Plenty of progress still going on. I got bored one night and stickered up the rear window pretty well. Gives a little more scale character.
I received my new waterproof servo and was about to install it when MoonUnit noticed my steering was really sticky at either end of the throw. It turned out to be dust/dirt in the hole in the tub where the steering post goes, and it had caused some scouring on the shaft and inner surface of the hole.
I gave the shaft a very light sand and reinstalled it with grease and its nice and smooth again. Obviously I will now have to keep changing the grease as it will attract dirt much more quickly, but I'm still not in the mood to convert to front mounted steering. I went for a crawl today and couldn't be happier with the rig's performance on the whole.
On the way home I got some wheel weights finally. Starting with 30g per wheel with the plastic GMade bead lockers. I want to keep the truck light as possible at the moment. Compared to something like MoonUnit's rig, mine is a feather weight and his is like a medicine ball!
Also, after driving MoonUnit's truck, I was totally convinced to get the RC4WD 2:1 gear reduction unit, however with a 45t motor. His 55t has insane torque now, but sometimes not enough wheel speed to clear the really soft stuff.
But I will copy his choice in tyre. I found a set of lightly used Proline Flat Irons that will go on to the steel rims with more wheel weights.
And finally, I've had the Brat shell cut by someone who knows what they're doing, and have chosen Tamiya PS-07 orange as the main colour. I will black out the tray bed and bumpers, but the rest will be 80s orange.
