Hey there guys
Long time fan of the site and the builds posted here. New member but I wanted to make a thread to document my first scale-ish build. Some scale element, mainly in the drive train and suspension will be less than scale in the interest of performance and let?s face it smiles down the road running it on my rock crawling course.
The truck is going to be inspired by some of the largest trucks on the planet that service the harsh environment and terrain of the oil fields. These trucks generally have gigantic tires to overcome the soft muddy terrain with a large winch mounted behind the cab, the use this winch to load up skids that carry many kinds of equipment in the oilfields, from drilling equipment to living quarters for the employees.
I believe I have to make a post or two before I can post pictures, the site says I can?t yet post attachment but I have began the build with 3/4 1/16 aluminum channel for frame rails and a Peterbilt can from a kids toy. As a caterpillar technician I?m quite comfortable in the shop fabricating and wrenching on cat equipment but I?ve never dove into a project like this so I?m quite excited.
I?ll post pictures as soon as SBG big brother allows.
The truck will be 1/14-1/12 ish. The cab measures make it sort of in between the two. While I understand many of you are dedicated to strict and precise scale I hope you?ll bear with my while I learn and get started.
I also want to make the truck where I can swap different bodies behind the cab to convert the truck from an oil field truck to a rotator wrecker to a logging truck depending on what I?m feeling like doing while playing with the truck.
I?ve purchased axles from a Chinese built truck the HG 601 which I may come to regret but I couldn?t find a scx10 style pass through axle around and got impatient, I?ll be running an Rc4wd outcry 2 with a 45t brushed 540 motor mostly due to the cost. I?ll likely upgrade down the road. It?ll be running an scx10 trans/t-case with a cheap eBay 6 channel transmitter/receiver. I?ve also purchased a 1/10 winch for the large winch that goes behind the cab on the oil field rigs.
Any advice on lighting and sound? Also if someone could give me the low down on the magnet body mounting that would be great. All my other trucks have had clips
Pics to come!
Long time fan of the site and the builds posted here. New member but I wanted to make a thread to document my first scale-ish build. Some scale element, mainly in the drive train and suspension will be less than scale in the interest of performance and let?s face it smiles down the road running it on my rock crawling course.
The truck is going to be inspired by some of the largest trucks on the planet that service the harsh environment and terrain of the oil fields. These trucks generally have gigantic tires to overcome the soft muddy terrain with a large winch mounted behind the cab, the use this winch to load up skids that carry many kinds of equipment in the oilfields, from drilling equipment to living quarters for the employees.
I believe I have to make a post or two before I can post pictures, the site says I can?t yet post attachment but I have began the build with 3/4 1/16 aluminum channel for frame rails and a Peterbilt can from a kids toy. As a caterpillar technician I?m quite comfortable in the shop fabricating and wrenching on cat equipment but I?ve never dove into a project like this so I?m quite excited.
I?ll post pictures as soon as SBG big brother allows.
The truck will be 1/14-1/12 ish. The cab measures make it sort of in between the two. While I understand many of you are dedicated to strict and precise scale I hope you?ll bear with my while I learn and get started.
I also want to make the truck where I can swap different bodies behind the cab to convert the truck from an oil field truck to a rotator wrecker to a logging truck depending on what I?m feeling like doing while playing with the truck.
I?ve purchased axles from a Chinese built truck the HG 601 which I may come to regret but I couldn?t find a scx10 style pass through axle around and got impatient, I?ll be running an Rc4wd outcry 2 with a 45t brushed 540 motor mostly due to the cost. I?ll likely upgrade down the road. It?ll be running an scx10 trans/t-case with a cheap eBay 6 channel transmitter/receiver. I?ve also purchased a 1/10 winch for the large winch that goes behind the cab on the oil field rigs.
Any advice on lighting and sound? Also if someone could give me the low down on the magnet body mounting that would be great. All my other trucks have had clips
Pics to come!
