Slams 1/20 Vdub

[Slambaam]

After seeing R Billy Bob's beetle i decided i needed to make one my self! found the kit off ebay for 50$ shipped. A little more then he payed but i had to have it! the Detaill on the kit is pretty sweet im quite impressed.

Plans for this little Bugger is as follows....

Delrin chassis i purchased off ebay which hasent made it yet....
45 or 50T stroker from danally.
SR3500 reciever.
micro sidewinder esc.
4 link rear end.
rally front end.
Rc4wd micro trex rear axle when i can get ahold of one (any takers?!)
till i find an axle itll be using rally rear.
Losi Crawler transmission.
micro rally wheels
not sure on tires yet. gonna make some paddles eventually.
savox or hi-tec servo.
and hopefully if snaglefast can make that 2 speed transmission ill slap that in there if it works with the stroker .

on to the mock up pics!


Ride height where i want it to be at. good ground clearence.


wheel base is to short. On stock rally chassis. New chassis is gonna get extended.





this is where i want the wheel base to be at. maybe rear end a half inch out. looking for 4.75 inchs total.

stay tuned. still waiting on parts.

[R.Billy Rob]

Awesome! I like where you are going with this one! I thought about using the sct/rally front diff too, but in the end decided to go 2wd. I remember that blue kit from the 'bay, glad you grabbed it up! Now we can really have a competition! It's like our own Little Bugger Build-Off!

[Slambaam]

Yeah I'm pumped! I'm gonna be really depressed if I can't get ahold of that axle tho. It's gonna make this rig. I'm hoping snagle makes that transmission aswell I really wanna have some sort of crawlablity with this! If not it will make a very fun go fast rig. Can't wait to see what u come up with!

[R.Billy Rob]

I was also planning on using a snaglefast transmission, if he ever starts selling them! I'll keep an eye out for one of those micro Trex axles for you! It would be a shame not to find one.

[grandbolin]

Yes yes!!!! Bug build off let's go!!!!

[Slambaam]

Originally Posted by R.Billy Rob

I was also planning on using a snaglefast transmission, if he ever starts selling them! I'll keep an eye out for one of those micro Trex axles for you! It would be a shame not to find one.

Thanks bud! I wish rc4wd would get back to me sooner! I'm going to start doing the body work in the mean time.... Lets hope it comes out as good as I envisioned it.

[Slambaam]

Kinda wish I didn't pay 50 for this haha. Body was covered in sum yellow glue. Parts were all messed up but 6 hours of sand paper and an adderal got me here. Think I did pretty well. Gonna widen the fenders now. Don't know if I should use that model filler or apoxy. Any input would be great. On with the pics.

[R.Billy Rob]

Looks good! good luck widening the fenders, I've never used any filler either, so let me know what you end up using.

[Slambaam]

Well good news. I'm getting an axle from mgcrawler! Thanks bud! And Im gonna go the apoxy route for the fenders. It will be a little more durable. I seen a guy on here that made fenders out of apoxy and it looked good.

[R.Billy Rob]

Glad to see MGcrawler was able to help you out. Now it's on! I found a pic that reminds me of your fenders. Pretty sick rig too.

[Hammer!]

i think this will be really awesome when finished!

[Slambaam]

Small update......

Put the doors hood and trunk on. Got some of the chassis done. Still waiting for the rear axle then i can place my shock towers i made. Cant put an interior on this one which bums me out but oh well. Itll be fun to tool around on once its done.

Heres some mock up pics.

[R.Billy Rob]

Looking good so far! I love that first face on shot, the suspension looks sick! You could always talk to Danally about some custom rims, although I'm not sure how you would do it on a lathe. Those rims use a D shaft if I remember correctly. Or you could use SCT rims. Dirtmoddeler offers beadlock options for them, which might give you more options.

[grandbolin]

Looks good. Any updates?

[Slambaam]

No updates. Ive been working on my truggy atm. The vdub is on the back burner. I just recently purchased another vdub body because i destroyed the interior pan. Once my truggy is complete shell be my main project.