Just pulled the trigger on a Dragon

[kgb424]

Yeah Baby

Cool I got my re-fund sent to my Pay Pal from Oakridge Hobbies

And I also got the UPS tracking order for my Jeep

Its been picked up and on its way

There saying Tuesday the 23rd

Yeah baby

Cotswold just got a new loyal customer

They hooked me up

No bullshit no games

I should of ordered from them

Live and learn again

It shipped today on its way

[kgb424]

I found this and thinking about buying one or two of these

Its a Dragon 1/6th scale British Welbike

The British Paratroopers used to air drop them

So they could cover ground faster

I could put one in the 1/6 scale trailer with some tie downs

And pull it behind the Dragon Jeep

[Bitter End]

Originally Posted by kgb424

I looked to see if you posted your new Dragon

And there is minus signs every where

There is something XXXXXXX wrong with your camera or phone

Cause if I mine are too big, it says in a window it will not post

Mine have never done the minus sign

So I have no idea what's going on with your pics

The minus sign never happened to me

The just don't post

Your's act like there posting, Right ?? but your getting the minus sign

I just don't know, they show up on my phone, tablet, pc and laptop, so I don't know what the issue is....

[kgb424]

On my old Samsung Galaxy S3, it had problems with the screen rotation when texting it kept changing the screen rotation and flipping back and forth

So if I turned it off, the pictures would post sideways even if the camera was oriented right, cause of the screen rotation setting

My new Samsung Galaxy S6 does the same thing if you chose the portrait setting it locks the rotation, if you use auto setting,it rotates

Some times I have to use the paint program and rotate the pictures then save them

Then when I post them,they are right side up and correct

Its like the camera is over or under rotating them

And some times, I have to resize them before they post

Some time its a real pain in the ass to get the pictures to post if taken on my phone

The pictures from my Sony digital camera are fine, once I figured out the size setting, there is no screen rotation

I Have had no problem with the camera pics posting, I just don't always have my camera on me

So I use my phone and some times have problems but got figured out now

[kgb424]

Hey does anybody know if

They make RC4WD axles or some other version of axles for the first generation Toyota axles

I got normal axles in the rear axle, the front axle has the XVD shafts

My problem is if you use VP/Wraith style hubs, so I can use wheels with SLW hubs, the threaded part of axle shafts are not long enough, you barely catch any threads and under power come loose

If I use a thin or thick hub and a RC4WD Wagon wheel there is plenty of threads

Are you not supposed to use those the VP/Wraith styles hubs and SLW wheels

Cause I freshened cleaned and re-lubricated the Toyota axles and noticed the hubs

[kgb424]

I don't think you can use the VP/ Wraith hubs with SLW hub wheels

Cause the threads section is not long enough on the RC4WD axles

Not sure if the Toyota 2 axles have a longer thread section

There probably all have the same lenght of threads

You can use a thinner hub to get more threads, but the hub lip leaves a hole

That the lip of VP/Wraith hubs go into, and with out the right hub there is a gap

And I don't like that, it sucks that I can't use my Hutchinson Beadlocks with the TSS Brake drums

I got to use my RC4WD Pro Tens stamped steel wheels and a thin hubs to get enough threads for the wheels to be tight

I don't have this problem with SCX10 axles or Wraith AR60 axles

Only the RC4WD axles are the threads not long enough

[kgb424]

Yeah Baby

I checked UPS tracking for my Jeep and its on time

It's supposed to be here 8/23/2016 at the end of the day

It started in Washington state At Cotswold and then went to Oregon and it left today at 11 am

Its now in Sparks Nevada which is about 45 miles north of me

The waiting really sucks, now that's its close

Can't wait to smell the box

[kgb424]

Yeah baby

You just got to be smarter then the wheel

I figured it out, use the thin Axial hub and my Hutchinson beadlocks with .475 SLW hubs and I'm getting threads

To the end of the axle and seem tight, I will see what happens

[kgb424]

I got my Dragon Jeep and did some mock up

The RC4WD Toyota axles are not wide enough, they might work with some wheel wideners

But I still think the leaf springs would be too far in the chassis too work properly

And the same with the GCM 4 Ten Chassis its not wide enough and it would need to be stretched

The GCM 4 Ten chassis has the wrong profile for the Dragon Jeep

So I guess I'm making new chassis rails for the Dragon and use SCX10 axles

And four link the new chassis

[kgb424]

I wanted to use leaf springs and the Toyota axles

I don't think they make wide axles that use leaf springs

And I'm not going to spend hundreds of dollars on axles

I will need another 1 to 1 transfer case and a SCX10 Transmission

I got a set of 100 mm shocks from my Wraith

[kgb424]

Has any one here ordered from

Tamiya America Inc, I ordered some glue

To build the Jeep and they took my money

But have not shipped any thing yet

[Antfarm34]

Originally Posted by kgb424

Has any one here ordered from

Tamiya America Inc, I ordered some glue

To build the Jeep and they took my money

But have not shipped any thing yet

I've ordered quite a few things. It takes a few days to process their orders. I believe they ship out of California, so depending on where you live it takes a while to get.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

[kgb424]

I'm in Northern Nevada, so it should not take that long to ship

Its probably like Antfarm34 says it take a little while to process

[kgb424]

I need to go to Ace Hardware and buy some 3.5mm nuts that are 2mm thick

And some washers the same diameter as the 7mm Wraith links

Cause my 1.9'' Wraith setup with SCX10 axles, right now is 12 7/8'' or so

I looked at other Dragon Jeep builds to see if they show the wheelbase

One guy posted his was 13 5/16, and showed a picture of it, it looked good to me, so 13 5/16'' minus 12 7/8'' that's a 7/16 difference divided by 2 for the front and rear equals 7/32

so I'm thinking one 2 mm nut on each link front and rear

If that's that not enough then maybe a nut on each end of links,

Once I get some nuts and washers, I can adjust the wheel base

I tried the curved rod ends in the picture and they make the wheelbase with AR60 axles and SCX10 axles 14'' long

So with the short rod ends, I'm using now and some nuts and washers

I can adjust the links, to center the axles in wheel wells

Got a plan now and its on

And the Dragon chassis will also work for Jeep Mutt

I posted pictures of it mocked up in my Mutt build

[Antfarm34]

You're better off getting common hardware locally. I have a 35 year old Tamiya Buggy, so I can only get certain parts from them.

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[kgb424]

The Ace Hardware here, has a whole section of metric hardware and all kinds of stuff, I can only find there

Home Depot has only a small section of 3.5 mm stuff

Ace Hardware has 3.5 mm, 3 mm, 2.5 mm, 4/40/ 2-56

I do buy small amounts at Ace, If I need a large amount of hardware

I will order from McMaster-Carr

Since I only need 16 or so Ace is the place

[kgb424]

I'm going to call in a favor and see if Mr Eastwood my old Machine shop college instructor

Will let me use his band saw, if not maybe I go up to college and see if I can bullshit

The new Machine Shop instructor into letting me use the band saw

Too cut out some chassis rails out of the left over 1/8'' steel plate that used for 1/6th scale Humvee chassis

I got enough too make 2 rails, that match the Dragon plastic chassis

[twissted]

That is a very good idea. I would also look into making room to mount a crossbar to mount the front roll cage to. This will pay off if you get in a hard roll as I did.

[kgb424]

I used a jigsaw that the last time and there was a lot hand filing and grinding

Cause the blade fought the metal and binded up a lot and could not get as close as I wanted

And the Dragon chassis has got curves too it, the band saw can cut curves

So there is a little grinding and filing needed,

Maybe I will cut a set for the Jeep Mutt too, will I got use of the band saw

[kgb424]

Yeah Baby

I'm glad I called Mr Eastwood, He is good people and miss helping him work on the machines, we talked a little about the Jeep build, He suggested I go up to college

And use the new CNC Plasma cutter, They got in Welding Shop

And tell instructor that Mr Eastwood sent me

The Instructor or one his students will setup and operate the Plasma cutter and cut out my rails out of the 1/8'' steel plate

The new semester starts this week and got wait until after the 1st of September so the class is going

Before I go up and ask him to help me out

And Mr Eastwood suggested I take the Advanced Welding class, and then be able to access the plasma cutter and welding equipment

Plus they got a lot of fabricating tools, benders, press brake's for sheet metal and thin plate, they got tubing benders and tubing knotcher's

I don't have any thing going except for 1/6th Dragon Jeep chassis and my 1/6th scale Jeep Mutt chassis

To justify taking a spot away from some one that needs the class

Cause the Machine shop got rid of the band saw, the Plasma cutter is the way too go