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I cut all of my Lexan with this technique; Use a Dremel and cut off wheel to cut about 1/4” from the body lines. Then I switch to a die grinder with 1, 2, and 4” flapwheels. The 4” flapwheel makes perfect circular wheel wells for touring car bodies. The 1 and 2” flapwheels are good for truck bodies with squared wheel wells. Clean up the straight parts with 100 grit sandpaper on a sanding block. I do recall and old school article in RCCA about using an empty paper towel rolls with sandpaper to round out wheel wells if access to power tools is limited.

Just finished painting, now to cut holes for the body posts. The SEMA drift Tacoma was inspiration for the paint.

A new toy - Element Builder's Kit with IFS & some hop-ups A few weeks ago wheelin' in the rain before the 'Rona got us all on lockdown.

I always loved the Kyosho Chevy 4x4 from the early 80's, so I made an SCX10 mud truck in it's livery to have a runner rig for the wet winter season. This one has all the electronics sealed up tight (Savox 1210, AE-5, Tamiya CR-tuned, silica-gel in the RC box) to stay reliable in creek runs. I found that the Mamba brushless ESC I use in other rigs gets wonky when the sensor wire is wet, so this one has basic electronics.

SCX10 II build with a Mamba and 2-speed trans.

Here's a few other rigs

Maiden voyage today - I beat 'er up in the mud.

That's the one, Bromley! It's a "collector" Hot Wheels now, so I can't see spending upwards of $20 for the die cast car. It was cold and raining on Saturday when I painted, so the blue bled into the yellow stripe. I should have waited until it was above 70 degrees to paint. I can live with it since this one is the basher/crawler. The other scale rigs have pristine paint. Parts list; Axial Raw Builder's Kit Reef's servo Mamba 2850 brushless ProLine SR5 body Scalerfab bumpers Wertymade sliders Gearhead 6 shooter LED bar Gmade XD Diaphragm shocks 85mm, soft rear springs Jazzrider alum shock mounts, trans plate, bumper mounts Hot Racing red balls Integy LCG carbon fiber front battery mount & bumper mount servo Unbranded 1.9 alum wheels ProLine BF Goodrich All Terrain G8 tires alum 7mm clamping hexes stainless pumpkin guards stainless screws Robinson 17t pinion

I have been modelling most of my builds after real trucks. Time to model one after a toy...

Tower has stock with an October coupon code. $289 delivered. Kyosho Japan is showing green, yellow, and white cages. http://rc.kyosho.com/en/otb247gr.html

Once again Once again, the Perfex ESCs will not work with the radios I currently have. Yes, I have re-arranged the wiring. Yes, it "should" work. It clearly doesn't. The ESCs will not recognize the receivers to even power the steering servo or light up the LEDs in the receivers. The radios work fine with my LRP, Tekin, and Tamiya ESCs. Thus, I have come to the conclusion that the Perfex is brand specific in its ability to function. My objective is to identify a Perfex radio suitable for 1/10, rather than the Mini-Z line.

Is that the general consensus here? Kyosho radios are garbage?

I tried swapping wires in the connectors. No luck. ESC doesn't recognize the receivers. I'm going to take the easy way out. Someone recommend a Kyosho Perfex radio.

Agreed. It's too mch like the Scorpion and Beetle to justify dumping another wad. I'm holding out for the next re-re. (Please be the Optima...please...please....)

Here's the error code it flashes And the one of the cars. The other has an MX3 with Hitec receiver.