Bez's 1:8 Hong Nor Short Course Project - RCotY 2011

[-BEZ-]

As a few of you may already know im a bit of a Hong Nor fan boy, OCD helps but i wont get into that now lol

Any way I already own a SCRT10 and as much as I love it its still based on a 1/12 crt5, its tough but it could be so much stronger.

So ive decided to build a Short Course Truck out of 1:8 Hong Nor parts. Thankfully being familiar with both the CR and CRT in both X1 and X2 trims has been an advantage to match all the parts up with little complication.

heres a few pics of the project so far

In the back of my mind I was hoping a SCRT10 shell would fit, but it soon became apparent that it was just way too small

after speaking with timaaay who owns a SC8 we got some measurements and found that a SC8 shell should fit, shame there sooooo expensive lol

As far as the chassis build goes I have a motor mount on order, but I need a pair of front 16mm bigbore shocks, and some crt x1/x2 front body mounts, If anyone has any for sale please PM me

leccy wise Im planning to run a castle 1512 2650 on 4s, and to start with I will power it with my hobbywing SC8 Esc, probably start with a 17t pinion as thats worked well for me before on CRs

Watch this space for updates

Edited January 4, 2012 by -BEZ-

[bulletflux 345]

nice tape diff on picture 1 should be a good'un

[.AJ.]

what you gonna do about extended bumpers front and back????

[-BEZ-]

not sure on bumpers atm, I want to get the SC8 shell mounted up and see how it looks. I still have some nylon6 rod left over from the bullet rollcage i built so im sure i can fabricate something

[carmst74]

what you gonna do about extended bumpers front and back????

Good question

Looks good though

[.AJ.]

great concept, ill be watching this build closely

[dopeydog]

Looks good. When I got my SCRT10 after my other 1/10s I thought it was big. Now it seems to small. I'll be watching this one!

[bulletflux 345]

me too, is the truggy and buggy motor mount the same?

[carmst74]

Hmmm. I feel a teknod losi 8 SCT coming one

Perhaps im being thick but are those buggy arms?? If not, would it not make more sense to have buggy arms??

[bulletflux 345]

yeah truggy chassis with buggy arms (sorry Bez)

[carmst74]

Thats what i though. Not as thick as i think then

[bulletflux 345]

nope

[mixmasterjay]

_{ive got a slash shell on my crt and its fits very well mate tbh}

_{its got 16mm extenders and 1/2 offset wheels though mine the shell could go forward more if i didn't have the bumper on lol prob line up the arches better}

Edited October 27, 2011 by mixmasterjay

[bulletflux 345]

i think he wants the wheels inclosed in the shell like a 1/10th sc

looks cool though

[-BEZ-]

Yeah the motor mounts are all the same between the CR and CRT, yep buggy arms used on a truggy chassis, also mounted a front tower on the rear to keep the profile of the chassis as low as possible.

Its defiantly going to be a SC8 shell, as the measurements seam pretty much spot on, I like what you have done with the slash sell tho jay, looks good

[-BEZ-]

please excuse my typos, system wont let me go in a correct them lol

[bulletflux 345]

edit stoped working after nick updated again lol

[mixmasterjay]

i think he wants the wheels inclosed in the shell like a 1/10th sc

looks cool though

yeah i know he wants to do that with the wheels i was just illustrating the slash shell on a crt just so he has a width perspective on it i said the offset

thankyou bex , its a bit mashed now though pmsl , not much left around the rear shock tower lol haha

[bulletflux 345]

aah got you Jay

[mixmasterjay]

aah got you Jay

thought you would get there eventually mate , lmao just messing , hope this turs out well bez no doubt it will though with all the thought gone into it

[bulletflux 345]

¬_¬

[mixmasterjay]

haha , sorry bez i can't edit the bex on a previous post pmsl

[-BEZ-]

yeah i know its a major pain in the arse lol

Cant wait to get this project up and running tho, once i get bored of the 2650 i have a 2200 to run on 6s xD

[m3lyc]

Looking good matey, will be watching this one.

Lee.

[camstreet]

looking goood