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My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:04 pm
by TycoTamiya4eva
Im definitely Team Tamiya but traxxas had some beautiful stadium trucks. I dont like traxxas new builds even tho I hear they are very tough and have great quality parts but to me they lack the style of their older models so when I saw the traxxas hawk and eagle in a old magazine I just had to have one. I managed to find someone selling a blue eagle that was in decent shape but I had some work to do and some extreme hunting for wheels and parts wich was not easy. Now as much as I like the blue eagle one of my favorite colors is red so I had to make my own version. Completely restored from the ground up here is the Red Eagle!

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:30 pm
by Dangeruss
Truck looks RED-iculously good! Great score on the wheels... and the tires too. LOVE a tall spike on a stadium truck. 👍👍

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:19 pm
by TRX-1-3
Looks trick! Totally agree, when Traxxas dropped the racing "program" and went full RTR bashing on 6s, they jumped the shark. The Blue (Red) Eagle is one of my favorites. It represents a time when Traxxas was really trying to stay competitive, releasing new kits and packaged conversion kits for existing platforms, etc...

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:44 pm
by Lavigna
Looks really cool. Those wheel/tire combo is still one of my favorite truck combos. I have a complete set of both NIP just waiting on an eventual Traxxas Hawk or Blue Eagle build. They are quite hard to find.

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:59 pm
by TycoTamiya4eva
TRX-1-3 wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:19 pm Looks trick! Totally agree, when Traxxas dropped the racing "program" and went full RTR bashing on 6s, they jumped the shark. The Blue (Red) Eagle is one of my favorites. It represents a time when Traxxas was really trying to stay competitive, releasing new kits and packaged conversion kits for existing platforms, etc...
Thanks!!

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:59 pm
by TycoTamiya4eva
Lavigna wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:44 pm Looks really cool. Those wheel/tire combo is still one of my favorite truck combos. I have a complete set of both NIP just waiting on an eventual Traxxas Hawk or Blue Eagle build. They are quite hard to find.
Thanks and yes they are extremely hard to find

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:00 pm
by TycoTamiya4eva
Dangeruss wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:30 pm Truck looks RED-iculously good! Great score on the wheels... and the tires too. LOVE a tall spike on a stadium truck. 👍👍
Thanks!

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:01 pm
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Johnny Lawrence would be proud. 8)

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:18 pm
by R6cowboy
Sweet truck, the red looks great. Do you have plans for an esc and receiver? XL-1 with red heatsink would be a nice touch. Awesome motor choice by the way.

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:06 pm
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Great pic quality btw. 8)

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:39 am
by Dangeruss
Speaking of pics... in the back... Is that a TOTE full of Blue Eagle wheels?!?

Tote Of Wheels.jpg

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:09 pm
by TycoTamiya4eva
R6cowboy wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:18 pm Sweet truck, the red looks great. Do you have plans for an esc and receiver? XL-1 with red heatsink would be a nice touch. Awesome motor choice by the way.
Yes that sounds great and a kool idea. I don have some red heat sinks and I planned to use a novak esc Thanks for the tip

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:10 pm
by TycoTamiya4eva
Dangeruss wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:39 am Speaking of pics... in the back... Is that a TOTE full of Blue Eagle wheels?!?


Tote Of Wheels.jpg
Yes it is

Re: My First Traxxas Blue Eagle Restoration Project

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:10 pm
by TycoTamiya4eva
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:06 pm Great pic quality btw. 8)
Thanks man!