The Green Meanie CR-01
 

My first proper RC car other than the old Jet Hopper if anybody remembers them and an RTR 1/14th scale Avante 2001

Built Basically stock out of the Box

My Chassis Base before any Upgrades
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/56.jpg

And with the Body Installed
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/65.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/67.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/69.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/71.jpg

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Today I decided to go on the hunt for a few upgrades.

I tried about 4 Hobby shops and was met with a Bewildered stare as to why anybody would bother to upgrade a CR-01

Finally my persistence paid off as not only did I find a store with some parts but the guy was also looking to get rid of them because.........
"Nobody really bothers to Upgrade a CR-01"
He didn't have everything I wanted, and I didn't want everything he had but what I did grab he gave me at half price.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/72.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/78.jpg

Then took it out for a spin at the local park.

Oh Yeah also did a few changes to my Decals after some inspiration of looking at all 15 pages of the CR-01 Picture Thread.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/79.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...r/P7110023.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/80.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/86.jpg

Thanks to the Local Council dredging one of the ponds and putting in anti erosion rock barriers I now have my very own Rock Crawler course.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/81.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/82.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/83.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/84.jpg

I have some Scale Body accessories on their way from Asiatees so more pics to come once they arrive

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OK. Whats up next for the Green Meanie project.

I've got some parts on the way from Asiatees that are Scale accessories.

This rig is more of a Trail Runner than a Crawler for me, so whilst it wont be absolute accurate Scale I still want to add a few touches of realism to it.

So whilst I'm waiting for the parts form Asiatees I decided to scratch build my own CB Antenna for it.

Built using a spare Antenna Pipe that I wrapped in Insulation tape for colour and mounted using a Cable Clip I had that pretty much perfectly matched the diameter of the Bull bar.

All I had to do was drill the small nail hole in the cable clip out to 3mm to fit the Antenna Pipe.

Behold.

The Parts.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/89.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/90.jpg

The Colour.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/91.jpg

The Mounting.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/92.jpg

The Effect.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/93.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/94.jpg


It's not really AS tall as it looks in the angle of the pics.

In terms of "Scale" it would be approx a 1.5mtr antenna which is about 5ft for you guys on the Imperial Scale.

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Warms my heart to see a new CR01 build. Fun little rigs. Glad you are enjoying it!

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Yeah man I LOVE it.

As I mentioned there I couldn't believe the amount of shops/people who told me "Nah nobody upgrades a CR-01" or "Just get an Axial"

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Nobody does really, just us die hards. :)

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Looks great. Every time I see someone build one of these I get jealous. I really need to order one and get one built to play with.

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Just did the "Zip tie" mod on my cantilevers.

Took out a good deal of body wobble but not ALL of it as there is still a little bit of play where the Canti setup pivots on that bit of the upper spring mount.
But its very minimal play.
Hoping the rain holds off tomorrow so I can get in some trail runs to test it out

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Wow thanks man. Its quite basic in paint compared to some of the others I've seen in here.

The colour choice came from a long time love of that colour.
There's an old Aussie car from the late 70's and 80's called the Torana SLR 5000 that were often in this colour. Even though I was not even 10 years old at the time I loved it so there was no other colour this rig was gonna be once I knew I had my own choice.
It also greatly impressed the shop guy I bought it off when I went back in and showed him my pics as he's Irish.

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Ok so the Weather held off enough for me to get out and Boy did I get out.

Took 3 NiMh stick Packs with me.
1 x 5000mah
2 x 2000mah

The 5000mah ran for nearly 2 hours of mixed driving at slow and full speed with a bit of crawling here and there over some rougher terrain and a few downed tree branches.

The 2000mah gets me about 1 hour of casual trail driving or about 25 minutes of flat out rampaging around in the dirt

I like the results of the Ziptie Mod, Far less Body Wobble and it tracks nicely now.

Here's a few pics.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/95.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/96.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/97.jpg

Yeah the driver needed to pull over for a Wee Stop.
The bush in background is quite green from weeks of rain over last month or so.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/98.jpg

Conquering Ant Hills
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...Crawler/99.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/100.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/101.jpg

All in all a great afternoon, I was out walking for around 3 hours then spent the last 2000mah battery just racing about in a large dirt area til I killed it off

I'm off now to a mates to drink about 3 gallons of his homebrew and undo the days exercises.......

Cheers. "thumbsup"

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Had a few of my Asiatees Accessories arrive and got them mounted up.

Waiting on 1 more parcel to arrive with a few more bits and pieces.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/102.jpg



And yep I hand tied those Truckie's hitches on there myself using tweezers, No Bungee cords for this Old Schooler :D

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/103.jpg

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Man your killing me here.:ror:

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What's making you Raff

My finicky upgrades and anal details or my regular updates...... "thumbsup"

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Here's a few more of the Green Meanie from a little run I did today.

The dry Aussie Bush trails is why I end up with so many sticks and twigs in my Drivetrain.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/104.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/105.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/107.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/108.jpg

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Got out for a little morning stroll but didn't go to far as my Knee started hurting and didn't get too many pics either

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/109.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/110.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/111.jpg



Can you spot a difference to my Rig in this pic from the last 3........?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/112.jpg

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I had a rollover and broke the imitation CB antenna off the front of Bullbar.

I've made a new one using the plastic tube that holds the ink from inside of a Pen.

Fits perfectly into the hole in the cable clip too

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Took the Green Meanie out for a spin today at a local BMX/Mountain Bike track.

She's a bit tippy with all the stuff on the roof now I have the rest of my Asiatees accessories so I think Weighted wheels are in my near future.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/113.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/114.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/115.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/117.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/121.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/123.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/126.jpg

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Finally decided to trace in the Shut Lines on the panels,

Didn't think I'd like it at first but now it's done I think it does set them off nicely

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/134.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/135.jpg

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Also Recently did the 4 Wheel Steering Conversion.

ABSOLUTE BEST MOD I HAVE DONE SO FAR!!!!

Standard setup I had

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/129.jpg

Dismantled

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/130.jpg

And setup with Servo Horn inverted cause I don't have a signal reverser for the 2nd servo

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/131.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/136.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/138.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/140.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g1...rawler/141.jpg

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Sweet work!!!!