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Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 7:07 pm
by Dirty_Vinylpusher
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 10:29 pm
by troppo
Perfect name for the beast mate, you should get 'Feral' painted on it somewhere when your finished........
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:47 pm
by Dirty_Vinylpusher
Might just "write" it with the welder.

Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 3rd, 2010, 11:53 pm
by troppo
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 3:03 pm
by K
Extremely 'gnarly' ..... mate ..... you're building the Mad Max of 1/4 scale
Kevin
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 3:05 pm
by Mike Casey
no garbage is safe near you is it?
Dang, cool work man!!!
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 4th, 2010, 8:01 pm
by Dirty_Vinylpusher
Thanks guys.
Yeah I only use bits that are readily available at the scrapyard so if I need to replace something I know I can get it the next day.
The only thing that puts a dent in the wallet is the radio gear, but there's not really any way around that I guess.
So far this build has cost me about $30.
Most of which was spent on welding sticks and grinder blades....
I will however rebuild the frame using 20x20mm (3/4") square tubing if this setup works ok and make it a bit neater.
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 3:20 am
by Juiced Drag Racing
Great stuff.
All of that is what makes them really yours. Keep up the great work!!!!
Ed
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 3:25 am
by troppo
I got to ask, where do you keep getting those wheels?
I want the address of your local op shop if thats where lol
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 11:11 am
by bentley marshall
the wheels are made by river hobby
http://www.riverhobby.com/INDEX.asp
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:48 pm
by Dirty_Vinylpusher
troppo wrote:I got to ask, where do you keep getting those wheels?
I want the address of your local op shop if thats where lol
Got them from OVERSIZE RC.
Don't you remember my story on RCU about those wheels and what happened?

Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 8:57 pm
by bentley marshall
i wouldint buy off oversize rc becouse they have a bad rep for slack service and riping people off

Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 9:06 pm
by Dirty_Vinylpusher
I'll never buy from them again.
Didn't get ripped off as such but they weren't very helpful or keen to process my order.
Until I threatened to "take things further"....
Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 6:09 pm
by Dirty_Vinylpusher
I scored a pocketbike for $20 today.
Just got the motor going earlier and it should be ok I think with a bit of tuning.
I might just have to use the motor on this (or another) build.......
(Ignore the chainsaw muffler in the pictures)

Re: Feral scrapbuild.
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 10:20 pm
by troppo
Clutch shoes are cheap enough on fleabay mate.
I say keep it together and R/C it, 1/3 ish scale R/C bike
