tankman

Hi guys! Hope you can help me in my plight to sort out this tt01 nightmare![8)] i have been running my Street Devil[}] at work for a few years now and its attracted quite a few fans! Needless to say I now have some stiff competition in the form of 5 rally mad Tl-01 lorry drivers! (BTW I work in a warehouse order picking[V]!) anyway! Last monday in a smoke break me and a few other order pickers (and the chill supervisor[:0]) decided that it was time to take the crown back off these lorry drivers and give the a run for there money! But as we did not want it to be a free forall we decided that we would have to make up some rules.(as well as useing some of the lorry drivers rules that are allready in place) 1ST rule (lorry drivers) Cars must be supported by the LHS. 2ND rule (ours) Cars must be the same make/type. 3RD rule (ours + lorry drivers input) Cars MUST be 4WD (Bang goes my idea of useing my mo3 mini![]) 4TH rule (ours) Shells must be A rally car. 5TH rule (ours) Tyres MUST be the same (but here is were the problem lies! The lorry drivers wont tell us what rubber they use![!]) 6TH rule (lorry drivers) Hop ups limited to: shocks/springs,wheels,servo savers,Propshafts,bearings,heatsinks.(no bling allowed![:I]) 7TH rule (Lorry drivers) Motors must be stock & brccc legal 8TH rule (ours + lorry drivers input) ESC must be A LRP Runner (or equivalent) 9TH rule (ours) Batt packs must be GP 3300Mah NiMh Race packs (as there cheap[8)]) 10TH rule (ours) servos must be Futaba s3003 (or Acoms/Hitec equivalent) 11TH rule (ours) transmitters/Receivers must be 2 channel & 4oMHZ But Any make will do (the lorry drivers use 27MHZ) So! Wednesday rolls around,armed with credit cards and wads of cash we jumped in my car and shot off to the LHS on our dinner break. I was expecting us to end up with TL-01'S or some sort of Kyosho e.p readyset as these cars tend to be the ones the LHS sell (and stock parts for) the most. But to my surprize the only kits they had were TT-01s! (they also had a few re releases and I just had to grab a Lunch Box to go with my Midnight Pumpkin[]) After A long chat with the LHS owner (Cheers Steve you Diamond you!) we managed to get the kits and hop ups at a good price! We ended up with quite a bit of gear and I could just about fit it all in my old pug! All In all we ended up with: Me: (58308) Ford Focus RS WRC03 kit,Ali prop shaft,metal motor mount Mini CVAs and BallRaces (also the Lunch Box as I already had a motor Bats ESC & radio gear) Dan the strawberry man![]:(58332) Citreon Xsara WRC2004 kit Ali prop shaft,metal motor mount,carson oil shocks,BallRaces,Acoms radio gear motor,bat,ESC ETC ETC. Jeff the Chill supervisor[] (58333) Subaru Impreza WRC 2004 kit same as the rest of us but without the ali propshaft. Mark:(58335) Escort Cosworth WRC Same as Jeff but with Futaba Gear. Right! now here is the problem. as I am on days this week (they are on nights) so I have been put in charge of building the kits.(But not painting them[] apart from mine![]!) so this Saturday gone at 9.00am I started on my Focus. I finished the chassis at 12.30pm. After I had lunch I thought I would just give the focus a once over to make sure everyting was screwed in tight and the chassis was rolling free. But to my horror I found that the spur gear was VERY tight I could hardly move it[:0]! No matter I thought I will sort it out later. so i started on the other cars BUT I have found them ALL to have the same spur gear stiffness[] and for the life of me I cannot figure it out! And today (Sunday) I have been over and over and over the cars and i just cant seem to sort it! My Gravel Hound never had this stiffness problem so I wonder what it is? I have never had this sort of problems building Tamiya models before but this really takes the biscuit! hope you gurus on here can come up with some solutions as Im well Stumped! Thanks Tankman!

Hi all! I was just wondering if the metal motor mount and the alu prop shaft for the TT01 Chassis fit the Df02 Chassis? I seem to be getting mixed messages from my lhs (yes/no/dunno!) Thanks In advance!

I must say I actually like the Saint Dragon!(I cant fined my pills today!) but the most fugly car for me would be Kyosho's Sandmaster mk2! Pink wheels? EEEERRHHH! (Barbie Gone Mad!) I also dont like Kyosho's Pajero Evolution Gas Car (Looks like A Ford Focus gone wrong!)

the gearbox looks like it is off of a Kyosho sandmaster mk2 buggy!

Lol! the presenter looks rather embarrassed driving that Frog! maybe she wanted to drive the Hornet!?

Hi! just wondering how the shop is going and is it open yet? I also live in Bristol and i would love to visit your club + shop! Cheers Tankman

Sammy,I would go with the dagger as you say in your other post you have a small garden! I also have a small garden and i fined the dagger to be perfect. A while ago i was looking for a truck and i noticed most of the Emaxx trucks that were for sale (Secondhand ones) had been severely abused yet owners wanted silly money! Or you could get yourself a clodbuster (Or the re re Super Clodbuster)

quote:Originally posted by SammyAnyone know of rough speeds with 2 540 cans in a WD? id="quote">id="quote">Well the 540s with the kit 18t pinions it is a little slow! But with the 20t pinions you will get a noticeable speed increase!

I agree with Grizz on this one. My Desert Gator looked good untill i put the window decals on! Now it looks a little toyish!

quote: Originally posted by gozone and have a helper time your drive from one line to the next id="quote">id="quote"> Remember that helpers are very rare on Ebay and tend to be well used![]

Thankyou guys for the info! it is very much appreciated!

On the subject of glow plugs what would be a good plug for a TG10mk1? (fs12lt) as i have no idea!

I have been running a LRP GT1 17X2 in my Hornet and its super quick!

Now we all know that the Thundershot will be re released at some point but will the Optional Rear Wing be re released also?

your that guy from antics! crazy vids tho! the downs is one badword of a place to run cars. BUT its much better when the grass is cut short! cheers Tank!