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  1. I have a 2005 thundershot for sale...

    Regarding TBG tshot bodies, it's great but the nose cone/body clip area is too deep so as shown in my showroom I bought a 3d printed front body mount from a shapeways seller that had extended it so it would fit.

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  2. All new, all inc. free UK shipping, if you want recorded delivery please ask for quote.

    Pics are available if required, please pm me

    Will consider discounts for larger orders/bundles

    1x set of two grey wheels NIP from stadium raider, hex.mount cc01 sized £8

    Set of unused off road tracks and left overs from tt02 track build £7

    3x hobbying hk 15138 25t spline (futaba 3003 copies) @£4

    2x hobbywing hk 15269 25t spline servo (futaba 3003 copies) @£4

    2x steel RW racing 17t 32dp pinion (0.8mm equiv)
    1x steel RW racing 18t 32dp pinion (0.8mm equiv)
    2x steel RW racing 16t 0.6mm pinion
    1x steel RW racing 18t 0.6mm pinion

    All pinions @£4


    1x 53968 5x5mm hard hex head ball connectors (5 per pack) £8

    3x 53969 5x8mm hard hex head ball connectors (5 per pack) @£8

    54208 3x 5x8mm hex head ball connector flourine coated £3.50

    53969 6x 5x8mm hex hard head ball connectors £8

    White gf-01/gf-01/wr-02 large bumper £2

    1x 53913 alloy wheel adaptor £9

    2x thundershot 2005 rere motor mounts @£4

    5x 54395 3x22mm shaft sets, use for dt-02 or thundershot chassis upper arms @£7

    1x alloy A5 part for thundershot chassis £20

    6x steel A5 protector braces @£7.50


  3. It would have been nice if the squash had oil shocks or at least a set of hopup shocks announced at the same time as launch, after all these years Tamiya has never released a set of 6 for the g601. Tamiya shocks are often costly whereas bearings are cheap.

     

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  4. 1 hour ago, Twinfan said:

    I don't think it's a problem with them hardening and cracking, I think the plastic is quite soft and it tears?  That seemed to be the case with my single failure anyway which happened hitting a large divot in the park at speed.

    Never heard that before , even after nearly 20 years on the forum, hopefully a fluke accident or at worst a funny batch of arms!?


  5. I'm surprised to hear of the blue D arms splitting!? Especially after the many hours I have run my two thundershots for (first tshot was a 2005 rere for approx 8 years running, second and current tshot runner is an original rebuild using 2005 era blue arms).

    I don't do a lot of jumping though, in my showroom link above you can see the odd occasion I jumped or tumbled, drive shafts ended up being bent as well but the arms continued to survive.....

    Mmmmm...... I think maybe try boiling them before use or other recommended methods to maintain their suppleness??

    What I have found is the inner hingepin side over a long time tends to bend inwards slightly which allows the arm to move back and forth on the long inner screw pin, so I used shims to stop them until I replaced them

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  6. Thundershot arms don't break, they will scuff over time which would be the only reason to change them (you could flip them to give you extra time...)

    After 100+ hours of running time I have found F tree (front hubs) will crack/break eventually plus the original wheels can split and break. Drive shaft and cups may need changing once over this time period, depending where you run. The triangular wheel adaptors may split and/or crack over time as well

    For normal running these breakages takes a lot of running to get to the stage of breakages, I achieved this length of time running because at the time my thundershot was my main runner but it isn't anymore and run time is reduced to an hour every two months or less so maintenance just consists of cleaning up the drive shafts and cups, replacing lubrication.

    For shafts/dog bones you could try painting the centre a bright colour? Although I've never had a lost one on a thundershot.

    Just checked my showroom, 200+ hours documented....

    https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=122868&id=2692

     

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  7. Would you believe it was a single ticket holder that won!?

    Obviously it didn't raise what was intended but then it seems it's better geared towards YouTubers with a following to get the most out of it.

    It would have done better maybe if I would have listed a nice rare tamiya kit, but alas they are all gone from my collection now

    I appreciate everyone's support, thank you

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  8. 1 hour ago, Mad Ax said:

    That's a neat idea, I'll have a look at vacuum bag sizes and cost.  The bags themselves should be much tougher and longer-lasting than refuse sacks, so even if I don't fully vacuum them (I can see that causing problems on shock towers etc) they should hold up a lot better than a generic placky bag.

    Yes maybe one piece of bubble wrap around a car first, depending on shape....

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  9. The springs Inc with the now discontinued cw-01 cva2 oil set were very soft and quite short needing nearly all three shock spacers to take up the slack, different springs from the 'classic' 50520 2 shock sets.

    The new cw-01 pajero manual lists the flange tube as part number 50593 but you could always use a washer and a straight tube 8f you have trouble locating them?


  10. Into the last 5 days of the raffle, not going as well as I hoped so I have added for a few days " ticket bundles " so buy 3 tickets get 3 tickets free plus I have added sharing option which I think means if you share the link and your friends buy a ticket you get 10% commission on every ticket sold.

    I think if I could sell just another 100 tickets from the 300 remaining I should be able to let the RC to be sent out as the prize instead of cash.....

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