rebuilder

Hey guys...............Here's my first "mod" of a toy grade, did this about two years ago. 1/6 scale new bright Hummer, wanted it to look like it was on a safari.

Duratrax sprint 7 cell ESC
Futaba 3010 servo, Futaba reciever
Photon speed 20T 540 motor
7 cell 3800 nimh
Complete Custom suspension- all aluminum, allow full articulation
Custom wheel designs
"Safari" Khaki paint
misc. "safari: items, gas cans, bedrolls, rifle etc...................
Custom made winch

nbcrawler

Looks good!

texx

COOL .. rebuilder ..

You are a champion for improving these rc / toys ..



Your work seems very well done ..

Could you give us the photos without the body, and more details about your mods .. motor / esc / shock / flex ..

THANK ..

rebuilder

Thanks guys! Yeah.............i know its better with the body off, i just dread doing it sometimes, but i'll go ahead and make the effort for you guys since you've shown some kind interest. Lemme get some time here in the next day or so. The suspension was made with aluminum "u" shape stock and i just cut 'em and drilles holes where i needed them, then bolted them together. The front suspension still has the stock shocks that i cut and stretched for a little softness, then i added Duratrax warhead shocks........they are nice big 6.5 inch aluminum threaded shocks that i ran into a bunch of a while back on ebay..........i could get a set of EIGHT for $19!! I went ahead and got three sets. The rear suspension is a quad shock setup (see the rear photo), and as you can see i made the rear suspension where it would swivel and twist by using aluminum rods with holes drilled and rubber bushings for flex. The motor was originally a little 380 can motor, now its got a big 540 size 20 turn that i fit with just a little modding to the mount. It has a two speed tranny and will really zip along in high gear. I found a 1/6 scale store online and bought all the backpacks and gas cans and stuff and threw them on top of my custom made roof rack, along with a spare tire and wheel. The whole undercarriage is painted with a textured paint then flat black was added over it. It took me quite some time, and it was my first effort at a toy build. I also drill through the drive shafts and insert small pins thru the wheel mounts the stop the stripping of the wheels, that takes a little patience............beleive me. Thanks, i'll get more photos!

texx

HELLO .. rebuilder

It would be good to see you at work on a new project, and track all your mods from a to z, a new thread .. In my kind of thread ((big-crawler))

Just a thought.

rebuilder

That would be fun......................but most of mine have been done before i realized there was a toy grade forum and i just completed alot of them before. I'll try to find some pics of this build, i may have some.

I found some.

texx

rebuilder ..

THANK for these pictures ..

You are very clever to work the metal .. Your pieces are well done ..

I understand that your work is already done, but perhaps, a future project will be welcome on our forum ..

Specially for those who love improving rc / toys [8D]

rcToyotaman

so it not 4 wheel drive

rebuilder

If you are referring to my Hummer, then no its not 4 wheel drive. It comes from new bright as a 2 wheel drive. It has however, a working diff and now with the full suspension travel it now has as well the twisting ability it stays on all fours and doesnt get hung up that bad. I DONT take it rock climbing.............its top heavy and it wasnt built for that, Texx's rigs are the ones a person would tackle rocks with. I made it to look like a semi scale rig with higher end rc components for proportional speed and steering etc...........

rcToyotaman

oh ok but it would rock !!!!