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08-07-2012, 01:04 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rancho Cordova (Sacramento)
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|  Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
I saw this on @bay and just had to buy it. Seeing as my first WK was purchased the first week that the WK 4X4 came out and only lasted a day or two before it was stripped down and built into a crawler. So I thought a monster truck would be fun. I also picked up a Gravedigger body. So time to strip it down and paint the chassis green.   |
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08-07-2012, 02:55 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rancho Cordova (Sacramento)
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
Alright...the chassis is painted green with 500 degree engine enamel. Time to start putting it back together.  |
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08-07-2012, 03:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: thurmont
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
i think it would look cool if you went with the traxxas monster jam wheels and tires. they look alot more scale than the ones you have
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08-07-2012, 06:54 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rancho Cordova (Sacramento)
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
Ok...I got the frame and parts sprayed green and put back together. I also painted the center of the wheels black so they look closer to the real ones.  Still need to paint the suspension arms silver.  And it needs electronics.  I know it is not perfect. But, for a 1 day conversion,and costing about a $100. I think it looks good enough for what I am going to do with it. This is going to stay mostly stock. Just something to have some fun with. And if you are going to have a monster truck....might as well make it a Gravedigger. |
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08-08-2012, 12:23 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Burque
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
Wow, those changes made a world of difference. Very nice job man  |
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08-08-2012, 11:34 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Rancho Cordova (Sacramento)
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
Hey, thanks guys.... Yeah, it is amazing what a little spray paint can do. I got the arms painted silver. I still need to figure out how to mount the body. The body posts do not line up with the holes that are already in the body. And I don't really want to drill more holes in this body. I am probably going to make an adapter plate for the body posts. Might use velcro, so it looks clean. This will most likely end up sitting on the shelf more than driving.  |
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08-08-2012, 11:42 AM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Philippines
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
i had a tmaxx years ago and i went to a .24 nitro motor... put a digger lid on it.. and also ofna monster pirate tires.. WOW IT WAS FUN!!! and wouldnt flip on turns.. yours looks great! MP tires would still look good on yours too |
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09-12-2012, 04:08 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
looks aawesome for a 1 day turn around. i would love to see if you took a few days to see what you would come up with
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09-15-2012, 08:19 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Western ND, Bakken central
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
Chassis looks great |
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10-06-2012, 10:08 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: York, PA
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
Sand the "Mud thrasher" off of the tires with a dremel. Looks good bud  |
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12-27-2016, 02:27 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cluj-Napoca,Romania
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| Re: Hosstyle WK Gravedigger
Are those the stock WK tyres?
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