Axial Trail Honcho project

[rattle_snake]

And so it begins...

Picked up a used Axial Trail Honcho with a fair amount of mods already done to it. Got it from a friend who has a severe addiction and builds a lot of trucks. So his recipe for crawling on granite.

• SS links
• brass knuckles
• Holmes crawlmaster 20T
• Quickrun VT
• Reefs 555 servo
• tires/foam/wheels
• customized shocks
• other stuff

Going to see how this setup works and modify as I go.
The Toyota looking body has to go, because Toyotas are a bit too

Mod #1 looks to be trimming body and shortening the front of frame.

Ride height set to almost full bump up front.

 

[rattle_snake]

Cut the frame down a bit on front to allow it to climb a ledge, aka 90* approach.

Also peeled off the advertisement stickers and trimmed the body rockers and front wheel wells. Needs some type of rocker protection. or boat sides.

 

[Buckthis]

I like the shock setup, who makes those coils and cups?

 

[rattle_snake]

Not sure, this is how I bought it. I can find out if your really want to know.

 

[rattle_snake]

Put a different body on it that it a little more my style.

89' F350 single cab, narrowed both ends. Paint can failed and dripped inside so fucked up the job but oh well.

 

[chaplinfj60]

so if you have not got one yet you will want one, a 3d printer is the cats meow for RC stuff. crazy amount of files out there for you to use. like simple things to make the new body work . them little extensions. maybe not needed but sometimes they are

 

[rattle_snake]

That is one rabbit hole I would like to go down. After CNC plasma....

I found some 3d printed headers I would like so....

 

[chaplinfj60]

i got the ender 3 pro for little over 200 on amazon and its been awesome and its a deep deep rabbit hole of possibilities.

 

[rattle_snake]

Cut rockers some more and put some flat black vinyl on. Reconfigured controller, wiring and on/off button for easier access.

Truck has a Holmes crawlmaster sport 20T motor and a Quickrun WP crawler speed controller. Reefs 555 servo. guess there is not much stock parts left.

 

[350TacoZilla]

I can't believe it doesn't have the vaterra 68 ford body on it painted to look like a certain green truck I have seen around lol.

 

[rattle_snake]

I wanted it but couldn't actually buy one, so ended up 'OSB. For now.

 

[DWT]

It'll require different links but when you want that rig to be capable I found a cheap chassis on Amazon that's actually good. 4mm carbon fiber and it can use all the standard scx10 crossmembers etc.

 

[90supra]

what chassis is that?

 

[DWT]

what chassis is that?

Ching Chongnesium but it's good.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09Z66PFRW?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

 

[rattle_snake]

Stopped at an old stacked-stone cattle corral while out in the desert with the big truck.

 

[rattle_snake]

Whipped up some crude boat sides out of scrap 26 ga sheet.

crude trim with sheers. Didn't really need a brace but added one anyhow. 4-40 machine screws fit in 3/16 brake line.

 

[chaplinfj60]

thats super cool

 

[rattle_snake]

New body of more appropriate vintage.

 

[rattle_snake]

Glamor pic before new body beat to shit.

 

[Buckthis]

I like it. The blue f350 is almost identical to mine haha. I recently bought an amazon chassis to get mine lower

 

[rattle_snake]

I ground off the rock ring slots and slag blasted the outer wheel. Not a fan of black wheels.