Some Mods to my Axial Wraith

[Carmine A]

Hi again! I've mentioned that I'm also heavy into Crawlers - but haven't shared any... Yet. So I'll start with this one. 😉

This is my Axial Wraith, purchased in 2010... 

 Nearly finished, with the "Fastback Mod" done to the Rear of the Cage. 

 The Hood (Bonnet), I wanted to open and close easily, because I also moved the Battery up front. To reinforce the Lexan Hood, I used .060" Styrene Sheet... 

 The Hood, painted in Spaz Stik Root Beer, before the Backing Coat. It will be Epoxied to the Styrene. 

 This is the Forward Battery Mod. It sits neatly right in front of the Windscreen. 

This is essentially how I accomplished that. Simply a piece of .020" Styrene Sheet, bent into an L Shape. Almost like it was MADE for it! 😊 

Mounting the Hood......

 The Hinges mounted to the Hood Frame, around the Cage Bar - using Wire Loom Clamps. 

Getting the Forward Battery Mod to work, required some relocation...

 To accomplish this, I moved the ESC and its Mount to behind the Gearbox, under the Interior.

 The Wrath Interior was ahead of its time when it came out!! 😁

 Fitted in the Cage (Chassis), it hides most of the Mechanical Guts - and looks GREAT. I've actually used this Interior in other Truck Builds. 

 He's an 8" Figure, because the Wrath is actually 1:8th Scale, even though it's sold as "1:10th Scale". 😉

The back looked a bit sparse.....

 Out back, I used a Radiator Set from the Axial EXO Terra - Axial's only failure!! 😜

 Mounted it with two 3x8mm Screws on top, and stuck the lower Bar through holes in the Links I used to make the Fastback Mod. 

 I then used 12 gauge Wire, covered in Red Shrink Tubes, to extend the "Hoses" under the Interior.

 From this side you can see the other Hose, and the Fuel Filler Tube, coming up from the Fuel Cell from a Vaterra Ascender.

[Nobbi1977]

Looking good. All I have done to mine is sort the servo out so it does not catch on full squish

[DayRider]

NICE!

[Carmine A]

Thank you so much Guys!!!  Crawlers actually got me BACK into the Hobby, after a hiatus from 1994. I was a Semi Pro Buggy Racer.... And everything I loved about the early Models - VANISHED by about 1991. At least at the competitive level. EVERYTHING became UGLY Blobs on Flat Carbon Fiber Chassis. All the personality was gone. 

Sadly - I had NO IDEA that the Touring Car revolution was just getting started, and I MISSED it all. 😞😭😭  So I'm catching up Now - at 3X the original cost! 😖 

Anyway, Crawlers brought SCALE realism back to the Hobby, and drew me back. Sadly it was at a time when we basically LOST everything. But on a shoestring budget with generous Help from a couple of amazing individuals (WHO, now that I'll be back on top, will be reimbursed - and then some!!)😉

I'll try to get my other Trucks up as well. I've got 2 SCX10 IIs, one a Unimog, a GIFT from Wounded Warriors!! Another I built from bits, and a SCX10 One, that I've been modifying to an almost unrecognizable point since I got it in 2009!

[Carmine A]

50 minutes ago, Nobbi1977 said:

Looking good. All I have done to mine is sort the servo out so it does not catch on full squish

There's SO many things you can do if you wanted! IMO, the Wrath was the most capable Off-Road Rig made - until just 2 years ago! 😁

[DayRider]

BTW, glad that you are doing okay mate. I was going to ask did you get a FF? And if so how's that?

[Badcrumble]

Nice looking Wraith @Carmine A. Have you got a HH motor in there? Spotted the roof sticker! 

Your battery placement and hose mods remind me of JennyMo and Accel on here, I like the way the Wraith can be a little more 'scale'.

I like the Wraith style but cheaped out and bought an FTX Outlaw. Its a hoot but I'm already planning transmission swap to make it more Axial-like.

[Carmine A]

7 hours ago, DayRider said:

BTW, glad that you are doing okay mate. I was going to ask did you get a FF? And if so how's that?

Things ARE finally improving!! 😁 Thank you so much! 

The FF... Well, this has been going for a Little while......

My FIRST of several!! 😊

[Carmine A]

On 1/30/2021 at 9:24 AM, Badcrumble said:

Nice looking Wraith @Carmine A. Have you got a HH motor in there? Spotted the roof sticker! 

Your battery placement and hose mods remind me of JennyMo and Accel on here, I like the way the Wraith can be a little more 'scale'.

I like the Wraith style but cheaped out and bought an FTX Outlaw. Its a hoot but I'm already planning transmission swap to make it more Axial-like.

Thanks!!! I've been modifying and detailing Crawlers like that for years. 😊 Probably as long or longer than @JennyMo or maybe @ACCEL I just haven't taken the time to post them here yet.... 

Something I'm trying to correct!! 

Yes, I always use Holmes Hobbies Motors in my Crawlers. This one's Brushless - back when I still had money....

I have no answer as to why I haven't dug in too deeply yet with my Tamiya Builds... Mostly ZERO Budget - but that's about to change also!! 😉

[Mad Ax]

Nice Wraith that's the area of scaling that I missed out on, I started with an SCX10 (after a few stalled attempts to build Pede/TLT homebrews on Reign K2-3S chassis).  The Wraith was always that bit more hardcore, and seeing yours looking as scale and real as that is making me want to find an old one to modify.

[Carmine A]

Thanks for the kind words!! They're out there, not easy to find but out there. I'm sure you can find one, and do some Magic on it!! 😊

[Yonzariq]

Looks great!
Crawling is what got me back in the hobby also.

Since then had a lot of different cars and ended with a TRX4

[Carmine A]

Thanks!! After nearly 10 Years, she still keeps up with the latest stuff! 👍👍