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I have a SCB, but this spot just calls for something much faster... but... Traxxas? Somehow, I just can't get used to the idea of RTR.

I have a SCB, but this spot just calls for something much faster... but... Traxxas? Somehow, I just can't get used to the idea of RTR.

Let's face it, we're grown men playing with little toy cars, and no amount of money spent on these toys is going to change this fundamental fact. They're toys. By current social standards, any adult playing with toys in public does qualify as weird, I'd think. So these kids were just stating facts, weren't they? Nothing wrong with that. Personally, I feel sorry for anybody who doesn't have a little weirdness in their lives. How boring that must be. And judging from this forum, the toy car men are among the most friendly, pleasant, articulate, respectful, helpful and generally well meaning weird people on the internet. Not the worst weird group to be affiliated with, by far. Actually, this forum is such a pleasant place, I wouldn't have expected any of you to be shaven headed, bearded and tattooed. And playing with toy cars. You're all pretty weird

Finally, the need for an amphibious high-speed monster truck has arisen.

Performed 2WD re-re shelfer preventive maintenance and cleanup. All dusted off and spotlessly clean, fully serviced and tested and all ready to go... back on the shelf.

My thoughts exactly. How can they sell something like this, when it plain and simple just doesn't work. In my case, shortened shocks, bolted-thru metal P-Plates, Frog shafts, O-rings and new trailing arms every couple of runs weren't enough to solve the issue. I'm running vintage Thorp telescopic shafts now.

But... but... isn't that the definition of "faster"? Relativity like? No need to go all Albert Einstein on me

I don't know much about bicycles, but my bike is still faster than yours, 'cause it has flashing blue lights! Seriously. Retired Police patrol bicycle, bought at auction from a small beach town in Florida. Probably not very high end, but hey, those are battery powered strobes!

There is a difference between overdoing something and really overdoing something

Back in November, I was actually worried about missing out on this one, not having pre-ordered or anything... Almost six months on, and Tamico is still selling Super Astutes - only much cheaper. I think I'll try not to panic next time...

Forget the video, these pics cannot be outdone! I want a hig-res poster sized print of the last one!

The two of you, myself, Volkswagen, Ronal, HPI and the Nineties as a whole really ought to be ashamed of ourselves for letting this happen in the first place and especially for bringing it up again 25 years later.

Went to my LHS determined to try something new, hung out with the owner for over an hour who brought out and showed me just about every single Traxxas ever made, plus several brands I hadn't even heard of before, and the only thing that remotely caught my eye was Tamiya's XV-01 Lancia... Dunno. RTR simply doesn't work for me. Left without buying anything.

Oh no, don't go all 70s conversion van on this! Keep it cargo and business I say, vans deserve better than to be permanently associated with the worst decade in automobile history. No windows, no murals, just paint it all white, put on a roof rack with a ladder, some utility company logos on the sides and maybe an amber lightbar.

I don't know if you realize that these, in 1:1, actually came as optional factory equipment on mid-nineties compact VWs...

Oh, brilliant, now I want one of these shells.

Um, that's true "no math" right there, or shouldn't that come out to more like $14200? Then again, $120 for one of those shells? There's commercially available mass produced 1:18 die-cast stuff out there that's not nearly half as detailed, nowhere near as unique and doesn't even move under its own power that easily costs more than $120. I don't know if there's a market or a price for these handbuilt miracles, but personally, if I wanted one of these, I'd be prepared to spend way, way, way more than $120. I have to agree, if I had those skills and 142 shells, I wouldn't worry about math or no math either.

That only means they got all the less exciting, yet statistically inevitable stuff out of the way early.

Yikes. That's like 120 cubic feet or 3.55 cubic meters of shells, roughly equal to the volume of water in 24 average-sized bathtubs. You'd need 10 Tesla Model 3's to have enough trunk space to fit them all. If you managed to stack them 6' high, at average storage space rental rates in my area, you'd spend roughly $250 per year in storage fees, totalling $9000 (if you manage to not let the total number of shells exceed around 180, ever) by the time you're 75, and that's not adjusted for inflation or price increases. Storage costs will add roughly $63 to your $20 paint expenses for a total of $83 finishing cost per shell, excluding labor. That's almost $12000 just to finish what you have, without figuring in anything you'll doubtlessly buy in the 36 years to come. That's roughly 1/3 of the cost of a new Tesla Model 3, and then you'd only need 9.66 more just to transport all those shells. You could, however, buy one brand new Chevrolet Spark for that kind of money, and... you know what, forget it. Having 142 RC shells is actually by far not the worst way to spend $12000.

Sounds familiar

Went racing, broke nothing. I must be getting better. That, and Proline tires. What a difference they make.

Being the ultimate German all work no play Wertarbeit Ubermaschine, it requires a joyless, serious, industrial-agricultural complex, highly engineered, lest-they-think-we're-wealthy, nature-is-not-something-to-be-enjoyed type of paint. Like grey. Solid, greenish-grey grey. That, or a bright orange "very-hard-official-work-being-undertaken-for-the-public-good" city council uniform type of paint job. Just not too bright, since hard work is not meant to be fun, ok? Technically bright without being visually invigorating, that's what a Unimog paint job needs to be.

I get the "Black Special" idea, as in "put some special parts on it to go with the special color scheme", and I can see the appeal of the "chrome" editions, but the "standard" color editions do nothing for me. But - more color choices for those who don't like to paint, more collectibles for whoever choses to collect Brats or color editions. Like that TC member the other day bought Supreme Hornet because he collects Hornets. If I was all into Lunch Boxes, I'd want the red and blue and black and Christmas editions, too, I guess... Now Brat guys get to want different editions. Good for them, good for Tamiya, the only thing that bothers me is the Nissan Titan decal in those pictures.

Coming from the real car world, where cars and parts require lots of space and are very hard and time consuming to move around I've learned to: - never start a new project while still working on one - always start with the body - never ever stop in the middle of a build unless you're waiting for parts... - ...which, of course, you ordered immediately when you found that you needed them... - ...and of course, from the supplier most likely to deliver immediately, regardless of price, location or shipping costs - keep runners separate from builds, but treat them the same, if they break, fix them immediately before breaking another one - aim for 100% fleet operational readiness, all the time. If it doesn't run, fix it. Don't t park it unless it's completely ready to go again. Never ever put it aside to "sort out later", or that kind of stuff will start to pile up on you. - break down every sub-assembly or job into steps that can be finished on the same day you started them. Human minds work better that way. - never buy stuff that can't be operational on its own, like extra bodies or cars with major parts missing, unless you have a clear idea of what of what you already have you're going to junk in exchange or how you're going to complete them. - throw stuff out, do not hoard random parts - keep everything unbuilt that you've failed not to hoard in the box, sealed, out of sight, until its time comes It's a bit of an "empty your mind" thing I guess, and I've found there are lots of people who can handle doing 30 projects in different stages all at once, but I for one certainly can't. Especially the "throw stuff away" part seems to work very differently for different people. Some people get inspired by piles of stuff, and come up with amazing ideas by just looking at what they have laying around, but I need a "clean sheet" approach, an empty table. If I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with something, then it has to go. All my cars are ready to be run. Put a battery in and go. Every single one of them. All my unbuilt kits are sealed, stacked up and stored out of sight. My workbench is empty. My tools are in their drawers. Yes, there are three boxes slowly filling up with parts for three upcoming builds, but I'm not even thinking of starting any of those until everything is ready, and today I'm not starting anything else either, because I'm going racing today, so I'll need the space and time later to fix whatever I'll inevitably break.

Just saying... if you used tires instead of cards for the invitations, you could get both done at the same time.