G Made Balrog - Now The R1

[TWINSET 1793]

Oooh

Been MSNing Jun about this one for a while now, GMade have done their own axles and transmission for this - a totally GMade 2.2 crawler

[Katan 10]

Looks pretty cool, like the diff cover.

[backtomyroots 432]

Awesome ! Put me down for one - I may have to cancel my Sand Scorcher re-re order (yeah right).

[TWINSET 1793]

Awesome ! Put me down for one - I may have to cancel my Sand Scorcher re-re order (yeah right).

Time to think about it fella...

Hot off MSN with June, exclusive pics

The axles have portaled ends (little transfer cases that raise the main axle above the wheel's centreline) so you get some impressive clearance

The bottom of the pumpkin is pretty much on the wheel's centreline

Front axle

Rear Axle

Comparison to 'traditional' axles

Should be getting the manual is the next few days

[neo 0]

Looks good. Any idea as to what materials the chassis is made of. Looks resin like.

[TWINSET 1793]

Looks good. Any idea as to what materials the chassis is made of. Looks resin like.

Wow, thought you was Snake Plissken

No idea what they're made of yet, their Clod sized axles were polycarb, but these look a little more like the 'graphite' stuff Associated use for their susp. arms

Left the big pics on the work PC, will post up tomorrow

[backtomyroots 432]

AWESOME, just AWESOME .

Keep us updated.

[neo 0]

Wow, thought you was Snake Plissken

No idea what they're made of yet, their Clod sized axles were polycarb, but these look a little more like the 'graphite' stuff Associated use for their susp. arms

Left the big pics on the work PC, will post up tomorrow

LOL,Yup afraid its me. Hope your'e good mate. Been watching from the wings so to speak. Look forward to bigger pics.

Looking at the pics, the shocks seem quite vertical. Doesn't look like there is much scope to lay em down much? But what do I know

[TWINSET 1793]

LOL,Yup afraid its me. Hope your'e good mate. Been watching from the wings so to speak. Look forward to bigger pics.

Looking at the pics, the shocks seem quite vertical. Doesn't look like there is much scope to lay em down much? But what do I know

Yeah, quality thanks mate

The shocks are 'semi-droop' - there's a small amount of compression when they're relaxed, but they extend when any articulation's required - GMade Transition Shocks

They use finer/weaker springs, so laying them down isn't necessary - all that does is effectively lower the sring rate.

If you put stock shocks/spring on, then you may have a problem

[TWINSET 1793]

Here's a larger shot of the material;

[backtomyroots 432]

Hey Andy, two things:

1. When will it hit the shelves ?

2. What's the price range - (so I can start a secret fund away fom the wife's eyes) ?

I only ask because you seem to always have the answer when G-Made/Junfac is the question !

[Henk4Focus 0]

Holy molly, Andy that is awesome. Portal axles!!!! I hope they will be available seperate too. I will have to get some for a few mods to my F350 and my CR01. I'll have to sell some of my lesser cars to fund this but there are so many cool crawler/scaler chassis and trucks coming out lately that it makes a lot of sense to me to flog some cars to buy other goodies.

Hope it doesn't break the bank though.....

Henk

[TWINSET 1793]

Everything I know so far is posted here - you guys are only about 10 minutes behind me on the news

As soon as I have more (and the relevant permission) it'll be posted here

[chris350z 0]

i want one

[TWINSET 1793]

More pics, truck's now known as the R1

The two 'ghost' pics show the ground clearance benefits of using portals

[TWINSET 1793]

Hot off the GMADE site;

[mobias 0]

Looks great. I wonder how much it will be, can't see a price on the page.

[backtomyroots 432]

AWESOME ! Is it the end of April yet !

I'm definitely geting this .

But, I think some 1.9 wheels & tires will find a way on that thing !

[TWINSET 1793]

Scientific testing time

These are all vid-caps;

1 The Wall Bounce Test - ended up bouncing back behind the 'pitcher'

2 Golf Club Test - Couple of good swings just 'twanged' the chassis

This one tore it out of the vice

Here it is after being belted 8 times;

The video is here, http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView.do?clipid=22988698 , but was talking ages to load

[SteelRat 46]

That looks like one versatile truck! Something that'll crawl, has enough wheel speed to do jumps, and can still survive that sort of abuse from a nutty bloke with a golf club? I wonder if this would steal the "Ultimate Basher" title from the old Slash?

Will be interested in the price point of this when it's released, most definitely!

[bfst24 2]

first time i saw this thread i didnt think much of it.

should not have had another look in ,now i want one.

anyone got a ball park ish figure on price?

[TWINSET 1793]

anyone got a ball park ish figure on price?

No, not yet

[TWINSET 1793]

Not long now - 22nd April according to new info on Junfac

Teaser pics received this morning

[Henk4Focus 0]

I would take the axles. They would be great on a decent trail truck. I'm not to keen on the buggy crawler type thing.

Henk

[bfst24 2]

even the box is cool