Joe Boy

Pushed the button on all the kit yesterday, so looking forward to delivery’s next week!

I’ve not used them, don’t even have a truck yet but watching this YouTube video makes it look like they are quiet forgiving with alignment

Thank you Shergar and Mad Ax for your reply’s. I’ve seen a trick with cloning a receiver and using a cheaper Led kit for the trailers, not seen anyone do it with a dumbo though, so I’m going to see if that works Anyone else got some useful info and tips?

Hello everyone, I’ve decided I’m going to take the plunge and purchase my first big rig. I’ve read a lot through the forum the past few days and seen some fantastic builds. I’ve come up with a spec I think will work Scania R620 kit 56323, two Etronix 6kg servo ES060 GT power entry level sound and light system Carson poison 80t motor ball bearing set Paint i already have and plan to use hobbywing 1060 esc DumboRc 6 channel pistol transmitter (has a 3 position switch, a push switch and two rotary switches) Is there anything I’m missing? Is there anything that could be improved upon? At some point I would also like to get a trailer, something more UK/European in design, is there anything i need to build into the truck for that such as auto fifth wheel? At this point I’m trying to keep it on the cheaper side as I’m not sure at this point if it’s something I will enjoy, I do go hot and cold on things quite quickly!

Hi, had a heavy landing on the front left of my TT02B, does anyone have the above parts collecting dust? Happy to pay or course

Spot ion, thanks WillyChang!

So I’ve got the idea in my head but I have no idea if it will work, I’ve spent some time searching for an answer, but it doesn’t look like anyone has put it on the forum. I would like to paint a shell with lame flake, and then mask off sections to paint a design with different colours. would removing the tape also remove the flake? Has anyone ever tried it before?

Thanks for everyone’s input, I’ve had look through and tamiyas current range of 4WD buggies that are in my price range. They aren’t really doing it for me, and I do want to keep to Tamiya at the moment. I do like the DF03, so thinking I may upgrade it to brushless, perhaps the Hobbywing max 10 as suggested by Big Jon. Not to powerful though as it will be my sons go to car. as Wooders28 suggested, I would also need to do the rear diff mod, and probably get a slipper as well, and now we are starting to get close to what I was willing to spend on a new car……

They are a bit pricey for me at the moment, what are peoples thoughts on the a TT02b chassis, either plasma edge or neo scorcher?

Evening all, I’m after some advice on an upgrade for my sons DF03 as you may have seen I’ve been having problems with burning out motors, well I’ve had another one go today, racing in short grass, my sons DF03 got hot and started smoking, but the DT03 just kept on going fine, and I was driving a lot harder and faster. I would get another DT03 but my sons much prefers 4WD. So what would be an equivalent 4WD buggy to go with a DT03 and a replacement for a DF03? it will be used on rough concrete, gravel yards, dirt and short grass

Hi, I’m after the front inside driveshaft cups for a DF03,

I’ve rebuilt my Df03 now with all new bearings and new diff balls. All gears degreased and regressed and I made sure to have backlash on the spur and pinion gears, new firebolt broken in and fitted, Had a good session this morning, racing with my lad, never missed a beet and stayed warm to the touch! thanks everyone for your help and suggestions

Thanks for all the feedback and advice. I’ve done a bit of investigation and would say the rear gearbox probably didn’t help the cause. It felt notchey to spin by hand. I’ve stripped it down and a few of the bearings are suspect. the front seems fine, but I’ll strip it down when I’ve rebuilt the rear just to be on the safe side. amazingly I found almost a complete set of bearings in my parts bin, so will rebuild with all new.

Nope there stock also, over ten years old, but still stock…

That’s a good shout, I have spun the wheels by hand with the motor removed and all seems good, it could do with a strip down anyways so would be a chance for a bit more of a in depth look

It’s all stock gearing, 26t pinion and 78t spur

Evening all, so my DF03 keen hawk has burnt out its 3rd motor in as many weeks The first two motors where old and well used, a titan clash and a team Orion. Both burnt out quite quickly after installing. I found an old silver can that seemed like it hadn’t been used and that has lasted at least 3 sessions of driving, giving up today whilst we where driving on rough dirt. my question is have I just exhausted the life span of my old motors, or is this something I can prevent? Or would a slipper clutch prevent this? I plan on getting a Tamiya torque tuned motor, but can’t find a slipper clutch in stock anywhere! Im running hobbywing 1060 with 2s Lipo.

Thought I would add some pics of my two D 03

Painted and stickers on. Not a great paint job by me. It was cold and rushed as I wanted it done for the weekend. Not overly worried as it’s going to be driven by my 8 year old anyway! Going with @ThunderDragonCy suggestion I’ve got some Schumacher cut staggers for the front. thanks for looking!

All built and driving, leaves lovely black lines in the living room floor! body shell next, will need to sort some paint. Then I guess it will be time to start the hop ups!

Thanks, I have read a lot about adding front weight and swapping out tyres, it’s something I will do but I want to have that comparison for myself, so that I can see the difference as I modify. I forgot to take a picture of the chamfer I added to the servo, although this servo is called a standard one, it seems alot over sized compared to the one in my keen hawk! I was amazed at how much material I was able to remove, I felt sure I was going to create a hole in the casing! whilst I was there I finished off the front end. next in the instructions is the diff, so that will be tomorrows job

It’s more then likely going to be blue, I plan a trip to my local model shop tomorrow to see what they have in stock

My wife and son both want me to go Blue, so I expect that’s what I’ll do. I have seen a post where some one used a translucent Blue and backed it with silver to give a candy effect, so might give this a go. If I find the post again I’ll post a link to it trip to my local model shop tomorrow morning to see what paint they have

Managed to make a start on it last night, although ran in to troubles mounting the steering servo, at first I thought it was the Kimbrough servo saver, so swapped out to the kit one. Eventualy I realised that the edge of my Etronix ET2070 was catching in the chassis. my handy Philips head shows which edge this isn’t something I had read about in the forums, I managed to get it to fit by creating a chamfer in the edge. I’m not overly happy with it but it will get me moving along. so a different servo is on the list to purchase, it will probably get added along with a alloy servo mount some time in the future. last nights progress.

Sorry to disappoint you @GeeWings, @BuggyDad, @Kol__ and anyone else who was expecting to see a finished buggy this morning. My wife had work, which I forgot about, so I was on bed time duty’s. Did get a bit done, but had a few issues with my choice of steering servo, to save posting twice, go and have a look at my build thread, but wait a bit as I haven’t added it yet