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11-04-2008, 11:35 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA ( South Central )
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|  wheely king scalers, yeah... im addicted.
So i started out with a comp style crawler and slowly got into scale stuff. Thanks to pablo and the rest of the local socal guys i managed to turn 2 of my wheely kings into somewhat decent scale rigs. comments and suggestions welcomed. i might decide on getting a defender body but not sure yet.          |
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11-07-2008, 12:00 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Midway
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I've never seen a 1:1 car or truck with a frame like those. Think you need some type channel or rail frames.  |
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11-07-2008, 02:27 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: santa monica
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its a start...on the slippery slope that is "scale". first time he brought them out they were stock WK's, lol...
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11-07-2008, 06:48 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Westland, MI
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Scale is not a slippery slope. There are points for how closely your rig comes to representing a real vehicle. The more true to scale it is the more points that are awarded. Some people just haven't taken there rig to the point of sickness. |
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11-07-2008, 10:02 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chino Hills
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That looks good Julio! Who cares if you dont have frame rails and leaf springs. You get cool points in my book!! I'm going the same way with mine. And like you dont care for frame rails of leaf springs. If you're not competing then who cares, as longs as its fun to you!! What wheels and tires are those? me like:-P! I just got a Parma, Nissan Titan body, since I just got an 08 1:1 Titan and I'll be streatching the WK again to fit the body, again! Allready bought a Novak rooster combo and made a saddle pack to mount on each side of the frame. I also limited the Losi Rock Crawler shocks to not extend more that the lennght of the springs......its comming along....slowly. But the 5b is also in pieces so I have more than one money pit to work on right now  |
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11-07-2008, 11:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: roanoke,tx
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looks good!what body mounts did you use?
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11-09-2008, 11:15 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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11-09-2008, 12:06 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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So it's not exactly "scale", down to the last detail but you can beat the snot out of it and not worry about destroying hours of meticulous work. It's still way more scale than the stocker, I say run the hell out of 'em and have fun. T.D. |
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11-09-2008, 01:12 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Auburn, WA
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http://rc4wdstore.com/product_info.p...roducts_id=746 I agree on the chassis, unless you're looking up under the body, they look scale enough, and he's having fun with it. There are plenty of linked 1:1 rigs on tube chassis anyway. | |
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11-09-2008, 01:29 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Strip the chrome plating off the chassis plates and do the tummy tuck mod, you'll barely even see the chassis then. You'll also lose a big "catch-point" on the stock setup, much more streamlined and rock friendly T.D. |
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11-11-2008, 10:27 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: grimsby
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there are lots of trucks out there that dont use leaf spring, monster trucks for example, oh wait that what the wheely king is
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11-12-2008, 04:36 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA ( South Central )
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yeah no shit right??? anywho, im loving the trucks as they permorm extremly well. im gonna ditch the bushwacker body and run a landie. I think ill do the tummy tuck soon or maybe get a trail chassis from Diaz Designs. I was never in it for cool points but still, i did understand it wasnt 100% scale. ill post pics of the GTG i went to over the weekend. It was friggin awesome! | |
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11-13-2008, 09:47 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Sounds good! I just posted some pics of a tummy tuck on a WK for someone that asked. There may be another/better way to do it, but the shots show how I did mine. I'm running All-T's without foams on that truck, not sure how they'll do yet. I need to hit some challenging terrain to find out. T.D. |
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11-13-2008, 04:21 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA ( South Central )
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11-13-2008, 07:38 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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| Tummy Tuck How To? I'm in the Appleton area, Neenah isn't far from me at all, and I race in Oshkosh (Hobbytown USA) about 20 minutes away. T.D. |
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11-13-2008, 09:43 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The land of bagged milk
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11-14-2008, 06:10 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA ( South Central )
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no way.... i actually meant appleton. I visited earlier this year. My buddy lives in neenah near cranky pats. I also bought a body while i was there at that hobbytown. Cool place and nice people. Small world... lol When i visit again next year ill be sure to hit u up for some crawlin in wisconsin... woot! | |
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