matisse

Well, once again we’ve reached the end of the road, and this seems like a fitting swan song for this period of builds. A turbulent time in my life has sapped the desire to take on a new project and that after the impetus to race or run had already left me. im sure I’ll be back, this time I’m not selling my tools, greases and shims etc, so you’ll see me building again at somepoint. in the meantime I’ll be lurking here and trying to stay in contact with the hobby. Fin

Thanks @GeeWings @Ferruz pics in the build thread below

Double post

Finished my last project for a while.

The NSFW Gallery:

The Gallery:

Cut and Painted. slight variation on my usual scheme, to accommodate and compliment the white Madcap decals i picked up from RC decals. And done.

Make me an offer why not?

Nice rides!

Problem solved.

More shell fettling. Happy with how it sits, but I’m still unsure about rear. It looks very bulky, as of its two cars stuck together.

Stunning!!

Been playing with fitting the Madcap shell to the TD2, with lines inspired by Mifco RC on insta ( who is probably on here) and their Super Madcap on the TD4 Happy with the front, plenty of clearance for the rocker arms, still deciding on the side pods, whether to trim it Madcap style or to keep the sides square as mifco did. what is VERY interesting is that the Madcap shell mount holes match up perfectly with the front mount and the two extra mounts at the rear, its almost as if it was designed that way………

Price drop £300!

looks great already!

I actually would, and I may do just for the bottom hex head ball end, its much better than either the stick plastic or the hop-up aluminium pillow ball.

The fitting kit is 22060, its for the Big Bore apparently but it fits the ABD perfectly. To build them bladder style, you simply need the TRF Oil Seal Hop-Up, 53576. I still drill out the cap hole as this gives the option to run them vented if the track needs it.

Whilst I’m still trying to figure out wether the aqroshot shell will fit, i thought id do a few little bits. Had a few parts kept from the TT-02BR build, specifically the Aeration Buggy Dampers and the alloy hexes. The concensus seems to be that the ABD dont work too well in the TD2 due to being emulsion style and having all the air up by the seals. Now, i cant see this as an issue, but even if it was i build them bladder style anyway. The Big Bore shock fitting kit is great, it should be standard tbh and i’d recommend it to anyone using the ABD on any build. The low friction hex head ball stud for the bottom fitment is so choice. Then fitted the Alloy Hexes, some ABEC5 bearings in the hubs and a couple of the ball stud fixes I’d done on my TD4, replacing the inner ball studs with bolt through versions for extra strength.

Price drop, £325

Yup, time to move on to the next project.

I really hope this body can be made to fit the TD chassis

Agree, its the laydown inboard dampers that make the car interesting

No and yes. Distance to the inner edge is smaller and the wheels are wider for the Aqroshot wheels

Yup. Extra body mounts as you say, and the wheel base is exactly the same so it will fit fine.

Any reason the XV01 hubs and not the DB01?