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Old 06-14-2006, 07:11 PM   #1
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whats up here is my 1st tubed crawler i started last night, my buddy gave me the blackfoot body ... its from when he was nine , so dont flame me for the paint... lol but let me know what you think , any input will help ...
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Old 06-14-2006, 07:20 PM   #2
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good start, you need some pede wheels and dye them pink
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Old 06-14-2006, 07:39 PM   #3
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is that copper tubing in the back? if it is its going to flex a lot i would segest break tubing.
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Old 06-14-2006, 07:56 PM   #4
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lucky bassterd, i took a good condition blackfoot body that my dad had put it on my stampede and beat the crap out of it. beating=trashed bf, then i saw what they were going for on ebay.

that paint is pretty!
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Old 06-14-2006, 08:49 PM   #5
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yeah i figured that too about the copper being so soft, but it heats up quick and is readily available.the break line was not at any of the autoshops i went to.
so far it is really sturdy im using 3/16 copper tube. ill post some more when i get off work tomorrow.

im looking for a pede tranny and, besides if it really bends in a roll over wouldnt that be more scale?

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Old 06-15-2006, 12:12 PM   #6
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Looks like a good start

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Old 06-15-2006, 04:24 PM   #7
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Good to see another BF build. I've always liked that body, building my second one now. A little Easy-Off will take care of the paint ;)
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Good to see another BF build. I've always liked that body, building my second one now. A little Easy-Off will take care of the paint ;)
im not a ford guy but this truck has been laying around in my friends house for as long as i can remember, this is the body off of the first hobby grade rc i had ever seen, i wanted one, never got it. now all i wanted was the body lol but it does have centimental values... do you think paint thinner would hurt the plastic???

ps im not sure what easy off is ... ?

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Old 06-15-2006, 09:44 PM   #9
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ok so anyways here is what i did today, not as much as i expected since i got alot of bad news and my friend showed up to hang out, hes not interested in rc at all so it makes it hard to be a good host and get this thing done. lol
heres some pics yo





also last night i think i inhaled some fumes or something because i woke up at like four am from chest pains, i felt like i had just ran a mile. that was a little scary. maybe my girlfriend just poisoned my sandwich, and im over-reacting.

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Old 06-15-2006, 10:03 PM   #10
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mabey you are just really old or have sleep acne
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mabey you are just really old or have sleep acne
sleep acne ? like pimples that only attack at night ? no im only 21, but past the acne stage lol

im breathing now so it must be nothing...... so what about these tubes? ehh ?

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Old 06-15-2006, 10:27 PM   #12
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i don't know the word for it, mabey it's apneya, were you stop breathing in your sleep. i think the first time it falls your trucks going to bend over like yo' mamma did last night. it looks nice but not strong. mabey with enough bracing?
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yeah, i knew what you were talking about...

heres an update if any one is even looking at this.

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update::: i did a couple little peices, and shaved the wheel wells out , i also made grooves for where the body sits on the frame,


a quick mock up to see how uneven it is, looks alright, w/some mashers i got from mello yello

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Old 06-24-2006, 11:23 PM   #15
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all i have done is searched for parts and painted the body and rims, the shocks arent in the right place yet because i havent made mounts.
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all i have done is searched for parts and painted the body and rims, the shocks arent in the right place yet because i havent made mounts.
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Looking good so far.I have a Blackfoot sitting in my closet that I'd thought of using the body to do the same with.I really like what you did with the wheelwells.Keep us posted on the progress.
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Looking good so far.I have a Blackfoot sitting in my closet that I'd thought of using the body to do the same with.I really like what you did with the wheelwells.Keep us posted on the progress.
i cant take credit for those since i got the idea from colquitts nissan but thanks, im having trouble mounting the trans at the moment ...

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Old 06-26-2006, 08:16 PM   #19
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the flatblack is much better. talk about laying down the shocks
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the color change made an amazing difference, good job
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