Dabbler's Bronco
 

After reading some noob's thread about getting a Bronco, I got mine out and wheeled around my backyard, and forgot all the stress of my day.

I like the Ascender Bronco, and have always enjoyed short wheelbase platforms, especially considering that my first ever kit build was an STRC SWB SCX10. Speaking of which, that chassis had a Traxxas Telluride body on it, and I still have it. As it turns out, it looks like that Telluride body might fit on the Ascender Bronco chassis, so I might go for the change up. Plus, it's already got LEDs in it, and I'd rather beat on it than the discontinued Bronco. I found some matching beadlock wheels on eBay, and those will probably take a couple of weeks to get here. The body is red + gunmetal, so the wheels have to look right. Not sure about tires, but am leaning toward Axial Falkens.

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Re: Dabbler's Bronco
 

That's quite a paint scheme. I really like that. Those wheels should match perfect.

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Re: Dabbler's Bronco
 

Thanks. Yeah, I painted that body back in 2015, I think. Hopefully the wheels will ship this week, seeing that I paid for them 4 days ago. :(

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Update: Not doing the Telluride body, as it would require shortening the wheelbase even further, and the Ascender doesn't provide an efficient way to mount shock keys, in order to move the shocks towards the front. I was able to use some aluminum links from an old SCX10 swb build to set the wheelbase, but the shocks leaned in the opposite direction. Fail! Also, the rock sliders weren't going to fit, due to Telluride body sides being too long. Back to Bronco!

After having dinner with the family, yesterday evening, we hit up a park where there's a rocky levee, and it has some nice crawl spots. I brought the Bronco for its smaller size and swb, and it did pretty well, considering I haven't added any weight to lower the c.o.g. I threw on the stock wheels from the Wraith 1.9, which did ok, but I wish I'd remembered that I had intended to mount up my old 4.3" Pro-Line TSL Swampers, because it might've performed better, having lower cog. Stock servo was really crapping out, so that needs to be upgraded before I attempt to "crawl" again. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bd6e145a7a.jpg

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