Oh look, Another TF2 build thread...... (Watch me transform a used ebay TF2)

[RC Perspective]

Hey guys and gals. I know forums are mostly dead thanks to "New" Social Media; I say that because technically a forum is a form of social media. But forums in my mind are the only REAL place for build threads. Just my opinion.

Anywho.

I'm new to the Scale Truck and Crawler world. Not new to RC or working with my hands. I have 2 Tamiya TT02's and a TT02R. Rally, Drift and Speed.

So my buddy invited me to go crawling with him, He has a TRX4 and a Gen 8. Needless to say I was hooked. So I started searching the web looking at the plethora of options available. I like to build and tinker, so I was looking for something in kit form, but didn't dismiss RTR either.

Enter the RC4WD TrailFinder2. This truck is everywhere. No page did I visit that didn't have a link to the TF2 just a click away. Started reading through the build threads and was sold.

Biggest thing I saw, is that everyone has already covered building the truck from a new kit. No worries, there will be none of that here.

There will be lots of pictures, the truck, the weathering, the wiring, the chassis, etc.

I tried to resize all the pics, so they shouldn't be too big for the screen.

Found this on eBay, pics from the auction.






I probably paid too much for it, but that seems to be a common issue in this hobby LOL!

It's a 7 year old TF2. More in the next post.