Jason1145

I don't even know you Badboy but that's doesn't stop me thinking well for you and your family, I can't imagine what that news must be like.. I hope I would deal with it with honour and peace and wish you the same pal. Don't stop plans for the next day, week, month, Summer cos you need stuff to look forward to to keep yourself going

Love Rat Rods, this BMW shall be HPI box art

225m Wheelbased shell for my impending M-06 chassis spec'd out to M Length...... with light buckets and rear spoiler included.... the rear bumper assembley is in two parts that need attaching which surprised me. Love that sloping angled nose!!!!

DF03ra, this is how mine currently sits awaiting a fix to the rear gearbox casing I just haven't prioritised it yet.

There you have it WRC4me, this Tactic should be a top contender for your radio choice. Although I have had great success with my Carson 2.4Ghz twin stick radio too lol. You need to choose between twin stick or steer wheel radio, that's a personal preference (Carson make a steer wheel too but I've yet to try that one, not sure if Tactic make a twin stick?) ...... after years of steer wheel I am slowly getting used to twin sticks again but sometimes I forget myself and make uncontrolled manoeuvres ;p

Got to say that Tactic Radio looks sweet! I'm gonna try one soon for sure, does it auto calibrate (throttle and reverse) and easy to bind with one touch button when first ever switched on?

How did you manage to resist applying the decals??????? That's pretty dirty for a 2wd, top job.

Speaking of cheap radio's I'm going to try this £16.89 2.4Ghz radio from China, I can wait a couple weeks for it to arrive http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTAR-AX5S-2-4G-3CH-AFHS-Radio-Transmitter-with-Receiver-for-RC-Car-Boat-Y1H0-/232085306474?hash=item36095cbc6a:g:2CIAAOSwZtJW-3F8 The Etronix wheel radio will be fine. The Sport 20 esc will allow you to use brushed motors down to 20 turns (stock silver can motor is 27t) but cannot run brushless motors if you later decide to upgrade. I presume that charger is for Nimh batteries only, and 2.5hrs ain't too bad, what size battery was you considering? As for bearings, maybe consider getting some rubber sealed ones on the axles (you'll need 8 here whichever kit you choose) , and maybe use metal shielded in the gearbox, but you could also use rubber sealed ones there too to save buying different types of bearings. Oil dampers are pretty much a must for the TT-02, especially as you intend to go off-road.... I got some cheap alloy ones from Ebay, PITA to fit as they didn't come with ball studs and the hole at the top of the shocks were an odd size (typical), maybe best to stick with some official Tamiya oil shocks, they will fit straight on and give you less grief. .

All 3 are good choice because they are Tamiya’s after all! So it looks like you’ve got your heart set on the Rally type for sure…. Understandable they can look awesome…. And I too was in the same boat and ended up getting a TT-02 and a DF-03ra (You mean DF-03ra and not the 4wd Buggy DF-03 right?) The TT-02 has proved ok, it has switchable hubs to increase ground clearance up to about 15mm, and then some Rally Block tyres can gain an extra mm or two….. but this still gets caught up on terrain I’d like to run it over… nothing worse than seeing an awesome rally car beached on a small tuft of grass…. Embarrassing. I’ve yet to fix my DF-03ra (bought it broken) but it does look a lot more capable than the TT-02… I was a little worried about the underside battery loading and routing the battery wires through but it’s not impossible. As for running it I have no idea sorry, not much use I know sorry. If I had the money to splash I would’ve picked an XV-01 based on every review I’ve seen praising them, but I like to give the underdog a shot hence the DF-03ra choice. As for the M-06…. Well I just bought a second hand Pumpkin Lowrider on its way to me for the same reason as you.. they just look fun…. I wouldn’t bother trying to make it a rally car though as it’s a mini and unless it’s ultra smooth terrain I’d get the hump with it real quick ;p As for the stock electronics you can get bundled into the kit, these are fine for a beginner, servo’s won’t make too much difference once your bouncing through the woods and these little lightweight cars don’t need big turning power. You’ll probably get a stock silver can brushed motor in either of those 3 kits you mentioned, these are good too, paired up with a suitable esc and Nimh battery they get things moving pretty well.. but the need for speed and wheel spinning power will grip you eventually if not already and then you will definitely look to put a faster motor in or go full brushless. To start with though, a simple Carson 2.4Ghz radio system with a servo can be had for about £35-£40, a TBLE-02s esc is another £20 (allows use of nimh and lipo batteries – no lvc alarm though for lipo so use an external alarm, and can later take sensored brushless motors too)

I am watching a few Baja Champs/King on EBay as they look so cool but after reading this I think I'll pass on them... The battery getting hit is by debris is painfully obvious now and the idea of rebuilding to replace a shock mount sounds too time intensive **** shame.

Thanks IBIFTKH, this new Wild Willy Wheeler Driver figure looks amazing.... I almost want to chop the roof off my HCT and make it a convertible so I can see him driving by.

Mud Blaster decal sheet and Alloy servo mounts... all coming in nicely now... Some new tyres to save the stock ones for the shelf..... these measure pretty close to the stockers, little bit heavier.... and less offset which I hope won;t catch on the insides anywhere, time will tell. Next to the silver stockers

Ebay UK has them on Pre-order for £250 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pre-Order-Kyosho-Legendary-Series-Turbo-Scorpion-1-10-RC-Electric-2wd-Kit-30616-/331969162088?hash=item4d4ae76b68:g:36oAAOSwvzRX18vS

Which has the more go anywhere attitude, WT-01 or DT-03t?

Kids these days are always getting a bad rep, but if it's deserved then so be it, all these kids sound awful described here... I'm gonna go my damndest to bring my little girl up right n proper ( in that, if she's going to crash an RC car make sure it's not daddy's one!) South London school kids in the news today , up to 100 of them having an arranged fight in a local park with baseball bats and knives... Sweet Jesus!

That Nexxt does look value for money for a little one! Cheers for the advice, I remember last time giving up after removing half the back end ( motor covers etc) and the drive shaft still not coming out, will give it another bash soon this time front and rear ends together.

Sweeeeet... Love all the details to the crew, plus the smoked black lenses are are a mean n moody touch I like it!

I really must add a WR-01 on my list too, I had a Wild Dagger back in the day before I knew anything about RC maintenance, bought it second hand and paid my LHS toball race it for me I was such a greenhorn then... Now it's long sold but from my vague memory it was a great truck. Chris I like your WT-01 here, with the best too it just looks cool, and respect for those uber cheap hop up parts you bagged

I can relate to that Darat, sound logic

Thanks Darat they look fancy pants... Saved in EBay for future reference

Great got the 3mm screws ready, and I haven't seen the carbon quick release battery things before.

Item no 4 Thats the ESC programme menu tree for launch/punch control.... Was set at maximum from the factory, now it's set at value 1 and bench testing shows it's more sluggish from the get go.. No more wheelies hopefully. thats the trouble using generic non branded cheap esc's that come with no instructions... Luckily these seem to follow the Hobbywing menu trees so I soon figured out what the beeps were correlating to.

Yeah Cesco it looks pretty funny bouncing and darting away from you in an inner city setting lol, notice the high body height on mine to account for a few uneven pavement slabs and a couple of kerb jumps....

Parallel parking is coming along, just waiting on a new IBIFTK's Driver figure to help him see better ;p I love taking this City Turbo out rounds the streets I live when I walk my daughter in her pram, wife drives the baby, I the Honda ofcourse, baby loves to watch it mess about up ahead of her, can't take her eyes off it

Some further progress photo's, and new parts in. Front Knuckles attached Absima shocks too long for stock towers ;p Front and rear ends at a standstill. New bits Wrong bits.