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-what's the body from, I too had wanted to build a 1/10th bandit, but use a Tamiya Hornet chassis, then the suspension matches what the Bandit has.

Its a tamiya king cab body that I painted to look like a real Nissan pickup. Yeah the hornet chassis is a very good one to use for the conversion. I chose the stampede because the transmission is bullet proof and will take any power you can put to it.

-as far as tires go, I was thinking about Tamiya Hot Shot ones.  The tread pattern is the same, it's like Tyco copied it from Tamiya!!!  The rears would have to be made by cutting & widening, but that's not bad.  Also, use 2.2"x2.0" rears, & 2.0"x1.0" frt. rims.  I had this all figured out.  As for me physically, I can't build this, I'm handicapped & stuck in bed, until I'm healed, but I hope your project goes well.  The Tamiya KingCab is a much better looking KC than the Kyosho Double Dare lid I was thinking about, (it's whay I could find "new" on E-bay for that "some day" I can build.

dam that looks cool, that body looks identicle to a bandits. you can get decals made? thats what i been wanting to have done. make up a bunch of new bandit stickers. might bring back to life alotta uglied bandits

thats very nice what setup you putting in it

i can get stickers done if some 1 can take good quality pics and i can get what ever size and get the colours changed to what ever you choose  ;D

this is AWESOME!!!!

fyi i saw a life size bandit. it was black, jack up, had the role bar in the bed, fog lights on the front, and its liecense plate read BANDIT.

always thought that be cool if someone did that

it also had some design on the side but it look factor.

Im still deciding which way I wanna go on the chassis because as it sits I have everything to build one at the moment with the exception of the paint for the body, the decals which just need to be printed and wheel/tire combos. All things I can easily get ahold of. I want some input from the other guys like me who would love to see a 1/10 scale bandit. What would yall like to see better for a replica of the bandit. Heres my top choices at the moment:

1 Traxxas VXL Stampede brushless

Red painted identical Tamiya King Cab Body
Nitro street front and rear wheels in chrome w/ hotshot tires
Hand made front + rear bumper and roll bar

+'s

The truck would be able to haul any amount of ass I would want it

Go anywhere capabilities for a 2wd

indestructive with bullet proof drive line and super easy to get parts for


-'s

Not quite as realistic of a chassis as it could be



2 Tamiya hornet or grass hopper

same body
same wheels
same bumpers


+'s

very similar chassis

can use a 380 motor if I go with the grasshopper to keep to scale

low center of gravity to keep the wheels on the ground


-'s

weak driveline

struggles in grass and off-road

harder to find parts for and not much aftermarket



It really just boils down to how scale I want it to look. I will definitely be using the truck and already have the stampede so right now its #1 and I can always go buy a hornet or grasshopper if I wanna get real close to scale

my in put. haha i think both would be sweet, but you could do one black, and the other red or!!!! the stampede you could paint like the 4x4 racing truck since it would be the off road one.

Ok, on the 4wd turbo racing pickup ive got a treat for you, give me 5 mins haha

This is my box art Nissan king cab truck, its basically a 1/10 4wd super racing pickup but 2wd and was made the year after "89"

no way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha all you need to do it get black windows!!! ;D ;D

A little spray paint could fix that haha. Ill do a picture real quick of the bandit pairs

nice!

Ok heres a bit further on the 1/10 scale bandit










This is a clear king cab body I have to paint more exact to the bandit and intead of painting the window trim then tinting the windows ill just paint them solid black. On the tail lights I will paint them a slightly different shade of red to be correct and on the headlights I might leave them open like the other to do led headlights. The fender flares will also be red to match the body

i like it with the lights in the bed better haha

what are ya gonna do for the bumper, or how are ya gonna make it i should say

that will make it perfect and a true bandit

I will make the bumpers and roll bars by hand from aluminum tubing to match and they will be 2-3 peices each.

then it wont brake!! haha

Those look awesome! No matter which way you go, I'm sure the truck is going to be cool.