clockwork1

Ok guys Here is what i like to call a Mini-T-ROPHY truck. My Uncle helped me put this together!. Hope you guys enjoy, Yes its all metal/steel, No its actually not that heavy, Yes its a tank and yep you guessed it, GET OUTTA MY WAY WHEN YOUR ON THE TRACK. I will post some more Pictures WHEN IM COMPLETLY DONE WITH IT. This is a Mini t With a one off custom trophy truck lid/roll cage. It is a little rough still and not fully put togeather but it will be finished for sure by Saturday. Now all I need is a 3 cell lipo. If you have any suggestions on a lipo, let me know. Compliments are welcome!

Dokioto

It is one of a kind. Have you thought of painting the body? I like the wheels and tires.

clockwork1

Thanks. And yep Im gonna paint it as soon as i get time. Like i said everything should be finished Saturday. Once ive painted it and added some trim it will look a lot better.

Mr. Mugen

very cool man

clockwork1

Thank you.

Racing T

nice, good job, But I think it would look better without the spare tire.

TheArsonist21

Would deffinatley look better without the spare.

Looks good man, nice job! [8D]

clockwork1

Thanks yeah, its not mounted yet but im still thinking what else im gonna do. I might make Spongebob a driver. lol j/k

Haulin Azz

i think it more looks like one of the baja buggies then a trophy truck, i think it would look alot more like a trophy truck if you had the body wider, just my 2c

Hacker Da-Cracker

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Cool, why is the last pic a dirt bike?

Kokopelli06

Looks awesome man. Cant wait to see everything finished on Sat.

On Arsonist's point: I would keep the spare but change the tire so it is the same tire as the rest of the tires. But thats just my .02

clockwork1

Thanks guys!. Yeah that tire was for mock up only. I plan on buying another set of wheels/tires but that part of the project wont be finished by Sat.
Oh and the last pic is my lil pitbike. lol i thought it was a cool pic so i added it.

jeep2003

awsome I did a similar body with my savage to match my real jeep. I started making one for my rc18 but havnt got very far on it. The savage one only took me like 2 weeks of working on it a couple hours a night

Racing T

wow men awesome job! looks very cool and it look a lot like your real jeep. wondering how much weigths

Haulin Azz

wow that is amazing, you did an awesome job!

Dokioto

Very Cool!

clockwork1

Yeah that is cool. Ur steelin my thread. j/k lol. My dad Loves willy's jeeps. We want one for the dunes! with a big v8 engine. OH YEAH..... It took me 1 day to get were i am at now. Not bad, but measuring and figuring out what we wanted to do took the longest time.

jeep2003

Sorry I figured youd be pissed hehe. Its deinitly more difficult the smaller the vehicle to get the scale look and have everything be where it needs to be thats kinda why i stopped building my 18t body. Looks like your welds came out pretty good. I had trouble with welded on pannels on a cage i fitted with pannels they just kept breaking off. On my jeep i didnt weld th epannels i just bent them around the bars. I dont run the truck with that body though it would definatly be trashed in minutues haha. Im sure its muss less of a problem with an 18t though. Oh and the body really doesnt weigh much i think its somthing like 1 3/4 lbs. not that it matters anyway its just for show

clockwork1

lol yeah. Well we had to be careful when welding, because the sheet metal was wanting to melt, so we had to be very careful. My Uncle Is an awesome welder. Hes helped wit ha trailor to pull behind my e maxx with and a swiviling stand to put under my cars when im working on them.

clockwork1

Ok guys i ran it for the first time today with the body on. After a couple of seconds i noticed a wistleiling sound coming from the pinion/spur gear area. It didnt sound bad but i kept driving it. About 2 minutes or less of driving the pinion came off. Even with lock tight and before the body the pinion would come off occasionally. So I removed the dust cover and noticed that my spur gear was stripped and so was the metal golden horizons pinion. I believe what happend was, the last time i took my truck out for a drive i took it to school to play with before soccer practice. There was lots of dirt with rocks and it must of got into the teeth of the spur gear and with the little extra weight of the body, it stripped it. I must have not done the paper trick last time to line up the pinion. Anyways, I was wonder if it is bad to run metal to metal or metal to aluminum. Or if im better off with metal to plastic "for the pinion/spur gear" Please help me out on how i should gear my truck and what pinion/spur gear setup i should use.
Thanks,
Taylor

Yamaha9

looks awesome both of urs

clockwork1

Thanks!

subyman

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Looks great man, have you thought about doing a little finishing work? All the hardwork is done, to make it look top notch you could try sanding down the welds and blending in the panels. Wouldn't take too long to do on a good bench grinder and it would look even better!

clockwork1

Thanks. Yeah I was going to file it down but the welds are thin because the sheet metal was wanting to melt. So wHat i was going to do was use bondo or some sort of apoxy to cover ove rthe rough spots. After i got it smooth i was going to hand sand it and then paint. Paint also hides alot. I do have some finishing work and as soon as it is done this weekend i will post pics, so check back in a day or 2.

Thanks guys....keep the comments rollin lol

clockwork1

Well I tried to finish today but I got real busy with helping my dad out with our new trailor. "for the dunes" Bondoing took a little longer then expected. But if all goes right it should be mostly completed tommarow. Ive decided not to put the spare tire on, just because it doesnt look scale. Maybe another time.