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@Smokescreen38 In picture two of the listing you can see the 5 hex heads that hold an insert in the centre. I’ve seen those listed for the Lunchbox and Blackfoot and various others over the years and some listings picture a sprue with 12mm hex centres and bearing/star centres for whatever’s required of the model. I’m not certain whether your listing would include them but it must include one type at least. If I find a pic then I’ll link it. Edit : found it

I managed to pick a couple of Cobra comm lathes up along the way. One I paid £35 and the other was a job lot for £120 with a few motors, brushes, springs etc and a Trinity brush factory(cuts and dresses your brushes). I’ve never really gotten much chance to use them but have a ton of brushed motors to play with and thought it would be financially worth it overall and most importantly to me, it’s something else to fiddle with and learn about. I do see them less this last year or so but they will still come up with some patience as @Pylon80 says.

HV have been standard in our electronic devices for many years. They give better performance over a shorter life time(500 cycles).

Got the interior/body done and heads on both the scorpion and the javelin. I got one visor made, I’ve got no small screws to mount it so I’ll borrow some from work tomorrow. I did test fit it with white tack and it seemed to fit well. Props to @silvertriple as that where I saw the idea👍 I gave the Scorpion a tyre swap at the same time to see what I think. They maybe shelf wheels. Looks so much better without a plain white head!! And lastly I had to take a shot with both cars and my Wild One/FAV mashup. Next buy once I’ve got the itch will probably be a BBX to complete the set. Still plenty to do with the Javelin when the stabilisers and brushless stuff turns up though!

Heads this morning, managed to crack both of them on the seam but I won’t see that when it’s flying past. Faces came out better than I expected and I’ve just remembered I’ll need to make visors too.

Depending on where I’m running it consists of a few options. All my electrics are waterproof or made waterproof. Doing nothing. Picking off the grass Or just full on hosing it down and shake dry.

I got the shocks built and threw a motor in and gave it a bench test and no crunchy sounds so that’s good. Decided that the car looked wrong without the tyre lettering so braved that and did some other sets at the same time and they were less fiddly than I thought it would be and completely fix the look. Decals on now and we’re waiting on the stabilisers and brushless coming on Tuesday or Wednesday Onto painting while I wait, I’ve got both the heads primered and the driver body nearly done, might finish them today or tomorrow. I need to print @silvertriple brackets for some LEDs and find another Rx switch, seems I’m running out of them.

Had a first go at some tire lettering for some runner tires.they’ll need a second coat maybe but a bit less fiddly than I expected

So time has passed now, I shamefully haven’t painted the head yet for some reason but hopefully soon as it looks plain dumb. I’ve only had a few packs through the car but am forcing myself to find a moment here and there to start actually driving my cars. I got a Radiomaster MT12 and it’s a massive upgrade from my GT3c that I’ve used the last decade almost. I swapped out the Flysky Rx for an Radiomaster Er4 and it really woke things up. The car is a blast to drive on every surface I’ve had it on, roads, beach, gravel annd short grass. I absolutely love it. Had it down the beach the other day and it plain ripped. So naturally I got smashed with a dose of brutal impulse twinned with zero self control and have got a Javelin kit now. The Javelin is a first for me on a few fronts, first 4wd buggy and first chain/belt chassis it’s been an interesting build so far. I spend the last two evenings building and I’m down to stickers, shocks, electrics and paint to finish as of now. I’ll stick a 1060 and probably a silver can in it for now to test it but given how well the Scorpion took the 3950kv I’ve now got a 3600kv on order for this along with the OTW126 spur and OTW102 stabilizers. For a servo I just stole the PowerHD 9001 MG from my short course truck as it’s not been used in a long time. So this is where I’m at now, I’ll do the shocks tonight if I have time. I opted for the belt for drive to save tearing it down and replacing the chain even though the chain looks really cool. With the car going brushless I thought the belt would be a better choice. I was a bit sceptical of the cover when I’ve seen it in pics but in the flesh it seems good and it’s a cool design to show off the chain that I didn’t use😂 I thought the wee R & L on the wheels was a cool touch, don’t know if I’ve seen that before. I can see me almost certainly getting the white cage and some other wheels to match it at some point. Maybe black or white pepper pots. I got away with my Lipo and it will only just squeeze in without bending things too much. I might be pushing my luck but time will tell.... Now I have some other painting to do the Scorpion’s driver might get paint soon!

Got this the other day too, not messed with it much but did test it and seems a cool wee thing. A little script I used the AI to write and I have speed on my transmitter.

Looking forward to building this one, the Turbo Scorpion was great and is a cracking drive. Thanks @theshopkeeper👍

There’s more of his work in his showroom too https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom.asp?id=33435&sp=40

@Black Phoenix there is a build thread by @MadInventor here that he did before he passed away. Some nice work he did. Might be of help if yer going down a custom build route

@Mechanic AH that is a very cool motor, never knew that design existed!

The body and wheels are a big deal to me it seems, I’ve put bodies I’m not 100% on some of favourite chassis to save nicer ones or as they’ve reached end of life and I find I just don’t run them the same. I put a Mad Force body on my Kyosho USA-1 as it was cheaper and I nearly didn’t run it for a year, previously it was first choice runner. I’m in the process of sorting these kinds of “mistakes” this year. My CC01 is gonna lose its Pajero body for something more appealing and I’m gonna bet I actually use it after that. It was last run 5 years ago after I built it and before the Pajero body went on. I think if it visually isn’t appealing then it just doesn’t matter if it’s the most exhilarating drive in the world or drives like a Reliant Robin as I’m not gonna “connect” to find out.