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    So, What Have You Done Today?

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    23 minutes ago, Coopdevil said:

    Thanks for posting this, my own Mav Scout semi-scale project was going nowhere as I couldn't work out how to fit the body properly and this is really useful. I assume the angle plastic is screwed to the chassis where the original side bodyposts are?

    Coop

    Hi Coop,that's exactly right,I actually used the bodyposts as the retaining bolts. You may need to file out a grove in the beams for the bolt heads on the cross-members/shock mounts. The actual body mounts I used are leftovers from my Landfreeder CC01

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    So, What Have You Done Today?

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    4 hours ago, Jason1145 said:

    Sweet Terz! Can't condone the ciggie advertising though! I'm waiting for the news that a meteor is heading to Earth to probably wipe us all out and we've only 2 hours till it hits... I'll find a tobacconist on the way home and start smoking again ;) 

    JPS are ciggies?

    I always thought they were a tuning house for Lotus cars and Norton motorbike😇

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    FTX Outback Treka:a Kirk chronical

    in Monster Trucks, 4x4, Wheelie Rigs and Crawlers

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    Well,we've done a bit of work since the last post. The steering mod I'd made had improved the turning circle,but introduced a glitch in centrering the steering after full lock to the right. I've cured that by fileing out 3mm from the servo mounting plate.

    I've fitted the wide track hop ups,and replaced the stock ESC/rx combo with a Flysky rx and the Maverick Scout ESC.

    I still working on a basic interior.

     

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    FTX Outback Treka:a Kirk chronical

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    11 hours ago, Mad Ax said:

    Sorry - got stuck with the "can't type outside a quote" bug :P 

    Anyhoo - sorry for the thread derail but check out the TCS X-Trail chassis, if you can still find one - the Maverick Scout chassis transmission plate is a perfect fit.  I'm in the process of building a Budget Bruiser using a battered old Tamiya body, Maverick Scout running gear and TCS X-Trail chassis.  You just need to make new front and rear ladders.

    http://www.tcscrawlers.com/tcs-x-trail-scale-chassis-for-the-axial-ax10-scorp-p/sku28149.htm

     

     

    7 hours ago, Terz1 said:

    That looks great mad ax. Can only find them in the US though and the shipping is dearer than the item :(. The radshape ladder chassis for the maverick is now £52 which is much cheaper than last time I checked. Think it was £80 before. 

    https://www.radshaperc.com/product/trail-scout-chassis-maverick-scout-conversion-kit

    I like really like your ford bronco body kirk, I like this one too it's the thundra which is an old toyota fj40 style body. I might have to have that one :).

    https://www.modelsport.co.uk/ftx-outback-4x4-trail-rtr-tundra/rc-car-products/403655

    Another company make a similar kit. I think the chassis is identical but the body is different. Doesn;t look as realistic but it might be what some people prefer. It's called the ECX barrage.

    https://www.hobbytown.com/barrage-1.9-1-12-4wd-rtr-electric-crawler-by-ecx-ecx01009/p538066

    Found it in the UK too for £140 RTR

    That TCS looks good. I hadn't realised that the Radshape chassis had come down in price. Certainly makes it a more attractive deal. I'm still pondering on getting their cc01 battery tray🤔

    FTX Outback Treka:a Kirk chronical

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    On 19 December 2016 at 5:50 PM, Terz1 said:

    I was thinking that, It's a great value kit. If I get a ladder chassis I would be right up there cost wise with an axial scx10 too. No further updates at the moment. To be honest I like the way it is. It's kind of inbetween a scaler and full crawler looks and articulation wise. 

    Thanks for putting this thread up. I wouldn't have known about this kit otherwise. Wonder if they do hops ups for it?

    There's a bunch of Ali parts for the steering,and the gubbens to increase the track. You can get them from CML direct or from Modelsport

    FTX Outback Treka:a Kirk chronical

    in Monster Trucks, 4x4, Wheelie Rigs and Crawlers

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    On 19 December 2016 at 7:07 PM, Davy Crockett said:

    Nice post kirk! Seen the trekka and wondered whether it was any good. Chassis certainly looks the part, can definitely say the 1060 ESC is brilliant and can't recommend it enough, drag brake works well

     what's the wheelbase length, front to rear wheelnuts? Thinking of a build for the new year and have a shell I might use......

    Wheelbase is 225mm,with 160mm track as standard.

    I fully agree about the 1060s. I'm running them in both my Maverick Brat and my Landfreeder👍

    FTX Outback Treka:a Kirk chronical

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    Cheers mate! I fully agree about a CC02,but I do wonder if it might not be too much of a departure of philosophy for Tamiya? Would they do a scaled down CR01?

    There is one question about the Treka that I didn't cover...

    Is the Treka tough? I'd say yes.

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    Being the idiot I am,I'd reversed the Treka clean off the edge of this culvert,trying to set the iPad up for a video. I'd had to wade in to recover it(there's a reason I wear wellies😉) The drop,and spending ten minutes underwater didn't hurt the Treka at all! Gotta be impressed aft

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