triumphjon

what about making your own " ladder frame chassis " ? either by utilising the rails from a tamiya commercial vehicle , or by buying suitable lenghts of alloy from the likes of B& Q . i know some of the parts can be a little pricey , but you can have leaf sprung axles too which wil be more in keeping with what your trying to create !

much the same as anything else ,its worth whatever somebodies prepared to pay for it !

its nice to see somebody rodding a model , very well done .

having got a tamiya 6x4 tractor unit i would now like to construct my own low loader recovery trailer , if anybody has any spare wheels / axles or a fifth wheel pin to siut a tamiya plate i would be very interested to hear from you . jon

thank you very much for the tip VTRSP1 , id been scratching my head for a couple of days trying to work out why the trims wouldnt make the mfc do as the instructions said it should , with the dual rates its now working ! jon

i too was in a similar situation , having bought a planet t5 system a few years ago , unfortunatly with each model having different settings i was facing a challenge , either upgrade to something a little more expensive or buy multiple txs , one for each boat ( my main hobby is boats , but ive also got 3 cars ) i initially bought a planet twister , believing the sales info of the set having 8 model memory only to find that four of those are helicopter only memories , earlier this year following several brown outs at our local pond i sold all of the planet gear and bought myself a spektrum dx6i , as the name sugests its a six channel set , it also boasts adjustable end points and travel as well as servo reverse etc , it also has a TEN model memory and a system that prevents you powering up your model while in the wrong model memory , most of my models use the orange aftermarket receivers which can be bought for around a tenner each .

is that an am or fm receiver ?

thank you gents , im off to find another 50 plus turn motor , who knows they may like the car enough to become racers of the future !

this may sound a little strange as most people would like more speed but for the time being i actually need to slow a model down ! ive recently purchased a re re hornet , which is running its stock 540 and whatever pinion that tamiya supplied , the radio is a hitec ranger 3 , 40 mhz ( with the quickstart on the rear case ) , ive turned the adjustable pot as low as it will allow , but its still too quick . what pinion would members recomend please ? the reason for slowing it down is its being used by our great gradchildren who are currently only five year olds . when they have mastered controlling the car i can slowly increase its speed !many thanks jon

not being a great fan of the tamiya acrylic paint , i tend to use humbrol enamel for most of my detail painting , large areas are often sprayed with either rattle cans or an airbrush

no problem with couriers mr crispy , i can give you a number for a mate who delivers hand built race car models all over europe personally in his van , he will collect from your premises and deliver on your behalf , not pass it over to a third party to be thrown around a warehouse etc . jon

pm received and answered .

ive sent you a pm mr crispy i wasnt able to upload photos as its saying file too large !

fitted with mitibushi lancer evolution X lexan bodyshell which has been finished in light silver . the model is brand new and has never been used , it comes fitted with a standard tamiya 540 brushed motor controlled by a teu 101bk electronic speed controller and a futaba 3003 steering servo . o.i.r.o £ 80 plus postage

for sale , one chassis tub with front axle , and gearbox . its unfortunatly missing its motor , all four shockers and most importantly the rear axle , i was going to restore this model but have found myself a cheaper alternative . rather than this take up the limited space on my shelf , im sure somebody else could make use of the spares ? £ 20

postage and an import charge would kill that idea , im not too far down the road from you , i live in portsmouth ! ive a feeling the chassis tub , and front axle may end up here as a parts donor very shortly . for how much this one will cost to repair i could buy a rtr crawler , and fit a scale type shell .

thanks sayer , im hoping to get one a bit closer to home than the states , postage and the customs charges tend to put paid to ordering parts from overseas

think if i go for remotoring id buy a brushless version , i know it would mean a new esc too , but id also fit lipo or life batteries , with the aim of longer run times ! jon

im hoping somebody might have upgraded their own jeep and have the complete axle going spare ! it would be nicer to save this model and get some use from it rather than scrap it off . are there any other axles from other models that will fit please ? jon

what are your axles from please ? jon

i bought a hb last week but its only running the standard 380 motor , will it be capable of keeping up with the 540s or do i need to change the motor ?

ive recently bought a damaged cc-01 semi rolling chassis which is in need a few parts to make it roll once more , im in need of the following , a propshaft with its ujs , and a complete rear axle , ive still got the trailing arms and rear shocks connected to the chassis . many thanks jon

looks like this could turn into a very long rebiuld , unless somebody knows of other axles that will fit , but dont cost a fortune ? those alloy ones look good but cost more than i earn in a month so dont think swmbo will let me buy one of those ! jon

does anybody know where i can get a replacement rear axle with its internals and the propshaft which connects to the gearbox please ? ive bought a truck which has the rear end missing . jon