iluvmud 812 Posted July 10, 2017 Speed control and receiver are in.... still waiting on *******in mods.... taking forever. Even the wheels that I ordered at least a week before some other mods is now apparently being sent in the same shipping container.... kinda *******ed they waited a full week to decide to ship them, wanted to a least have this thing standing on its own.... Found a tble02 I could switch from one of my cars (My lunchbox II build) and have added a 17.5T BL motor and a fan in case all the gears are too much for this thing... havent soldered the wires due to me waiting on the metal pinion I ordered (should be way faster as theyre in the states). but this is how it sits. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted July 11, 2017 Got some goodies for my Lunbox 3 (think that's the name Im giving it since itll be my 3rd- 2nd custom LB build).... sad that the crap that ships w/o tracking gets here before the crap that has it..... and installed........ still waiting for the rest of the servo saver and parts........ (did I mention how much I hate waiting?!?!?!) That's all for now..... still hate waiting..... and hate not having the wheels at least so he can stand on his own!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwistedxSlayer 1290 Posted July 11, 2017 Loving the bling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted July 11, 2017 39 minutes ago, TwistedxSlayer said: Loving the bling. Lol thanks! Honestly I'm not a fan.... it'd be way cooler if they sold satin finished stuff in gray or black Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMidnight Pumpkin 260 Posted July 12, 2017 15 hours ago, iluvmud said: Lol thanks! Honestly I'm not a fan.... it'd be way cooler if they sold satin finished stuff in gray or black There's always flat paint, or you can get a plating kit from Eastwood to blacken the metal parts, if it truly bothers you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted July 14, 2017 On 7/12/2017 at 3:59 AM, TheMidnight Pumpkin said: There's always flat paint, or you can get a plating kit from Eastwood to blacken the metal parts, if it truly bothers you. hah! flat paint will flake off, the blackening kit might not be bad but Im ok with it.... would be cooler if they made black/gray parts... As for updates got some parts in was going to show them installed but then found out that the Spektrum servo output shaft thingy is too large for the Tamiya hi torque servo saver pieces that came with the kit. I guess that Futaba is too small even for the Spektrum servo so I have to now order another servo........... anyone got a cheap MG servo lying around? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted July 15, 2017 well, its standing on its own...... i ordered two sets of wheels but the seller decided to send only half the order on top of taking their time to send them off...... so here's how it sits now. Its not bad, but not as nice as 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwistedxSlayer 1290 Posted July 15, 2017 Getting there :-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted July 22, 2017 On 7/15/2017 at 4:44 AM, TwistedxSlayer said: Getting there :-) slowly but surely..... So it looks like the LB hacking is going to be way more than I originally thought...... but dont get confused, its gonna happen!!!! Here's how one body sits on it.. I thought it was going to be a simple hack and glue...... NOPE!! If you notice, the moon roof falls just over the rear tire so I gotta do a little extra cutting to get to where I can get the fenders to line up.... like this.... the red will be removed, that will then shorten the LB body so the rear wheel well will line up with the center wheels..... and let me simply cut the rear off and slap on the rear quarter to get it all lined up I thought about just slapping it all together and making one long fender to cover the wheels.......... but then the body lines wont really match up and Im anal like that so.......... go big or go home!!! I got in the servo for the rear steer so its all ready to go and because of that I think Im gonna pull the Konghead body of Zeebay and paint it up in the same color scheme as I will be rolling with this truck just so I can drive it cause running it in my office with 4WS was TOO COOL!!! I gotta drive it at least a little bit! EDIT** Oh yeah, and my other set of yellow wheels came in GO ME!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingfisher 1171 Posted July 22, 2017 A quick run through photoshop. Is this your plan? If so, then let the pic serve as inspiration to continue forward with your idea. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted July 22, 2017 16 minutes ago, Kingfisher said: A quick run through photoshop. Is this your plan? If so, then let the pic serve as inspiration to continue forward with your idea. Hah, yup that's the plan!! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwistedxSlayer 1290 Posted July 23, 2017 That looks flipping awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncm72uk@psn 0 Posted August 5, 2017 Hi this is not fair I was plannig to do a lunchbox body 6x6 mod stop reading my mind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SRB Bloke 237 Posted August 5, 2017 Does anyone think I can do this with a Sand Scorcher shell ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TurnipJF 9192 Posted August 5, 2017 Probably worth trying with a cheap Kamtec one first... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IBIFTKH 1369 Posted August 5, 2017 2 hours ago, SRB Bloke said: Does anyone think I can do this with a Sand Scorcher shell ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? No doubts at all. Build thread with lots of pics please... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted August 6, 2017 Ok, so still haven't gotten around to making the LB body... in the mean time I have gone ahead and painted the KH body and used the LB theme.... turned out pretty good for a temp body albeit a little more yellow than I anticipated. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TurnipJF 9192 Posted August 6, 2017 That looks great! Better than box-art IMO! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kingfisher 1171 Posted August 6, 2017 Nice! I think blue may have been the wrong color for the Konghead boxart. This looks great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted August 7, 2017 3 hours ago, TurnipJF said: That looks great! Better than box-art IMO! 53 minutes ago, Kingfisher said: Nice! I think blue may have been the wrong color for the Konghead boxart. This looks great! Thanks guys!! I like it, but I think the stretched LB body will look even better!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwistedxSlayer 1290 Posted August 7, 2017 I gotta admit im not a fan of the KH body but that does look flipping well cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graemevw 823 Posted August 11, 2017 Personally, I wouldnt cut it that way. I would cut down about a short bit behind the doors then cut back along the body swage and down in front of the rear arch. I would then slide the rear section back to line up rear arches. Then put in a u section of roof in the top and fill in the gaps in the lower sides with arch sections. Stronger, easier to line up, far easier to get all the arches in the right place and no horrible top to bottom seams to fix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iluvmud 812 Posted August 11, 2017 10 hours ago, graemevw said: Personally, I wouldnt cut it that way. I would cut down about a short bit behind the doors then cut back along the body swage and down in front of the rear arch. I would then slide the rear section back to line up rear arches. Then put in a u section of roof in the top and fill in the gaps in the lower sides with arch sections. Stronger, easier to line up, far easier to get all the arches in the right place and no horrible top to bottom seams to fix. Draw it out cause IR dumb..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graemevw 823 Posted August 11, 2017 I wouldn't even know how to start. I use my phone, it also seems to have stopped letting me save pics. Even if it did, I have no idea how to draw lines on in. ill see if I can rustle up some old school paper and pen style action. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
graemevw 823 Posted August 11, 2017 Ok, no effort given. But shows the idea. As long as you have enough room to stretch. Hopefully with a reasonable overlap. Then cut the top roof U section and arches from the second shell. Needs measuring to make sure this method is doable. There is obviously scale issues with my blueprint. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
