Yes, I know it’s almost end of March, but I finally got around the finish editing the various clips together from the Xmas crawl at Bracken Rocks (2015). If you’re not aware Bracken Rocks is where the RRCI Scale Nationals (now known as RCCarZone Scale Nationals) is hosted, and the first G6 competition is to be hosted here. It’s a great area for crawling, I would recommend anyone into crawling and scale rigs to attend the scale nationals, weekend of banter and driving.
Hope you enjoy the video.
With work and other commitments, the D90 crawler project has come to a standstill, a lot of work has happened but we are still quite far from the finish line. Thought I would upload a number of images I have taken.
Another Sunday so headed out early 7.30am just as the sun was coming out, light rain but nothing to bad. Went to some land nearby as we had not crawled there in a while. Was going well until I heard a branch breaking, turned out it wasn’t a branch and instead my drive shaft link to the rear wheels broke.
Got to order a new part now “vtr232072”, seems quite expensive for such a small part. Also noticed some of my tyres are letting water in and one seems to have lost all air and is flat. More work to get this thing ready for the G16 national event next year.
After some searching on the internet I have found a number of Defender D90’s which use the van / box backend type of look. I really like the look of the environmental agency vehicles with their side sliding entrance sections.
Decided I am going to be aiming for something based on these images with my own touches. Have the ascender looking good in no time, after its little accident… Take a look.
Thought I would upload a damage report from the other week, simply put the truck looked like it had been involved in an explosion. Hope you like the images and video, was a good crawl but now back to the workbench. Since I need to piece the shell back together including strengthing the major cracks I have decided to close off the back section making a van, after looking online I am going to be aiming for somthing along the lines of an environment agency vehicle.
This was a test of a friend’s homemade servo winch to see how well it would coupe with a vertical deadweight lift, it did really well and lifted itself all the way up to the hook. Got a bit warm but no burning smells or fires, very impressed.
This was a converted high torque steering servo, with the rope attached directly to the servo motor spindle and using a simple on / off / on switch to control the power to the DC motor for both in and out direction. Hope you enjoy the video.
Took the Land Rover D90 using a Vattera Ascender chassie out for a crawl last week, unfortunately there was an accident and the D90 took a bit of damage. I am now debating starting again and getting another D90 shell. Anyways hope you enjoy the video it was a good day and I would recommend going to Twywell Hills and Dales Country Park if you are in Northamptonshire area and want to go for a crawl, or looking for a new crawling area.
Today the new front bumper arrived, big and chunky to go with the build and should fit in really well. Not bad for £30 off ebay, took a while to arrive nearly 3 weeks. I will be uploading a post shortly of how I will be fitting this, possibly bolt it to the stock bumper posts.
Lets take off the stock front bumper while we are here, first we want to undo the screws on either side of the bumper posts.
Thats it, front bumper is now removed.
Been browsing eBay and found some awsum looking items from a seller called “DJ Designs”, email him enquirying he provided me with a link to his website. Got some awsum stuff for D90 trucks as well as other trucks and scale items. I will be placing a order very shortly for the project.
Just a quick update since it has been a while. Started stripping the shell of all of its accessories such as windows and lights, I will be respraying the shell so these need to come off. As I am missing lenses and the windows are in a bad shape I didn’t mind to much about damages as they are all being replaced with new ones. I didn’t worry to much about chipping the shell as it will be getting sanded ready for the paint. I have also finished trimming all 4 wheel arches to allow the vaterra wheelbase to fit better and also provide room for when the rubber fenders are installed.
I will be buying the D90 lenses and windows from rcBitz.
