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On 8/23/2021 at 11:21 PM, Ministrone said:
The next Tamiya Junkies meet is set for Saturday 11th September at Robin Hood Raceway 🏎🏎🏎
Is booking still open ? or can I turn up and pay on the day ?
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Very nice, looking forward to more photos.
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It has been a while but I have finally got an update for this build!
I have finally upgraded the steering, using Lunchbox threaded shafts and Tamiya 5mm ball cups. Thank you Mark Bray for the advise, not sure if you are on here or not...... Next on the list is new servo and custom servo linkage/horn
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On 04/01/2018 at 1:28 PM, Man1c M0nk3y said:
Sounds like some good stuff coming.
Driver looks perfectly fine to me for something that’s being used rather than a shelf queen.
I’ll be honest, I just wouldn’t have the patience. I’d probably not even include it if a build cane with one!
Yeah I'm looking forward to the next little extras that I'm going to do.
I will make sure I post pictures of the progress and keep the thread updated
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On 02/01/2018 at 12:30 PM, Man1c M0nk3y said:
Thanks. I’ve certainly enjoyed the build. Obviously it could have been done a lot quicker, but I’ve enjoyed doing it mostly piecemeal and learning the sections better.
Looking forward to learning the characteristics and adapting and tweaking to my wants.
Initially I intended to just do it box art, but I’ve already got a bright orange car as my daily(!) so figured I’d do it how I wanted instead. Make it more ‘mine’.
Had a good google for ideas but seems to be little out there (that I could find) that aren’t box art. The idea I’m going with (just waiting on paint) probably won’t be to most tastes but hopefully it’ll work well. Just need to decide on transfers as I don’t think they’ll all work with what I have planned.
Should have a bit of an update later hopefully.
An idea for the decals to consider, if you are not sure that they will work with your colour choice would be a custom set from MCI Racing. You can change every colour and the quality is amazing. I would 100% recommend the company to anyone.
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3 hours ago, TwistedxSlayer said:
Loving the final look of the MB dude. Nicely done.
Thank you
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On 02/01/2018 at 12:42 PM, Man1c M0nk3y said:
Good read. Can’t believe how clean it came up.
Really like the paint job and the white wheels set it off perfectly.
Have you got any pictures of the driver? I love seeing how people have painted the drivers.
Have you more plans?
Thank you, really enjoyed working on this.
The original plan with the body was grey and red. I think the deep blue really sets it off and as you mentioned the white wheels and stripe makes it POP!
Ill be honest the drivers are always my down fall as Iam not very patient, so I get them done in sharpies...... see below:
The next plans are........
-Upgrade the steering. Which will include: Lunchbox Threaded Shaft's, Coloured M3 Ball Ends, Alloy Servo Saver and also a new servo
- A new motor
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Very intresting build, I'm looking forward to seeing this complete and will be 100% following this thread. Are you doing this box art or are you going custom with the body?
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On 17/12/2017 at 8:57 AM, ALEXKYRIAK said:
Nice. Prefer your new wheels.
How are new the new shocks getting along?
Thank you Alex!
The shocks are spot on! A massive improvement, the car handles a lot better aswell.
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On 16/12/2017 at 9:49 PM, Baddon said:
looks very smart now with the white rims and stickers. What shocks did you put on it?
Thank you, the shocks are the below:
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An update finally!!
Since the previous photos I have changed the tyres back to standard due to the fronts rubbing/catching the bumper and I have also changed the pojo stick shocks to some alloy fastrax!
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Wow, good job so far! Can't wait to see this finished
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22 hours ago, wolfdogstinkus said:
Do they fit on the mad bull / wr02 wheels ok?. Thought they had smaller rims? I was going to get stadium blitzer wheels as they are the full 2.2 size.
They fit my white wheels that are currently on the car fine. (WR-02)
Owain
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15 hours ago, wolfdogstinkus said:
Nice what tyres are they?
Thank you!
The tyres are Austar 2.2" 125mm 1/10 Tires, they are actually advertised for 1/10 Axial crawlers. (Thank you Jason Lee, not sure if he is on here)
I brought them of eBay for £9.61. The tyres also come with foam inserts, item number - 282598387234
Cheers
Owain
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New tyres fitted last week! Driver also arrived, progress photos of driver soon.........
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Little update, installed:
Tamiya silver can
Hobbywing 1060 esc
Receiver for my Trackstar ts4g
I have also added a few stickers onto the body!
Update pics and videos to follow!
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That looks very nice!
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On 28/08/2017 at 8:38 AM, TurnipJF said:
Very smart! Given your body colour choice, I think those look much better than the standard yellow ones.
Thank you, I'm going to keep the yellow wheels and get another body so I can do it to box art as well.
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I ordered some white WR-02 wheels from Tony's Tamiya Spares! few pictures of them on below:
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Ordering another shell tomorrow so I paint one to match the box art set up. Iam also waiting for my Hobbywing 1060 to be delivered. I'll post more pics soon and also a first run video
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12 hours ago, MadInventor said:
As the speed run thread has started a new category for silver can cars, I thought I'd have a go at it with my Mad Bull. I've been wanting to mod the chassis for a while now to improve on the stock steering installation, and also want to be able to use LiPo battery packs.
So the first thing to do was to remove the excess protrusions from the inside of the chassis and make a slot in the back of the bathtub:
to allow fitment of the LiPo into the chassis:
After that I made a new plate to install the steering servo. The plate allows the servo to be mounted lower so I can bin the stock steering connecting rod, which I replaced with a old 3 step speedo connecting rod.
I also machined a slot into the back of the plate to retain the radio tray, which is going to sit behind it:
This next pic shows the steering servo fitted, and the foam I fitted either side of the LiPo to hold it rigid in the chassis:
This is new radio tray, which when secured also holds the battery in the chassis:
It's held in at the front with slots machined into both plates:
Made some brass 'body mounts' to screw into the chassis to hold the radio tray down:
Radio tray fitted with body mounts. I can remove it by just pulling the 2 body pins.
The next pic shows the radio tray populated, there's even room for the GPS speed meter:
I can even read the GPS through the drivers window
Not bad for a (long) days work, tried it out on the drive in the dark but it's been raining so nothing but wheelspin and white sparks coming out of the motor at full throttle. Need to wait for an opportunity now to run it and get a good speed measurement.
Very nice Build!
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Really nice build so far, love the detail!
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Wow ThunderDragonBody, good job!
Defiantly the next thing I do to my Rising fighter!
Owain
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Just spotted this on the good old eBay:
In the UK as well.
Owain
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New tyres fitted last week! Driver also arrived, progress photos of driver soon.........
RC Clear out... loads of stuff to go
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