Converting tamiya blackfoot to scaler

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black maxx

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I am planning on turning my tamiya blackfoot into a scaler.I already have decided on the tires just looking at bumpers that are steel.any advise?
 
Digger

Digger

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Are you going to change the chassis under the body, or were you going to add smaller wheels and tires to the blackfoot chassis? Oh, and we need pics! LOL!:pics
 
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black maxx

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i am leaving the 2.2 wheels on it and i am keeping the same chassis. will have pics up soon,it still has the stock tires for now,upgrading to rc4wd gaunlets
 
Digger

Digger

R.C. Alley
um... ok. Be sure to post pics. Remember when shooting the pics that if the truck were full sized, the camera would be around 5 feet off the ground if the photographer was standing, so that means a realistic camera angle in 1/10 scale would have the camera around 6" off the ground... Good luck!:tmb
 
Digger

Digger

R.C. Alley
it's got potential, that's for sure. The goal of building something "scale" is to be as accurate to real life as possible. So smaller wheels and tires, narrowed down so that they fit under the body instead of sticking out the sides and lower the body down as low as you can so it looks like a shrunken-down real truck. If you have to do a double-take at the pictures to tell for sure if it's r/c or not, it definately qualifies as a scaler!
 
Digger

Digger

R.C. Alley
Cool. I am not familiar with that particular tread, but if it matches something real, that's cool. RC4wd makes some really nice stuff.
 
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black maxx

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How do you think some traxxas 2.2 geode wheels would look on it,i am thinking this because i am on a budget and they are cheap
 
joe

joe

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a blackfoot with 2.2s and a stock chassis isnt really ever going to be "scale".
just have fun with it and keep it a monster!
:tmb

heres an examle of a scale blackfoot:
 
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