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1 hour ago, Yoda67 said:
Hi Wetman the seller is noveltysigns15 on eBay. £6.69 delivered. Aluminium with a double side sticky pad attached..
Cant fit the wheels as the inner bead ring binds on the Steering upright screws, gonna have to get some spacers and widen the track
Cheers,will get some ordered
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1 hour ago, Yoda67 said:
Beadlock wheels and tyres and Reg plate
Nice. where are the plates from if you don`t mind me being nosey?
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5 hours ago, matman said:
So red and green it is then
. Or body number two on it's way with red paint 
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Now theres an idea...
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Got the chassis built and running and the body masked ready for the black spraying. Got a couple of tins of ps9 green for the body, darker than the ps22 tamiya reccomend but I think it'll be a closer match to Land Rover Epsom Green. Only trouble is I drove past a 1:1 Red Defender today and thought that looks nice....
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On 8/10/2020 at 6:43 PM, stuhas said:
A bit more done on mine. Going on the TT02 Chassis. Got plenty of detail work to do on it yet.
The Body is just placed on the chassis at the moment.
A Little detail with the air intakes
Also fitted the rear wing
Nice
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On 8/7/2020 at 8:58 PM, goth brooks said:
has anyone purchased an abs rc body made by kamtec? i saw they made a hearse model, and i think it looks cool.
Yeah I got a Bowler wildcat on the builds forum if I ever get it finished. Also had a VW bug from Keith back in the day. Decent quality bodies well moulded and easy to paint. Only thing is a lot of his stuff is Mardave Banger class so may be 1/12th scale, so may need an M chassis to run on
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9 hours ago, Mokei Kagaku said:
I need help!!
I'm about to start on a new model. Finding a suitable chassis is difficult enough, but at the moment, I lean towards the CC-01. If nothing else, the rear solid axle and IFS are pretty close to the real thing.
However, does anyone have a recommendation for suitable tires and wheels? Either like it originally had (old photo) or like it has now, after the recent restoration.
Also, I need hub extenders for the rear axle to achieve the 200mm width the body requires. Up front, changing hubs and wheel axles from TA02 to TA01 should get me roughly the right width. I know there exist hub extenders for the CC-01 out there, but where?
Any advice will be highly appreciated!
That`ll be a cracking build. Scuse the ignorance, but was that the James Garner? Rockford files, Maverick, support your local.... James Garner?
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The last one for a while unless Santa is really kind this year. And 2 packs of Maoams this time... Result!!!!!
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6 hours ago, Mad Ax said:
What are you looking to do with the finished article? What do you want to get out of it?
As you say, the cars you've listed are very different to your original choices. Don't expect either to drive anything like a buggy - they won't be nearly as fast in a straight line and they'll fall over if you try to corner fast.
That said - here are my key thoughts:
MF01X - I've not built or run one of these, but it looks like a typical Tamiya build. The chassis seems to have evolved from the TL01, or at least has a similar design principle. It does seem to have a few interesting quirks. Performance-wise, it's an M-size rally / crossover chassis, and given how hard it is to find a suitable surface for a 1:10 touring-based rally car, I expect the MF01X to be a bit of a tricky one to find a good place for. It will probably excel on the same tarmac, hard dirt and gravel where rally cars thrive but I doubt it will be much of a trail rig.
The CC01 is a perfect trail companion, although it does benefit from some hop-ups out of the box. A steering fix is the first (several are on the market, the Hot Racing one seems to be favoured at the mo although it is a bit more expensive than other brands) and a shimmed rear axle, which can mostly be accomplished with the included bushes assuming you fit bearings as you build. It does benefit from some 4mm washers also which aren't a common part in a Tamiya owner's parts bin.
With the above mods, it will happily bounce around a trail at a slow running pace. Fit a 55T crawler motor and it will run all day long on a good LiPo. It's not a crawler, so don't expect it to master steep rocky climbs, but it can be good fun to pick a route around tree roots and rocks on your favourite woodland walk. Stock tyres are marginal - will work OK on hard and slightly soft mud but benefits from some aftermarket scale tyres with tread and compound appropriate to your terrain.
There's a whole heap of directions you can take a CC01 in - IMO it's one of (if not the) most modifiable chassis on Tamiya's books. I have several of them and still can't get enough as there are still more directions I want to take them in. Trail rig, light-duty crawler, rally raid / dakar racer, live axle rally car - if you can think of it, you can do it. Many mods (e.g. front brick removal, 4-link installation, longer wheebase) can be done with simple tools and cheap hardware.
I doubt you'll ever mod it to the same performance experience as a Hotshot or Terra Scorcher, though - they are just too different.
As mentioned above, the CC02 is a newer option to consider. I don't have one yet but it looks like a good build and a reasonably capable trail rig / light duty crawler. As it's a bit more capable than the CC01, expect the weakness in the stock tyres to be shown up more. Also the only body option (currently) is a marmite choice, consider if you'll want to budget for a different body before you buy. Consider that the MST CMX / CFX is in a similar price bracket (especially if you want to change the body on the CC02) and probably offers a better crawling experience.
Having built the two MF-01s they are an easy build and give a nice solid chassis. They so far seem to manage my flatish front lawn whne its cut short but not much kop on the side garden which is sloped and lumpy, hop up wise I havent really looked at any yet aside from bearings which i fitted in the build. Wheels are a bit small on the Jimny and neither that or the Merc have any sort of real ground clearance. They also cant really be "decorated much", light buckets and like because the wheels are close to the front. Plus side is an extendable wheelbase so can get a few different bodies to fit.
As far as i remember for the CC-01 they are fairly decent "stock" and will cope with a bit of rough stuff while not being a true crawler or trail truck. I`ll hopefully jog my memory when my Landy gets here this week
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13 minutes ago, burakol said:
So I have a TT01e and a TT02... I'm thinking of converting either one to a drifter just to play in and out of our house... not interested in competing whatsoever, but I have always wanted to hone my drifting skills and I can only do that if I have a car setup for proper drifting... having a plastic drifting wheel is just not enough...
I dont really run both TT chassis so I'm also thinking of selling one or both to make up for the cost...
What do you recommend... just sell both and get a proper drift car... or sell one (which one?), and convert the remaining one to a drifter?
If I am to get a drift car, which one would it be? If I am to convert, what do I need?
Don`t get drifting at all. But if you want one to try out to see how it goes our boy got himself a FTX Banzai rtr and a hot bodies skyline shell that fits for less than £150 from our LHS.It seems ok and infinitely upgradable if you want to mess around later
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6 hours ago, manny said:
I think the lexan might be too "slippery" for the paint to adhere to; sanding the area would help but may not be possible if it's a really thin area. Have you tried a "Sharpie" brand marker? They come in different thicknesses and colors.
Had a go on an old pop bottle with some sharpies last night. left it to dry and see how it goes when i spray it ;ater
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Looking for something to put fine line details onto lexan shells and was wondering if these are any good for polycarb? Can`t seem to find pc-5 black brush paint anywhere and my brushing skills arent that much kop anyway. Its for body lines and window edgings etc so taping will be fiddly and easily messed up, so i`m after something to do a better(and easier) job.
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22 hours ago, Lunchy said:Hey everyone -
I was looking to get the Tamiya VW KARMANN GHIA. I saw that in RC car action that the skill level for this car is on the high side. I have only built the Lunch Box so far... pretty easy. Any idea if this one might be too difficult for a rookie?
thanks!
Tamiyaclub is your best bet here, friendly bunch and they don`t bite so go for it and if you get stuck on anything ask. Also Tamiya destructions are very very clear i find, with good clear indications of sizes needed
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Forgot to post the picture
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Got the snotwagon painted.
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cheers
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Like a silly git i`ve run out of black, so i was wondering can you use normal auto paint (acrylic) to back polycarb paint?
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Productive evening yesterday, in between call outs I managed to get the black spraying done on the Merc, till I ran out of paint. And got 'Erbert put in the Wildcat
Just need to decide whether to decal it then give it a good dust and a final laquering
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Got permission of Er Indoors to order a CC=01 Defender, so I have, along with paints servo and bearings
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13 hours ago, SupraChrgd82 said:
What's the story 'bout that trailer in the background?
Little man with an overactive brain and nowt else to do decided to have a try at a sort of transporter trailer to put the Wildcat on
. If it ever gets finished i`ll put it up and give you all a look. Currently waiting on a mate running me some timber strips through his planer thicknesser to make the decking for it but I keep dragging him out fishing instead.
So far the chassis hasnt been to bad to do, its basically aluminium angle strips from the local DIY shed and some plasticard (surprise surprise!!)
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5 hours ago, ChrisRx718 said:
Nice, what's your plans?
I just ordered some new MF01X "A" parts as I'm fairly sure that's all that stands between me and a whole new build!
PS you shouldn't be posting pictures of your Mini Chopper on the internet @Wetman, this is a family site.
. As for plans i dont know yet. Build it then see what colour scheme. I am tinkering with the idea of doing it either ps46 pearlescent purple/green or the ps -47 champagne/gold pearlescent
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My Merc came!! And even better a pack of Moams!!
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I got back into it because i realised the mrs had nowt to moan about, so i thought i best get buying and give her reason to complain. Seriously because like most i was stuck indoors during lockdown
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18 hours ago, ChrisRx718 said:
Decals from MCI came in!
Massive thanks goes not only to them but also our own @Mokei Kagaku for scanning his originals for me!I’ll be using a combination of these decals and the ones which came with the re-release body for the TT02 (chassis has since gone on to @Wetman )
I want it to have a cockpit seeing as they add so much detail. Tempted to put this on a TL01 for the full nostalgia effect (my first Tamiya RC was this Castrol Tom’s Supra TL01)
Said chassis might even get its makeover finished one of these days
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Got the rest of the body painted. Stuck with the green (for this body at least!!!).