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Nylintbucket · 10-14-2009, 12:24 AM

So I finished it(almost,still need to sleeve the links and fix a spring cup) finally. It's not a bad little rig. I built it as a rock racer, but it can easily be converted to a crawler. I'm looking for something fast so I think i'll sell it now, or preferably trade it for something thats already fast.

The cage is my own handywork.I painted it with charcoal "hammered look" paint and the panels are just cut out of plastic and painted my pimp marbled blue. I didn't lock the front so it would steer better at high speed,I kept it low and went with a droop setup with ATF in the rear.The front springs are from a TOY i had, but they are really soft and limit upward articulation due to the tight coil. All in all its a cool little rig. On to the pics.

The side view. That thing hanging out is the on/off switch I forgot to stick down.

Of course the top

and front

my fawesome paint job

and last but not least the obligatory "poser shot"

Jamus · 10-14-2009, 10:12 AM

That looks really good. Is it brazed, welded, something else?

Nylintbucket · 10-14-2009, 11:42 AM

brazed

rmdesignworks · 10-14-2009, 12:41 PM

Looks good.

How about some specs? Tranny, servo, etc.

Nylintbucket · 10-14-2009, 02:30 PM

Meh, specs are, pretty damn near stock.

Stock axial tranny and reciever
TLT axles with AL knuckles
Orion 15T motor
Stock axial servo
It had some Lizards on it that I had glued onto the cut down tire from the TLT(I like the scale look with the smaller rims) But the sidewalls rolled over too much at high speed so I put the firmer tires from a cliff climber on it.

Its mostly leftover parts from a TLT and this AX10

grob23 · 10-14-2009, 07:26 PM

Awesome lookin rig!

I'm really not a tuber guy, but I can honestly say I like that chassis. It looks enough like everyone elses but still different enough to be cool.

It's awesome to see people building tubers... haven't seen a nice lookin tuber in quite a while

Awesome to see TLT's still bein rocked too

Nylintbucket · 10-14-2009, 09:26 PM

Thanks! Makes me feel better considering it was my first one. The truggy I actually built second but finished first. The thing is, i'm not really that into tubers myself, but I love fabrication. If there was a market for joe schmo's tube chassis I'd think about selling em just for the money and fun of building something new

Nylintbucket · 10-17-2009, 09:58 PM

It's officially a crawler.locked the front and put a 55t in it.I used a bigger pinion for a bit of wheelspeed. It's for sale now cause I need moolah

10-14-2009, 12:24 AM	#1
Nylintbucket Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: sacramento Posts: 128	Noob Tube tuber finished w/ pics So I finished it(almost,still need to sleeve the links and fix a spring cup) finally. It's not a bad little rig. I built it as a rock racer, but it can easily be converted to a crawler. I'm looking for something fast so I think i'll sell it now, or preferably trade it for something thats already fast. The cage is my own handywork.I painted it with charcoal "hammered look" paint and the panels are just cut out of plastic and painted my pimp marbled blue. I didn't lock the front so it would steer better at high speed,I kept it low and went with a droop setup with ATF in the rear.The front springs are from a TOY i had, but they are really soft and limit upward articulation due to the tight coil. All in all its a cool little rig. On to the pics. The side view. That thing hanging out is the on/off switch I forgot to stick down. Of course the top and front my fawesome paint job and last but not least the obligatory "poser shot"

10-14-2009, 02:30 PM	#5
Nylintbucket Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: sacramento Posts: 128	Meh, specs are, pretty damn near stock. Stock axial tranny and reciever TLT axles with AL knuckles Orion 15T motor Stock axial servo It had some Lizards on it that I had glued onto the cut down tire from the TLT(I like the scale look with the smaller rims) But the sidewalls rolled over too much at high speed so I put the firmer tires from a cliff climber on it. Its mostly leftover parts from a TLT and this AX10 Last edited by Nylintbucket; 10-14-2009 at 02:33 PM.

10-14-2009, 09:26 PM	#7
Nylintbucket Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: sacramento Posts: 128	Thanks! Makes me feel better considering it was my first one. The truggy I actually built second but finished first. The thing is, i'm not really that into tubers myself, but I love fabrication. If there was a market for joe schmo's tube chassis I'd think about selling em just for the money and fun of building something new Last edited by Nylintbucket; 10-14-2009 at 09:30 PM.

10-14-2009, 10:12 AM	#2
Jamus RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Naoma, WV Posts: 1,479	That looks really good. Is it brazed, welded, something else?

10-14-2009, 11:42 AM	#3
Nylintbucket Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: sacramento Posts: 128	brazed

10-14-2009, 12:41 PM	#4
rmdesignworks I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ...the burning end of the rope. Posts: 5,013	Looks good. How about some specs? Tranny, servo, etc.

10-14-2009, 07:26 PM	#6
grob23 RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,280	Awesome lookin rig! I'm really not a tuber guy, but I can honestly say I like that chassis. It looks enough like everyone elses but still different enough to be cool. It's awesome to see people building tubers... haven't seen a nice lookin tuber in quite a while Awesome to see TLT's still bein rocked too

10-17-2009, 09:58 PM	#8
Nylintbucket Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: sacramento Posts: 128	It's officially a crawler.locked the front and put a 55t in it.I used a bigger pinion for a bit of wheelspeed. It's for sale now cause I need moolah

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