tamiya_1971

Looked at pre-ordering the Losi LMT roller since I finally sold my old Losi Aftershock last month. Trying to decide. Then Tower has a 20% off sale on a few Tamiya kits and I’m not sure if I want one of those. Ordered a new pinion for my Thunder Dragon. It’s all in pieces but a good cleaning and reassemble is coming soon!

The Agrios is the TXT-2, right?

I always loved the Big Brute, enough that I purchased a Nitro Brute for my first nitro rc. Unfortunately, I was only able to start that thing maybe a half dozen times and finally couldn't take it any longer and sold it. I was able to build a USA-1 and a Double Dare (another favorite of mine) during my few years working in a hobby shop. Would love to have a shelf queen of one of them and a regular Big Brute runner. I wish I could help out with some suspension knowledge, but all I can remember is sweating in awful midwest humidity trying to start that thing up.

Thanks for the info! I read this on Robinson's site so I figured they would work with most Tamiyas. Apparently not the case! STEEL ALLOY PINION GEARS Steel alloy pinions are not heat treated and should only be used with plastic spur gears. Most commonly used on Kyosho and Tamiya electric cars and trucks. In sizes 12 through 24 teeth. 1/8 inch bore. One 5-40 set screw included. 1/16 inch allen wrench (NOT INCLUDED) fits the 5/40 set screw. .6 module Steel Alloy Pinions are not marked with tooth number.

I've collected some replacement parts to the tattered Thunder Dragon I purchased a couple years ago. I would like to replace the pinion with a steel one but am not certain which "mod" I should look for. Does a .6 mod, 15 tooth sound correct? I'm specifically looking at the Robinson Racing steel pinions.

On my very first pistol transmitter, I didn’t realize the steering needed to be reversed. I drove for years with the steering incorrect. Yes, I have it back to normal now. 😁

Here's some updated pics.

I saw that in your post over in “the shed” thread! I was wondering how it looked. Nice!

I’m looking forward to listening while I work. Should be fun. Looks like they last quite awhile and I have a lot to catch up on!

I’ll have to start listening to these. Thanks!

Is this the Radio Impound Podcast?

Dangit. That looks great. Now I wish I would have ordered one from Tower at 25% off.

Hopefully you didn’t discount. Some people are just awful and will do anything to get a better deal. That dude sounds like one of them.

That’s a beauty. This thread may cause me to start working on mine again. I always think a different color would be great, but as soon as I see one done with box art, I change my mind. eBay and I have had the worst year for sales, stupid things happening, people not reading the description, return on an esc that wasn’t working (it was).... I can only imagine what happened in your situation.

Funny you asked. It’s been sitting on a shelf next to my desk and I look at it daily. I was staring at it during a conference call last week and went into a trance thinking about the body when I heard my name being said over and over. 😄 Unfortunately, I’ve done nothing with the body yet. The chassis is close to being finished. I’ll snap some pics this weekend and upload.

Search for 58525. It should bring back at least some of the Wild One parts.

Here was my experience back in June:

Good grief, I thought someone had died.

Finally finished the dang lime green Blackfoot body strip down, repainted and added the MCI Blackfoot decals. All the parts were cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner. Not perfect by any means, tried to fill in some bad spots on the body, some success, but still some flaws. @Xeostar gearbox strengthener installed. It has the original manual speed control and some CRP parts.

Those look very nice. The 249 is a bit steep for me, but I'd hate for someone to clone them and sell them for 49. AmPro (PintoPower) has created a double wishbone suspension, total price is more reasonable: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/ampro

Anyone ever used the CRP body buttons and Kydex mounts for the Clod Buster?

Nice day to run the Clods with the kids. Damage: Bullhead with original steering, bent rods. Original Clod, one broken anti-rotation bracket. Great time though.

Hopefully track down another set sometime and add them to one of my Clod Busters.

Asked my son last week for a good color on a lexan body for that Bullhead we purchased off eBay. He looked at all the rc’s and said “orange” since none of the rc’s are orange. I cringed and asked, “are you sure, it’s already yellow and red?” He said it would look great, so orange we went with. I have to agree, I like it. JConcepts 1979 Ford F-250 MT body:

Cleaned the shocks to an old King Cab I parted out a couple years ago.