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not too much unfortunetly cause ive been extremely lazy lately lol. i did manage to get some front steering knuckles polished and mounted, and am awaiting sand tires i wont on ebay and some front knockoffs from mr. lexan. another 3-4 days i **should** have a chassis completed lol. ill post more pics as i come along here promise

Did you custom made the front/rear knuckles and knuckle carriers or you took them from another model?

do you plan on making a tuber chassis too or is the graphite one shown definitive?

the rc10gt ones that are still "somewhat" available are the same part

i got some parts from this store
http://www.neweramodels.com

and alot of randomness from ebay, the arms are still sold by rdent enterprises for sprint cars

nothing is custom machined yet but im working on getting a front and rear bulkhead made in alloy and machined up for me.

i am DEFINETLY making a tuber chassis, that graphite is actually a great condition Houge/Trailing arm chassis. I started a tuber, destroyed a tuber lol, started another, ran outta brake line, then stopped cause i was out of oxy gas, etc etc and the story goes on..

I finally have full tanks of gas, plenty of flux/steel/silv, new saw, i made a mock up chassis with pipe cleaners to see if it would fit properly, everything is looking great, i just neeed to sit down and do it now lol

i am actually trying to "model" it off the looks of a protech body and the hpi 5b 1/5th scale buggy (i love that thing lol)

well i finally found some rear sand paddle tires in 2.0" in like new condition, now i gotta find some fronts unfortunetly, im liking the panther fronts they make, gotta see them closeup though before i decide

found some more rear tires, not sure which set im going to use and which set im going to sell, probably i will use the single solid paddles

6pm EST Update: i hate brazing lol

but seriously, if home depot has any oxygen left i will be able to finish by tonight hopefully. my main tank ran out go figure..

Chassis is built, for some reason the front and rear shock towers i built in were WAY off, guess i didnt take into account for the shock bushings, re-making them now.

and i have to slightly move a rear support a bit to make room for a hydra drive gear cover which i bought on ebay recently but dont have yet.

Plus i need to somehow plan for a servo placement which i conveinantly forgot lol. If all goes well i am taking to the powercoater's tommorow

Where did you get the aluminum preload collars for the shocks?

hammad ghuman, out of business though, but i have 6x sets for 12 shocks coming on ebay soon with a bunch of other HG shock parts, ill post a link here in a few days

Love the straight, single paddle. Those rock. I had the other set you got on a Kyo nitro atv. They just don't have the coolness that single paddle does. IMO.

ya now i just need to find some alloy rims, ive given up and have been praying for the sunday night ebay gods to list something that will fit lol

pictures, sorta in backwards order or whatever lol

fg