1/10 Scale VX RC-Crawler

[ZEUS]

Since I have such a hard time finishing projects I decided to start another one!!! Haha!

I miss seeing, hearing, & driving my ol' VX, "ZEUS", but I can't afford or justify another VX right now. My only remaining (legal) option to feed the need is to scale it down. Years ago I bought two R/C VX's from "*Bear*" - he told me they were bigger than they really are. However, the bigger one is actually 1/10 scale so I am pretty excited about building this one! I need to cut down some chassis pieces to fit the 9.2" wheelbase, order some parts, & learn stuff along the way... typical of many full-scale builds as well!

First step - I removed the VX body from the toy chassis & peeled off all the stickers. I junked everything but the shell:

[Ldub]

As shells go...that sucker is SWEET...very nice detail...

[ZEUS]

Agreed! The grill & the spoiler are lacking but everything else is pretty good!
Dub, did you get that multi-media message Wednesday night?

[JoFotoz]

My R/C Vx offering....



Drives the cat CRAZY

Jo

[blacksambo]

My R/C Vx offering....



Drives the cat CRAZY

Jo

Looks a lot like your rock climber. One track mind?

[JoFotoz]

I used the model as a "test bed' for ideas/aesthetics etc...

Looks a lot like your rock climber. One track mind?

....then did it for real

Jo

[blacksambo]

I used the model as a "test bed' for ideas/aesthetics etc...



....then did it for real

Jo

Good thinking!

[ZEUS]

Haha! Nice, Jo! Is that the Tamiya 1/32 scale?

[JoFotoz]

Its a 1/16 I believe...

...and some random make I cant recall.
Its basically the "test' vehicle for stuff i want/think I want
to do to the ORW.

Jo

[44ficus44]

so when do I get mine? hajaha

[ZEUS]

I would love to take this shell to someone with a 3D scanner so that new shells or separate body panels could be made using a 3D printer! I don't see any other scale VX's coming to be otherwise...

[Ldub]

I would love to take this shell to someone with a 3D scanner so that new shells or separate body panels could be made using a 3D printer! I don't see any other scale VX's coming to be otherwise...

Unless, of course...some reptile owner, or fish scaler, makes one...out of scales...

[ZEUS]

Unless, of course...some reptile owner, or fish scaler, makes one...out of scales...

I was wondering about the paint job choices... hmm... SCALES!

[Ldub]

I was wondering about the paint job choices... hmm... SCALES!

la-lA-La-LA-La-lA-la-la...

[ZEUS]

I did some clean up to the body & added some set screws for effect:


Then I carved in the seam for the grille for some more realism (I think I did pretty good, especially for my first attempt at that kind of thing.):


I cut the links down 22mm each to get my 9.2" wheelbase on this old chassis I had sitting around. I then drilled in new upper shock mount holes to match. That tire was an old experiment - 2.2" tire cut down to fit on a 1.9" rim. Outer diameter comes out to 3.7", down from 4.3":


I bottomed out the suspension to locate the body using these temp tires:


I still need to cut down the driveshafts:


I had to expand the wheel wells, front & rear:


Here it is bottomed out for body mount mock up (Lego's help!):


I ordered some cool tires &... a working scale Warn winch! Stay tuned...