AEV Jeep Brute 1/10 scratch build - updates

More details at http://sgcrawlers.forumotion.com/t966-boolean21-s-aev-jeep-brute-1-10-scratch-build

Some updates...
some work done over a few nights...

Ordered an Axial 27T motor for the Brute...

fixed up the spare venom creeper transmission that i had left from the 6x6 build... 
mounted the tranny on the aluminium brackets and test fit under the cab...

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needed some 60mm shocks... and found a set of spare shocks from my OTA-R31...
so built it up and see if it is usable... 

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i had also mounted the shocks upside down to save some trouble in additional modifications to fit... 

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the 60mm shocks are still too long... and causing the drive shaft angle to be very steep... 

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so... had to drill a few more holes to shift down the transmission a little as well as slant the shocks so as to lower the gap between the tyres and the fenders....

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Drive shaft angle looks better now... although still a little on the extreme... 
once the body weighs down the suspensions... the angles should be good to go... 

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Here's how the AEV Jeep Brute looks like now... 

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Till the next updates......