richb77

In November I sold my second motorbike (XT660Z Tenere) after I finally got my GSX1400 registered in Germany and learning green landing is completely illegal here :(. So with some free cash I bought something I had hankered after for a while...a Baja 5B. I looked for used but in the end bought a King motor clone. First trip out (after a careful pre run check) I want to keep it civilised to run it in softly...I hit a divot which launched it 3ft in the air and in a roll. It landed hard on the back corner and as I was 20 or so meters away thought I would bring it back for a look before carrying on. It moved about 1m then revved without moving. It turned out It had sheared a steel link from the A arm to the rear hub. Me spinning the motor hand launched the driveshaft into the field somewhere so play stopped until I could get a replacement (which took 6 weeks as it was lost in the mail). Then the weather set in and I haven't run it since. Total usage...3 minutes 23 seconds according to the timer in my Tx

Can you print them yourself? I use laser printer water slide paper (white and clear) all the time. It's brilliant stuff.

I sound like a TOTAL noob here. I've been spraying hard bodies and static model kits for years with Halfords acrylic spray paints. However, for my bruiser build I want to use Tamiya colours. I've used the PS spray recently quite a bit but the TS is new. Can I spray it over halfords White plastic primer? Does it need a primer? Thanks chaps.

I slather my gearboxes in grease. Making sure it gets into all the teeth. Funny how one experience many many moons ago changes your outlook on something. I once saw a gearbox of a friends Hornet that had been made with NO grease. It was newer than my grasshopper with the 540 motor and it was slower than badword. a quick look inside showed why! From that point on i greased the badword out of everything XD. edit. Wow we are prudish...The Devils home is replaced with "badword".

Realistically it's worth what someone is willing to pay. Me... Anything over £200 is too much...but thr next man could part with £300 without breaking a sweat.

Started building my Bruiser...You can clearly see why it's a €540 kit. The chassis has 9 plastic parts. The rest is all metal and beautifully made too. What a kit!

I tend to collect and restore cars I wanted when I was a lad. If I want to run it outside or hard I also have a rerelease. I was never keen on the bigwig and am on the fence over its rerelease now. I also never wanted a GrB Celica or 959 but either of those would break my habit as I would get one as soon as I could. What I want is a rerelease of the Tyrell P34. I'm not into F1 or their RC models but I'm kicking myself over not getting one of these when I saw it.

I suspect it is a rerelease too but the shocks don't look standard to me. I have a rerelease Brat and that has full metal rear shocks that look totally different to these. it is a great looking model and done nicely (I like the anodised centre section of the wheels surrounded by the stock white).

I've seen that shot floating around google image searches for some time. as far as I could decifer it is a stock grey chassis that's been painted white. Aside from the obvious bling it's got modded front suspension. it wouldn't take a lot of effort to replicate but a fair bit of a moola.

Hi All. I am thinking about building a 6x6 chassis from scratch. The issue i am having early on is how to drive the rear two axles. I suspect the middle axle will be a through shaft to drive the rear most one but can anyone shed any light? What axles (Cheap ones) from Tamiya would suit? I want cheap as its a budget build. However i am not affraid to modify or make parts. I just have never even seen a 6 axle setup to enable me to flesh out some ideas. I have looked at some truck axles and they are eye watering price wise. Thanks!

My bad for the "Surprise" line. It was 4am I was referring to the "Spectacular lot" statement from Tamiya and not a surprise. Consider my wrist slapped

So what's happened here? No official statement from Tamiya on whether the "leak" rere bigwig was real or a VERY early April fools joke. The bigwig 2017 isn't listed for their RC kit at the show yet we where lead to believe "something special" was coming 🙁

I have a poorly King motor 1:5...During its run in i hit a habit burrow/divet and rolled it HARD. I wasn't going fast at all but it tumbled awkwardly and i broke a stud and lost a driveshaft. So whilst sitting staring at it thought i would muddle about with painting the clear body for it. I did for many moons have a jpeg i pinched off the web of a 7up liveried body which was awesome (deviant art of something) but in a cleanup cleared it. So i am looking for inspiration what to do with this body. Anyone have some good ideas or know a good site with ideas/schemes on it?

Thanks Berman. Oh how i would love to run a Baja on some of the NZ beeches! Christ i need to get my ******* back down there (Is it barking mad to feel real homesick for a place that was never home?) I bought a nylon one as i wasnt willing to pay €200 extra for the alloy ones when i dont know the grade or quality of the material. I have a small lathe and CNC mill at home so can make up parts as and when. I also have the four bolt motor which if i understand it correctly fixes a lot of the issues the 2 bolt had with gaskets. I started to run it in yesterday. Half way through a tank with the throttle limited to 40% and i hit a rabbit hole and rolled it...well it bounced 1m in the air twice side over side and landed heavily. The metal rod on one rear upper wishbones sheared off (The nylon parts are still perfect) and because of that i lost a driveshaft But the car remained remarkably intact...Very much so a quick was down and it still looks box fresh. I am amazed as it was a heavy tumble. I am suitably impressed with the King motor. Only time will tell but other than regular breakages if the motor goes as my topic states...I'll swap out for brushless.

roughly 3hp/2,25Kw It arrived yesterday...So i will check it over, run it in and then thrash it.

Thats an brilliant paint job.

I should say that in relation to this thread... I bought a King motors 29cc version. I thought if it goes pop or is useless i will convert it to Brushless. Shame as Parcel force have lost the package *sigh*. 7 days lost so far

Used by Mazda?

I cant help on a specific model but be prepared to pay. You (for some reason) cant get a fast boat cheap like you can cars. Most sub €100 will be slow and possibly have digital steering (Full left, centre, full right only). Be prepared to pay a little when you find something ime.

Whilst not stopping me my better half isnt too impressed when another beat up wreck arrives or (as recently) A bruiser! I argue that i drink about 2 beers a month, dont and never have smoked and even shave my own head (Of what little hair i do have left) whilst she drinks expensive wine and has an expensive hair cut once a month. Apparently those things are a necessity whilst "toy cars" are not I just chalk it up to men are from Mars, women from Venus.

Well that narrows the field Illogical! One thing i learnt moving to Germany. To swear you have to use English

HAHA. Whilst i am at it i can go get the fuel for it in my Maybach XD

Chaps. i am relatively new to polycarbonate bodies but recently have been catching up with painting,masking and finishing them off to rival my hard bodies. i have exclusively been using Tamiya PS range of aerosols which are great but a recent build I wanted a shade of blue not available from Tamiya. So I bought some Parma fasescent blue to go through my airbrush. Well what a disaster. I have had to replace the body! It's sprays differently to the paints I have used before but it NEVER stopped being translucent. I can't see that it's supposed to be but it was more translucent than tamiyas own translucent aerosols! Any idea what I have done wrong? I sprayed a thin coat, dried with a hairdryer before another. It had 12 coats over two days and I could still read through it! The replacement has gone Tamiya aerosol metallic blue now but I want to know what I did wrong if possible.

This is a staggering build. Top kudos my good man!

Awesome! The Sand scorcher really is a model that takes any colour scheme well. I especially like yours and the Dark red/black one.