Brandon's 1.9 Wraith Build

[Brandon]

Made some good progress this weekend! "thumbsup"

Electronics are wired up, I used a radioshack project enclosure and fit it in the back. This holds my Tekin FXR, Castle BEC, Futaba 614 RX, and hopefully 2 Axial simple LED controllers. Only 1 in there right now but there should be enough room.

Also glued some Chrome Axial large light buckets with lenses into the bronco body. Looks a lot more realistic than just a decal. Plus it easily holds the LED.

 

[Brandon]

Next was a pair of rock lights. I used some Black Axial small buckets mounted to the frame.

After that I mounted some taillights and blinkers into the back of the body. Top lights will be 5mm red LED's, lower lights will be 3mm yellow LED's. The Axial light buckets made this way too easy :mrgreen:

I still need to install the lenses and run all the LED strings.

Running total will be:
2 white headlights
2 white front rock lights
5 white on the lightbar
2 red taillights
2 yellow rear blinker/reflectors

All powered off 2 Axial Simple LED controllers and Axial LED strings.

"thumbsup"

Looks like I need to replace that servo horn with one of the fancy Axial clamping servo horns too.

 

[Brandon]

Found an easy way of making a battery tray. I used an old AX10 aluminum tray and the slots for the velcro straps fit perfectly between the shock hoops and main chassis rail. Only had to shave a bit of material off to compensate for the thickness of the plate. Perfect fit "thumbsup"

Finished off the hinged hood with some traxxas posts for the body clips.

I can stuff a 5000mah 3S pack under the hood. G6 Approved :mrgreen:

You can also see how clean the Radioshack enclosure is in the back. I plan to make it look like a fuel cell to finish it off.

 

[Ty@Tekin]

This rig is awesome, so clean the way it is coming together!

 

[turtleone]

I wasn't sure about the 1.9 wraith, but your doing a great job!!!!! Keep it up!

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[Gen3_Teg_88]

dear god i am excited to see this thing done.

i really am about to build one of these, lol.

 

[Hittman]

This is looking awsome! I really like that battery mount"thumbsup"

 

[Brandon]

This rig is awesome, so clean the way it is coming together!

I wasn't sure about the 1.9 wraith, but your doing a great job!!!!! Keep it up!

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dear god i am excited to see this thing done.

i really am about to build one of these, lol.

This is looking awsome! I really like that battery mount"thumbsup"

Thanks guys!!

Not much progress yesterday. I was able to clean up the wiring a bit and shove the second simple LED controller into the enclosure successfully. Ill take a few pics with all the lights on soon "thumbsup"

 

[Sh0rtBus]

Lookin' good, man! Wasn't sure the 1.9s were going to look right on a Wraith, but I'm really impressed! And they look perfect with that Bronco body, too. Thought I was set to do a JK Rubicon body for mine, but now I'm not so sure. I was going to try to mirror my 1:1 as much as you can considering it's a 4DR and the DC Rubicon body is a 2DR, but that Bronco looks farkin' sweet! Ready to see the finished project.

I'm curious, though.....how'd you hinge the hood from the front?

 

[Brandon]

Wiring is all sorted out and the lightbar is mounted!

Ran it around a bit, I can tell this thing is going to be fun "thumbsup"

 

[Sh0rtBus]

That thing looks badass, man! I'm likin' that light bar. I know it's Axial's bar, but is it the same one on the Exo? We need some night time shots with teh rock lights on, too.

 

[Brandon]

Lookin' good, man! Wasn't sure the 1.9s were going to look right on a Wraith, but I'm really impressed! And they look perfect with that Bronco body, too. Thought I was set to do a JK Rubicon body for mine, but now I'm not so sure. I was going to try to mirror my 1:1 as much as you can considering it's a 4DR and the DC Rubicon body is a 2DR, but that Bronco looks farkin' sweet! Ready to see the finished project.

I'm curious, though.....how'd you hinge the hood from the front?

Thanks!

I used some 1/4" cable ties from the local hardware store. They fit really well around the stock tube diameter.

The holes in the ties are quite a bit larger than the M3 hardware so it gives me some adjustment to make sure the hood lines up.

 

[Ty@Tekin]

Awesome idea, I might have to do that on mine now! Seems easy enough.

 

[Brandon]

That thing looks badass, man! I'm likin' that light bar. I know it's Axial's bar, but is it the same one on the Exo? We need some night time shots with teh rock lights on, too.

Yup same bar, the kit includes multiple mounting options to fit it on almost all Axial kits.

Hmm, if its urgent I could take it into the bathroom and shut the lights off to snap a pic in the dark :ror: JK

Awesome idea, I might have to do that on mine now! Seems easy enough.

Super easy. Grill/Hood still need some adjustment and trimming to fit just right. Ill probably end up just driving it and not getting to the finer details as usual.

 

[Gen3_Teg_88]

updates?

 

[powercat]

What light buckets did you use for the rock lights up front?

 

[Radron]

Axial black buckets as he mentioned in post # 42

 

[AsILayDying]

Amazing.... I see your OCD with cleanliness of your work area swaps over to your builds. LOL seriously though AWESOME job. Really clean tight work. Very cool

 

[Brandon]

updates?

Not much. Axialfest was a few weeks ago so I was really busy with that. Haven't got back on this build yet.

I did pick up some new wheels though! Pics below.

What light buckets did you use for the rock lights up front?

Axial black buckets as he mentioned in post # 42

Thanks "thumbsup"

Amazing.... I see your OCD with cleanliness of your work area swaps over to your builds. LOL seriously though AWESOME job. Really clean tight work. Very cool

Thanks! Trust me, it usually doesn't look that clean :ror:

 

[Brandon]

VP goodness "thumbsup"