[Tamiya TB-01 Radio Control Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI WRC (58257) with hopups & lighting]

The 40GBP seems to refer to ESC as well as Sport tuned motor which is quite reasonable....

[The Italian Connection...]

Interesting topic, just a quick question - how many of these boxes do you think were printed before somebody noticed the vehicle is described as '4 whell drive' .......!!

[Painting a Hard Body ... Spray or Brush?]

I have a NIB Midnight Pumpkin which I had the same question about - it seems spraying it is the popular opinion here and that's what I had planned to do, but nobody has mentioned priming the body ?  Is this because this is taken for granted or is it not always necessary to use a primer 1st ?

[A happy TC trading tale....]

I have only dealt with 2 TC members since 'joining the fold' early in February, making purchases from each - I would have to say it was extremely easy and painless so a big THANK YOU to Mr_Pushrod and Mad Andy for trading in the true spirit of TC !!

[any meetings ever in the berkshire area?]

Any update on the next adventure ?  I'm in Basingstoke and am keeping my eyes peeled for updates in this listing.

[tamiya sell off]

A large percentage of items on eBay state 'not Tamiya HPI Losi....', it's so common-place that as somebody who has only ever bought on eBay, I thought it was considered normal practice !  BTW Mad Andy, thanks for the easy purchase of a number of your spare bits & pieces, the Pumpkin's gonna be a flyer !!

Ian

[Scale working Ferrari]

I'm sure this was featured on Top Gear or Tomorrow's World, in the same programme they featured a fully working scale model jet-engined Concorde, which WAS r/c and was actually flown for filming as part of some Hollywood blockbuster or other....regarding the Ferrari I agree, great engineering but WHY??

[Mtroniks ESC problems]

Received an email from Mtroniks suggesting it is the thermal shutdown kicking in - Tinno, is your ESC getting hot before it shuts down because mine doesn't seem to be (it doesn't run long enough to get too hot!!)

[Mtroniks ESC problems]

I found the same thing yesterday evening while messing with my TL01.  I have the Viper Eco 20 running with the standard issue motor and this too would run for a few seconds on full throttle and then cut out, both LED's flashed for a few seconds and then it ran again, only to cut out soon after.  I put it down to a running-out battery, or maybe I have it mounted too close to the receiver ? It would be interesting to hear if anyone has some more fault-finding hints, as it has worked without problems for about 4 hours in total since I installed it.

[New-comer seeking assistance - be gentle!]

Hi chaps, after what seems like an eternity (due to work, marriage plans, unexpected vists from distant relatives etc etc) the TL-01 is back together having been stripped to it's components, cleaned and rebuilt with the Mtroniks Viper Eco 20 ESC and ball raced.  I cannot believe what a difference even just these 2 'upgrades' have made (thanks again for the advice BTW), it's definitely given me the bug to see just how much I can get out of this model.  Motor is next on the list to take full advantage of some newly-acquired drift tyres (thanks Mr_Pushrod) and I am also considering my next vehicle - something for a bit of off-road bashing, as large areas of tarmac are scarce 'round my way !!

[Reactions on Trades]

Alternatively, the person enquiring about the trade could make a reference to what it is they are interested in, as it says to do on the page.........

[New-comer seeking assistance - be gentle!]

Thanks for the advice, the weekend (assuming postal delivery makes good time!) should see some quality tinkering time. I'm looking forward to Mr J Sainsbury closing 4pm Sunday to see how successful I've been.

[New-comer seeking assistance - be gentle!]

Thank you for the warm welcome, I hope I don't cause any upset with seemingly 'simple' questions!!  Once I have purchased my choice of upgraded gear (which will more than likely be something suggested to me on here!!), what fitting instructions (if any) tend to be supplied, or do I figure it out for myself ?  I have the original manual for the model but this does not seem to have much scope for explaining fitment of hop ups.

[New-comer seeking assistance - be gentle!]

After seeing quite a lot of coverage recently re 'drifting', I have unearthed my ageing TL01-chassis Alfa Romeo Tourer (completely standard, as Tamiya intended!!) and plan to give it a new lease of life.  I have ordered a ballrace kit as this seems to be the 1st thing everyone suggests but would like some advice on a good ESC/motor combination to give me better acceleration/low speed grunt.  I don't plan on racing the car, it's just for fun but your suggestions would be appreciated.