new2rocks
I wanna be Dave
A couple of years ago, during one of my periodic visits to RC-Recycler, I spotted a TF2 truggy project sitting in a box that caught my fancy. I didn't pull the trigger at the time, but I told Rob he wasn't allowed to sell it without talking to me first. A year or so later, I pulled the trigger and brought the box home, and there it sat, until...
It was only a matter of time before Scrunch expressed an interest in trying her hand at a build after watching her brother build a few (okay...maybe a little more than a few) trucks. Knowing that she wasn't likely to have Roo's level of patience, I figured this one would be a good first build. Parts of it (esp. the chassis) were already assembled, but lots of parts would get swapped out along the way, including shocks, axles, and tranny, among other things). Other parts, like the cage and cab, would serve as excellent starting points.
So off she went with plenty of guidance and encouragement from Dad:
You may have noticed some colorful parts in that picture. Ever the artistic one, Scrunch decided on purple BowHouse RC NCYotas (the only ones in existence as best we know), and she was quite pleased with them:
The original builder had already done the work of cutting open the hood, so we naturally wanted a scale driveline to allow for a proper engine bay. Fortunately, between the time I originally brought this project home and when we finally got to serious work on it, our good friends at GCM released their TF2 Scale Trans Conversion Kit utilizing GCM's familiar LRT2 transmission and transfer case combo along with TF2-specific mounts. My persistent please north of the border apparently paid off.
If you already have an LRT2 lying around (as I did), you can buy just the mounts:
Included are a pair of motor plate mounts, a cross-member to mount the t-case, and a new servo mount.
Scrunch got to work on the tranny:
And then the servo mount:
Here's a before and after showing the stock servo mount vs. GCM mount:
In case you were wondering, that is a Holmes Hobbies Puller Pro Stubby 2200 kv that we'll run on 3S. It's one of my all-time favorite motors. For steering duties, I decided to try something new:
After the tranny and t-case were in, it was time for some suspension work. RC4WD 90mm Old Man Emus with springs removed and 3k diff fluid makes for one of my favorite leaf-sprung setups, so we went with it:
Things were starting to look pretty good...
It was only a matter of time before Scrunch expressed an interest in trying her hand at a build after watching her brother build a few (okay...maybe a little more than a few) trucks. Knowing that she wasn't likely to have Roo's level of patience, I figured this one would be a good first build. Parts of it (esp. the chassis) were already assembled, but lots of parts would get swapped out along the way, including shocks, axles, and tranny, among other things). Other parts, like the cage and cab, would serve as excellent starting points.
So off she went with plenty of guidance and encouragement from Dad:
You may have noticed some colorful parts in that picture. Ever the artistic one, Scrunch decided on purple BowHouse RC NCYotas (the only ones in existence as best we know), and she was quite pleased with them:
The original builder had already done the work of cutting open the hood, so we naturally wanted a scale driveline to allow for a proper engine bay. Fortunately, between the time I originally brought this project home and when we finally got to serious work on it, our good friends at GCM released their TF2 Scale Trans Conversion Kit utilizing GCM's familiar LRT2 transmission and transfer case combo along with TF2-specific mounts. My persistent please north of the border apparently paid off.
If you already have an LRT2 lying around (as I did), you can buy just the mounts:
Included are a pair of motor plate mounts, a cross-member to mount the t-case, and a new servo mount.
Scrunch got to work on the tranny:
And then the servo mount:
Here's a before and after showing the stock servo mount vs. GCM mount:
In case you were wondering, that is a Holmes Hobbies Puller Pro Stubby 2200 kv that we'll run on 3S. It's one of my all-time favorite motors. For steering duties, I decided to try something new:
After the tranny and t-case were in, it was time for some suspension work. RC4WD 90mm Old Man Emus with springs removed and 3k diff fluid makes for one of my favorite leaf-sprung setups, so we went with it:
Things were starting to look pretty good...
