Rummy's Yota Truggy
 

I've been in and out of crawling and have recently been bit by the bug again. Had to slap a truck together to run in a comp a few weeks ago. So put together this truck. Didn't have the tube bed done yet so used a normal bed to be comp legal.

Bruiser's First Run

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After the comp I tore it down and started building what I wanted in the first place. First I ditched the original bruiser cab since I knew I'd be beating on this truck and started work with a hilux cab.

Did some trimming up front to make room for the new bumper.

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Been hacking away at some styrene for a while now. Since it's gonna be a truggy you'll be able to see the back of the cab. Thought I'd put some detail into it. Used a photo I found online of a 1:1 and just mimicked that.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...8/DSC_0163.jpg

Set in place to see what it looks like. I'll smooth it out all out after the panel is attached to the cab.

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I was pretty pleased with the leaf springs in the comp. I needed a bit more to keep it stable though. So I decided to try a 3/4 elliptical setup. Seems like it could work out pretty good. Time and tuning will tell. I used a single bruiser spring up top. Only weight on the truck in this photo is the cab and tranny. Wheels aren't weighted.

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Took a few minutes to mount the fair lead

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Just got done making a drop down tranny plate out of 1/8" ABS.

Any updates Nick? I like these builds, as they are actual "builds" not just "assemblies"!

Wow this is an old one. Actually A LOT has changed with this truck, including that it was sold :lol:

I can give you the cliff notes of the life as I owned it though!

Here's the ABS transmission plate that was made

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...s/DSCF5124.jpg

Fabbed a new front bumper out of a solid black plastic. Added D-rings, a modded 645 servo for a winch and a winch fairlead.

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Did lots of body work. Filled holes with bondo, smoother out where logos were. Detailed the grill.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...y/DSCF5423.jpg

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Started on a tubed bed

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Adding more in next post............

Fabbed the bed out of styrene and put diamond plate styrene on top of that

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...d/DSCF5481.jpg

Lipo hidden under the belly

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...d/DSCF5489.jpg

Bed mount for faux propane tanks

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...d/DSCF5490.jpg

Added custom beadlocks and flat iron tires

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...s/DSCF5502.jpg

Added some details to the bed

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...s/IMG_0092.jpg

Gotta have air on the trail!

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Then I decided to take the truck in a new path. We started doing team competitions in our local crawling group. So the trucks had to perform well. We were allowed to use winching also so I started a little redesign to help performance.

More on next reply........

Decided to go with a flat bed.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...d/DSCF5951.jpg

Added some tie down channels on the side and a fairlead on the back for the rear mounted winch

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...h/DSCF5973.jpg

Mounted the rear winch under the bed. Swapped over to a small 3S 1300mah lipo that fit up front under the hood.

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Painted the bed and sealed the balsa

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Got the cab painted and added a snorkel

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...l/DSCF6016.jpg

Added window channels to the rear and made some windows out of .030 clear PETG

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Here's video of it in action just on a little trail run. I don't have much video of it actually.......

Yota Trail Run

Sweet, I really like your rear suspension setup, very innovative. Also the vid was cool, you have a nice crawling area there. Wish I had something here like that!

Do like these scale builds- attention to detail gives it a whole load of character that a normal MT & whatnot just doesnt quite have... :yes:

Great video ! Love the scale stuff !

im glad link brought this up i missed this build, top notch man i love the fabrications

Nick does some nice work, that is for sure!