Re-Bugged

It’ll be worth the wait IMO @Nicadraus 😉

Woohoo 🥳 got out today for an hour which is probably going to be my only window of opportunity looking at the weather for the next week. It’s no secret I’ve never really been a big fan of TT02’s and my first few experiences with my TT02R have had a few problems that haven’t helped. I glad to say my opinion of them has changed in this rather hasty attempt at round 45. Realising the steering stops can be cut off with the CVD’s instead of dog bones is the first game changer as it no longer need’s 10 acres to do a u turn. And gearing down a bit (can’t remember to what to) making it much more Postal Race friendly 😁. It’s funny but I think the body choice makes a positive difference as well for a Truck nut like me. Mrs RB came along for the Fat Fox maiden run and to count laps. I’m not expecting any podium position but the 2 stints I made were thoroughly enjoyable despite us being eaten alive by sand flys. The little blighters tend to be drawn to attacking ones ankles and is rather like pulling on a pair of socks filled with shards of glass. My intrepid lap counter had to vacate after the 2 attempts for another appointment, so the touring car wheels were then replaced with some Drift wheels to drain the battery closer to storage state. That was the first time drifting for me and I have to say I really rather enjoyed that too.

Cheers @Tamiyastef 👍🏻 Funny you should mention that, as Mrs RB and myself started framing up a Sand Scorcher box and some other Tamiya art works the day before 😃. Not that I have much room to hang them 🤣 I do wonder sometimes though how well some photos would enlarge? Ones that I’ve taken with my daughters nice camera would probably stand a better chance than ones with my phone.

* One of those ‘Double post’ phenomenon*

Practice practice practice 😉 Pistol & trigger controllers certainly help as it’s easier to drive with just the left hand so the right hand can take (literally) hundreds photos on burst mode to get a couple of good ones. I had to re-learn a bit once Apple changed the burst mode from a simple hold the button in to drag it left a bit and hold. I think it’s possible to take still’s from a video clip but I haven’t tried yet. Love that Big Foot of yours by the way 👍🏻

Kyosho certainly make some quality gear @Grumpy pants, they seem to be a more or less fully hopped up straight out the box, bearings, metal bits, hex screws, lovely suspension, slipper, etc, which is nice, their re-re’s are done so with more modern motors and electric’s in mind. Spares aren’t as readily available as Tamiya but fortunately I haven’t need any yet 😉

Went to the beach today, forgot my bucket & spade but not the Turbo Scorpion 😎 A spot I’ve been wanting to take it for a while now and it ran as faultless as ever.

G’day 😉 It was my first ever Tamiya build from NIB so other than probably built poorly, they were just built as per manual with what was in the box. (Yellow Oil) I haven’t touched them since as I didn’t feel I needed to? Happy mulch relocating.

Thanks to a TC member for the heads up on the aluminium M06 bits that RC Mart had in stock 👍🏻 (sorry can’t for the life of me remember who it was). Also took the opportunity to add 2 more Giulia wheels to the order to go with the 2 I already have.

Geez, you and my BIL could virtually be neighbours if your along South Pine Road 😮

Definitely skip the silver can. I fell asleep watching my Stadium Blitzer’s first run within 5 minutes. Promptly put a Sport Tuned in it that was much better. The ST didn’t like soft sand much though and would get very hot in no time. Grass can be power sapping as well, my gut would be Dirt Tuned. Also that pile of mulch in the back corner needs to be moved to the middle of the straight for a decent jump while your at it 😁

Yep, that’s the one. Elite hobbies down the road went a year or two ago where I got my EB4 buggy from. Apparently someone is looking at Rory’s but he wants to make the building half laundrette half hobby shop?? The current owner isn’t convinced that’ll work. Maybe it will (hopefully) if the laundrette can help prop up the hobby side. Rory is a very knowledgeable guy and would be sorely missed. He did also mention that the kit side of things doesn’t do to well, it’s all RTR these days. Some people even cringe at the thought of putting a couple of stickers on 😬 It’ll make stocking up on the small stuff like paint, servos etc a bit of a pest. My wife and I own a small business and indeed the sector is getting very hard, the government & council made it that way. Fortunately we are in the process of a sale ourselves. Overheads are monstrously ridiculous now. My BIL lives around the corner from Hobbyrama in Brisbane (who oddly won’t post many of their kits) and a few others aren’t far from there so looks like more visits down that way in the future.

Put the mountain bike in the van and headed north 100k’s to try out some new to me trails. (I’ll spare @Pylon80 the torture of the even bigger spider than the last one, that hitched a free downhill ride on my crash helmet 😉) Just so happens my nearest hobby shop is around the corner, so it would be rude not to pop in while in the neighbourhood, I only intended picking up a couple of tins of paint for a Giulia body, but there was a very reasonably priced HPI 66’ Mustang body and a cheap set of drift wheels to have a go with so they came home with me. Sadly chatting to the owner the shop is now up for sale. Next closest hobby shop worth visiting after (if) it sells will be 500k’s south, nuts.

Got the Calibre sat on its TT01 body prop tonight. It lost its TA02 chassis to a Street Scorcher build and the Fat Fox body is on a TT02R which is one of two TT02 runners I have already, so the TT01 was going spare. Nice to have it looking like a complete car again rather than an empty shell on the shelf.

I can help you out with those Mr @Grumpy pants 👍🏻 more than happy to help keep an SRB going 😉 PM me an address and I’ll stick ‘em in the post.

Very tastefully done 👍🏻

Racing by Post is getting serious now @Andreas W 😉

Stick ‘em in a frame and hang them on the wall 🙂

When needs must 😉

Today I’m grateful I don’t suffer from claustrophobia as the hobby room became a bit of a dumping ground recently. I’ve moved more stuff around than I care to remember over the last few months. But as Mr RB put Netflix on for another “Is It Cake!!” Series I’m making do until I clear up a bit to start putting a TT01 chassis together as a body prop for the Calibra. The good news that came for this mess is that I found the other missing Total sticker for the Fat Fox mirror inside the Frog tape container as I used it to tape a bar to the ceiling fan for the pic 😁 bonus.

Fantastic job 👍🏻 I like how you got the ESC behind the driver, very smart. I expect that makes the wires to the motor shorter than if it was under the chassis.

No worries @FWLBP, search Tamiya 19005073. Each sprue will have a front & rear wheel. The 10 nuts and screws from your Hornet wheels will fit them. Enjoy it 👍🏻

You’ll have to wait till it’s in the Sale & Trade section for that 👍🏻

Steady on, next you will be saying you got all those rusty screws out the XV-01 😉