New Element rig to be released at PLBTF 2022. Hard body?

[B-MOW71]

Did anybody else notice? Check out the rear cab and bed area. Looks very similar to the Trailwalker body. I see what looks like maybe a possible bed cap or shell to go on the rear in the future like the Trailwalker bed shell.




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[soze]

Originally Posted by CamoColton

Goddammit I'm sold. Still no inner fenders, but I'm sold.

I forget whose it was, but I think it was John Schultz's or Brad Geck's. It had modified Sendero inner fenders. Not a direct fit, but it was made to work.

[CamoColton]

Originally Posted by soze

I forget whose it was, but I think it was John Schultz's or Brad Geck's. It had modified Sendero inner fenders. Not a direct fit, but it was made to work.

Fronts should be exact fit, maybe slight trimming. Rears I think are where things might get creative, given the shortened wheelbase.

Are the frame rails shortened also?

[twade984]

Originally Posted by CamoColton

Fronts should be exact fit, maybe slight trimming. Rears I think are where things might get creative, given the shortened wheelbase.

Are the frame rails shortened also?

I’m curious about the rails myself. One video I watched it looked like they were shorter, but it’s hard to say for sure.


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[tigris99]

I don't think they are shortened. This build I just did the bed is bobbed on 12.8 wheel base (gatekeepr/knightrunner hybrid) and I still had at least an inch before the back of the bed, and had to design and print a bumper mount to reach back there.

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[soze]

I've confirmed with my friend that it's the same chassis rail length as all the others.

[twade984]

Originally Posted by soze

I've confirmed with my friend that it's the same chassis rail length as all the others.

Good to know, thanks


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[Col_Sanders]

Originally Posted by ferp420

this guy is big i dident get up close but its no 10th scale

1/10th scale is a standard. It would be confusing AF trying to determine the scale of every individual body. So that Samurai is 1/7th scale and the Nissan is 1/9th scale and the Jeep is 1/11th scale, but they all fit on the same chassis and use the same parts? Yep.

Its a cool looking truck. Reminds me of seeing Samurais on the trail as a kid. My Dad had a 6x6 Argo back in the early 90s before people really knew what they were, that they float in particular. One time we were cruising along down by the river going in and out of the water and a guy in a Samurai was kinda following us around through some holes. Dad hit a big water hole and we floated back to shore just in time to turn around and see that Sammy bobbing like a cork.