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  3. Posted

    $425 Shipped within the CONUS
    I originally built this truck last fall. I sold it in September and then re-purchased it last month. I'd been itching to get it buttoned up.
    Truck has under 2 hours on it.
    Truck is RTR. Axial 2.4ghz radio setup
    SCX10 Kit
    HHBRXL Waterproof With TEKIN HD motor
    Savox 1259 Titanium gear servo
    Custom front bumper with brushbar and brush wires
    Kamtec ABS Land Rover Body painted correct Camel Trophty Sandglow yellow NOT TAMIYA CAMEL YELLOW :lol:
    Proline roof rack
    Proline light bar
    GMADE Beadlock wheels with RC4wd Trail Buster Tires (copy of Simex Jungle Trekkers)
    Speedwiegland Oil pan
    Also have a rear spare carrier to fit the body with a steelie and tire.
    Interior is a Dingo interior panel.
    Zillions of custom decals I made up (all on oracal Vinyl on pro equipment)
    The passenger side rain gutter WILL BE reattached :)
    Out of every build I have done, this body, by far, has the most time into it. Every window had to be cut as well as the grille and lights. The Headlights alone were a project LOL It looks like the truck will also be featured in one of the upcoming issues of Rovers Magazine from Rovers North. :D
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    Link to build thread...

  4. Posted

    Ok folks, I have two Technipower motors I'm listing up here. Both have been tested and work. Likely could use a freshening after all this time. I purchased them over the last two years in hopes of putting one in an OG Hotshot that I have yet to acquire :)

    I'd like $40 OBO shipped within the CONUS for the two motors. Shipping elsewhere will be a bit more.

    Would also trade for a new Tamiya FJ40 body.

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    PM me here or email me directly at thebrickboy at Gmail

    Cheers!

    RJ

  6. Posted

    It's interesting to measure revolution to evolution in similar racing buggies.

    Egress ('89) -> Top Force/Evo ('91/'92) was real revolution (in two years)

    Top Force/Evo ('91/'92) -> TRF502X ('11) was really only evolution (over 20 years)

    Very true and think about the difference the RC10 made at the local parks on race Saturday back in the mid 80's. Suddenly my neighbors frog was getting crushed.

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    I guess the best scenario for me is to take a lexan body and add so much styrene/plasticard, that it's a hybrid.

    I agree that interests in this hobby tend to come and go, perhaps soon, I'll be going for a 1 color paint job, with just a few stickers and bash it to bits.

    Then again, I have a problem now, where I just MUST keep adding detail!

    I prefer the hardbody for sure, as it just feels more vintage to me. I'm bored with the plain lexan body, but by adding styrene, I guess they are still good.

    Lexan Unimog shell, rest of body is custom styrene.

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    the Mog really lends itself to a hybrid approach like you show! Love that!

    RJ

  9. Posted

    I agree that each medium has it's place. As an in between on some of my scalers I've been running Kamtec 2mm ABS bodies. They're very resilient (almost as tough as poly-carbonate) but they're able to be detailed very nicely. The downside is that it is harder to work with (cut) than Lexan but you can use the common ABS/Styrene and PVC cements with them.

    here's a Kamtec Defender 110 pickup I recently built from their 2mm ABS. I could etch, carve and cut detail in and if it rolled on the trail it was a non-issue. I finished the bare body in black primer, then covered it in a testors metallic silver. Finally it was given a coat of tan. When the tan was scratched or weathered away, the silver showed through nicely.

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  11. Posted

    Even their respective approaches to four-wheel drive buggies are completely different, assuming the Axial is four-wheel drive.

    I will have a lot to think about regarding the changes occurring in that span...

    Yes, the Axial is 4wd and uses 3 Diffs as opposed to the BigWig's two.

    While the sheer speed and ability to handle cast a big shadow, the Bigwig is as fun to drive...maybe more :)

    Here's a vid I made yesterday with the GoPro stuck to the front of the Exo.

    http://youtu.be/a3jHfuai9pc?hd=1

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    That's the rub isn't it? Tamiya set the bar, long ago for scale detail and I'd love to see something like the Exo or an HPI Apache C1.

    Either way it makes for a fun morning :)

    I installed a spare Technipower motor into the Re-release Hornet and decided everyone might like to get some air on such a fine morning.

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    The Camel Disco is a Kamtec shell, it's definatly come along way!

    Here's the RCCrawler build thread-

    http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/1-9-scale-rigs/399032-land-rover-discovery-i.html

    I hope, tozrovr, you don't mind me posting this?

    Don't mind at all!

    Yep, it's a Kamtec shell (as is the Defender 110 Pickup) made of 2mm ABS. Harder to work with but it's able to be detailed better than lexan. It's like a slightly flexible hard body...takes a beating but looks 100x better than lexan.

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    Long overdue on this one as I lurked for a long time and then finally signed up recently...

    I’m a Rover/Jeep/’Cruiser guy and a scaler guy. Just recently started actually realizing my Vintage-Lust :)

    Owned a ton of both and always wheeled them…from comp level crawling to day trips and week long treks with zero pavement.

    I’ve also done the RC thing for years and years, but now it’s getting crazy…I have a WONDERFUL wife, two great kids, 2 dogs and I weld Black Hawk parts for GE Avaiation. I used to be part owner of a pretty big regional mountain bike company (I guess technically I still am 1/2 owner :D)

    Some of my past 1:1's

    110 Hi-Cap.

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    SIIa Bugeye on Parabolics...

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    My dog Duncan at the wheel (he can't drive stick so he was just posing....)

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    my old 1:1 XJ

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    The Camel Trophy Disco I I'm in the midst of (whilst scouring ebay for parts for my newly aquired Bigwig :) :)

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    Getting a bit better as I move on. The thing I always wrestle with now is realism versus how I want to drive them. I always drive them and really have fun thinking back on the 1:1 wheeling days before kids :) It's not that a true scaler can't hang...you can obviously build them so they can...it's the damage I inflict :evil:

  18. Posted

    I just won one this evening as well! Not as nice as yours but I'm stoked :)

    This car is my holy grail of vintage RC's...a buddy had an RC10 in '86 and his dad had the Bigwig...I'd never seen anything move so fast and handle as well...amazing what 8.4 volts and 4wd will do haha!

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  20. Posted

    CRP made those motor swing mounts in fiberglass as well as a few others way back.

    You can easily make your own,or browse e-bay as they do turn up often

    2 years ago I picked up a clod parts lot and had 20 sets of knockoff aluminum version of motor swings, ebayed those at $5 each and made my money back plus for the whole parts lot. :)

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tamiya-Blackfoot-Adjustable-Motor-Mount-CB18M01-easy-to-adjust-for-gear-mesh-/200818204057?pt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ec1b29d99

  25. Posted

    BTW: "Out of the box" performance does not make for a good comparison IMO. I would consider the chassis potential as a better basis for this discussion. The Hornet lacks any serious potential IMO.

    In a purely analytic manner, you're correct. Historically, you might be off a bit. :D

    For a HUUUUUUGE demographic, out of the box performance is all there was way back in the 80's. In '85 and '86 the aftermarket wasn't as diverse or nearly as accessible as it was even in the 90's (much less so than now with the Internet). As a 11-12 year old kid the resources just weren't there for so many and your RC car usually stayed stock until it broke, and then it was repaired with whatever the local shop had in stock.

    When we bought out cars, we wanted to know how it stacked up stock, because that is how it would likely stay for a long, long time. The same relationship can be seen even now with folks and performance cars. A fella buys the WRX version of the Impreza and it stays bone stock because the cash to modify it, or the know how, just don't exist.

    Of course while my Blackfoot stayed mostly stock for it's life back in the day, my WRX is a real monster :D

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