1/6th Scale Savage Conversion

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by Jahay

That is huge!!!!

I can see now how much you had to file of the bulks to get the arms to FIT!!! quite a bit!!! but should be fine anyway...

keep me posted! :)

In all, I removed about 6g worth of material per bulk half. Fortunately most of the work was done by my drill press. I basically ran a bit just larger than the arms right down the hinge pin hole to open it up. It only took me a few minutes to do the entire set. Most of the work came after removing a few bits here and there to get the right fit and clean the bulks a bit. I have one more set I have to do the finishing work on. I'll get a pic soon to show.

Also sat and played with the front str rack and servo placement a bit doing some brainstorming. Had an idea where I could move the motor up farther, move the servo from where its shown, and have enough room in back where I might just have enough room for a rear str setup.

I think I'll go ahead with the fixed rear for now, but leave room for a rear str setup I can swap in later. The front and rear arms are interchangeable, so just an arm and hub swap and a couple other bits would be needed to change the rear over for 4ws. I might be able to work it out so its a quick swap. We'll see.

[Finnster]

Here's a pic of one of the bulkheads off the drill press, but not yet finished. I ran the drill down the hinge pin hole, and used it to remove a bit from the remaining outside. I still need to remove the rest of that material (by dremel and by hand) as well as do a bit of shaping on the inside to give the arms full range of movement. You can see I left the center section in place.
Its pretty shiny, so the contrast is a bit tough to see. :)