DJ Kryptonite
Member
Hello all,
Just getting back into RCs after over a decade but have a lot of experience building and racing from younger days. My kids are what inspired me to get back into the Hobby and I have been having a lot if fun over the last several months resurrecting old school vehicles I had put away like my original Blackfoot, DoubleDare, Hawk, Rustler, and then building some newer trucks like my CC01 scaler modded for a Tonka Bronko Body for the kids, my LCG Castle Brushless Slash and my Castle Brushless heavily modded Summit with every LEM part you can buy. Unfortunately I keep blowing diffs with castle big block even with the LEM parts and correct shimming so isn't the kind of fun I was hoping to have out with the family. When I saw the Nero I decided to buy some parts first to see if it truly was as tough as it looked online so I ordered just the bulkhead and diffs. After seeing the size and quality of those I decided I would slowly build my own Nero from scratch using the best pieces as I go from the multiple platforms or suggestions on this forum so that it would be somewhat bulletproof out the gate. This will be a longer work in progress since I already invested so much into the other RCs I have but Worry suggested it would be great to document the progress as I go on the forum. I will post pics and lessons learned as I go and of course am very open to anyone suggestions and advise when it comes to alternate parts or hop ups so I'm not constantly replacing stuff on the truck once it's running. I plan to use the castle 2200 mamba combo I have in the summit as the motor/ESC for the Nero and put the Summit back to more of a traditional torque crawler. I also have a nice set of mud slingers for it from my Summit and go back to stock on my Summit. Parts list if what I have so far and progress pics of the Nero coming soon. Hope you enjoy!
Just getting back into RCs after over a decade but have a lot of experience building and racing from younger days. My kids are what inspired me to get back into the Hobby and I have been having a lot if fun over the last several months resurrecting old school vehicles I had put away like my original Blackfoot, DoubleDare, Hawk, Rustler, and then building some newer trucks like my CC01 scaler modded for a Tonka Bronko Body for the kids, my LCG Castle Brushless Slash and my Castle Brushless heavily modded Summit with every LEM part you can buy. Unfortunately I keep blowing diffs with castle big block even with the LEM parts and correct shimming so isn't the kind of fun I was hoping to have out with the family. When I saw the Nero I decided to buy some parts first to see if it truly was as tough as it looked online so I ordered just the bulkhead and diffs. After seeing the size and quality of those I decided I would slowly build my own Nero from scratch using the best pieces as I go from the multiple platforms or suggestions on this forum so that it would be somewhat bulletproof out the gate. This will be a longer work in progress since I already invested so much into the other RCs I have but Worry suggested it would be great to document the progress as I go on the forum. I will post pics and lessons learned as I go and of course am very open to anyone suggestions and advise when it comes to alternate parts or hop ups so I'm not constantly replacing stuff on the truck once it's running. I plan to use the castle 2200 mamba combo I have in the summit as the motor/ESC for the Nero and put the Summit back to more of a traditional torque crawler. I also have a nice set of mud slingers for it from my Summit and go back to stock on my Summit. Parts list if what I have so far and progress pics of the Nero coming soon. Hope you enjoy!
