Wrench's Project " Head Honcho"

[WrenchHead]

Hey All; Well all I really needed from the LHS was a can of paint and look what stray followed me home. My very own Axial Honcho. Since the F-103GT build is about wrapped up I am using what is left from my Xmas bonus for this rig. There it was just sitting on the back shelf calling my name. Need to do a bit of research on this rig and scoure the www for info and pics for ideas. You all know me so let the fun begin. 1st item was just purchased. Got a Honcho to Tacoma grill decal kit from Bowtie over on RCC. So the short list includes. Motor/ESC,Recv./Servo. Winch and wire rope. A few scale items. Axial interior/exterior detail kits.That should get me started. lol Here are a few pics. The seal cherry is still fresh. But for how long.lol l8r,w.

[WrenchHead]

Thanks for the ideas fellas. I am stoked about this build. Have finally popped the seals on the lid and Wrenching has commenced.lol I ordered a few items. I went with a Tekin FXR ESC 35T HW motor combo. Some GateKeeper rock sliders.A 4 link rear axel truss bar.Bowtie TACO decals. Got a MG645 servo and CC BEC on hold at mt LHS. Still a ton of goodies to go. But need another paycheck for those. Well here is my late night day #1 build time. Enjoy.l8r,w.


Get on my build table Bitc*. lol Everybody out da box.



OK then lets get started.

Stage 1;Step 1.








I sealed the axels with silicone and greased all the bearings and axels.












Had some alloy parts and a set of cvd's.





time for some drive line axels. what a PITA to get those U jionts in. 2 cuts later its''s done.







Well gotta go get some stuff from the LHS. Be back later with the rest of the pics.

[roadrunnr43]

its strange what will follow you home from the shop. i go in for hardware and come out with a bunch of raw materials.

[WrenchHead]

Hey All; Got a few more pages done on the rig and some parts are starting to arrive. Sweet I love hop ups and option parts. Here is the next installment. Enjoy.l8r,w.


So next was onto the shocks. Wow I never really like doing these but I still do. Have had a few issues with these stockers so I am going to get a set of ProLine Powerstroke Scale Shocks. On my list after some bills get paid first. Sux those keep showing up every month.lol















Only one problem the shox don't seem to match the measurments in the book. Typo or screw up?






And time for some links to add to the pile of shocks and axels. Starting to look a bit like something. Naa still just a pile O parts.lol








Add the lowers and we got a set ready to go.






And what good are axels without a trannsmision. Gots to make em go roundy rounds,right.lol I had a Extra Heavy Duty set of Trans outdrives I scooped up on RCC.Shouldn't have any probs with these. I hope.lol Also I decided to seal the trans with RTV silicone as well. Trying to make it a bit water resistant. Trying optimal word.









Going to source up a non slipper clutch but for now I installed the stocker .I did lock it down fully.




Stay tuned for more build pics and info.

[BAJA 1000]

Super nice I'm falling for this Honcho truck.

Are you water proving it?

[WrenchHead]

Hey All; Well onto the next faze of the build. So now I need to mount the trans to the skid and build the chassis so I can add the axels and trans.Then onto the next few pages. I will deveate a bit so as paint is drying I can work in some parts pages.I did a bit of reading before I even opened the box. Sucked waiting 2 days to even look inside the box.So stuff I ordered started coming in. Got my TACO decals. And my My Tekin showed up tonight. So while researching on RCC I saw a guy who did a inside out paint job. He painted the outside for the scale look. But painted the inside as well so when you scratch the outside the paint inside shows through. Sweet idea had to give it a try. Also been working on the rims and tires. Weighted the wheels and deanodized the outside rock rings. Man that is a lot of screws. So here are the next set of pics. enjoy the journey.l8r,w.

Trans and skid.






Fill in servo. I ordered a HS795TG for my AX-10 and will move that servo (witch I barrowed from my Turmiol Pro) to the slash and move the HS645MG waterproofed servo in the slash to the Head Honcho. I am going to get a handbros chassis servo mount kit. When funding allows.




Gotts to have a set of rods to make the wheels move.




Well time to spread out the back bone and build it into a spine. This is gunna be fun.



Decided to put 1/2 the stuff all on one side. Then spin the workmat and repeat the other side.



Walla,ready for axels.



Anyone ready to hang an axel. I am. Woo Hoo starting to look like a Taco to me.



And just have to add the next one as well. all good trucks need 2.



Starting to get some of the tube work put together. I deided to add a scale touch to the front bumper light covers. Just used a toothpic and some white model paint.

[WrenchHead]

Hey all;

So are we ready for our next installment everyone? OK so sit back and grab a cold one. Next on the build pages was the tubework. Witch you saw the front bumper when we left off. SO I had to assemble the rear section of tubework and the Diamond plate aluminum flat bed. It is lexan so it had to be painted up. So I decided to try something I have never done but have read about and wanted to try. It mixed up gold,red and black paint in an old paint cap trying to get a brownish dirty color.Then using rubber gloves.Dipped an old toothbrush in the paint,tapped off excess and pulled back on the brissles and flung drops of splatter dots onto the lexan. In one spot I dropped a BIG old drop of paint but wipped it off with a clean rag and left the wipe marks. Then I backed it with some indy silver for the diamond plate look. Then on the bottom I used some left over Fleckstone paint over the silver to look like a RynoLiner textured look. And added a coat of flat black .99 wally world paint. Seems to have worked.I also decided to paint the the fuel cell and not use the supplied decals. I did use the cap decal only. Here are the pics to go with,Enjoy. l8r,w.


So who went and got my truck bed dirty?? Dang I need to get out the garden hose now.



Lil texture never hurts,eh?

[roadrunnr43]

five stars on the dirt and crud

[WrenchHead]

Well onto the next pages of the build job. So I ordered up a Tekin FXR with a 35t motor. I installed Deans plugs on everything and since I plan on getting a 3 Cell LiPo for it I went up one guage size in wire diameter on the Battery side of the ESC. Kit supplies 14G I bumper to 12G Wet Noodle Deans Wire.Left the 12G wire going to the motor leads. I also decided to use the Axial recv. box for my ESC and BEC storage. I sealed the top and wire outlet hole with some more RTV Silcone to waterproof things a bit. Since I will be running a Losi Comp Crawler 3 cell battery I will have room on the battery tray for a Traxxas Waterproof Recv. box.It has been mounted as well and ready for a recv. Scored a set of Rock Sliders from GateKeeper designs. Got the wheels weighted and the tires mounted up and on the chassis. I didn't like the grey rock rings and had a set of green ones I stripped to silver but didn't use for the Blazer build and found them in the spares box and they look better. I detailed the wheel nut caps and added a dab of glue to hold them in place.One more thing I got done was to paint the front bumper metal inserts black with some appliance epoxy paint. Waiting on a fairlead and a 3Racing winch to complete the front bumper.So here are some pics to go with. l8r,w.

Time to bust out the goodied. Here is the heart and the brains of the operation. Hmmm 3 cell and 35 turn motor. Should do pretty good on wheel speed.I like opening NIB electronics.



Solder station is up and running with help from my buddy Deans. Upped the battery wires and soldered in the CC BEC.







Decided later to just solder the motor leads direct to the ESC and remove those 2 deans plugs. Live and learn. Was going to make it moveable from rig to rig. But If I waterproof it I don't wanna break the seal.lol




Added the second recv. box from a slash.



Gatekeeper Rock sliders all mounted up.



Went all black on the front bumper. Hope this new epoxy paint holds up. If not I'll strip it off.






Went and stripped my green rings from my leftovers build. The grey ones are harder to strip. And I like the silver look.



Stripped em in under 30 mins. Love greased lightning.





Finished up and mounted up. Man that is alot of screws.






Went and detailed the center caps a bit.

[Arct1k]

Nice job on the wheels