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Old 01-05-2015, 06:36 AM   #1
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Default Mat's Ascender / Wraith mashup!

Being a lucky boy and having the Ascender kit for xmas, but not being a big fan of the huge Blazer body and wanting to do something a little different, I cannibalised an ongoing project to try and mate a wraith frame/body to the Ascender chassis. My one rule was to not mod the Ascender in any way that I couldn't go back to stock if I wanted to.

A quick mock up......





Pleased on how it was looking, now figure out how to mount the sucka!

Not wanting to do too much fabing up of parts, I tried my best to use most of what was either on the Wraith frame or in the Ascender kit.

Rear mount sorted...the body posted are from a Losi crawler....



The front took a lot more thinking about but a simple solution was eventually found. Parts from the Wraith frame and Ascender body posts.....











My next challenge is the fitting the wraith interior. Looks like some hacking to be done!
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Old 01-05-2015, 02:28 PM   #2
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Awesome
That looks great, can't wait to see more....
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Old 01-05-2015, 02:33 PM   #3
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I was wondering when you would get one,
the cage looks good on it.
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Old 01-06-2015, 02:33 AM   #4
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Had a great hack session last night hacking the interior to bits









Next to try and mount some sort of bumper
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Old 01-06-2015, 03:46 PM   #5
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Man, this is super cool. I have an SCX-10 w/ a chopped up Exo Terra cage on top of it to make a KOH style buggy, and I've toyed with doing something like this on an Ascender too. I'm excited to see how this build works out for you...
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Old 01-07-2015, 10:34 AM   #6
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Agreed, that looks great! Wheels look so much better with the chrome removed as well.
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Old 01-07-2015, 01:40 PM   #7
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Wow great job that looks awesome
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Old 01-08-2015, 05:28 AM   #8
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Thanks for the kind comments guys

OSRC- I just gave the wheels a few coats of Matt Acrylic lacquer on top of the chrome

Managed to use the Wraith bumper, tucks in nice around the servo mount. Mocked up a mount to see how it would look. I will make a nice mount out of ali soon.





I can fit a winch in too



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Old 04-24-2015, 04:32 PM   #9
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This is a super cool build man. Any updates on this?
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Old 04-24-2015, 06:01 PM   #10
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Awesome..

How you liking them KING shocks with this?
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Old 05-01-2015, 10:14 AM   #11
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This is a super cool build man. Any updates on this?
Yes, very cool I like how it all bolts together cleanly and the "body' can be removed by pulling couple body pins.
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