FredInMO
Supporting Member
Here's a fun little build I did, I started out with a Cen Racing Q series Suzuki Jimny kit. I never built it or ran it stock, had this planned out for it before I started building it and installed some upgrades/mods during the kit build. Added aluminum links, and the 4wd conversion, tires are Tamiya Lunchbox tires, body is intended for a 16th Scale Revo, Jconcepts Square body which fit the bill perfectly for this build!
Comparison of the kit body to the jconcepts body
Pics of the build process
Decided to go with blue for the body color
Here's some finished shots of it, ran it at the local skatepark which was a blast!
Size comparison next to a 1:18th Losi Mini T 2.0
I've done a few more things to it after some time running it, the stock steering setup was pretty funky/overcomplicated which made for lots of slop and vague steering. Tony aka CCxRC makes a servo on axle mount which solved that issue and made the steering precise. The stock motor burned up so it got replaced with a Holmes Retro Sport 17T motor.
Overall I have enjoyed this truck very much, it's a quirky little monster truck with it's short wheelbase and small size, but makes for a pretty fun backyard truck to bomb around and replicate stunts real monster trucks do. I wanted to build a solid axle monster truck that was a little different than the norm and smaller than a Clod, SMT10 or LMT. For it's size this thing is overbuilt in many ways and has been pretty durable, only repeated breakage was the steering knuckles which I upgraded to aluminum after breaking several of the stock plastic ones, most of which broke on hard nosedive landings from jumps gone wrong haha. Having a 540 motor in a 12th scale truck is a blast, it wheelies on command and is just plain fun to run!
Comparison of the kit body to the jconcepts body
Pics of the build process
Decided to go with blue for the body color
Here's some finished shots of it, ran it at the local skatepark which was a blast!
Size comparison next to a 1:18th Losi Mini T 2.0
I've done a few more things to it after some time running it, the stock steering setup was pretty funky/overcomplicated which made for lots of slop and vague steering. Tony aka CCxRC makes a servo on axle mount which solved that issue and made the steering precise. The stock motor burned up so it got replaced with a Holmes Retro Sport 17T motor.
Overall I have enjoyed this truck very much, it's a quirky little monster truck with it's short wheelbase and small size, but makes for a pretty fun backyard truck to bomb around and replicate stunts real monster trucks do. I wanted to build a solid axle monster truck that was a little different than the norm and smaller than a Clod, SMT10 or LMT. For it's size this thing is overbuilt in many ways and has been pretty durable, only repeated breakage was the steering knuckles which I upgraded to aluminum after breaking several of the stock plastic ones, most of which broke on hard nosedive landings from jumps gone wrong haha. Having a 540 motor in a 12th scale truck is a blast, it wheelies on command and is just plain fun to run!
I've ran it quite a bit since I installed it
