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Well this isn't the news I wanted to see. While I'm sad to see Mertz go, I'll always appreciate the brief time I had working with him and selling me this hot rod I built.

A couple months late (oops) but I finished wrapping the rear panels with camo. I think it looks much much better and should help keeping the rear intact. I also changed the socket screws that holds the rear wheels with chrome ones. I took it to my LHS and everyone loved it.

Today I got my parts tray organized. I also bought a 88T Spur just in case. I'd like to buy a few extra front bumper pieces and some extra nerf bars / nerf wings down the road but it can wait.

OOOOPS! I forgot some things. Today I bought some front end shims that I forgot to adjust the front ride height. I also pulled the trigger on a Hudy Set Up Station designed for pan cars. It should make setting up the car much easier than going around the car with a ruler. I also did get a set...

Thanks for the love guys I appreciate it! I added one more thing. I wrapped the rear bumper and the little "ears" on the sides to include some realtree camo. Not only to I think it looks better but it should also add some more strength especially to those "ears".

The moment we've all been waiting for, the build is complete! I'm extremely proud of this build. I'll have the car setup at the track when i'm done admiring over it lol. This was a very challenging build, but that's part of why I'm so proud of it. Let me know what you guys think!

Did a lot today, made my decals, and fabricated / test fit the rear spoiler. The green stuff is just protective film, i'll take it off while I apply decals to the body with will probably take all weekend.

The transponder is in, aligned the front end, set all the electronics up including trims, EPA, etc, and made sure everything's running. All that's left is to attach the spoiler and make the body and everything all pretty with decals. Not gonna lie doing the decals will prob take an entire...

Purchased the battery and transponder today, and installed the gearing. I need to get a whole bunch of pinions but atleast I got something. Once the battery gets here I can program everything and get all the settings where I want them, fix the toe alignment, and then its finally time for decals...

Thanks, I thought I was forgetting something but wasn't sure.

If I recall correctly, the color bands indicates the type of compound of the foam. I was a little confused by it at first 😋

Electronics are in and test fitted the body. Wiring is a huge pain while trying to make sure everything moves freely in tight places. Anyways, I should have the front end aligned by the end of the weekend.

I decided to de-anodized those red body posts and it worked! I put on some rubber gloves, dropped them in a small plastic disposable container, filled it up with the yellow can Easy-Off Oven Cleaner spray until the parts were submerged, let it sit for about 10 minutes, and then rinsed them off...

Alrighty, so after taking a needed break, the chassis is finally ready for the motor, esc, receiver, etc. I had to go back and replace all the brass shims on the chassis (except for the right side nerf bar) with my CRC ones. It's not that I don't like the brass ones, I just prefer the CRC ones...

I installed the zero degree caster blocks, adjusted the caster shims to my liking, , installed the proper 1:10 scale axles/steering arms, and then bolted it to the chassis. It took me all night to figure out the proper ride height. When mounting the body, Mertz had to add 5mm for a proper fit...

Alright, so for some reason my mailman delivered to my house twice today and the car is back. Everything looks great and he did an amazing job. Still got some chassis work to do I gotta put on the other steering arms and change the caster blocks, adjust ride height, all that fun stuff. Then...

The new bearing set came in today. They are ceramic which is really nice and should help the car a lot. Still waiting for my car to come back. Mertz shipped it out on Thursday but I'm not going to lie I'm starting to get a little impatient. o_O

The correct 1:10 steering arm parts arrived early today. I bought enough for 2 pairs so I can have a pair as a spare. (I feel like Dr. Seuss typing that lol)

I'm definitely going to practice a lot this winter for sure.

Got the ESC, Motor, and Receiver today. The car bodies have been painted up ready to go and shipped back to me, I should get it in a few days. I also had to get new front axles and steering arms becasue I appearantly had 1:12 scale ones. I also bought a new bearing set since the 1:10 axles uses...