Here's the GCM CrossCanyon JK Trail Jeep build page.
We wanted to make up a scale stock Jeep - something you might see in your own town. Using our CrossCanyon chassis, and a 'FastLane' 1/8 4 door Wrangler body, we made the CrossCanyon JK Trail by GCM.
Here's how it went together. Beginning with the CrossCanyon frame, we built up the required Axial Racing parts from their ARTR crawler. This includes the bent links on the front as shown, the y upper link, the straight links in the rear mounted in the extra lower mount hole on the CC frame, and the y upper link there also. We used the frame on the outside of the links, and simply installed all this with some round spacers on the shock towers to accomplish a solid chassis setup ready for a gearbox.
The body was treated to some scale checker plate on the running boards, as well as a red and black fresh paint job. The rear section of the body that covers the back is removeable on this setup and we left the original roll bar tubing inside the interior.
Body and interior details were added at this time. The license plate, bed roll, propane can, gas can, and tow rope were all sourced from Canadian scale reproducers, and we came up with the paint, GPS navigation instruments, and the roadmap for the seat.
The body needed to be removable for maintenance and setup, but we wanted a solid roll-over proof mount to keep it all together. The way we accomplished this was to use a hinge on the rear of the frame and pin-clip the front section right to the frame. Surprisingly, the mounted interior and the roll bar in the body is a very strong setup. We used 2 small rails to mount the hinge in the rear, with one on the body portion, and one on the frame section. The front frames had small L brackets made up to accept pins from the body's current posts for mounting, and it's a simple and solid setup that can carry the weight of the truck any time. We mounted the electrics up front under the Jeep's engine hood, and it's ready to rock.
The Cross Canyon frame rails are a perfect match for the Axial crawler donor parts, and worked great for bumper and mounting supports. Here's the final product. Be careful, it could be the real thing.
