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1911Colt wrote: ↑Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:08 am

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:16 pm Started putting together two FXT's.

Forgive my ignorance, but is that FXT as in the vintage Futaba truck?

Yes.

I think he has about 42 of them, give or take.

I have trouble finding parts for one, while he repeatedly finds multiple comple trucks (for cheap).

1911Colt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:37 am

Delorean wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:48 pm https://www.ebay.com/itm/303281860557

This is GoMachV's company isn't it?

Yes.

FYI, Jeff will give you better pricing when dealing directly with him.

Also, he may offer some options on some parts that aren't available through Ebay.

The matt black part would be the tough one, unless you did it on the exterior.

Original RC10 shock end pivot balls were ~5.8mm. The ballstuds were 4.3mm.

After seeing Jerry building two FXT's at a time, I figured that I should at least rough cut the body on mine.

I got this sad little Grasshopper.

I only paid $40 (shipped !) for it, so I couldn't really go wrong. And other than a pinion gear, I have enough junk to piece it together with.

It looks like it goes with that shock tower. :lol: Meanwhile my old Cougar has 1 shock mount hole up top and 2 at the A arm. :lol: And I still make the wrong choice. I use the holes that fit whatever turnbuckle that I have at that moment. Given my "driving skills", it wouldn't make much d...

Actually last night, but whatever. Sad little Grasshopper rehab. Maybe rehab is excessive, as it's still a basketcase. Picked up this thing for $40, shipped. Then I dug through my junk and found enough stuff to piece it back together. Screenshot_20230202_175841_Gallery.jpg Screenshot_20230203_094512...

A 5 minute Krylon paint job and a few decals, and it almost looks respectable. Almost.

Just what she wanted.

Did you have to trim the back of the fronts? The fronts that he made me hit the hinge pins before full lock. I'm thinking of getting a router attachment for my Dremel and using a 1/8" end mill bit. Got a picture? It's the same model used for both your sets. I wonder if I missed adding a chamfe...

Common "006" silicone O rings for the shocks, same as most 1/10 shocks use. I buy them in bulk off Amazon and Ebay but I have a fairly large collection. The Traxxas 2362 rebuild kit is a good source. The O rings fit and I know that the bladder fits Duratrax shocks (I don't have any Kyosho ...

Rainy day screwing off. Swapped some wheels and tires around on the hopper. Frankentruck printed FXT wheels with Blitzer rear tires and LRP fronts. I've got a couple sets of white Stadium Blitzer wheels as well, might see how they look. Screenshot_20230211_152116_Gallery.jpg Screenshot_20230211_1521...

The rear arms look like a hybrid of the stock arms and Andy's arms, being reversible.

Tang wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 11:50 am That Reedy BK, drool...

It's fake. But that MCI decal goes extremely well with the blue aluminum endbell on the Team Orion motor.