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06-08-2012, 07:48 PM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Springs
Posts: 16
| First try Micro Mountain
Well... Got motivated by crappy weather a random forum reading... (thanks RCCrawler ) and a little ebay shopping im now the owner of a sumo and losi micro... and parts galore... so while waiting on shipping... I seen some video of self made "crawler tracks" so I decided why not... heres how it turned out thus far! Pics with Trucks will be added once I have them! So would love some ideas to add things! thanks!
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06-08-2012, 07:54 PM | #2 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Springs
Posts: 16
| Re: First try Micro Mountain
Guess I forgot ... I used cardboard, Styro Bowls, Beer Cups, and Great Stuff... Painted with Textured Krylon black n tan... and good old duct tape to hold down the board, cups, and bowls while i applied the Foam...
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06-08-2012, 11:03 PM | #3 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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looks awesome! i want to build sonething like that for my trail trekker soon, i think a popsicle stick bridge over the valley would be cool, maybe even leave some sections of the bridge broken for more of a challenge
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06-09-2012, 09:19 AM | #4 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Springs
Posts: 16
| Re: First try Micro Mountain
Actually that sounds like a decent idea... I had been contemplating what to make a bride out of... but definitly a good idea! |
06-09-2012, 10:16 AM | #5 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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the coolest thing about micro crawlers is that you can use anything and make a corse lol
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06-09-2012, 01:14 PM | #6 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Springs
Posts: 16
| Re: First try Micro Mountain
Yah i bought them cause i hate when i have a day to go run my ax10 and weathers crap... and im still changing chasis and electonics in my mini... so micro will give me an indoor time filler |
06-09-2012, 05:02 PM | #7 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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i started with a trail trekker and i know my next one will be alot bigger, i love my micro, but i want a bigger truck to romp with how did you go about making the crawler track? i want to make one soon using the same materials but im not sure where to start
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06-09-2012, 08:52 PM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: British Columbia
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i made a bridge out of some old lincoln logs i found laying around for my outdoor course but the spray foam looks amazing i may have to try my own take on this idea the first course i made for bad weather was a piece of board with a bunch of decent sized rocks and some crush gravel with glue and sand. Last edited by THX_138; 06-13-2012 at 07:15 PM. |
06-09-2012, 09:57 PM | #9 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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lol ive done that, i collected rocks as a kid and it all payed off, got all kinds o big small weird smooth and rough rocks to crawl on inside
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06-10-2012, 07:40 AM | #10 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Springs
Posts: 16
| Re: First try Micro Mountain
Well Ill suggest this if you wanna save some $$$ on foam... to use less foam... structure the form of the mountain and hills you want with cardboard boxes... i ran out of boxes so i used bowls and cups lol... but the only prob with that is used lil more foam to build up the walls... use duct tape to secure the mountain structure then just spray on the foam... i found that holding the nozzle directly to the surface at a about a 45 and letting it build up and slowly moving works best to try and prevent the "poop" look of the foam. also I used a cardboard base because i wanted it to be light and manuverable, if i had the space to leave it setting id use ply wood or something more firm... Side note on the bridge, haha I actually looked for licoln logs at walmart hahaha but couldnt find what i wanted... the search continues! |
06-10-2012, 08:28 AM | #11 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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thanks for the pointers, im planning on making one some time in the next month, ill keep the box structure in mind thanks!
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06-10-2012, 04:14 PM | #12 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: British Columbia
Posts: 525
| Re: First try Micro Mountain Haha, Thats awesome. I ran out of the size I needed so I cut a branch off of a small maple tree and cut that into sections for filler, but now that I made the dually the bridge will have to be rebuilt |
06-11-2012, 08:40 PM | #13 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Springs
Posts: 16
| Re: First try Micro Mountain
I saw some photos of a duely not for sure if it was yours but looked like a pretty cool build... I think ima go Scale build on one of my minis and like a 4 wheel steer comp look on the other... thursday is not coming fast enough lol ... i wish stuff shipped via email hahah |
06-11-2012, 09:39 PM | #14 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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lol okay so i got the goahead on a 4 foot by 4 foot plot in the yard to make a track, expect a new thread from me soon!
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06-12-2012, 02:16 PM | #15 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ocean Springs
Posts: 16
| Re: First try Micro Mountain
NICE! lol hopefully one day soon ill have a yard to do one haha! GL! lets see some pics! |
06-12-2012, 07:48 PM | #16 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: British Columbia
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Made a quick video of my outdoor course -----> My micro course. - YouTube Last edited by THX_138; 06-13-2012 at 07:13 PM. | |
06-12-2012, 10:49 PM | #17 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: lee county
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i broke ground on mine today |
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