My go at a scale vehicle

[bugz2002]

well i changed my crawler in to a scale vehicle, i bought one of those jeep JK bodies just before they got hot and everyone wanned one. but long story short here is my scale jeep so far.

x-trail
rooster crawler ESC (thinking about getting a water proof one)
55t motor (want to get a little faster one for more wheel spin)
proline 2.2 flat iron ( want to go 1.9 but don't know what kind of tires yet)
axail trans and axles
have lights on the way just for headlights fog lights and tail lights (have light bar that will have working lights in it)
custom paint job (took about 6-7 hours from start to finish)

well on to the pictures, wont bore you with the x-trail build, if you have seen one then you have seen them all.
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530673.jpg
body before paint job
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530697.jpg
the flex shot
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530700.jpg
the paint job that too FOR EVER
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530709.jpg
Front view of the jeep
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530710.jpg

[Lyric]

try s.d.i. trail docotors tires

[Maxx man]

sweet man what was it to start with?

[LSXEric]

Hey nitro your going to have to get better at identifiying an axail AX-10 since you want one! Nice rig buggz hows she crawl with the X-trail?

[bugz2002]

Hey nitro your going to have to get better at identifiying an axail AX-10 since you want one! Nice rig buggz hows she crawl with the X-trail?

not bad, only have crawled indoors but for a scale ride she crawlers pretty good

[OldSchoolRC]

pretty sweet! i have that same body on a chassis under contruction. :)

[Maxx man]

Hey nitro your going to have to get better at identifiying an axail AX-10 since you want one! Nice rig buggz hows she crawl with the X-trail?

sorry... I didnt play close attention to the chassie the shell caught my eye;)

[bugz2002]

Thanks guys for the kind words....i have lights coming in the mail any day now, hopefuly today. once i get then in i will take some pictures.

[master_of_desaster]

sniff sniff... you missing the king at all?

[LSXEric]

Ahh, you made MoD cry!:D I didn't even know that you had a king!

You be surprised at the scalers capabilitly at a comp! When a scaler beats a comp rig... darn!:)

[Maxx man]

go scalers!!!!!!

[bugz2002]

sniff sniff... you missing the king at all?

SORRY MOD!!!! do you still love me? i wish i didnt sell the axles so i could use them for another crawler.
BUT i got the lights today and sticker from a friend, i just need to get lights for the light bar now.
Oh and i had to remove the seats so the battery could fit.
here the pictures.
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530730.jpg
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530731.jpg
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http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530735.jpg

[Maxx man]

sweet thats awsome!

[bugz2002]

well added some stuff to it.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530742.jpg
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530743.jpg
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530744.jpg

[Maxx man]

dude I love that snorkle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bugz2002]

dude I love that snorkle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah its made our of a bic pen some fight:D and some tubing....really eazy to make

[bugz2002]

so i fixed it so far....did a night run out side...isnt very long because it is 10 out right now BURRRRRR but here it is...

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/th_SD530758.jpg (http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/?action=view&current=SD530758.flv)

[master_of_desaster]

you didn' even keep the axles!!!! duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude haha =O haha i'm jus kidding your still a wheely kinger in my book. now jus get another one. i like the axial though. you done good with the snorkle kid haha

[bugz2002]

you didn' even keep the axles!!!! duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude haha =O haha i'm jus kidding your still a wheely kinger in my book. now jus get another one. i like the axial though. you done good with the snorkle kid haha

yeah i know im kicking my self in the @$$ for that. but oh well and thanks for the snorkel comment. i try lol

[Maxx man]

nice vid man the lights work amazingly! who made them?

[OldSchoolRC]

holy snikies...we are working on the exact same truck! Same body, same tires, same bumper and pro-line light bar...lol. Mine is based on CR01 parts ilo Axial, but they are going to look a lot alike. I'll have to make a few changes... :) Just warning you bugz so you know i am not stealing your ideas.

looks great overall!!

[bugz2002]

nice vid man the lights work amazingly! who made them?
i bought them from
http://www.freewebs.com/billsrclighting/index.htm
great light and cheep to boot.




holy snikies...we are working on the exact same truck! Same body, same tires, same bumper and pro-line light bar...lol. Mine is based on CR01 parts ilo Axial, but they are going to look a lot alike. I'll have to make a few changes... :) Just warning you bugz so you know i am not stealing your ideas.

looks great overall!!

hey it doesnt bother me if someone steals my ideas copying is the best form of saying thats sweet looking and where do you think i get all my ideas from, so copy away, you can only make yours better.

[Maxx man]

wow thats cool that he makes all his lights himself! If I ever need some lights Im buying from him:D

[bugz2002]

well i went out and bought a box from radio shack to try and waterproof my stuff, as you can see, both the esc and recever fit in the box with room to spare. bought some silicone sealant to seal off the holes i made. not going seal everything in yet, going put a sidewindering instead of the MM.
after i ran it out side i looked in side the box and it seem pretty dry for not being sealed all the way up so i am happy with it.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530760.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530762.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530764.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530763.jpg

[Maxx man]

cool let us know how it works!

[bugz2002]

well the good new, the box is fairly water resident, so that worked out great, the bad new....well you can see for your self...


http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530776.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530777.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530779.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530780.jpg

yeah that happened when i was jumping a curb that had a snow ramp and it didnt go up like it did before and it snapped it. so it is 2wd right now untill i get the part to fix it.

[master_of_desaster]

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: that can happen?!?!?! holy crap:eek:

[Maxx man]

woh!!!!! thats pretty rough!

[AJrc]

ouch!
sweet truck

[bugz2002]

thanks guys yeah it sucks but it is RWD now so i can still run it but it sucks at climbing

[LSXEric]

Wow I'd think the plastic shaft would break before the metal out-put shaft!

[master_of_desaster]

thanks guys yeah it sucks but it is RWD now so i can still run it but it sucks at climbing

yeeeeupppp:D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmb2wUUlDxc&feature=channel_page

[bugz2002]

it is amazing how much crap you can go through with two more wheels with power.

[master_of_desaster]

foor surrre man! haha it is a challenge

[Maxx man]

lol what kinda shaft are you getting now? gunna get a metal one? or are ya gunna stay with the plastic?

[bugz2002]

well scene my shaft didn't break at all i am going stay with them. but the output shaft that's what broke. i bought this... http://www.ckrccrawlers.com/shop/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=1590

[Maxx man]

sweet those are pretty cool!!!! wont be breaking them anytime soon lol

[Maxx man]

well I wont be getting an axial anytime soon:(:(:( had one of those talks with my parents:( so the only car Im gunna get for a long wile is gunna be the one I want most... the mini slayer ex thats coming out this spring...

[bugz2002]

Waiting for parts sucks, i have the tires but no rims or output shaft yet:mad:

[Maxx man]

ouch... that stinks...

[bugz2002]

well up date, i got all my parts...but broke the back body mounts lol, it seems like if it isn't one thing then its another. but i made a different way to mount the body...just have to work on it some more cant get it centered and i mounted the tires and rims...yeah i think i bought the wrong rims..lol i don't like how far in they are. i think i might go back to the 2.2 and keep these for another build..

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/side.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/sidebody.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/back.jpg

[LSXEric]

Yea, I agree with you. This is definatly a 2.2 build.

[Lyric]

look like you got a flat tire there bud lol!

[Maxx man]

hmm... yup its 2.2 alright...

[OldSchoolRC]

I've seen them with 1.9's, they don't look too bad once you drop the shocks and tuck the wheels in. Having said that, i agree with the 2.2's...i just think they look better overall. Planning to use them on mine as well.

I started on mine...well, re-started. Chassis number 2. had some better ideas and decided to start over. In the drawing stage right now and just ordered an axial tranny for the t-case.

Sorry if i missed it, but what are those tires? They are awesome looking!

[bugz2002]

I've seen them with 1.9's, they don't look too bad once you drop the shocks and tuck the wheels in. Having said that, i agree with the 2.2's...i just think they look better overall. Planning to use them on mine as well.

I started on mine...well, re-started. Chassis number 2. had some better ideas and decided to start over. In the drawing stage right now and just ordered an axial tranny for the t-case.

Sorry if i missed it, but what are those tires? They are awesome looking!

the tires are mud thrashers by rc4wd, the side walls are really soft and thin so that is why it looks like the front tires are flat

[bugz2002]

so i fixed the body so it is lower and it looks better but i think it might me just a tad too low but oh well. we got about 2 inch of snow last night and after fixing it (last time i broke a shock off....oops) took it out with the mud thrasher and it did really well and with the BL system i get a lot of wheel spin as you can see in the pictures the inside is COVERED with snow...

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530842.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530839.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530838.jpg

And here is a closer picture of inside
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530841.jpg

[camiguel]

Wow looks like you had fun and it looks very nice. Good job!

[bugz2002]

Took some videos yesterday the frist one is me messing around with my friend and his emaxx...he keep runing in to me and fliping so this is what i did to him..lol

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/th_SD530883.jpg (http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/?action=view&current=SD530883.flv)


and this is my jeep climbing up a big snow hill and rolling over...i was driving it i was talking to video so that is why it rolled lol but afterwords we both made it up the hill with ease. the hill is about 10-12 feet high with a 45-60 degree face. these tires hook up very well on snow/dirt.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/th_SD530889.jpg (http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/?action=view&current=SD530889.flv)

[master_of_desaster]

hahaha awsome man! how's school going for ya man!? i like how it almost stayed on all fours in the first vid against the maxx

[bugz2002]

hahaha awsome man! how's school going for ya man!? i like how it almost stayed on all fours in the first vid against the maxx

schools school...wish it would warm up though..my fingers get soo cold driving it out side. but yeah i thought it was funny with the emaxx, he thought it was all big and bad becuase he could tip me over..lol

[Maxx man]

lol that was awsome with the maxx... your rig is pretty quick for a scaler to:eek:

[master_of_desaster]

hahaha i loved the vid!

[bugz2002]

lol that was awsome with the maxx... your rig is pretty quick for a scaler to:eek:

yeah i know i wanted a lot of wheel spin so i have my MM with the 5700 motor in it and running a 6 cell 4000mah battery:D

[bugz2002]

so i am going fix it up alittle bit....bought some Styrene and going cover all the wholes i put in it and making flat fenders and scene my grill is kind of F'ed up so i made a new one of them. going have to repaint the body, dont know if i am going go with the same paint design or even the same colors. willing to take some color designs.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530901.jpg
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/SD530902.jpg

[Maxx man]

if anything make it retro!!!!!!!

[OldSchoolRC]

going back to the vids, i had some jag at the track who though it was fun to drive willy nilly and run into people's trucks with his nitro-quake. He almost got whooped by those of us there to race on the track after he crossed a track barrier on purpose and hit a rustler and snapped a few things off...then laughed about it. If you know the person and you are horsing around, that's fine, but to do it randomly to strangers? This guy almost got beat down...thankfully the rest of us got everyone calmed down. (he even paid the other guy a few bucks for the broken parts)

totally getting off subject, lol - in any case, how did you manage to bend the styrene over the fenders? is it glued or fit on there? i've heard boiling water helps a ton to make it bend, then let it cool and it retains the shape.

[bugz2002]

going back to the vids, i had some jag at the track who though it was fun to drive willy nilly and run into people's trucks with his nitro-quake. He almost got whooped by those of us there to race on the track after he crossed a track barrier on purpose and hit a rustler and snapped a few things off...then laughed about it. If you know the person and you are horsing around, that's fine, but to do it randomly to strangers? This guy almost got beat down...thankfully the rest of us got everyone calmed down. (he even paid the other guy a few bucks for the broken parts)

totally getting off subject, lol - in any case, how did you manage to bend the styrene over the fenders? is it glued or fit on there? i've heard boiling water helps a ton to make it bend, then let it cool and it retains the shape.

i just glued it part by part and bend the front ones. the back ones were funky as i had to cut and glue. if you look close you can see it.

[bugz2002]

well it is update time. lets see....i hacked off the fender, removed the roof, made my own roll cage (just about done, first time brazing think i did pretty good) stretched out the WB so it looks right now, added a steel bumper up front, working on a back bumper. it is all water proof now, have the xl5 WP and the slash receiver box with the rc4wd 2.4gz receiver in it.


http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/jeep%20jk/IMG_0329.jpg

[LSXEric]

You and Oldschool had the same project going on earlier in this thread, and now the same project again. Now. That. Is. Freaky.

I like the now look except the flames are gone. It was a beautiful shell

[OldSchoolRC]

Cage looks great - where did you find brazing rods? I have been looking high and low for them.

[bugz2002]

Cage looks great - where did you find brazing rods? I have been looking high and low for them.

i am using copper pipe soldier...it seems to be holding up so far.

[bugz2002]

wow i haven't updated this in a while. well she has a new rollcage that i made my self, which i think turned out pretty good. the finders are gone. made a steel bumper with a stinger on it. now i am deciding whether or not to taper the back or not because the back tires do rub alittle at full articulation. and wondering what kind of wenches are out there other then the 3m? and i was looking at the one from rc4wd. and here are some updated pictures.


this is only good picture i have of it right now and i am too lazy to go take more. lol
http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/bugz2002/jeep%20jk/IMG_0329.jpg