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  1. A few years back I built a custom Lunchbox to go with my Blue Edition, but I was offered silly money for the pair of them and I needed the money elsewhere so they reluctantly went. Well I’ve always wanted to build another but the stock gearbox casing annoyed me. A chance post by JK RC on Facebook landed me a Hornet Watanabe B parts sprue. That kicked off the drive to find a white chassis which proved rather difficult… But today, these chassis landed on my doorstep :) So now I’m hunting for more hopup parts for my Christmas Tamiya build.
  2. What did you find in the end? Original or rerelease?
  3. Would like to build a Top Force replica but funds are limited, so figured I would base it on a Manta Ray initially then upgrade as funds allow. Obviously shell and wheels not required, but the closer to a rolling chassis the better! Thanks all!
  4. Random question of the day.... My lad wants his Lunch Box to look like Blaze from Blaze and the Monster Machines: This means I need a truck shell! The obvious solution is a Pumpkin body but the lines just don't work. I've learnt through some research that Traxxas 1:16 shells are a pretty **** close fit. Can anyone confirm this? If so I reckon I'll go for one of these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272567657685 Unless anyone could suggest anything better please?!? Thanks all!
  5. At the risk of knocking this well off-topic, please let us know how it goes. Been thinking of doing this myself!
  6. I tried that. Only two came up, both unsold at £150 and £75 respectively. Don't seem to be any for sale currently. I thought they were a general release kit, assuming they weren't very popular! Edit: Just found an old Mardave Mini too!! Seems I have all the old c**p no-one else bought!
  7. Probably a stupid question, but were the M02 beetles a limited edition or short production run? I've just dug one out of the loft to sell, so went on ebay to try and gauge the value and I can't find a single one on there? Or were they so bad, everyone binned them!!
  8. I'm going to chime in here against the grain... I have an original BF. My dad bought it for me about 86?!? Me, my dad and grandad built it together. I still remember my grandad explaining to me about switch lubricant on the MSC and its first run around the lounge floor. They are both no longer with us, and now I play with it with my son. It's an utterly prized possession but it's been battered to crap so many times. It's been round BMX tracks, crashed into kerbs, round skate parks and the only thing that has ever gone wrong with it is one of the dog bones popped out. Twice. In 30 years of abuse. I'm genuinely over the moon they're re-released it. I couldn't give a crap what mine is worth. I'll never sell it. I will be straight down to my LHS for at least one of the new ones and I'll build it with my lad and we'll run them together. Maybe now the original can take be excused being battered at the skate park though! To me, this is what these models are all about, yes they look great on the shelf, but the real value of them is to enjoy them with friends and family in my opinion whether or not it's got a ford badge on ;-)
  9. Hi, nearly finished my LB 'bitsa' project ready for my son's 4th birthday, just need a few last bits: A screw bag B screw bag Body mounts Tyres Crawler motor Anyone got anything before I hit ebay? Thanks!
  10. Finish the Lunchbox I'm building for my sons 4th birthday. Had the great idea of building one from bits I had lying around. Of course now, I'm finding I'm missing a few screws, balljoints and other miscellaneous bits, so expect a wanted thread soon! Finish my basher HPI firestorm. Run my shelf queen LB's Get my TL01 drifter to run for more than 10 minutes without thermalling the ESC Add to the collection.... always wanted a Bullhead and a Monster Beetle
  11. If superted doesn't want these please PM me.
  12. Back to £47 now Gutted I didn't see this when it was on sale.
  13. This is pretty much word for word what I was going to say. I might well take you up on the offer as I'm only 10miles or so away.
  14. Looks fantastic! Great job with the weathering.
  15. Futaba Attack SR for me. Wasn't my first but the gleaming white won me over as it was so different from anything else. Been trying to find another one for a couple of years, but finding one that's not faded is not easy.
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