Maxxmasher's Double cab Hilux build!

[MAXXMASHER]

I made it to the hobby shop and picked up a set of Micro T shocks. I wish they sold these in pairs, so I could get two sets of rears. It's alright though, I really only need the to replace the rears. Due to the angle of the front shocks, the front sits low enough.

Comparing the lengths of the micro-T's rear shocks and the crawler's stockers.

Took apart the stockers to swap out the caps.

Mounted up and ready to go. I took off a few of the coils to allow a bit of droop.

I also picked up some magnets to better attatch the hood. It was fine at first, but after a few roll-overs, it kept popping off.

I glued them to some dense foam to raise them up to hood level....

and attatched a couple of metal strips to the underside of the hood.

While picking the magnets up, I spotted these.....

which make for some good tow mounts.

I also got into taking apart the wheels to add a bit of wieght and to star-cut the foams.....

I added a few wraps of solder to the rim and did a little work with a razor....

And then I decided to paint the centers with a little chrome silver.

For the fronts, I'll use these for more weight and skip the foams all together. These will suffice until I get some proper beadlocks.

I also grabbed this guy.....

Gotta have someone riding shotgun! (I threw the rears on one side to see how they look. I'll get to the front wheels a little later on...)

 

[MAXXMASHER]

I decided to add a final touch to the front of my micro by adding a fairlead and a winch cable. The clasps I picked up were the perfet size.

My home-made fairlead - a piece of plastruct and a little silver paint.

My "cable" and winch hook

The completed project - added some hook mounts, too.

 

[johnnyh66]

Man that is nice, good job "thumbsup"

 

[tstmonkey]

Nice work!

 

[MAXXMASHER]

I finally got around to getting some lipo's to run in my micro scalers. My Bro-in-law was coming for the long Thanksgiving weekend and I knew with us running both of my micros, we'd need a little increase in run-times. I didn't keep track, but these things seem to last forever! I ended up getting two Thunder power 2S 325 Mah 45C lipos. They're a little bigger than the stockers, but they fit fine in the scalers. These would be too big to use with the stock crawler without modification. I still have useable low-speed control thanks to the settings on my Spektrum radio, but the tires almost balloon when I smack the throttle! I do have to be careful though, as like many have found, the stock motor will heat up a bit. I keep the temp gun handy now, and give the trucks a break when the can is a bit too warm....

Size comparison next to the stock pack.

Tight fit, but it works!

Plenty of packs for almost non-stop running!

 

[bird8oy85]

such a sweet little rig !

 

[rik]

truck looks great. very nice craftsmanship...

 

[MAXXMASHER]

I've been running the truck pretty hard and I ended up breaking the frame. I had already fixed it twice, so this time I decided to get some brass and craft one up myself. I considered trying my hand at using silver solder, but I've never done that before, so I used some small screws to make everything.

Broken model frame

Replacement brass next to the old plastic

I also picked up this Mini-T screw set when the guy at the shop offered it up for half price.

Had to pretty much tear apart the truck

Lots of screws, but it's nice and solid

I also gave it all a couple of coats of flat black

I decided to change the position of the front shocks, so I also had to make some new front links with a slight bend because they were rubbing on the shock bodies. Just using the white ball-ends for now. Gotta get some black ones to match the others.

A little tape to get the bed to line up while I mark the holes to secure the bed.

Everything came out pretty good. Rock-solid now!

I also got some new wheels and tires recently, as I mentioned in another thread....

 

[i luv duct tape]

any video?

 

[MAXXMASHER]

No, none yet. I can get some up if needed. I've been busy with my other micro build lately, which I'll update soon....