OHOs OG SCX10 gets rebuilt, '46 power wagon!

[Oh How Original]

Little update on my truck.
New spot lights fitted after the others died, decided to go different, because I am always changing my rigs, so the new lights are orange.
Also added some warm white lights inside the cab, so the interior and driver are now all lit up.
Liking it overall.

 

 

 

[Oh How Original]

Some more progress, more lighting added, more body details with fire extinguisher and jerry can, plus a rear license plate, she's now got a magazine, bottle of whisky, her gun and some smokes, she seems happy!

Added the externally mounted battery, made the decision to lose a little bit of performance in order to mount the body and not have to remove it again, I think it's worked pretty good, as a faux toolbox, more details to do yet though.

Small lightbar on top, four reasons for this, I prefer the look of a small one, anything bigger was a bit too wide for the curve of the body, it's less weight up top and it's ridiculously bright anyway.

I've also made some head light guards, only for looks, I know if they take a hard hit they will probably break.

Lemme know what you think so far!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Oh How Original]

I decided since theirs no RC rock lights I am happy with that are available to me in the UK and some systems are very expensive, I would make my own.

A single LED from a strip that is designed to backlight a TV and a couple of wires.

I did a single LED just to test it, but with 3 in the front fenders and hopefully 5 in the rear, this should be a very bright system for less than the $45-70 people charge in the states, or the mediocre weak set ups from RC companies.

Pretty happy with this, considering I don't normally enjoy soldering!

 

 

[Oh How Original]

Well that was a bright idea!

Now have mega bright interior lighting, rock lights and lightbar.

Normal running lights are on all the time now, flick of a switch and night turns to day lol!

Super happy, all home made, for way way less than any RC light kit.

She has no excuse for not going out in the evening now!

 

 

[Oh How Original]

I have now changed from Velcro holding the body on to magnets.

So far I am finding the magnets better, they have a more positive feel when taking the body off and putting it back on, they also 'auto-locate' the body to the exact same position everytime, which is a big benefit over Velcro.

They also require no 'pressing' when you put the body on, just drop it on and it's secure.

Currently using some 1kg pull on each post, feels like I could have used about 0.6-0.7kg, the full 1kg is a little much, so I have simply added some Gorilla tape over the magnets to create a little gap, it's worked well and feels perfect.

Here's some photos from our most recent outing, was hoping it would be four trucks but my little nephew isn't too well so he gave it a miss.

The new 1500mah 3s packs lasted really well though, I took four with me, only needed two of them, got about 1 1/2 hours from each just trailing, more than I expected.

Some of you will also recognise the blue Jeep body, currently residing on my Dads SCX10ii, he borrowed it after selling his Deadbolt body, he's got a Power Wagon to do, but it wasn't finished in time for the run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CarlC]

Wow, the Power Wagon is looking great and that looks like you had an awesome day.

[Oh How Original]

30 minutes ago, CarlC said:

Wow, the Power Wagon is looking great and that looks like you had an awesome day.

 

It was pretty good, considering it rained quite badly half way round, but we took shelter, then off again when it calmed a little  

[Oh How Original]

@welshiemaxbash - this is the Triggers broom lol.

[Lone-wolf]

first a tiny bit of criticism...........the roof light spoils the look of the power wagon, just my opinion, but good for low light crawling..........well thats the nasty bit out of the way

now for heaps of praise lovely dedicated build, looks ace and seems to perform well, and BTW your great at photography stunning pics  

[Oh How Original]

13 minutes ago, Jack Reacher said:

first a tiny bit of criticism...........the roof light spoils the look of the power wagon, just my opinion, but good for low light crawling..........well thats the nasty bit out of the way

now for heaps of praise lovely dedicated build, looks ace and seems to perform well, and BTW your great at photography stunning pics  

 

I wasn't sure to begin with, but it's grown on me, you have to use what you've got lol, it was either that or nothing, because their doesn't seem to be a suitable one that's the right size, the width of the power wagon roof is quite narrow compared to most, so 5" and 6" lightbars don't fit.

Thanks though, I try my best  

[Andy-Roo]

A stunning build, a real credit to you.  Can I ask how those SSD axles are doing, and did they need much shimming? Been looking at the Pro 44 ‘s as a possible upgrade for my 10.2.  If mine ends up half as good as yours, I’ll be a very happy man. 

Edited April 25, 2020 by Andy-Roo

[Oh How Original]

On 25/04/2020 at 20:24, Andy-Roo said:

A stunning build, a real credit to you.  Can I ask how those SSD axles are doing, and did they need much shimming? Been looking at the Pro 44 ‘s as a possible upgrade for my 10.2.  If mine ends up half as good as yours, I’ll be a very happy man. 

 

Thanks very much Andy, I love it.

They are holding up to abuse really well, I didn't do any shimming in them at all, not heard any horror stories about them yet either.

I'd highly recommend them.

 

@coda_zac

Edited May 29, 2020 by Oh How Original

[Oh How Original]

It's been quite a while since I went RCing, made a video or uploaded one, so the other day we took the trucks out and a got a little bit of footage I was happy with, so here it is.

Feel free to comment, like, share and all that good stuff!

 

 

[Stormbringer]

Very good mate 

[Oh How Original]

Soak it in.

 

 

[CarlC]

Stunning

[Stormbringer]

great picture of a great view 

[Oh How Original]

A few more photos from the run yesterday.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 9, 2020 by Oh How Original

[Oh How Original]

@Nick - do you know images aren't working properly bud? I will edit the above to include images soon, but hopefully you see, even with proper IMG codes, they aren't showing up?

[PraetoR]

What a cracking build! I love the transformation this truck has gone through. Then, out on the trails, with fellow RCers. The true spirit of the hobby! Good work.

[Fuzzock]

 

Loving your pictures (stolen from the other thread)

 

Whereabouts are these photos taken?

 

Ian..,

[Oh How Original]

14 hours ago, Fuzzock said:

 

Loving your pictures (stolen from the other thread)

 

Whereabouts are these photos taken?

 

Ian..,

 

These are taken near Kirkby Stephen, in a place called Mallerstang, one of my local crawling spots, it's not exactly huge, but there's hundreds of different lines that can be taken so it's pretty good overall, especially when the rocks move so the last line you just took is now different lol.

[Fuzzock]

Ahhh used to go biking just south of there!

 

Lovely area.

 

Ian..

[Oh How Original]

Few night run shots. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DartmoorTrails]

Great pics oho, tempted with a bit night crawling myself🤔