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I will soon get a King Yellow with a build Cassis without Bearibgs and a prepainted but not precutted Body.....
The Body is not stickered yet (good for me, most People cant sticker the Decals very well).
It would cost me 120 Bucks, so i think i will get it.
Is there a Shockset that is affordable? I do not want to buy Tamiya aluminium shocks. I would love CVAs.
But there are chinese shocks. Do anyone has them? Do they work fine or are they for the Bin?
Is there a plastic CVA Set with 6 shocks?
Is the double Servo Setup really nessesery or is a single Servo also good?
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Hello fello TC Members,
does anyone of you have ascces zo a CNC Machine?
I would need 4 of these Parts as Servomounts made from aluminium for my new Bullhead:
It would be perfect to have one in Europe (exept the UK) because of shippingcosts and Taxes.... ....now we must Pay Tax for Uk Stuff because someone wanted a Brexit (i think he sits in Jail now
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Could anyone do such a thing for a little Money? It would be best from Scrap Metal that would land in the bin anyways...
I had a guy in Germany who machined me 4 of these years ago about 30 Bucks shipped, but i do not have his Contact now...... .... i do not know if i can reactivate the contact. -
So, i found that Article about Scale Crushingcars:
https://www.bigsquidrc.com/monster-truck-madness-good-looking-crushed-cars-and-trucks/
They look amazing!
Sadly, we do not have theese sort oft 1:10 Scale Cars.
We only have the Matchbox/Hotwheelcars, a bit bigger Cars (BBurago, etc) and Barbie Toy Cars.
But there aren`t a lot of 1:10 scale cheap Toycars for Crushing that i could use. A Barbie Car would cost between 10 and 30 Dollars.
So i will stick to crushing Beercans, they do not look as good or scale but they are so "crushy". I think it would be very pleasent to crush them.
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My Phantasie Bigfoot (wrong Body not all the Stripes) uses 120mm shocks (a bit angled so minus a few mm)
I like to have super soft Shocks and get the 10 to 20 mm sag (in reallity it is more the 10 mm) but that meany i have to use those stabilisator Rods to get a nice soft supsension but not tremendios Bodyrolling....
Maybe i try 110 mm shocks.....
My Chassis isn`t modified (exept that stretchplate for the Wheelbase) so the Gearbox will hit the Chassis if i would let it fall from 2 meters or so....
1 Meter is a fine height for landing my stockish bigfootish clod.
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The BTA Steering just died for me
It would cost me 65 Euros per Axle without a Servo and without Taxes, so you could say 75 Per Axle without a Servo
And the Seller (UK Monsters says that this BTA Kit won`t fit the stock Clod Chassis)I will choose the next better option maybe one of those:
https://www.ebay.at/itm/194694208258?hash=item2d54addb02:g:nsoAAOSwXwRfT79d
https://www.ebay.at/itm/255037721939?hash=item3b616ecd53:g:vZkAAOSwP25g0-dT
What gives you more Space for the Suspension?
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I didn't realised that a rollbar could bug me
I liked the Crusher, until now.... Now I think that the missing rollbar could bug me.....
But I think I stay with The Carolina Crusher #2.
I ordered the Chassis enlargement Plate already....
If I would do a super Pete Tribute I have to make a bigger brace to get a larger Wheelbase. I do not just want a Truck for looks, it also should perform.
I'm also thinking about getting 110mm or 120mm Shocks or if I should try the internal Spring shocks.
But I think I'll stay with the 120mm shocks with the piggyback style thingies....
Are there other Trucks with red chassis @87lc2?
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Here we have a Carolina Crusher tribute:
Thats the look i want to archieve, only with a slightly longer Wheelbase and Doubleshocks (i would love the internalspring shocks, but they seem to be cra*)
Also i don`t know what Servomount i should choose.....
I want Servomounts that do not interfeere with the Suspension. On the Picture it seems that someone had to cut the Chassis for more Servoclearence.-
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On 1/26/2022 at 3:56 PM, 87lc2 said:
Not well for a monster truck
Do you mean they generally do not work?
I have a Carolina Crusher lookalike Clod in Mind.... it would love to get some of theese sleek looking shocks and use multible of them per Wheel.
PS:
There was a Member with real Car lookalikes made from Clods, he had an awsome Kong, Thunder Chicken etc.
I would love to get all of the replica Cars in the first Post. (Do we have an Spoilerfunction to hide Photos under a "Button"?)
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Yea, i like that tripple Paint sceme. But that is a to modern Tubeframe Truck.
I think i will be going for the yellow Crusher 2 or the crusher 1 maybe eben in black.
But the Crusher v2 is my favorite so far. Does anyone know what body that is? Is it the Silverado 88?
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Ok, you have the "Dip" on it. But bare in mind that Austria is not Australia (even some People from other countrys think hat), so there will be some Postage. And the Body as you can see on the Pictures are not the prettiest.
I think i will go the Carolina Crusher Route, even MCI has not the exact Decals i would wish for:
https://mciracing.ca/products/1-10th-monster-truck-crusher-decalsIwould love to have the Crusher Letters from the first Picture i posted. I mean theese 3D Letters made from crushed Stone or something....
But the older Crusher even has chrome Ladderbars, so maybe i try that one....
Is the 2nd Carolina Crusher a 1988 Chevy Silverado?
That Body would be available by JConcepts
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Soon I will get a Tamiya Bullhead.
I got it locally for 160 with installed Ball ratings and a Savöx Servo.....
Here are the Pictures:
Sadly the Radio is not included (then I would have be glad to pay that price) And the Battery holder is missing (you can see that on the last Picture).
So now I don't know what to do with it.
1.) Should I recreate a Bullhead, never liked that model because it's stumpiness and high COG. (but loved the red chassis)
2.) Should I do a "Super Pete"? I never saw an RC Version of it and it has so tiny wheels, so the Clod Wheels wouldn`t look scale....
Maybe that would be a better fit for another Chassis....
3.) Should I keep the Body and create a looooong Wheelbase? It would help the COG Problem and it would look better optical wise....
When i coose the long Wheelbase Pete/Bullhead look, i would install a Behind the Axle Setup. Can i install the Behind the Axlé Steeringkit without a Problem with the stock Chassis and Leddderbars? The BTA Steeringkit is for the Regulatorchassis....4.) Or should i put a black Pickup Body on it? i love the Black/Red/Yellow combination of the Mountainmonster made by @87lc2 ?
But i do not know what Body i could fit to it and what Graphics i could stick on it. The mountain Monster is my Favorite, but i can`t copy that, i wouldn`t feel good.
What Monstertrucks had a black Body??
What Trucks had a red Chassis?
I found one, it would be a Carolina Crusher. I like the yellow Paintjob:
I don`t like the Yellow Red Paintjob:
I like the 3 Color Paintjob, but maybe it is to modern.....:
There is also the Aussie Avanger. I like the Idea of not using a Pickup Body, but i´m a Fan of simple Graphics (Stripes, Wordart, etc.) I´m not a Fan of Skulls, Flames, Explosions and other Stuff, the only overloaded Artwork i love is the Grave Digger:
5.) Or the last Option fo me would be a Diggerlike Body or a Van Body, but there i either do not know what Trucks with such Bodys existed exept that real life Lunchbox Truck and the Grave Digger. But with such a Digger Body you have a lot of Optionsfor Paintjobs. The Job of @Insane_jim_69 looks very very good.
6 .) also a Schoolbus themed Truck would be awesome.
But i do not like the Higher Education Truck. I do like the King Yellow, but the Body has 3 Wheelarches..... ...so i probably get a King Yellow anyway when my wife doesn`t look
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I love to read, look at Pictures or Play Tetris or other Gameboy Games while i do my business...
I have a lot of old Skateboardmagazines and other Stuff in my Toiletroom. I grew up with Luky Luke and Asterix. Maybe thats a European Thing like French People have two Toilets for Familybusines or something....
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Hello,
a bit Off Topic.... ....but i`m in the search of an Photobook about the evolution of Monstertruck.
I´m more interrested in retro Monstertrucks and therir Tech.
I know a few Monstertrucks from my Childhood, but, i do not remember their specs and differences, i was a child and didn`t had thehorizont to get the technical Background or the fine details of their Art.
I want a Book full of pictures for my toilet Times.
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Yea, i was planing to do that...
Or, get a bit more toyish and tape some old empty beercans togheter that i can Paint in blue or Red to get that Crushing effect.
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I think i have a Problem too.
I want a 2nd runable Clod. There is a Bullhead for 180 for sale with a Radio, but without the Batteryclip....
I never liked the Bullhead because i thought it looks to tall and top heavy, but when you lenghten the wheelbase, i think i like the look.
Mainly i want a Bullhead to have that red chassis and the yellow parts, is was planning to get a black Body for it....
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5 hours ago, MadInventor said:
@whahooo Thanks for linking to my work. Glad you like it.
Like it?
I love it!
I think it gives the Clod that Original look. It's sleek but als very beefy at the same Time.
Sadly i couldn't fit an 8mm Rod in the reamed Holes and i do not own a Drillpress for redrilling it wider....
So i putted 7mm Tubes in it. The next time i get to work on the Clod i will try to enlarge the Tubes with a bit of aluminumtape or Schrinkwrap or something.
Since i reinforced my steeringrods with a Carbonfibertube and Shrinkingtubes i love that shrinkingstuff.
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You can see the Servomount in the Posts above.
I did let machine 4 of the Servomounts with the Template that got lost.....
The Template looks a bit like this and bolts on the 2 "U" shaped tubes that hold the original Bumper:
Here is the original post:
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37 minutes ago, 87lc2 said:
I used the CPE axle mounts on a few trucks and they work well. Just bought the Regulator mounts for my black race truck, hope to get them installed soon.
I use the special Servomounts designed by @MadInventor they look good and give you a stockish look. you almost do not see the Servo. But sadly his Template got lost and i did not saved it for recreate it for the next Truck......
...i have some Bullheads on my watchlist. But i don`t like the Bullhead, it is to tall and odd looking for me, but i like the red Chassis and teh yellow Bars.
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21 hours ago, 87lc2 said:
It will drive like a completely different truck when you get that sorted out.
I´ve ordered one.
I hope it will be a big difference. I thought a lot of times about locking the rear Axle, but i did not cut the Tabs on the front one. My tires would rub the Latherbars (Letterbars? Letherbars?) if i would cut the Tabs.....
I´m also thinking of getting "good" servos. I just use the MG 995 Servos or something like that. They were cheap in a Pack of 5 and do have a lot of Tourque if you just know the servos from the 80s and 90s. They are also fairly quick. So i`m peased with them, but i dont`t know how good Servos feel.
I always had Acoms and Sanwa Servos that came with old Cars or Radios.....
Also i have to improve my Servo on axle Mount, it is a bit sloppy, because the 2 Bumperbars i installed didn`t fit in the 8mm Holes, so i put 7mm Tubes filled with 6mm wood rods in it.
So there is a 8mm Hole with a 7mm Tube because the 8mm aluminiumrod didn`t want to go in with any Force i tryied.
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10 hours ago, whahooo said:
That are generic 120 mm china cheapo shocks. There are the same shocks from different Brands in multiple colors
I think i`ve got a Set of 4 for around 20 Bucks. They came with 8 hard and 8 soft Springs so you can use a Dualrate Setup. I use 2 Soft Springs on each shock and use 120mm shocklength. With that extended Wheelbase and angled shocks it`s a good setup, but i think 110mm and straight shocks would be better.
You will need Green Slime to set them up, because they are leaky and the O-Rings aren`t standard Tamiya Size ones, so you can`t use red or TRF O-Rings.
There are also "Piggyback" looking Shocks, the "piggyback" are just for looks. Maybe i get theese for my next clod that is coming to me sooner or later.... (i have some sort of addictionproblem.....)
I would also be interrested how these shocks work:
https://www.ebay.at/itm/143713306845?hash=item2175fb08dd:g:UMEAAOSw-h1hNt1O
8 of these would cost about 40 Bucks. and i like the look of internal spring shocks.
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34 minutes ago, hayabusa95 said:
-How to measure/set/decide link and shaft lenght? (stock wb about 11in, 12.5in or less/more for better landings?)
I think, a longer Wheelbase is alwas a good idea for Stability (and Landings) , but the MST MTX seems to be qite balanced wheelbasewise.
I chose a longer Wheelbase for my Clod because between the front and the rear Tire is almost zero space, you couldn`t put a Tire between those 2 Tires.....
34 minutes ago, hayabusa95 said:-Stock shock travels very limited(110m length). 100mm should be better, internal shocks ??
What lengh are the Stock shocks?
I´m a fan of long travel Shocks and a soft Setting, so you get some negatibe travel and a bit of Sag.
I think a Truck should sag 1 or2 centimeters if you put it on the Ground.
The Clod has 100 mm shocks and i use 120mm shocks, the Truck sags about 1,5 centimeters, so i have 15mm negative shocktravel and 5 mm additional dampening in comparison to the original shocks.
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51 minutes ago, 87lc2 said:
Oh cool, didn't realize you had the wheelbase extension already.
Ya, one of my favorite Upgrades so far - cheap, but useful. With that upgrade you do not need any aftermarket chassis AND you can use longer shocks also - i would say 110 mm are perfect. Or you can use 100 mm shocks cut holes into the chassis to prevent the Gearbox hitting the Chassis and have the tires rubbing the Body.....
51 minutes ago, 87lc2 said:I like the look of those shocks, what are they?
That are generic 120 mm china cheapo shocks. There are the same shocks from different Brands in multiple colors
I think i`ve got a Set of 4 for around 20 Bucks. They came with 8 hard and 8 soft Springs so you can use a Dualrate Setup. I use 2 Soft Springs on each shock and use 120mm shocklength. With that extended Wheelbase and angled shocks it`s a good setup, but i think 110mm and straight shocks would be better.
You will need Green Slime to set them up, because they are leaky and the O-Rings aren`t standard Tamiya Size ones, so you can`t use red or TRF O-Rings.
There are also "Piggyback" looking Shocks, the "piggyback" are just for looks. Maybe i get theese for my next clod that is coming to me sooner or later.... (i have some sort of addictionproblem.....)
51 minutes ago, 87lc2 said:Love the body, one of my favorites.
I just ordered a Ford Body that reminded me of the Monstertrucks of my childhood. It was a Bigfoot, i think it had stripes on it.
Can you tell me if my Clod reassambles a "real world Monstertruck"? What Bigfoot # would that be? (i didn`t put the Stripes on the hood and the roof, becaus i think they do not look very good - sorry Team Bigfoot
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20 minutes ago, 87lc2 said:
@whahooo - I'll add that if you're still using the stock wheelbase on the Clod that changes things. The stock shocks do not work well with such a short wheelbase, even just a 1" extension makes a world of difference.
No, i`m using the same Extension as you in your Mountain Monster:
And i love the feel of the Oilshocks. The Bad thing is that they are so soft that you need a Antiswaybar. If you do not use one, the Truck leans to the outer side when cornering (feels like 45 degree Angle) and just wobbles around and locks into one side after cornering. So i use suuuuuper soft Suspension and the improvised Sway Bar.
I think it handles super, but i`m not a good driver. I only build some Models, testdrive them and put them on a Shelf.
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I found a Product:
https://www.gobilda.com/servo-travel-tuner/
So you can adjust the rear (or the fron) servo to your likings if you have aRadio like mine @87lc2 -
On 1/24/2022 at 1:16 AM, 87lc2 said:
My Mountain Monster is basically a stock Clod/Bullhead used for retro racing. 27t Axial motors, stock friction shocks, axle on servo steering, and a slight wheelbase extension, that's it.
Can you tell me why you and a lot of people are using the friction Shocks? Is it more "Fun"?
I think the Oildampers make a BIG difference, even the weight of a Clod is on the axle. But when i let my stock Clod fall from a few cm the Truck is bouncing aroind a lot. My "Stockish" Clod with the oilshocks lands very good and does not bounce - it just lands and get up to the 3/4 extended shockheight.
I do not understand why so many peole do not use Oilshocks in the "retroclass" Clods.
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Thanks @87lc2 for having you in the forum, you are our Monster Truck Guy.
I thought maybe it would be possible to sioler some resistors or something into the Wire.....
I have a 3rd Chanel on my Receiver, but i think my Radio offers just 2 Channels (Absima GT 3.2). So i think i have to put a longer Servohorn on the front and even shorten the rear Servohorn a bit. I habe 2 HG 995 12kg Servos installed i think.
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What Size of CVA doeas the model need?
There only is that Chinese Alumnium Set, but i can`t find any infos in the Interweb or on Youtube:
https://www.ebay.at/itm/284387030144?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114154%26meid%3D36e6a49c65414e62b7944067af719bef%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D334185029062%26itm%3D284387030144%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042
Mostly that kind of shocks are rubbish, but sometimes there are goodones too, and there is always the Option of green slime.
EDIT:
I have 2 Offers:
1st Offer: 120 Euros the first one (offerer doesn`t answer anymore) build chassis without any extras, prepainted Body, Stickersheet.
2nd Offer: 140 Euros With installed Super Stock Motor and a Lights, red painted rims (i do not like the red) a little bit used, but ok. Ballbearings? i do not know yet. Oilshocks? i do not know yet. Radiogear? i do not know yet. Lightset installed:
Pictures of the 2nd one: