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Bromley

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  1. I love the look of the hotshot, don't want to mess with the aesthetics too much... I was after suggestions for parts that needed changing to improve reliability. I'm guessing that the hotshot doesn't have any desperate short comings. Other than an ageing design...
  2. What superstock motor do you use, RZ or BZ? And what is the difference between the two?
  3. Picked up a rere Hotshot kit Saturday. It's actually a really big deal for me...my first Tamiya 4wd buggy...ever! I was planning on getting a Boomerang but my local hobby shop couldn't get one. They did have the Hotshot in stock and at the old pricing. So... one thing and another...and yeah, I have a Hotshot. After all, why not start at the beginning of Tamiya's 4wd story. I'm planning on running a brushed 23t or 17t on 2s, depending how it performs. I'm not looking for interstellar performance, just a nice retro blend of funky handling and fun. I have got bearings coming and a steel pinion. What if any upgrades are an absolute must?
  4. The GF01 Landcruiser looks like fun. If you want something a little more scale the MF01X Jimny is ok for light trail running and gravel rally type use. Alternatively just for laughs, build a CC01 Landfreeder Tuff Truck. Put a sport or tuned in it and send it! The Landfreeder can be had for very little outlay. It's genuinely tough and mods are unlimited.
  5. Unless you plan on heavily reworking the entire platform, I'd just run it stock, enjoy its "character". Save the money and get a Sand Viper or a similar better equipped buggy.
  6. I recently installed a Hobbywing WP1080 in my CC02, I'm still running the stock silver can motor. It is now incredibly smooth. If your still running a brushed motor, I'd be inclined to get a better ESC like the 1080, it really gets a hold of the motor at low rpms. Brushless motors can run as smoothly, but only for considerably more outlay than even a basic brushed motor and often aren't waterproof.
  7. Don't stress too much if it's not perfect. All those stickers will cover up the imperfections. 😁 My ones looking pretty sad these days. Two winters worth of off roading have taken a toll. But it all adds character. Just remember, it supposed to be fun.πŸ‘πŸΌ
  8. I'd love to see that on a clod chassis. πŸ‘πŸΎ
  9. Stripped and started cleaning my, new to me, vintage Monster Beetle. Just waiting on a few parts now before the rebuild starts.
  10. I'd go with the nostalgic Blackfoot purchase in all honesty. I have a clod and I have just started rebuilding a Monster Beetle, today in fact! The clod is fun once a few basic mods have been made and then as others have said you can just go bonkers on the things. Full custom chassis and the like. The Blackfoot you can just pretty much build and run, short of a few bearings here and there. Not actually run my own ORV yet, but driven friends Monster Beetles and I find them a bit like an improved Lunchbox. Still goofy, still bouncy with a tendency to fall over now and then, but somehow more capable.
  11. While I'm still thinking about this one.... ..."Plaztech Bearings"
  12. On a similar vein.... "Warnhout Pinions"
  13. Stock springs, they actually seemed pretty soft to me. The back especially, I added some spacers shortly after finishing the build. It's now setup for tarmac. So probably could be stiffer still.
  14. DT03 is a great just above entry level kit. I love the drive of my near stock Racing Fighter. I think if you do a quick search you'll find there are plenty of upgrades that are still available. There are more than a few build threads on TC to give you some inspiration. Here is my Hornet inspired DT03....
  15. As beautiful as the Avante is, for about the same outlay, you could have a Hotshot and The new release Terra Scorcher up and running. Twice the build experience and two very different buggies to admire on the shelf.
  16. Make sure the old grub hasn't dropped in the gearbox. Could be crunchy crunch time if it gets dislodged and jams something up.
  17. I did run it completely stock at first just to see what it was all about. Sadly the standard esc and motor didn't last more than about 4 or 5 2s lipo packs. The gearing is pretty tall in these, even with the smaller 17t pinion. Shortly after getting the truck I installed a number of the FTX hopups. Just to future proof against silly breakages. Alloy chassis plate, lower and upper links, axle top and bottom mounts, lower link to chassis mounts and steel drive shaft. The brushless is a Goolrc 3500kv 60amp combo. On it's 1st run it threw the drive shaft which was a little disappointing. The cross pins are held in with grubs, but they pins are very hard and the grubs don't bite into them at all. So they tend to shake loose, even when locktite is applied. I bought another shaft stripped it completely, degreased it and built it up again very carefully with locktite. Same thing happened...so I went again but making use of the old shafts parts. This time I ground a flat on the cross pins so as long as the screw doesn't back out the pin is retained mechanically. So far so good, even on 3s lipo.😁 As for...is it any good... The weakest point of the stock truck is the chassis plate, they tend to snap right were the lower links attach. That's why I changed mine out straight away. The stock axle mounts are pretty vulnerable, as are the top links themselves. And the brushed motor/esc, while fairly quick, they just don't last. The spares are dirt cheap. The genuine FTX hopups are cheap and made well enough.(steel drive shaft needs subtle re-work) Running this thing is a complete hoot. It lifts a wheel on hard throttle application. Rides the ground really well on stock shocks. Given a little power boost and some sensible mods it makes for a fun rig. The only part I can't comment on is the stock radio gear. I ripped this out before I even put a battery in it. I just can't get on with pistol TXs. I run a FlySky FSI6 Stick TX. So in summation...buy one, but reckon on getting a budget brushless combo for it and the alloy chassis plate as a minimum. The rest can be upgraded or replaced as it breaks...or not. I keep looking at the Losi Rock Rey kit. Trouble is I only have about £200 in the Outlaw, I'm not sure the Losi will give me much more in terms of grin factor.
  18. Not Tamiya...but my FTX Outlaw has seen some work. I painted the driver insert, made new body panels from plasticard, fuel cell from aluminium sheet, extinguishers from various leftovers, light bar and the grill are made of aluminium angle. Still needs some more stickers and the light bars not finished yet... Very happy with how it goes now. I fitted a 3500kv combo and got 29mph on 2s with a 17t pinion. It's a really fun basher with some scale looks. Also in progress is my Hornet restoration, just waiting on parts for that.
  19. Racing fighters are pretty quick even with the stock torque tuned. I'd either go, Blitzer beetle, they turn in nicely on less than perfect ground, or Wild One, those things are brilliant fun on tight twisty tracks. Not too fast and tough enough, so when you run into the garden gate it won't disintegrate.
  20. I miss my Traxxas Rad 2, still can't remember for the life of me what happened to it.
  21. I was just being cheap to be honest πŸ˜‚. But it would be nice to keep as much of the original buggy. I want to make it as near to original as possible. But, yellowed manky wheels aren't my bag. I'm now waiting on parts. I'll put a little thread together once finished...but we all kinda know what a stock Hornet looks like.
  22. While away doing some more on my restoring, I have come round to the idea of new wheels. Should hopefully have them in a day or two. Thanks for all the replies.
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