I'm not much of a wrencher, but will, when I have to. Mostly because I'm short attention spanned and lazy (like @Doom! ). However, I'm recently come to be kinda obsessed with these small Axial SCX24s.
Why? 1) They are very well engineered for the purpose of crawling 2) super crawlers, which translate into super fun 3) because of their minute size, crawling courses/opportunities are a plenty!
I've already begun the modding, but figured I would do a build thread. Just for the fun of chronicalling purposes....and also just for sh*ts and giggles!
So, Project: Dead Twins.......
I've had my red Deadbolt for around a year now, and I've fairly recently acquired the green one as well. I well be building these 2 up to be highly modded comp crawlers. Although, they will be slightly different in build, and not exactly identical.
The red Deadbolt I have now dubbed: Redrum. Some of you old farts may recognize this famous tag.
The green one: Goblin. Just because I like the word goblin.
Redrum is now sporting: RC4WD pressed steel wheels, RC4WD Mud Slingers, brass steering knuckles, brass extension hexes, and front and rear brass diff covers.
Goblin: RC4WD pressed steel wheels, RC4WD Scramblers, front and rear extended axle shafts, brass extension hexes, front brass diff cover, and just yesterday an Emax servo with an Injora aluminum servo tray.
Both rigs have all the shock springs removed and the shocks invertly mounted. With the extensions, Redrum sits 130mm in width, and Goblin at a massive 140mm. A stock SCX24 is about 100mm. Redrum may have the Emax servo mounted today.
That is it for now, but I just place an order for more upgrades, this morning, on Alieexpress, so it'll be coming on the slow boat from China. Probably don't get here until the end of the month. At over 50% on savings, it'll be worth the wait. Plus, I'm in no hurry.
Why? 1) They are very well engineered for the purpose of crawling 2) super crawlers, which translate into super fun 3) because of their minute size, crawling courses/opportunities are a plenty!
I've already begun the modding, but figured I would do a build thread. Just for the fun of chronicalling purposes....and also just for sh*ts and giggles!
So, Project: Dead Twins.......
I've had my red Deadbolt for around a year now, and I've fairly recently acquired the green one as well. I well be building these 2 up to be highly modded comp crawlers. Although, they will be slightly different in build, and not exactly identical.
The red Deadbolt I have now dubbed: Redrum. Some of you old farts may recognize this famous tag.
The green one: Goblin. Just because I like the word goblin.
Redrum is now sporting: RC4WD pressed steel wheels, RC4WD Mud Slingers, brass steering knuckles, brass extension hexes, and front and rear brass diff covers.
Goblin: RC4WD pressed steel wheels, RC4WD Scramblers, front and rear extended axle shafts, brass extension hexes, front brass diff cover, and just yesterday an Emax servo with an Injora aluminum servo tray.
Both rigs have all the shock springs removed and the shocks invertly mounted. With the extensions, Redrum sits 130mm in width, and Goblin at a massive 140mm. A stock SCX24 is about 100mm. Redrum may have the Emax servo mounted today.
That is it for now, but I just place an order for more upgrades, this morning, on Alieexpress, so it'll be coming on the slow boat from China. Probably don't get here until the end of the month. At over 50% on savings, it'll be worth the wait. Plus, I'm in no hurry.
