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BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Here’s my next resurrection projects, my Losi Comp Crawler and Night Crawler BnD. They’ve been sitting for years and only have had the LNC running and need to wait in an adapter to charge the EC3 connectored batteries in them so I can tell if it’s the battery needing a charge vs a new ESC/Motor combo........not saying new electronics aren’t in their futures, but I want to get them both running as is to start! https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...ey/001(26).jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...ey/001(25).jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...ey/001(24).jpg Here’s How they looked back in the day, for reference"thumbsup"8) https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...D/IMG_1756.jpg https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...D/IMG_1760.jpg |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers I don't care much for the original bodies but I love the new ones. Looking fwd to seeing these resurrected. |
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Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers I’ll post more detailed pics from the other night (photobucket had an issue), but did get the charge lead for these batteries in today and ordered a set of 2.2 Predator compound Hyrax for the LNC. |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Looks like the Comp Crawler now lives! Dig servo............maaaayyyyyeeeeeebe not so much.......again......just like old times:x:roll: |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Looks like the dig servo survived after all! |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Ok here’s the plan for the paint on these two, initially applied to the masked body on the right. The plan is to transfer that to the inside (and maybe extend the top strip around the back of the shell) then mask the inside of that tape line off, shoot the truck in metallic black, the inside in either Candy or metallic red, then the orange taped area in either pearl white or some sort of silver and as a backing for the red, then tint the windows red with the Candy red as well. I was going to flip the metallic black and what ever I do for the red on the other body. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../001(134).HEIC Any thoughts? |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers They’re now masked, just need to get some paint. Decided to go metallic red and silver over candy red and pearl white, the metallic black is staying metallic black. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...ey/001(27).jpg Oddly enough, I’m still up at 5:30am and was working on these until almost 5am..........not the first time that has happened with these two........... |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Got the Hyrax mounted on the LCC, these things are damn big, think they might be close in side to the stock Clod tires and the Proline 2.6” Destroyers on my Wheely King! https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../001(150).HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../001(149).HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../001(148).HEIC |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Body isn’t quite ready yet, and I appear to have melted some of the lexan with the black paint I used (?!), but here’s how the LCC looks with the huge tires and mostly painted body https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../001(154).HEIC https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag.../001(153).HEIC Have a little more work to do on the LNC’s body, plus I found some Meccano L Brackets on eBay that will make better body mounts than these lexan ones do too, those should be here in a day or two and Dad ordered some 2-56x1/4 capheads off Amazon that I’ll be replacing the stock beadlock plate screws with too. Once the new body is done and mounted and the new beadlock screws are installed,I’ll post pics comparing the two as they sit at that time. |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Barring new tires on the LNC, new bodies, and the arrival of the Holmes Hobbies motors I recently ordered, one of which is also going in the LNC, I’m done with these two for now! Since I had made L-Brackets for the LNC’s body mounts from lexan and those were failing, found some pieces from Erector on eBay that were a dead on match for what I had made........or the other way around........possibly the latter...... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Also swapped the countersunk bead lock ring screws for capheads, which won’t strip as easily if I get ham fisted while wrenching, but can be used as lugs on rocks too and out the Comp Claws from the LCC on the LNC for now. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds I’m not at all happy with the paint I used, the silver bleeds easily and the metallic black had piss poor coverage, ran just as bad, and attacked the lexan where it bled through. I’ve had not so great luck with other colors of their’s too and this was the last straw. Here’s where it melted https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Here’s how they looked after swapping the bead lock screws. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds After I shot those pics, I got to thinking and trimmed the areas where the silver bled through before laying the bed liner for the final coat, though it won’t hide the damage from where the body was melted. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers How long do you keep your Christmas tree up? Asking for a friend :) rigs look good. I like the reverse color scheme. |
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I will say this, Little People toys are a PITA to wrap :roll: |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers What body is that you are running? |
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Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Your crawlers look amazing. |
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Thanks, think I may try to get some trigger time with these two this weekend"thumbsup" |
Re: BJoe’s Losi Comp and Night Crawlers Took the Comp Crawler out today, ran it on rocks for the first time since 2012 or 2013! https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Unfortunately, I also had the dig servo bind then broke a rod end on the axle end of the right side LCA.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Got some video Dad shot of the truck in action that I'll post on YouTube once I get the chance. |
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