interior cargo rack. Then I thought hmm a full size spare would look sweet. So I too the spare tire bracket from a Dingo body I had laying around, cut it down to fit, drilled it out, and the drilled the cage. 4 screws and that tire is on. I need to get a gear head led light bar and I think in need the pan hard kit too. When I steer to the right, I hardly have any tire movement. To the left is fine.

Any way on to pics

[Agama]

A chassis mounted servo and a four link dosen't work. I've tried it, the chassis moves and not the tires. You'll need to do a three link / panhard to get it to work properly.

Personally, having rigs with both set up's, I prefer a axle mounted servo. Just like in my 1:1, hydraulic steering, ram is mounted on the axle. Having a steering box mounted to the frame is old school and doesn't work as well for hard core wheeling. IMO.

[Bulldog]

The rig is looking good! I love the black and the scale details are a nice touch. Nice to see this thing again.

[LDogg]

Thx. Once I get the light bar and some additional scale goodies it should be good to go. I am thinking about 4ws.... So we will see.

[Natedog]

Originally Posted by Agama

A chassis mounted servo and a four link dosen't work. I've tried it, the chassis moves and not the tires. You'll need to do a three link / panhard to get it to work properly.

Personally, having rigs with both set up's, I prefer a axle mounted servo. Just like in my 1:1, hydraulic steering, ram is mounted on the axle. Having a steering box mounted to the frame is old school and doesn't work as well for hard core wheeling. IMO.

Yep.

Sam needs a wider "seatbelt" zip-tie and paint a little buckle on it or make a buckle with a bit of styrene and then paint it.