Classic Dodge Street Rod
Warren Taylor « Bldg, Wa
Warren’s custom-built rig encompasses a styrene scratch-built camper full with 1/14-scale dollhouse home equipment within it. The go-anywhere motorhome relies on a NWSD chassis and is powered by a 21T Holmes 550-sized motor. The motor and Zeee LiPo battery energy are coupled with the traction of RC4WD’s narrow-width Interco TSL Super Swamper tires to haul an identical trailer towing a pair of filth bikes and an Axial Yeti Jr. Can-Am Maverick. We’re glad campers simply trying on the scale particulars, nice job Warren!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: NWSD Chassis
– Body: Custom-made motorhome
– Motor: Holmes 21T 550
– Speed Control: Hobbywing 1080 ESC
– Battery: Zeee 1500 LiPo
– Wheels and Tires: RC4WD Narrow TSL Super Swamper
– Shocks: Leaf springs
– Axles: Amazon 10.2 fashion
– Paint: Wesco Automotive Carmel
– Radio System: Flysky
– Other Options: Scale trailer to match, LED lights
FARM TRUCK
Bill Sofroniuk « Alberta , Canada
Bill wished to construct a {custom} truck that may take a look at his kit-bashing expertise. He had by no means used styrene earlier than, so he used the plastic sheeting to create the pickup’s cab front and back of field. Then he reduce the bucket seats out and constructed a bench seat, and used an outdated T-shirt as a seat cowl. When Bill acquired into the portray portion of the challenge, he used a skinny strip of styrene to behave because the physique trim. He additionally made a sliding rear window as a result of he wished to make a magazine mount CB antenna and a spot for the antenna cable to get into the cab. Used CD circumstances have been used to create the window and extra styrene was used for the window trim. Great job in your custom-made creation Bill!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: GCM Racing CMAX with leaf spring setup
– Body: Custom-made pickup truck
– Motor: Castle Creations Slate 1900kV
– Speed Control: Castle Creations Micro X
– Battery: Ovonic 1300mAh 3S
– Wheels and Tires: Locked Up RC Trail Ready with all the size 1.55 {hardware} and Goodyear MT/R tires
– Shocks: ECX 1/16 scale, simply used for helpers for the leaf springs
– Axles: GCM Racing 3D-printed axles
– Paint: Rustoleum x2 paint and Vallejo dry pigments
– Radio System: Spektrum DX6R
– Lighting: Custom-made system from uncooked LEDs
– Other Options: Mix of {custom} 3D-printed elements
Midwest Modified
Jacob Johnson « Fair Play, MO
When Jacob’s native carpet observe began oval racing, he constructed this racer that he calls the Midwest Modified to run there. Jacob tells us: “I took a Team Associated B5M and put a laydown transmission in it, got a McAllister B5M modified body mount kit, an AFX 7000 Midwest Modified body and Custom Works rear adjustable arms.” Once accomplished, he took it to the Saturday night time oval races on the Polk County RC Raceway in Bolivar, Missouri. He adjusted the automotive’s setup throughout the qualifying rounds and certified third for A-Main. Jacob ended up ending 4th. He provides: “There were a lot of position changes throughout the race. All in all it’s a really fun class to run on oval.” Great job Jacob!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Team Associated B5M
– Body: AFX 7000 Midwest Modified
– Motor: Trinity X-Factor 10.5
– Speed Control: Hobbywing Pro Stock
– Battery: Gens Ace Redline 5100mAh
– Wheels and Tires: Rear Pro-Line Hexagon, entrance Raw Speed
– Shocks: Team Associated
– Paint: Custom painted by Johnson’s RC Airbrushing
– Radio System: Airtronics MT4S
– Other Options: Xpert 4000 collection steering servo
Tamiya Grand Hauler
Shane McManus « Machesney Park, IL
Shane tells us that he’s been within the interest for properly over 10 years and at all times wished to construct a semi truck. In the start of 2020, after a buddy acquired a semi, he bit the bullet and bought the Tamiya Grand Hauler package. Shane goes on to say: “I didn’t want to just build a basic kit, I wanted to build the version of the truck I drive. A 2000 Peterbilt 379 Day Cab. So right away I knew I would be in for some work. I cut off the sleeper portion and put in a 3D-printed back wall/window to fill the gap. I also cut out the stock headlights and filled them since I was going with a different style headlight. I think the most time-consuming part of the build was the bodywork. I spent forever filling and sanding it seemed. Building and shortening the chassis was the fun and easy part. It’s cool trying something different.” You actually hit it out of the park along with your “mini-me” semi Shane, nice job!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Tamiya Grand Hauler
– Body: Tamiya Grand Hauler
– Motor: Axial 540 Brushed
– Speed Control: Tamiya MFU
– Battery: Hyperion 2S LiPo 1600mAh
– Wheels and Tires: Tamiya Grand Hauler
– Paint: Tamiya Color
– Light System: Tamiya MFU lights, additionally further {custom} soldered lights
– Radio System: Traxxas TQi
– Other Options: Tamiya MFU sound system, full fenders from Shapeway.com, PoGo stick from Gear Jammer, RCMetal headlights from Garden Trucking, aluminum air breathers and CB antennas from eBay, Breather lights, aluminum grille
1982 Chevy G Van
Scott Lempert « Commerce Township, MI
Scott has at all times wished an RC van, particularly one in GM’s late-’70s or early-’80s physique kinds. While he has seen a number of 3D-printed our bodies round, he felt that whereas the 3D choices have been extraordinarily detailed, they wanted an excessive amount of bodywork to get them to the place a easy end could possibly be utilized. He determined to take issues into his personal arms. Scott tells us, “So, I had a few leftover RC4WD Blazer parts laying around, stared at them for a bit, printed some inspirational photos, studied dimensions and dug in. I was concerned about rigidity, so I chose to only make the rear barn doors functional.” He ended up crafting his personal 1982 Chevy van from scratch, constructing a chassis from 1/4-inch sq. metal and self-fabricated shock mounts. The physique is hinged on the rear of chassis. Body-wise, he began with a number of leftover items of an RC4WD Blazer. He then linked the items with .080 styrene and formed and primed a number of instances to work out the imperfections. If you ask us, this construct is a superb success. Fantastic job Scott!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Scratch-built
– Body: Custom-made
– Motor: Castle 1410
– Speed Control: Castle SV3 ESC
– Battery: Hyperion Zeee 2S LiPo
– Wheels and Tires: Reefs Fury billet wheels with no-brand orange anodized rings and KNK scale {hardware}, JConcepts 1.9 Trxus tires
– Shocks: Austar inventory blue our bodies, 30 wt. Losi oil
– Axles: Austar entrance and rear with HR Racing aluminum chubs
– Paint: Tamiya Color TS92 orange over white primer base coat
– Light System: RC4WD 4-channel wi-fi lighting controller controls the headlights/tailights, rock lights, sconces and oblique lighting
– Radio System: Flysky GT3
– Scale Features: All wooden inside, waterbed, flat display screen, stocked fridge and handmade sconces. Dash is handmade. I printed the seats, door panel and switches for the swap panel. Ceiling has an oblique lighting function.
Ramin’ the Competition
Ricky Murray « Sierra Vista, AZ
Ricky tells us that again in 1990 he constructed his first actual RC, a Tamiya Lunch Box, together with his dad. He was instantly hooked into RC and particularly RC monster vehicles. Ricky goes on to say: “After owning my fair share of RC monster trucks over the years, I saw Primal’s Raminator. I knew I had to get one. I was blessed to secure one in October 2020 and have been building it into this beast since. I had always wanted a large, scale monster and the Raminator surely fits that bill. With the addition of small details, rear steering and having a gas engine, I couldn’t get more scale than this. This truck is truly my go-to in my fleet. In case there are any questions about its size, check out the pics of it next to the Tamiya Lunch Box! Special thanks to my fiancé for her continued support during this build. If you would like to see a full build thread on the truck, please visit Largescaleforums.com, under RC Build Logs, Rickdizzle’s Raminator Build.” The Raminator is really big, incredible job Ricky!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Primal RC Raminator V2 Monster Truck
– Body: Raminator Monster Truck, Dodge Ram
– Engine: 49cc fuel engine utilizing a 2-needle carburetor with Bartolone Racing V2 Velocity stack, Full Force RC high-flow gas becoming package, Snappy RC gas package
– Fuel: VP Racing 4-cylinder Small Engine Fuel at 94 octane combined 40:1 with Amsoil Dominator 2-stroke oil.
– Wheels and Tires: Primal Raminator inventory wheels and tires. 12”x 7” with 24mm hexes on the wheels, aluminum enclosed wheel nuts
– Shocks: 8 whole Primal Raminator shocks, 4 with springs and 4 appearing as dampers. Drilled pistons with Team -Associated 10-weight shock oil. Utilizes JS Performance aluminum shock mounts, aluminum spring separators, aluminum spring perches and bushings.
– Axles: Primal Raminator axles with each the entrance and rear differentials modified for power and brass bushings added on the output shafts.
– Paint: Pre-painted Raminator physique. Testors spray enamel for the motive force and inside particulars, utilized over Bulldog adhesion promotor
– Graphics: Licensed decals from Primal RC to emulate the actual Raminator Monster Truck and Dodge Ram. Scale “sponsor” decals from Factory Effex.
– Light System: 5 LED mini lights for RII mild
– Radio System: Futaba 7PXR wrapped in a Gorilla Guard silicon wrap for the transmitter, Futaba R2006GS 6-channel receiver
RUSTED PLASTIC
Ken Sutherland « Florence, OR
Ken began with a 1/12-scale King Kong CA10 tractor truck and added a number of his personal gildings to it. He shaved the truck’s tires for a worn look and “rusted” by the plastic physique utilizing a pinpoint Dremel bit from the bottom out. Ken additionally added blistering on the physique with white glue drops earlier than base paint. He then topped off the CA10’s lifelike look by including equipment to the cargo maintain of the truck equivalent to a number of home made crates, noticed blades, corrugated steel sheets, a coffin, buckets, reels of rope. It’s a great-looking rig, incredible job Ken!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: King Kong CA10
– Body: Customized King Kong CA10
– Motor: RC4WD 45t brushed 540
– Speed Control: Hobbywing 1060
– Battery: NiMH 3300 mAh
– Wheels & Tires: Modified King Kong CA10
– Shocks: None
– Paint: Testors Olive Green plus 3 or 4 custom-mix darkish washes, 2 custom-mix crimson oxide washes
– Radio System: Flysky 3-channel TX and RX
– Other Options: Homemade crates, noticed blades, bumpers, corrugated steel sheets, coffin, buckets, reels of rope. The skeletons, white baggage and shovel have been bought.
FIRESTONE
group 5 Team Members
Transmission/Drivetrain: Jay
Shocks/Wheels/Electronics: Kaden
Frame: Connor
Body/Paint: Riley
Group 5’s Project Notes: “During this build we tried hard and helped each other with the different jobs since some team members were absent during the build. The hardest part for our group was getting the screws to start threading into the plastic and then making sure we didn’t over-tighten them. If we were to do it again, we would get some better tools, especially hex wrenches. We really liked the scale appearance of the motor cover and the detailed belt and pulley cover. We decided to call our crawler Firestone and try a flame paint job, so we had to find a flame image we liked and then size it for our crawler. Using a vinyl cutter, we masked off the flames and then painted the crawler gunmetal, followed by peeling back the flame mask a little to paint the red tips. We kept peeling back the flames and added orange, then yellow, and finally red for the front end, making it fade into the flames. We decided to use the provided window tint stickers to add to the realism. This build was definitely time-consuming, but we were extremely happy with our final results!”
The Behemoth Cometh
Glenn Castillo « Waipahu, HI
Glenn began with an Axial Wraith Spawn RTR rock crawler and transformed it to a monster truck. He tells us that he selected a Pro-Line ’80s Blazer physique to finish the look. It options home made hyperlinks to get the wheelbase proper. The Behemoth can be outfitted with an ESS Sense sound system that provides the monster truck lifelike V8 sounds. Glenn reviews that it took some time to get the truck’s suspension, together with the sway bar, limiting straps and shocks, dialed in. It seems to be prefer it was properly well worth the effort, incredible job Glenn!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Axial Wraith Spawn
– Body: Pro-Line 1980 Blazer
– Motor: Axial 27T
– Speed Control: Axial AE-5 ESC
– Battery: Turnigy 5000mAh 2S LiPo
– Wheels and Tires: JConcepts Tribute wheels, Golden Years tires, JConcepts white beadlock rings
– Shocks: Generic gold shocks, 4”
– Paint: Tamiya White and Light Blue
– Radio System: Axial AX-3
– Lighting: Axial mild buckets, Generic LEDs
– Other Options: ESS Sense sound module, PowerHD 25kg servo, HR Racing limiting straps, HR Racing diff covers, HR Racing sway bars, RPM blower and headers.
Traxxas 2 Car Hauler 6×6 w/ Hydraulics
Joseph Kovach « Hamilton, NJ
Joseph tells us that as quickly as he and his staff acquired the Traxxas TRX-6 Ultimate RC Hauler, they started working on it. First they lowered it by including smaller shocks, then they added a subframe for sliding the mattress again in addition to a top-mounted roof deck. Now the actually trick factor they did subsequent was so as to add a 300mm observe actuator for the rollback together with a Lesu hydraulic system. Joseph goes on to say: “The truck also has all kinds of lights for the bed, backups, flashers, reverse and brake. We added a winch from Traxxas and a power source for each bed. The radio is a 10-channel from Radiolink and it uses every channel too.” Congrats guys, it seems to be prefer it all that work was properly well worth the effort, incredible job!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Traxxas TRX-6
– Body: Ultimate RC Hauler
– Motor: Traxxas Titan 21T 550
– Speed Control: Traxxas XL-5 ESC
– Battery: Traxxas
– Wheels and Tires: Duratrax Low Pro 2.8 wheels and tires
– Shocks: Traxxas
– Paint: Traxxas
– Radio System: Radiolink 10-channel
– Lighting: Traxxas and GT Power
– Other Options: GT Power sound system, Lesu hydraulics, pump package, tank and cylinders
One Wild Willys
Zachary Paivarinta « Winter Garden, FL
Zachary takes us on the journey that created his custom-made ’56 Willys pickup: “After attending USTE (Ultimate Scale Truck Expo) for several years and seeing all the amazing builds people had done year after year, I wanted to finally give it a go and see what I was truly capable of. I knew if I wanted to potentially make this thing worthy of an award, I’d truly have to make it unique and scale. A full year later, many design changes, swapping out of parts, hiccups and frustration, I finally got it to where I wanted it to be. USTE22 is a year I’ll always remember. I received two finalist ribbons for Best Interior and Best Engine Bay and ended up winning an award for Best Engine Bay. This build is one I’ll cherish forever.” Of the 3D-printed physique, Zachary tells us: “This build started out as just a regular SCX10 II Cherokee. I printed a 1956 Willys Pickup body for this build and had custom fenders and bumpers fabricated by Scotty Bolin at Blue Line Fab. I also had a 6BT diesel engine printed by ScaleRat to bring this build to another level.” He provides: “This thing was loaded down with several custom-made scale accessories as well as several RC4WD accessories.” It’s a great-looking trip for positive, exemplary work and congrats in your awards, Zachary!
BUILD HIGHLIGHTS
– Chassis: Axial SCX10 II
– Body: Custom 3D-printed 1956 Willys Pickup
– Motor: Holmes Hobby 27T TrailGrasp
– Speed Control: Hobbywing 1080 in a {custom} wooden battery field
– Battery: GensAce 2200mAh 50c LiPo
– Wheels and Tires: Reefs RC Typhon wheels, Pro-Line 3.85” OD Interco SS TSLs, Locked Up scale {hardware}, RC4WD entrance scale hubs
– Shocks: 90mm RC4WD Rock Krawler entrance shocks, DinkyRC cantilever setup within the rear working Traxxas 1/18 shocks
– Axles: Axial AR44 axles with RC4WD Poison Spider diff covers
– Paint: Several combined layers of Rustoleum paint, some weathering finished with Vallejo and Tamiya weathering kits
– Lighting System: RC4WD Baja Design pods within the entrance mild buckets
– Radio System: Flysky GT5
– Other Options: Reefs RC Raw 500 servo, scratch-built inside, a number of different scratch-built objects, scale objects and different {custom} work
