My kinda scale MRC

[dirtymike]

Well I wanted something more than just my standard looking mrc, so i deciced to build something like you would expect to see in a trucks gone wild video, except this one will be able to flex and crawl instead of just mud. Think monster truck meets rock crawler. This means streched wheelbase (in respect to the body) so that I could comp cut the rear. I found a ford f150 that I thought would be great, so i snapped it up, and started the cutting and painting. Here's what i've done so far today.

there's my mrc....nothing special, just put battery on rear axle and added weight to the front axle.

got this

turned it into this

haha losi body on POS truck chassis

I'm using stock body mounts for this one, just because it was so easy.

some fine tuning and removing of stickers then this

applying bedliner. The texture is PERFECT. looks just like a rhino lined bed on a 1:1 looks.

it's drying tonight, tomorrow it gets some final touches, like pin stripes for where the color changes, and dual CB whip antennas ( all the rednecks around here in their trucks run dual whips)

Then it's getting new tires, real head lights and tail lights, as well as some rock lights and a hidden winch with just the fairlead showing on the bumper. My friends real truck is like this and i think it looks nice, and it will allow me to use an ugly servo motor for the winch without it being seen.
Also, a tonneau cover or a dog box

I'll post more pics tomorrow when i get the whips on and body back on the chassis

 

[Mutant_Xj]

Sounds pretty good so far. I wanna see some pics when you get the details done. I love beater trucks.

 

[muddog27]

l good so far. keep up the great work."thumbsup"

 

[crawlinlosi]

really diggin that wall of your paint booth! "thumbsup" kinda distracted from the ford body in that pic!

 

[dirtymike]

well i've been real busy lately, but here are the pics from last week. Now i just need to get some new springs to lower this byatch down, run full droop setup.

 

[KnightRyder]

you were wondering where i got that jeep body they have it on the toys r us website for about 20 bucks just thought i would let you know. And that body looks sick on there

 

[dirtymike]

you were wondering where i got that jeep body they have it on the toys r us website for about 20 bucks just thought i would let you know. And that body looks sick on there

awesome thanks. I really want a jeep body. I've lowered it down quite a bit to almost full droop and it looks a lot better

 

[shadowrejects]

looks pretty good "thumbsup" love the paint job!

 

[gorilla_skater]

Yeah, I love Semi-scalers. A good balance between realistic looks and flex/performance. Nice!

 

[kronik]

it looks good man! i have an mrc, i consider mine almost scale. lol i just couldnt stand the stock body so now i have an h1, an h2, a dodge, and a ford f150. the only thing i would suggest is getting the red beadlocks for it. they are like 10 bucks on fleabay. but anyway im gonna keep an eye on yours! you should check mine out if you get a chance! we can get some ideas off of eachother!
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195506&page=4
keep collecting bodies! if you check out wallgreens, they got a few bodies for 10 bucks a piece. thats where i got my h2 and ford body from! i got the other two from wallmart."thumbsup" keep the updates coming!

 

[dirtymike]

i need to post some progress pics. i set it up with some different springs, it sits a lot lower and the performance gain is amazing. I'm about to pick up a jeep body tonight, ill check out walgreens while i'm out

also thinking about moving the electronics to the 3 links like i see so many of you have done. Is it hard?

 

[kronik]

no not at all! i just used some xbox game cases and cut them to size drilled a few holes and zip tied everything!

 

[rctrucknut]

looks good, i really like the paint scheme &decals that it came with, i have a similar body like that on a toy new bright for sale now on ebay, im always finding toy r.c. trucks at yard sales cheap or goodwill, i buyem for the bods, &try to sellem on ebay, but no one seems to buy them?? i dont have a mini crawler tp put them on, i own 2 ax10,s &a homebuilt mud bogger /semi crawler with ax10 rears&pede tranny.

 

[kronik]

looks good, i really like the paint scheme &decals that it came with, i have a similar body like that on a toy new bright for sale now on ebay, im always finding toy r.c. trucks at yard sales cheap or goodwill, i buyem for the bods, &try to sellem on ebay, but no one seems to buy them?? i dont have a mini crawler tp put them on, i own 2 ax10,s &a homebuilt mud bogger /semi crawler with ax10 rears&pede tranny.

throw them up in the for sale section on here, someone will surely snag them up!"thumbsup"

 

[dirtymike]

got another body

I also lowered my electronics and waterproofed them

tail lights will be reinstalled with an LED behind them, and the grill is going to be painted with the slats being monster green, as well as some LED headlights. I will also be making some graphic design out of the neon green, so it will be the same color scheme as monster

 

[Brett B.]

Cool body;s!

 

[kronik]

you got to get some muddin pics now! i water proofed mine and went muddin it was awesome, heres a link
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=195506&page=7
check it out, i have decided that my mrc will be a mix between crawler scaler and tuff truck. it keeps getting better everyday! this little thing is unstoppable. lol

 

[bergy]

what!!! No more girl on girl poster backround? Come on take it back in that room and snap some shots. :mrgreen:

 

[dirtymike]

haha there are more pics from it in the garage, but the others let you see the poster of the topless girl so i decided not to post them

and that jeep body is tough. I flipped it and it fell straight off a ledge from about 2.5 feet straight onto the hood without even a crack or scratch