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GOM is Korean for Bear, or so my sister in law tells me ( she should know as she’s Korean) but I also think it means venerated person. It took a lot of You Tubing to decide on this. I had several kits in the basket before I pulled the trigger ( helped that it’s stocked by Fusion!!!) 

so we have the builders kit with wheels and tyres but no electrics. 6B5D8C6C-157F-4251-A815-95B9B2CAC5D1.jpg  to add to it I have a Hobbywing 4000kv combo along with a  20 kg steering servo and a low profile shift servo 799AA7C7-3F8C-4CE4-8F7D-62CA9783195F.jpg  8CDDD980-A20E-4754-BC7A-28B8B5C5A2E4.jpg I will be using my Spektrum radio but I need a new receiver with 3 channels to run the shift servo 055FBEFB-5752-40E5-8CC8-440A63DB36B9.jpg  This what’s inside the box, including huge 2.2 bead locks and tyres!!! 800B08D9-58BC-4D28-BFF0-7183B40A072D.jpg  5671DB74-E6AE-4D0B-95AC-A41F33F9C503.jpg Body panels E1DD0652-4AE7-4795-B05E-747FCBCF0906.jpg  Well that’s it for now until the mods approve. I have ordered some jewellery sorting boxes as I going to pre-sort all the hardware. I gather that the bags can be a little haphazard. An hour or so sorting will hopefully stop a multitude of mistakes

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Well here I go, apologies for the amount and quality of the pictures. Now in the post above I said that I would pre sort all the hardware into little compartments, well I decided to dive straight in. Mistake as thinngs are in the most bizzare places,  the o rings that fit in the drive cups are in the Shocks bag!!! Very frustrating so after a few mis starts i sorted a lot of it, makes lofe a lot easier!!!! Now I hope some of you are watching but I noticed someone else watching over me as I started building, hes already checking out the seat!!F896700D-DC79-479A-BAD6-9F8D55C8266D.jpg So there now follows quite alot of pictures which I hope are self explanatory.. The first part of the build is the front and rear axles. They are the same apart from the steering knuckles and dogbone shafts in the front.Both are fitted with a metal locker though no alternative diff gears are supplied. This is the first real non Tamiya Build so its a learning curve!!! Also its huge!!!!

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1 hour ago, Grumpy pants said:

This looks very involving J!

Thanks for the build thread as well 👍

So far so good. I think the gearbox etc will be a little more of a challenge. My only real complaint is (apart from as mentioned above) is the sheer variety of screw shapes and sizes. To help I photocopied the screw parts list and I’m using it as a building mat, so I can check easily that I’m issuing the right size. I think it’s about 20 different types!!! Maybe this is normal for non Tamiya kits?

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I think this is a good thing as you have a lot of experience and it will be more of a challenging build for you. 

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Didn’t do any chassis/gearbox building today. I cut out the cabin and bonnet and pushed out all the flat panels. So I decided to paint them. I have no idea where this scheme came from but hey if it looks 💩 I’ll spray it metallic orange over the top!!! 20457FC3-543F-4334-99EF-47551208ED41.jpg. Also painted the cab but now I think I may have a battle on my hands to see whose ride this becomes!!!595AEE66-CD86-44E7-A3B4-8DD16C3C1770.jpg

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I had a Gmade rock buggy, can't remember what it was called. It had portal axles.

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1 hour ago, Zealot said:

I had a Gmade rock buggy, can't remember what it was called. It had portal axles.

Was it a kit or an RTR? What did you think of it?

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Go careful with the panhard link on the axle - Me and another member here both bust ours after going a bit mungo with screwdrivers;

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Looking at the manual, they may have remoulded the part now, as it calls for a button-head screw, not a countersunk, but just check in case you have an older kit
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Later in the manual though, the screw is still drawn countersunk
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6 hours ago, TWINSET said:

Go careful with the panhard link on the axle - Me and another member here both bust ours after going a bit mungo with screwdrivers;

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Looking at the manual, they may have remoulded the part now, as it calls for a button-head screw, not a countersunk, but just check in case you have an older kit
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Later in the manual though, the screw is still drawn countersunk
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Thanks, just finished the transmission so not there yet. Thanks for the heads up. How did you find the kit.ok?

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4 hours ago, Busdriver said:

How did you find the kit.ok?

I actually wasn't a fan of this one - I'd built one of pretty much every GMade kit prior to the Gom but there were a few issues with the earlier version - one was the diffs would pop the driveshafts, another was the 2 speed gearbox not working great and having a slot for the shift mechanism which meant dirt could get in and be a pig to clean out, especially in the small slot for the selector slide (and obviously the panhard anchor issue above)

The spring to return the 2 speed/dig rod wasn't very strong either, and that took a lot of fettling, it ended up with 4 shock o-rings on the shaft to keep it working

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By the time all this was addressed I'd lost interest in the build and sold it before running it properly - I don't even have finished-kit  pics in my showroom :(

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3 hours ago, TWINSET said:

I actually wasn't a fan of this one - I'd built one of pretty much every GMade kit prior to the Gom but there were a few issues with the earlier version - one was the diffs would pop the driveshafts, another was the 2 speed gearbox not working great and having a slot for the shift mechanism which meant dirt could get in and be a pig to clean out, especially in the small slot for the selector slide (and obviously the panhard anchor issue above)

The spring to return the 2 speed/dig rod wasn't very strong either, and that took a lot of fettling, it ended up with 4 shock o-rings on the shaft to keep it working

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By the time all this was addressed I'd lost interest in the build and sold it before running it properly - I don't even have finished-kit  pics in my showroom :(

Thanks, I have to admit I thought the spring was a bit delicate. Ive gone past that point though its quite easy to go back to!! My real issue has been the placement of parts in bags etc. All over the shop. Perhaps we've been spoilt my Mr T's methodical system. I'm still enjoying the build but I have yet to get anything to work!!!! I've just ordered a Futuba 6 channel radio with a control knob on channel 6  to give me proportional control of the DIG and gears. Fingers crossed, in actual fact I bought it for high speed ofroading so probably wont crawl or use the DIG much so much so may end up re building it in fixed gear?

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22 hours ago, Busdriver said:

Was it a kit or an RTR? What did you think of it?

It was a kit. I hardly ran it before I sold it but from what I recall, the material and production quality was decent.

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On 5/30/2022 at 8:47 AM, TWINSET said:

Go careful with the panhard link on the axle - Me and another member here both bust ours after going a bit mungo with screwdrivers;

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Looking at the manual, they may have remoulded the part now, as it calls for a button-head screw, not a countersunk, but just check in case you have an older kit
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Later in the manual though, the screw is still drawn countersunk
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pan3.jpg

My manual shows button head, so if I can find appropriate countersunk’s in my spares I’ll replace failing that just tighten gently!!! Sorry just re-read what you wrote. Are you saying the old version was countersunk and the new is button or the other way round 🤨

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1 hour ago, Grumpy pants said:

Button head now is what I read @Busdriver

Too many 🍺 last night!!!!!!

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4 hours ago, Busdriver said:

Sorry just re-read what you wrote. Are you saying the old version was countersunk and the new is button or the other way round 🤨

Original/old release was countersunk screw into countersunk hole, this caused the panhard mount to break.

Newer version is button head into a thru/plain-bore hole.


 

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2 hours ago, TWINSET said:

Original/old release was countersunk screw into countersunk hole, this caused the panhard mount to break.

Newer version is button head into a thru/plain-bore hole.


 

Got it. I have the newer version then👍

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Had a shaky start to the building week!!! Three and a half days in bed with a migraine, now thankfully passed😀

So the next few pictures are the 3/4 link suspension arms. CEFC035C-4283-4BE1-8F30-20CB667FB79C.jpg  E8419F72-D076-465A-99EE-E1FBBD7E21E8.jpg
fitted to the middle chassis section DD7FE7C3-12E1-4374-8CC0-67F9ABF0AA28.jpg seems I got them in the right places 8D07E1B0-1672-4329-9216-C99EB817C085.jpg the original plan was to use a low profile servo but actually a full sized one is what was needed. Fortunately I had a spare. This is the transmission/DIG servo 6AF297C5-B859-4426-9DC9-E02CB52C3240.jpg this is it installed into the chassis. 8184CC38-FB45-4C42-B56F-273A57BEAAA0.jpg this is the chassis complete with steering servo and gearbox/motor installed. D66FBD52-4273-4A02-A3FF-D77120C4C0CA.jpg the last few stages have been like juggling a baby 🦑 with all the arms hanging down. Spent a little time playing with my new radio set. It’s a Futaba stick 6 channel radio. I’ve taken the ratchet off the throttle as it’s primarily a plane radio. Easily done. I chose this as it has a rotary switch on channel 6 that will be used to change gear/DIG. Played around with it to check linkages etc and it seems to work ok. @TWINSET the return springs seem ok but nothings under load at the moment. The proof of the pudding as they say. That’s it for now, more to follow.

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34 minutes ago, Grumpy pants said:

Great progress now,  sorry to read about the migraine 😳

What does DIG stand for? 

Digital ?

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I had a chuckle when I read the title , as Gom is what my nan used to call a Gnome , we kept telling her the G is silent and it's pronounced Nome , she never did get it , so now Gom is always the little fella in my memory

WHEELBARROW WILL - THE CARETAKER GNOME

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16 minutes ago, KEV THE REV said:

Digital ?

Not sure but it’s a separate transfer case in the rear prop shaft that disconnects the back axle and locks it. Does handbrake turns!!

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