sneek peek at "Frost Byte"

[monsterjeepn]

well a friend and I have been workin on a crawler using just $hit i had layin round the house. we only have these ****ty lil axles off some cheap lil rc's we had in the closet. we just got the frame done today, it's lookin hella sick. wb is 11.5" not bad for the scale of it. u'll see what im talkin bout when u see the pics, sorry they're ****ty but my cam is bein hella gay.... enjoy. LMK what u think and constructive criticism is always welcome:

[hpiguy]

Frame looks great man, besides you can always pick up some TLT axles later on if you want.

[monsterjeepn]

thanks bro. not bad for oxy-accetylene welding which i havent done in like a year. yeah i kinda thought about that... if i get better axles later i can always thro them under there... i think im gonna tube the whole thing... like the cab and engine compartment cuz i really dont wanna buy a body... but we'll see... im likin this "panel" idea too... i have some really sick lookin "expanded" steel i could put on there that i think would look pretty nice... i gotta mod the axles a bit more so i can set up the links and a servo mount... haha im gonna go super ghetto on this one. i have an axle from another cheap rc which is geared pretty damn low so i think im gonna use it for my tranny. other than that ill jus hafta think up as i go. keep the comments/criticism comin!:-P

[dpim]

Looks hella cool, hella looks like someone else's rig on here though.

[monsterjeepn]

yeah... speaking of that:

props go to rckjeep and badger for the inspiration... course its gonna be way different once i get the front end goin... but yeah i gotta give the props to those two guys... they have some awesome rigs.

come on guys... there's a bunch of views but only 3 replies???? come on i need some constructive criticism here cuz this rig is my first.

[JakeDaSnake]

Looks great dude, are you welding or brazing it?

Later,
Jake

[monsterjeepn]

well i guess im brazing it... cuz im using the ocy-acetylene torch... im jus not using the gold brazing rod... lol im using my favoritest trick in the book... metal coat hanger... jus buff off the paint and BAM! instant filler rod...

[IronOx]

YOU OWE ME FOR A NEW KEYBOARD!!!! looking sweet man. are you using the oxy acet setup from home depot for like 50 bones or are you using a full on oxy acet system? keep up the sweet work.

peace, Ox/John

[monsterjeepn]

i owe you for a new keyboard? lol naw im usin a full blown setup... this is the first time ive used my oxy acet setup for brazing (i've taken 4 years of welding at school so i jus did it there) ... i usually use mine for cutting and heating but damn it works good.. i love it!

[ColquittCustom405]

Lookin good man, I'm thinkin about doing a tuber as soon as I'm finished with my TLT based crawler. Ohh yeah the more "Ghetto" the more character

[monsterjeepn]

well here's a few more pix... the first is of the esc i picked up from the unversity today... cept i cant get it to go in reverse... it's an intellispeed 16T mild mod reversing esc... anyone know how to set these up? theres a reverse lockout on it but i dont know how to program it... im using a cheap tower hobbies system 3000 2 channel tx and rx... anything i hafta change on them to make it work? anyways, the next two are of the "tranny" im gonna use and the tranny in the frame... i kinda thew around some ideas about the front end of it and i think i came up with somethin i like so when i get some time im gonna do some more brazing on the frame.





keep the comments and criticism comin!

[rocpede]

looking good and what tranny are u using for this crawler. keep the pics coming

[monsterjeepn]

Originally Posted by rocpede

looking good and what tranny are u using for this crawler. keep the pics coming

thanks. umm the "tranny" im using isnt really a tranny... its just a rear axle out of an rc that i had b4... its geared pretty low so i think itll work pretty good... i should be getting some more done on the frame on sunday so ill update it sunday night

[monsterjeepn]

alright guys i need some help... i went to start on the front end of frost byte and i can't figure out how to do it so it'll look scale... does anyone have any suggestions? jus throw out some ideas or think out loud... thanks in advance guys!

[monsterjeepn]

well since no one was givin suggestions, i kinda threw somethin together on the comp to see what it would look like... i think it looks pretty scale... LMK what u think



EDIT:
or i could go with a little more aggressive stance like this:



EDIT:
here's a lil clearer view of it... i think it'll look pretty good but it looks like there's somethin missing... anyone wanna tell me what it is?

[monsterjeepn]

jeeze guys... dont comment or suggest anythin for me lol... well i finally got to do the front end... and i like it... our stinger is extra big... like extra thick... it was the only material we had layin round that we thought was strong enuff to be a stinger... so yeah... i think it looks hella tight... LMK what u think.

P.S. the lil bar through the back is jus a counterweight... so that it doenst tip forward...

[rocpede]

looking goodand is there going to be a a nof more for axles to move

[monsterjeepn]

Originally Posted by rocpede

looking goodand is there going to be a a nof more for axles to move

thanks. yeah there will be enuff room... that was jus a mock up kinda thing since the frame is done... it will be quite a bit higher than in the last pix...

[IronOx]

hey man heres your damn suggestion, i like it better without the stinger doohickey. looking good. i like your rims. they match wonderfully. hehehe. keep the work up. body or panels tho?

peace, Ox/John

[monsterjeepn]

Originally Posted by IronOx

hey man heres your damn suggestion, i like it better without the stinger doohickey. looking good. i like your rims. they match wonderfully. hehehe. keep the work up. body or panels tho?

u like it without the stinger huh? hmmm... im kinda "maybe, maybe not" on the stinger so it might come off im not sure yet... lol yeah i hafta mod the other silver rims i hav so that they'll fit on the back axle (<--- thats not a serious "bird" its a teasing one...) ... i think im gonna end up goin with body panels because 1) i dont wanna buy a body and 2) i think it'll look better with panels