Bronco Crawling, Sheep Cave

I took my WK Bronco with me camping this weekend and had a chance to drive it at Meremac State Park. I only got to drive it through one battery pack but I had a blast! I will definitely be putting some new shoes on it, the stock tires are great for mud but when it comes to crawling they don't have what it takes. I will also be upgrading to stronger shocks, you'll see why in the pics.

First up I have a short video, it is short because I broke a rear lock-out about 5 mins into the battery pack. The lock outs keep the rear wheels parallel. Near the end of the video the passenger side rear wheel starts turning... which makes it hard to go straight.



I fixed the lock out and ran it until I destroyed the rear end... Here are pictures of the carnage.
















All in all I had a lot of fun, I have put it back together and the body is mounted with velcro now. While I save for shocks and tires I will be working on the interior and bed. I am also going to make a roll cage from steel brake line tubing.

STAY TUNED!!!

Test Drive Photos

The title says it all.

From Wheely King

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Ready for Meramec State Park

I have been trying to get the truck drivable and the paint finished by the weekend and I, yes I Dratch have completed a project ahead of schedule! I have even done some test runs on some rocks near my apartment. I had to make some collars for the rear shock bodies, to stiffen the springs. This helps with body roll a lot. I may weight down the front wheels before the trip, other than that I'm ready to scout new trails and take some awesome video/photos of the truck in action!

He's a couple bench shots, hopefully the wont be too much carnage this weekend.

Dratch's Garage

Here are some photos of my current project. It is a 1/10 scale rc rock crawler. The truck started as a HPI Wheely King, I have extended the wheelbase, reversed the chassis( for better weight balance) and am currently working on the body. I am making a bed and under body from sheet aluminum and will soon build a scale chassis/tube frame for it. If you click on the photos it will take you to my web album for this project.


This is the paint about half way through the paint job. The body is clear lexan.I masked the windows, grill and fenders and it was ready for paint. I painted the inside with Parma Beige and used a q-tip to wipe the paint off the high spots and side panels, once I had a well worn look to the "primer" I took off the grill masking and sprayed the whole inside with Parma Faspearl Silver. With the fenders unmasked I sprayed the whole inside with Fasblack. The next step is to lay down a few coats of Pactra Competition Orange on the outside, paint the roof white, and the fenders flat black then beat the hell out of it. Once it gets some good scratches and wear spots on it the worn primer and bare metal will show through the damaged areas.

Here are some photos of the parts I am fabricating. Clicking on the photos will take you to full sized images.

The bed

Steering servo mount

Floor Pan/Under body