RGT 86020. Some more customization.

Standard 115 mm tires, during suspension articulation, were severely rubbing against the lexan body fenders and scraping against its sharp edges. It looked like this:
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I wasn't satisfied with this. And decided to cut off the standard fender flares and attach external ones. Since there was now more space for the wheels, I replaced the tires with 120mm ones. This provided a slight increase in ground clearance and during articulation the tires stopped rubbing against the body. Now the model looks like this:
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The model drives much better now.

I also installed a servo for the winch. I set up the control from additional channel on the standard transmitter:
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Photos from an autumn trip:
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A winter outing. It drives very well on snow:
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