Long time lurker, first time poster, new to crawling, and RCs of this level really, but damn do I love this thing! Been slacking on starting a build thread, but finally getting around to it. I am already hooked on crawling and I've only had my TH for a week. I've been looking into 1/10 scale RC trucks for a while when I found the TH then I waited a little while to collect some extra funds and finally bit the $380 bullet :shock:
The day after I ordered the truck I called a local sign shop and asked about styrene. The dude said they had a bunch of scrap and to come on in. I was expecting small little inch or two wide strips, I got way more than that tho…
Mwahahahaha :twisted: SO MANY BODY PANELS
remember these pieces especially
and here's a bonus pic from my visit to the art store
experimental roof design made for housing a light bar eventually possibly maybe
Look who came in the mail (a week ago) :mrgreen:
The only picture I have of it with the original panels haha
After adjusting the servo end points I went to the backyard to drive my new RC around. After maybe 5 minutes I lost front wheel drive
I checked it out though and found it was the front drive shaft that was not tightened on the ball cap(?) So I cranked down on the allen wrenches and went back outside just to have it happen again 5 minutes later. Called Horizon and learned there's two flat spots that I have to locate and tighten down onto. So I took apart the front end…
Found the flat spots but it still loosens up, I guess I'll loctite them sometime unless someone has a better solution.
I got the rear sway bar kit to try to keep that thing in check at high speeds, seems to work, I put the medium in, might switch it out for the soft though cause a little madness is always fun
Painting started last Thursday, which meant body disassembly stating with the wheels
and the body, I put toothpicks in the screw holes to keep the paint off the threads, I also fitted the window screens which I painted black but it didn't stick to the plastic :x
ORANGE THINGS!!!
and the rims
I used a drill press for the panels just to guarantee I drilled straight downwards
I have the body panels cut and bent, it had vinyl on the styrene, still bent after a little boiling just fine, I also started using an iron with parchment paper between it and the plastic. Wheels are also back together…
...but there's something I want to start on first, a fully custom hardbody. I have had a good bit of experience building models, from Warhammer stuff back in middle school, sculpture and pottery in high school, and industrial design in college, I had some confidence which is being tested along with patience at this point (remember this is four or five days ago)
build tip..use heavier paper than regular printer paper and poke toothpicks into screw holes to both hold the paper and mark screw holes (I'm actually waiting to mark the holes tip the body is a single piece and nearly done since I tweak the panels quite often)
side panel with half the tail gate ready to be on styrene
the hood is coming along, gotta sand it down and make a grill, lights, any other little details. The bumper fits just over the front plate/cage hinge
taped and read for Plastruct, I planned on doing the roof and side panels together first then attaching it to the hood
comin along nicely
there's E6000 on the underside so I wrapped the cage in plastic and taped the body on to hold the correct shape
I went to my family cabin this past weekend and of course I brought my TH with me, the hard body is on hold while I go trail riding and crawling around the mountains PS- I bought a 4000mah 2S Lipo and boy am I happy I did, such a long runtime when staying in low gear
So without any further ado…here she is
and some of her in a TH's natural habitat
I ended up making a hill climb/trail utilizing some log steps and the curved hill next to it with rocks and some hefty roots, can't wait to go back and extend the trail, I have grand plans for this
time to go home, can't believe how much fun this thing is! I need to make a course in the alleyway behind my house in Atlanta. I cleaned her right after this BTW.
The day after I ordered the truck I called a local sign shop and asked about styrene. The dude said they had a bunch of scrap and to come on in. I was expecting small little inch or two wide strips, I got way more than that tho…
Mwahahahaha :twisted: SO MANY BODY PANELS
remember these pieces especially
and here's a bonus pic from my visit to the art store
experimental roof design made for housing a light bar eventually possibly maybe
Look who came in the mail (a week ago) :mrgreen:
The only picture I have of it with the original panels haha
After adjusting the servo end points I went to the backyard to drive my new RC around. After maybe 5 minutes I lost front wheel drive
I checked it out though and found it was the front drive shaft that was not tightened on the ball cap(?) So I cranked down on the allen wrenches and went back outside just to have it happen again 5 minutes later. Called Horizon and learned there's two flat spots that I have to locate and tighten down onto. So I took apart the front end…
Found the flat spots but it still loosens up, I guess I'll loctite them sometime unless someone has a better solution.
I got the rear sway bar kit to try to keep that thing in check at high speeds, seems to work, I put the medium in, might switch it out for the soft though cause a little madness is always fun
Painting started last Thursday, which meant body disassembly stating with the wheels
and the body, I put toothpicks in the screw holes to keep the paint off the threads, I also fitted the window screens which I painted black but it didn't stick to the plastic :x
ORANGE THINGS!!!
and the rims
I used a drill press for the panels just to guarantee I drilled straight downwards
I have the body panels cut and bent, it had vinyl on the styrene, still bent after a little boiling just fine, I also started using an iron with parchment paper between it and the plastic. Wheels are also back together…
...but there's something I want to start on first, a fully custom hardbody. I have had a good bit of experience building models, from Warhammer stuff back in middle school, sculpture and pottery in high school, and industrial design in college, I had some confidence which is being tested along with patience at this point (remember this is four or five days ago)
build tip..use heavier paper than regular printer paper and poke toothpicks into screw holes to both hold the paper and mark screw holes (I'm actually waiting to mark the holes tip the body is a single piece and nearly done since I tweak the panels quite often)
side panel with half the tail gate ready to be on styrene
the hood is coming along, gotta sand it down and make a grill, lights, any other little details. The bumper fits just over the front plate/cage hinge
taped and read for Plastruct, I planned on doing the roof and side panels together first then attaching it to the hood
comin along nicely
there's E6000 on the underside so I wrapped the cage in plastic and taped the body on to hold the correct shape
I went to my family cabin this past weekend and of course I brought my TH with me, the hard body is on hold while I go trail riding and crawling around the mountains PS- I bought a 4000mah 2S Lipo and boy am I happy I did, such a long runtime when staying in low gear
So without any further ado…here she is
and some of her in a TH's natural habitat
I ended up making a hill climb/trail utilizing some log steps and the curved hill next to it with rocks and some hefty roots, can't wait to go back and extend the trail, I have grand plans for this
time to go home, can't believe how much fun this thing is! I need to make a course in the alleyway behind my house in Atlanta. I cleaned her right after this BTW.
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