
Krustybus
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Staffordshire, UK
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Mountain Bikes, 1:1 cars and reborn RC enthusiast
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Please, please, please let this work out My nearest Beatties was in Birmingham if I remember rightly but I also remember the Modelzone shops (didn't realise they were the same thing). The other Beatties that HoF bought was a big department store based in Wolverhampton. I used to buy my 1:24 model kits and Mini 4WD's from there as a kid. It's just a city centre ruin now
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I think this one goes deeper than the fact you're giving him an RC car. That's a very touching and personal story and a fantastic reason to go ahead with the build. Good luck with it, looking forward to seeing the progress
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I love 1:1 cars, always have done. Spent a lot of years messing around with old Golf GTI's (mk1/2) but then with starting a family and a long commute to work I just got a reliable daily and much like my participation in RC became a casual observer consuming online content etc. I've got a lightly modified Skoda VRS estate as a daily now (wheels/suspension and a few updates to the body) and a T4 camper. The camper allows me to enjoy tinkering about whilst keeping the family involved. We could probably get a bigger non-VW camper for the same of less money but I do love my T4.
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Considering the last time I ran one of my cars was August '23 I'd class myself as a 'casual observer' of the hobby as opposed to an active participant! I guess this years goal should be run the cars I have (it's fun remember) and get round to restoring the Kyosho Beetle that has a bent front end and a scrappy body that's been sitting on the shelf for the past 2 years! I really want a Honda City Turbo so might treat myself once they finally appear :-)
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Blast from the past! (Wild Willy 2 'scale' build)
Krustybus replied to JennyMo's topic in The Builds
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Oh man, sorry to hear about your health troubles. All the best for a decent recovery!
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My Lifelong Dream - A Ground-up Build of a Hobby Room
Krustybus replied to Addicted's topic in The Builds
Looking good, look forward to seeing the pics of it all set up :-) I fancy a set of those hex lights to upgrade my garage as opposed to the crappy tube that's in there now. -
We used to have a great shop in my town, Stafford, UK, called Bagnalls. It was always a treat to go there as a kid. I now live a short walk from the town but the shop is long gone sadly. Shrewsbury Model Centre was another favourite. Coupled with the number of bike shops there it was a dream town for a young nerd like me lol. Anyway, nearest to me now is Wheelspin in Cannock, not too far away really and they have a really good range as I guess a lot of the UK folks on here are probably aware.
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That's how they should've done the comical in the 1st place. Brilliant work
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1980 something. I lived in a small rural village and a few of the older lads had Tamiya RC cars, thinking Boomerang, Thindershot and a guy with a Mardave Meteor that used to be way faster than anything else! My mate got a Striker and I had a Grasshopper for my birthday. My Dad built it for me and I proceeded to crash it and break the gearbox on the 1st run. I got the blame but it was shonky receiver batteries (pre-BEC) that did it ;-) Me an my friends were obsessed but charging them up for hours on end for 10 mins running time was a challenge! We moved onto Kyosho (I had an Optima and my friend an Ulitma) and spent a load pocket money on Tamiya mini 4WD (Juniors as they were known) as we could take them to school and unleash them across the playground. Loved it. Looked forward to getting Radio Race Car every month to see what was going on. Got another Grasshopper as a COVID thing and have been loitering around the hobby since but not really done much recently.
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I own a VW T4 Bus. It's a bit rusty. I also had another VW bus and that was rusty too.
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Thank you, I'll strip them down and give them a good clean. The car had been driven a fair bit before I got it. I wouldn't say abused, just used and I just strapped some electrics in there and did the same. Now she needs some TLC!
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Saying that, there's a special place in badword for press fit BB's...but this is the wrong forum for that discussion!
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Hi all! I haven't posted on here for ages but now it's Christmas time I find myself staring at the rather poorly Kyosho Beetle sitting up on the shelf in my office thinking I should give it some attention. Plan is to basically strip it down and give it a good clean but there are a few issues with it. FIrst is that front suspension beam thing is bent. I've got a brand new one to fit so no issue there. Secondly, the dampers aren't very smooth at all and I think one is leaking. Is the best thing just to strip them down and give them a good clean with fresh oil? I bought the car second hand so I never assembled it. Who knows what horrors I may find lol Any tips on which oil to use? Or are there any other dampers I could look at as an upgrade? She'll get driven, she's not a shelfer but I do like to keep them looking nice as they get put out on display (I have some new satin silver Turbo Scorpion wheels and a new body for when she's posing and separate runner wheels & body) Thanks in advance!
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I think the thing that bothers me is now they're full time YouTubers they have to play the YouTube game since it's their income. As a result the content gets more obnoxious! I like Tamiya Legends as Glenn isn't trying to be a YouTuber, he's a guy who just seems to love what he does and doesn't do it if he's burnt out. As for things that annoy me about the hobby, I don't think I'm deep enough into it to get annoyed by anything...I think I use all my frustration getting annoyed by my primary pastime which is mountain bikes :-P There's a lot to go at there ha ha. Someone did touch on the hype thing and the shilling of popular kits driving some insane prices and people hoarding. I don't have a big collection, I'm definitely more old skool in my approach, a couple of cars to mess about with (still not got round to fixing up my Kyosho Beetle!)