Monster Truck Madness – Tiny Trucks
Hello everybody and Happy Thursday!
With Summer arriving right here within the Midwest with 100+ diploma temperatures, my r/c time over the previous week has been spent primarily on the work bench.
A couple of weeks again I picked a Traxxas TRX-4M High Trail with the aim of customizing it to be a succesful rig that I can simply pack away for some impromptu scaling whereas touring, and I’ve began the method.
The new Ford F-150 physique was painted in a vibrant inexperienced to match my Rotten Apple fleet of vehicles, and it turned out good. I picked up a set of MT Racing Black Brass Hex Counterweights and they’re an superior product. Not solely do they add some weight in any respect 4 corners down low, however additionally they change the inventory hex setup and enhance total width by a bit. They additionally appear like brake pads!
On a small truck just like the TRX-4M, including weight to the axles and extra width is VERY noticeable. It already feels extra succesful.
My subsequent improve is to mate some Treal 1.0″ Aluminum CNC Beadlock Wheels Green with JConcepts “The Hold” tires to present it a tall mud truck look. Note that the inexperienced on the wheels doesn’t match the truck physique inexperienced, so I’ll most likely be portray these first. I’ll present you what it appears like as soon as the JConcepts tires arrive and get mounted! Really digging this small Ford up to now!
My different small scale mission has been engaged on an Revell 1978 Chevy Blazer “Pulldozer” pulling truck static mannequin equipment. I’m eschewing the field artwork to, huge shock right here, paint it up in Rotten Apple colours. Look, at this level just about the whole lot I can do on this scheme, Imma do it!
The inventory mannequin comes with some customary DOT fashion off-road tires, however being it is a pulling truck I wished it to look extra the half. I picked up some 1:24 3D printed mannequin pulling tires and wheels from eBay, and used them as an alternative. They are perhaps a smidge on the small facet if I’m being vital, however I just like the look. The truck is mainly absolutely assembled now, so I’m ending the paint work. I’ll publish pics when completed!
That’s it for this week. Next week, the 4th of July vacation falls on the identical day that my weekly weblog runs (Thursday), so I’ve one thing thematically applicable to speak about!
Until then, hold it on all 4’s!