ok peoples here is the plan,

scx10 chassis and tranny

scx10 diffs

scx10 RCBROS leaf spring kit

rc4wd leafs

rc4wd 1.55 rims and tyres

hilux front cab with honcho rear cage

going to have a go at custom interior with driver

am thinking of a dig to have truck in 2wd all the time and 4wd in the fly

so far i have the chassis, front cab i have already, honcho cage and rcbros kit on its way this will be a bit of a slower, take my time build as i want it to be a nice item...


will get some picks when i get back from work cheers Reece

i have been thinking of doing this to my scx10 aswell, as the 2.2 is out of action the dig is just sitting there begging to be used

Come on man, wheres the pics, it's been lik 12 hours

Carl your forgeting i work 4 on 4 off 12 hour shifts 1.5hrs out of Mackay lol

hey man what do you do??? i know a bloke who does the same sort work hours, he is a diesel mechanic at the mines

hey yeah im in the mines im a serviceman, were getting hammered with rain atm not fun hey lol

ok well i have had some success so far with this build,

in the mail i got my leaf spring conversion kit and rc4wd leafs as well as the cab backing panel.


started the assemble the new chassis i picked up and the leaf conversion kit got the front diff done and installed went to put the rear one in and one of the axle leaf mounts was the wrong one contacted rcbros.com and have one in mail on its way to me .

i also still have oodles to do but here are a few pics sorry for the delay guys







just a few shots to show you a rough idea of what im going for 1.9's will be on it for the start as i want to see how it will go with them before i fork out for 1.55's







colour scheme for the cab will be Pearl white with some metallic blue stripes not decided on stripes yet, post up your thoughts and queries cheers Reece

Looks good amte, i have always loved white with blue racing stripes, but not 100% sure if it'll suit the hilux. depends exactley what you have in mind. Do you rekon thi's be done by the end of the month?

depends on time to receive the replacement leaf mount and if i can find time to work on it too but ill have the D90 spare if we want to run scalers too at end of month..

well i mounted the back cage today also and encountered a problem were i want the front cab to sit and with the cage installed i had about roughly 25mm gap between the cab and cage...






and the cage with a 15mm spacer inserted





off to work for 4 days progress will continue after work cheers Reece

Such a simple fix

yeah its basic but i gotta get some button head screws for it, atm i just got odd ones holding it together.. still have to paint the white bits black and thats the cage mounted...

Where did you get the honcho cage from Did you get all the proper screws with it.

i got if off ebay but ckrccrawlers.com and rpphobby.com are selling them too.


as for the screws i was missing 4 in total 2 of the cage screws and 2 for the lexan piece.

kind of wishing i dod not cut it out and paint yet cause of the extension i had to do, so im going to try to get another if i can...

I got mine from rc parts bone yard on ebay & it came with a ton of screws but most of them were'nt the correct 1s

yeah i got mine form there too..

Excellent job on the truck Greasterman.....the leaf springs look real,should be a noice truck when you finish.




Scott

Can you move the chassis mount forward for the front shackles to get a better angle ?

Otherwise, liking this build

Bring back the leaf

Might also want to look at your caster, your front wheels are going to steer down to the ground.

Yep

Most aftermarket C's have adjustable caster.

ok ill have a look into it i might try it standard and see how it drives and steers but thanks for the tip.



i tried moving the front leaf shackle back into the chassis to make the rear front shackle sit vertical but flexing it didnt look right.. wondering if shooter shackles would help or are they only suited to rears??

1:1 scissor shackles provide heaps of travel, usually uncontrolled travel that provides little or no traction often resulting in diffs flopping around and hopping.

On your set up, the more the bottom of the front shackle is to the front of the car (to an extent) the more up travel you will have, the more the bottom of your shackle is to the rear of the car the more down travel you will have, you'll find this would be your best and most stable set up.

If your battery is going under the bonnet your shackle angle will come back closer to where it should be with the weight applied.

Looking Good mate, Can you remember the damage for the honcho cage to your door please mate?

PM sent tessa maloo

hey mate she is lookin good so far
where did u get and how much was the hilux body?

hey i got the hilux body form rpphobby and a few pieces from ebay aswell there relatively cheap too...

hey all got some more done today, got the front cab mounted and the rear one too, just have to make up some mounts for the side mounting of the front cab.

tranny is in and also made up some spacers to go between the leaf springs and bolts to remove the sloppy movement..


just need to mount up all the electrics and wait for the rear axle leaf mount to arrive add some paint and its running, got a few scale accessories coming to they should be here soon


pics:

the leaf end spacer i made out of plastic tube






std height


fully flexed

ok were to start,


this morning i started with the cab glued the reign cab back in and bogged it up to smooth out the joins (used tamiya putty), let it set for 5 hours, touched it all over to test for softness and it was all good. So started to sand and it was still moist in some areas which was ok so got past that and found that the tamiya putty had melted the shell in some areas so that really ticked me off so i kept sanding and primed it and painted it. looks ok but will do another body when i get the extra coin.

any way got the servo in and set up had to change the screw on the turn knuckle to a longer one, then space it big time to clear the leaf spring.

Once that was in i made a electrics plate out of 2mm styrenne then mounted it on the servo and chassis, flipped my tranny to miss the reign cab plate heard it also reduces torque twist??

installed the rear leafs as the new leaf mount arrived today,drilled the hole for rear hangar bolted up the rear end.

had to chop the male side of the drive shafts about 8mm so they would fit cause its a lil shorter than origional scx10.

cleaned up all the wires addedsome scale accessories and gave it a quick test drive to make sure it drove straight and so on.

now with the pics will be taking it out for a scale run either this sunday or next friday.

couple more let me know what you think Reece

It came up real nice mate
the only thing i would have done would be hide the body posts, but other than that nice work, the honcho tray looks sweet