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    Friesland, the Netherlands
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    Marui, Tamiya, electronics, robotics.

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  1. Electrified TNX made its first baby-steps today. It was a good drive! 3S, 2200KV motor. Drives about 30kph and has a sharp turning circle. Can go faster with 4S, but that may push the modded gearbox a bit too far so satisfied for now. Time to build it a body!
  2. Washing clothes. Can't find car keys. Washing machine making jingle bells noises so found said keys.... But did strip, clean and assemble/fill the TNX shocks.
  3. Realised there are easier ways than all those hours of assembling a car. https://www.reddit.com/r/radiocontrol/s/TZfteh6vpg
  4. Had left-over wood so I made stands for the big trucks to save the tires. Mad some for the Marui buggy too, but that's simply a 5x5x25cm piece of solid wood.
  5. NOS uprights and knuckels for the TNX. The last parts I was waiting for to finish the chassis.
  6. The gears came in that I needed to modify the TNX gearbox for electrification. Was hoping the gears would just drop in and fit, but turned out it was not that easy. Had to reduce the smaller gear from 20mm depth to 16.5mm depth, and cut a slot so the original locking pin can be used which made life easy. Reduced the larger gear to 17mm, drilled new holes for the set-screws but I need an M5 thread tapping set to complete it. But for now, the modified gear box spins as it should, so job done.
  7. Gears for the electrified Mugen Seiki came in so some work on that to overcome the issues that came to light at its first test run. Small re-position on the motor bracket mounting holes for correct mesh. Center gearbox now with nylon gear, motor with brass gear, and locktight as the screws were coming loose. Filled the shocks. Fitted extra grippy HPI tires, and glued them. Test run later when all glue is dry.
  8. A small victory today, I partially rebuild the TNXs front gearbox/suspension. It'll have to wait now for the new knuckels/uprights I ordered on eBay to arrive, as 1 of the original ones is broken. The rear differential needs to wait for the Tamico order to arrive, so no progress there. The steering rack has a lot of play in it due to 2 aluminium axels that are badly worn due to the slide bearings. I've filled the grooves with JB-weld, and will rebuild with the 8x5x2.5mm ball bearings. One more dirty job on the to-do list: strip, clean and rebuild/fill the shocks.
  9. Finished cleaning the TNX differential parts and drive shafts. That concludes cleaning parts with terpentine to get the old grease off. Then a few rounds of the ultrasonic cleaner for detailing. Now to do an ultrasound clean on the rest of the plastic parts, and the screws. Edit: rebuild the front diff with new ball bearings. Rebuild all drive shafts and managed to loose 1 of the little E clips, l thankfully found 1 in the spares box that just about fits.
  10. Started cleaning the TNXs differentials, and found that one diff has internal damage. This causes a dilemma, as I told myself no more ordering this month, but Tamico has the spares and the candygreen grasshopper on sale and I need some paint supplies so........ Edit: ordered the diff parts and missing step screws for the TNX, and paint and tires for the Mugen Seiki. Resisted the grasshopper as I have enough cars.
  11. A motor mount, bearings and ball links for the TNX and spare gears for the Mugen Seiki. Unfortunatly, the new gears I really want to modify the TNX center gearbox were not with this shipment. Hopefully soon....
  12. Cleaned out the gritty used brushless motor and installed new bearings. It still runs a bit rough, but I'll use it as-is as it is intended as a spindle motor for a CNC machine. Makes a lot less running noise compared to the brushed 775 motor it uses now at high RPM. I thought I forgot to order replacement gears for the elecftrified Mugen Seiki so ordered a brass/nylon center gear set to see if that is less noisy compared to the all metal I had installed. Looking at my order history I came accross the order for the TNX chassis, which also included a new gearset for the Mugen, so plenty of spare gears coming this way now. Also found the TNX chassis had a broken upright, found a spare set on eBay. Now to find some coolant for my credit card..... No more ordering stuff for this month.
  13. I used these vinyl sticker sheets that can be printed with an inkjet printer: https://www.amazon.nl/PPD-Stickerfolie-Zelfklevend-Microporeuze-Fotokwaliteit/dp/B00PFW4K7C/ref=rtpb_d_sccl_2/257-4560549-5873712?pd_rd_w=sqU2h&content-id=amzn1.sym.edc82bac-6827-4092-8693-526f4aca1c90&pf_rd_p=edc82bac-6827-4092-8693-526f4aca1c90&pf_rd_r=5480XD6JSKPK6HARRTRM&pd_rd_wg=fCv4W&pd_rd_r=ce0f27bc-4f56-4c48-85f3-fa4f5beffa6f&pd_rd_i=B00PFW4K7C&th=1 These sheets will give you a solid white background, on which the printer can print any color. I also tried translucent sheets, but unless you apply those to a white body the results were not OK for my taste. All the decals on the Duke Nukem Mighty Foot truck are made this way. Note that due to the inktjet ink, the decals are NOT waterproof.
  14. Bought a used brushless motor/Esc combo because it was cheap but regretting it in hindsight. Looking at it, it needs quite some TLC. The motor is dirty, gritty, some mounting hole thread damage. It is salvageable, a good clean and new bearings will bring it a long way. But next time, new stuff only.
  15. Translucent shocks, what will they think of next. Love the way that looks!
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