[84431 - 1/10 R/C Porsche 934 Jägermeister TA02-SW Limited Edition 40 Years]

2 hours ago, futureworks said:

I'd heard that this kit is only being released outside of Japan (is that true..?), and I just went onto one of the Japanese auction sites and found a seller listing for the kit at 65,000 yen, so over £500 sterling and about U$650!!!!

I'm still waiting for mine - for once I pre-ordered through a uk retailer as increasingly customs seem to be stopping kits from the Far East and adding a hefty levy. I heard that the UK importer is waiting to get their complete allocation (presumably coming on a boat) before distributing to any of the retailers. What a pain!!  Would have been quicker and probably slightly cheaper to get one from Germany.

Sounds like i need to sell this overseas..............lol

[FS: WR-01/WR-02 Alloy Gearbox Case *SOLD*]

looks amazing!!! I guess you just wouldnt be able to have a wheelie bar if you put this on a WR02 outside of that.......... amazing!!!

[84431 - 1/10 R/C Porsche 934 Jägermeister TA02-SW Limited Edition 40 Years]

6 hours ago, Theibault said:

You hear a quite whisper. "Build it and it will run.....".

HAH, you should know me well enough to know I won't run it if it's built!

[Hard plastic body paint removal best pracitces - US products specificaly]

8 minutes ago, Shodog said:

I've used easy off oven cleaner in the yellow can many times to strip paint from hard bodies.  

For lexan, never use oven cleaner or brake fluid.  It will destroy a lexan body.  I've had good luck using 20% nitro fuel to remove be paint from lexan. 

So easy off will do the trick???? I've worried about it since I used it to remove the anodizing off of my Baja b5 aluminum parts and it pitted every one of them. I did notice that easy off doesn't have the ingredients mentioned above. I'll try the mr muscle stuff 1st the oven pride will cost about 30 shipped to get here  but it might be worth ordering if 1st option fails.

[84431 - 1/10 R/C Porsche 934 Jägermeister TA02-SW Limited Edition 40 Years]

28 minutes ago, djmcnz said:

Yes, the temptation is strong with this one.

I think this is the only TA02 kit to ever be released with the FRP chassis? Closest is Top Force and Evo IIRC.

I believe so! I fought the urge, its back in the closet tucked away.

[84431 - 1/10 R/C Porsche 934 Jägermeister TA02-SW Limited Edition 40 Years]

17 minutes ago, djmcnz said:

It does, even written on the box!

let me dig it out............. yes I hid it so i wont open the dang thing!

Well dang, apparently I had been looking at the back of the box which doesnt mention the LEDs

man.......... now i touched the box and stared at it too long. MUST FIGHT THE URGE!

[84431 - 1/10 R/C Porsche 934 Jägermeister TA02-SW Limited Edition 40 Years]

I've had mine sitting in the closet for a couple weeks now trying to avoid opening it...... did someone say it actully comes with led lights in there too??

[Hard plastic body paint removal best pracitces - US products specificaly]

this the Oven Pride you are referring to?

 

I also found a Mr Muscle oven cleaner that contains
these ingredients

Monoethanolamine

1 - 5%

 

Diethylene glycol butyl ether

10 - 20%

Sodium hydroxide

1 - 5%

Will this work and not harm the plastic? my biggest concern is damage to the plastic itself.

 

full detals on the US version of Mr muscle

https://www.conncoll.edu/media/website-media/offices/ehs/envhealthdocs/MrMuscle.pdf

 

[Hard plastic body paint removal best pracitces - US products specificaly]

Hi guys, so this is going to be my 1st thread in here and it's been brought up a lot but I need clarification.

What is the best way to remove paint of vintage plastic bodies??

Before you say "search" I did a search and ran through 4 threads on it and see that De solv it and model-strip and some other cleaners work great..................... in the UK as in those awesome products aren't available to me

So what can I use that is available in the US beside brake fluid? Only reason I want to exclude that is I tried it on a king blackfoot body and it ruined the plastic.

So any help would be greatly appreciated and if this could be a comprehensive list of what works if there isn't one already (i did a search on google and here)

If knowing the body/bodies I will be doing, it is an original Monster beetle, and a not nearly as cool World Engines Rock Buster body.

 

Thanks in advance!

MUD

[Universal shafts for Manta Ray]

3 hours ago, Dangerseeker said:

the thundershot unis fit for sure but as you said are quite rare today and if you find them they are really expensive.

i heard about the df02 shafts that would fut but i cannot confirm yet. relying on thre reports on the df02 shafts, i ordered a pair to install into my stadium blitzer but the item did not arrive. 

Ive heard the same, but since my Dirt Thrasher is a shelf queen not sure how much more in mods I wanted to spend

[Vintage blackfoot questions]

1 hour ago, Terz1 said:

 I have to admit I fall into that trap all the time. I build things and get them as nice as I can and then don't want to damage them..

How do you think my collection began?!?!?!? lol

[Vintage blackfoot questions]

11 minutes ago, Snappy1 said:

Sounds like you have been a member here for years then....

 

One issue here, with members all over the world it can take time to get a response sometimes

yup, it's understood.... 

[Vintage blackfoot questions]

Just now, Snappy1 said:

Glad you made it here iluvmud, welcome,

I would guess Mongoose is using graffiti remover, but he will chime in .....

Hah, thanks!!! I'm on pins and needles as I want/need to get this body done... got too many rebuild projects in a state of incompletion, most of them are waiting on the bodies to be refinished.

[Vintage blackfoot questions]

Nice to see people helping each other with spare parts. Terz1 I was in the same boat as you, I picked up a rere MB off a member of another forum for pretty cheap, but then sold it for a little more and scored a pretty much untouched MB that had sat in storage for over 12yrs. I just rebuilt it (need to strip the body though) and would never run it but as Beefmuffin said score a cheap rere and run it instead.

 

BTW off topic, since I need to strip my MB body, what is Mongoose soaking the body in??? Or a suggestion on what to use to not ruin the plastic (nose piece is somehow permanently staying on in case that could get ruined by brake fluid or something else).

 

MUD