The Backyard – Rotten Apple Axial SCX6 Honcho
Hey everybody and Happy Friday!
This week I wished to share the challenge I’ve been spending the final couple months on. I lastly took the plunge into massive scale r/c with an Axial SCX6 Honcho!
This is one thing I had been eager to do ever because the Honcho model of the SCX6 was introduced. Despite being concerned within the passion for over 30 years now, I’ve by no means owned one thing that I’d contemplate massive scale.
It’s additionally been awhile since I’ve picked up a truck with the plans to mod it to the gills. The SCX6 appeared like a major platform to do that with, because the sheer dimension of it alone makes it a showstopper, and that’s earlier than customizing it!
Before any of that, I needed to take it out at the very least as soon as in completely inventory trim.
This was for a number of causes. For starters, given I’ve huge time mod plans, I wished to see what it was like in inventory kind first to have a comparability baseline. The second is that I wished to ensure I REALLY preferred the truck and bigger scale driving expertise earlier than dropping the coin on further goodies for it.
Good news- the Axial SCX6 is a freakin’ pleasure to drive. The weight and dimension of the automobile make for a drastically completely different driving expertise than a 1/10 or 1/8. I’ve quite a bit to say about this, and I’ll try this in a separate write-up quickly! For now, let’s speak concerning the mods I made a decision to make post-first run
I knew that after I ordered the Honcho, I wished to do my very own physique for it instantly. My 1:1 truck is a (my beloved) Toyota Tacoma, so I knew I used to be going to stay with both one other clear inventory Honcho physique (which relies on the Tacoma) or a Pro-Line 85 Toyota Hilux SR5. I in the end selected the old fashioned Toyota, as a result of I believed it will look extra hanging with the rear cage.
The solely potential challenge I noticed is that I believed I’d should lose each the internal fenders and inside that the Honcho makes use of, and due to that I used to be on the fence. After some poking round in some Facebook teams, I found that this isn’t the case. With some slight modifications you may certainly use each!
Here are some images. You can see how the internal fenders take care of trimming. No, they don’t line up completely, however it doesn’t actually matter as soon as the physique is painted. The inventory inside additionally suits, you simply should trim the entrance of it some when mounting, and after paint it should look fantastic.
I additionally used the exterior spotlights that include the inventory honcho. They are simple to mount on the brand new physique. I DID NOT use the inventory headlights/grill, which is sort of a bummer….however dems da breaks. It’s uncommon I’m ever operating at night time lately, so it’s a sacrifice I didn’t thoughts making.
For paint, I wished to use my private Rotten Apple scheme. Painting the big cab was comparatively uneventful, however remember that you’ll use A LOT of paint – there may be simply loads of floor space!
While the truck was down for paint, I made a decision to ditch the inventory tires (that are fairly good!) for a set of JConcepts Landmine tires. Me being a cultured man, I made a decision to color the raised JCONCEPTS lettering in white. Seriously although, one other bonus of the huge dimension of the automobile is that portray raised tire lettering is cake in comparison with 1/10 scale!
Here she is. My Rotten Apple SCX6. She’s an actual beaut, Clark. I’m thrilled with how this turned out.
Next up, time for some machined wheels and twin stage foams! Whenever I end that improve, I’ll do an in depth write-up on my ideas on the SCX6 and large-scale scaling. Until subsequent time, maintain it on all 4’s!