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Got the body mounted and trimmed and started on the tubing.

that's a pretty hot looking truck!

i like how the steering motor protrudes from the bonnet

It's disgusting how cool that thing looks, things like this make me feel completely inadequate as a man...if that thing gets any cooler I may become impotent. You must stop now! My testicles can't afford to shrink much more.

It's too bad the steering motor isn't centered, you could make a little scoop so that it looked like a blower.

betty.k wrote:that's a pretty hot looking truck!

i like how the steering motor protrudes from the bonnet

Thanks. The planetary on the motor makes it stick up wicked high, the only way to keep the body at a sensible height was to clearance the hood. I'm debating sleeving it with some brass tubing for protection as it takes pretty hard hits during rollovers.

sidewinder wrote:It's disgusting how cool that thing looks, things like this make me feel completely inadequate as a man...if that thing gets any cooler I may become impotent. You must stop now! My testicles can't afford to shrink much more.

It's too bad the steering motor isn't centered, you could make a little scoop so that it looked like a blower.

Sorry about your manhood but it's not done yet.

At first the body sat a little higher and I was playing around with the idea of a ram air scoop but it's probably too high for it now so I'll probably let it ride and protect it without disguising it.

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit2[/YouTube]

Sort of making progress. New tires out of narrowed 1/20 Tamiya Desert Duelers.





They're a tad stickier but side hilling is worse due to higher cog. Gearbox separated so I need to fix that and do some more testing to see if I want to stick with them. If I do I'll need to trim the body some more as well.

Well at least they look good. Pretty cool truck, it really makes me want to find a few more donors on ebay.

Thanks, need materials to finish it up but I no worky still so it'll probably go to the back burner for a while.

What up pimps!

Finally got the suspension sorted out a bit.
Here's some testing, Bitpimps exclusive edit.

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Threw some paint on it.

Just having some fun with it before I send it out. It's going to my brother for his birthday.

He was bored with the original one I gave him a few years back after driving Mini Franky.

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Mini Franky


Here's the new hotness.
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This line took me most of the day to make clean. I wanted to really wring it out before I sent it. Everything is smooth as butter.

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Where are you buying this ZZMT's. I cannot find any online.

Bustin wrote:Where are you buying this ZZMT's. I cannot find any online.

I hoarded a bunch when they were cheap.

Well that's a downer. My kids are and I got in to these micro RC's and I cannot find the ZZMT's anywhere.

It's the closest thing to those custom 4x4 table tops that are hand made in Germany.