TLC
Scaled, but not fishy.
Caution ! This thread shows the use of a lexan body and may eventually contain graphic images of lexan weathering that hard body purists may find disturbing. Please view at your own risk and seek help if any images below are triggering for you.
So, the story goes, I really wanted some of those cool Vanquish Currie F9 axles from the VS410-Pro in the clear anodised finish to use under a project I am slowly building up.

What I found was however, to buy just the axles and required parts to build them up (axles, gear sets, spools, knuckles etc.) would cost me more than half as much as buying the entire VS410-Pro kit! This seemed like a waste of funds to me.
I mean, why spend a large sum of money for a couple of axles when you only have to spend twice as much to get an entire kit?
At least my RC spending logic is undeniably sound....

No prizes for guessing that an anodised clear VS410-Pro arrived as soon as I saved up the coin.
I wasn't originally planning to build it, just rob the axles and leave the rest for a future me. However, once I opened it and assembled the axles, there was no stopping me, I just kept on building.
I then foolishly told myself I wasn't going to run it much, but after my first outing with it, I was hooked on its awesome performance.
The only real issue I had with it was that International Scoutesque body??..
Don't get me wrong, I reckon early Scouts are way cool.
They just aren't something you often see down under.
They're around, but rare and not something I can really connect with.
If I could've traded places with Josh at Vanquish when he was helping design this rig, it would've ended up with a Nissan Patrol body. Then I would've been stoked!!.
But the rest of the world would've been rolling their eyes at it
Anyway, at the start of the year I decided it was time to do something about my SBD "Scout body dysmorphia" and re-body this awesome trail rig.

I also decided to remove the axles whilst I was at it and slipped a set of SCX10.3 straight axles under there instead.
This is a straight-forward swap that Josh covered during his first "Sunday RC Car Cast" in late January this year.
It also of course freed the F9 axles up for the original project that I bought this kit for, but that isn't being worked on, because I'm too busy building this rig that I never intended to build........
If that makes sense.....

For the body I decided on the MST J45C.
Firstly, because it is nice and beefy! Everyone knows, you don't make friends with salad!!!

Secondly because a Landcruiser ute is definitely something I can connect with. They are super common to see both on road and off-road in OZ Trail Ya.
Next, what to do to personalise this body and add some scale goodness (i.e. - un-necessary weight) :lol:
I also wanted to try my hand at weathering a lexan body.
I've seen many excellent examples of this art form on here and thought it would be cool to give it a crack.
So I am thinking, what if this.
Was turned into an off road rig mash-up between this sad old bloke...
And this weapon...
All the stock VS410 side sliders and inner guards had to be removed to get the body sitting where I was happy with it.
I will relocate the ESC to beside the steering servo and then the next job will be fabricating some barwork.
This is probably enough of an image dump and waaaaay too many words for now.
Much more to come for fans of tiny trucks. Cheers.
So, the story goes, I really wanted some of those cool Vanquish Currie F9 axles from the VS410-Pro in the clear anodised finish to use under a project I am slowly building up.

What I found was however, to buy just the axles and required parts to build them up (axles, gear sets, spools, knuckles etc.) would cost me more than half as much as buying the entire VS410-Pro kit! This seemed like a waste of funds to me.
I mean, why spend a large sum of money for a couple of axles when you only have to spend twice as much to get an entire kit?

At least my RC spending logic is undeniably sound....


No prizes for guessing that an anodised clear VS410-Pro arrived as soon as I saved up the coin.
I wasn't originally planning to build it, just rob the axles and leave the rest for a future me. However, once I opened it and assembled the axles, there was no stopping me, I just kept on building.

I then foolishly told myself I wasn't going to run it much, but after my first outing with it, I was hooked on its awesome performance.

The only real issue I had with it was that International Scoutesque body??..

Don't get me wrong, I reckon early Scouts are way cool.

They just aren't something you often see down under.
They're around, but rare and not something I can really connect with.

If I could've traded places with Josh at Vanquish when he was helping design this rig, it would've ended up with a Nissan Patrol body. Then I would've been stoked!!.

But the rest of the world would've been rolling their eyes at it

Anyway, at the start of the year I decided it was time to do something about my SBD "Scout body dysmorphia" and re-body this awesome trail rig.

I also decided to remove the axles whilst I was at it and slipped a set of SCX10.3 straight axles under there instead.
This is a straight-forward swap that Josh covered during his first "Sunday RC Car Cast" in late January this year.
It also of course freed the F9 axles up for the original project that I bought this kit for, but that isn't being worked on, because I'm too busy building this rig that I never intended to build........
If that makes sense.....


For the body I decided on the MST J45C.
Firstly, because it is nice and beefy! Everyone knows, you don't make friends with salad!!!


Secondly because a Landcruiser ute is definitely something I can connect with. They are super common to see both on road and off-road in OZ Trail Ya.
Next, what to do to personalise this body and add some scale goodness (i.e. - un-necessary weight) :lol:
I also wanted to try my hand at weathering a lexan body.
I've seen many excellent examples of this art form on here and thought it would be cool to give it a crack.

So I am thinking, what if this.
Was turned into an off road rig mash-up between this sad old bloke...
And this weapon...
All the stock VS410 side sliders and inner guards had to be removed to get the body sitting where I was happy with it.
I will relocate the ESC to beside the steering servo and then the next job will be fabricating some barwork.
This is probably enough of an image dump and waaaaay too many words for now.

Much more to come for fans of tiny trucks. Cheers.

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