Furitek Scythe SCX24

[Zenithmfg1]

Hello RCTalk, I am a newb embarking on my first build. I have a couple of kits I was going to do first but those require soldering and painting, which I have never done before. I figure this SCX24 build might be an easier introduction to the craft, no soldering or painting required.

The build will be on a Furitek Scythe Chassis with Furitek Stinger Power System, and a bunch of stuff from Treal. I had originally bought a few of these things to upgrade my Deadbolt, but decided it would by more fun to do a complete build. Since I don't have a step by step instruction manual for this, I am using the Deadbolt manual as a guide.

Put together the links on the assembled axles. I have aluminum axles, but going to use the assembled axles for now to test out the build. Will eventually swap them out on the final build.

Putting together the transmission.

Installed the transmission and axles on the chassis.

Well, I got up this point and this is where I got stuck. Looks like I need some M1.4 nuts to secure the shocks to the chassis. Need to place an order. Will update when I make additional progress. Any advice, suggestions, and constructive criticism of the build will be appreciated.

 

[WickedFog]

Nice build so far. You can't just thread the shock balls into the chassis? Use a drop of blue loctite.

 

[Tunedfrog]

You are going to be extremely impressed with the Furitek Stinger.

 

[Zenithmfg1]

Nice build so far. You can't just thread the shock balls into the chassis? Use a drop of blue loctite.

I don't think I can since there are no threads on the chassis.

 

[Doom!]

Lookin' good! I love the SCX24 platform...so much you can do with it.

 

[Zenithmfg1]

You are going to be extremely impressed with the Furitek Stinger.

Can't wait to power this thing on. Heard a lot of good things on the Stinger. I was thinking of putting on a regular Komodo motor instead of the mini since the Scythe seems to be built for a regular Komodo. We'll see...

Lookin' good! I love the SCX24 platform...so much you can do with it.

I told myself I wasn't going to do anything smaller than 1:10 scale, but the SCX24 is pretty popular here and when the Deadbolt went on sale a few weeks ago, I jumped and yeah its a lot of fun. I had plan to built 20 of these things thinking it would be a cheaper build (what a noob, right?) than a 1:10 build. I think the budget now is only for 2 base on the cost of this build, LOL.

 

[Tunedfrog]

No issues at all with mine and I built it from scratch also.