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So, What Have You Done Today? (Vol 2 2025)
Nikko85 replied to CoolHands's topic in General discussions
Pick up truck on a nikko F10 to make something. Both were going spare. It's got blackfoot vibes. Could make a nice little basher, its relative fast with a torque tuned motor and 110 mm wheels. The body has got a 240mm wheelbase so could also work on an ORV, which could be an option if I find a cheap one. -
The improved efficiency in brushless means they often run cooler. I have 20mm motors in my QDs which give huge power and barely get hot. I've got an MF01x and this could be a good option to balance out the weight.
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Yes. I'm been using 5000 Mah 21700 Li-Ions which are very light compared to a full NiMH pack.
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Expert Built Beetle Rally “Required” Upgrades?
Nikko85 replied to Burned_out_motor's topic in Build Tips and Techniques
Get the largest pinion that will fit. It's very over geared with stock pinion. I think a 22T gear will fit. That will make it considerably faster. -
Yes! I think the fact Tamiya sell the kit to be purposely modified makes a big difference rather than home brew. Make a nice big poster with all the DT04 official body options, some box art and they will sell bucket loads. In fact just sell the chassis, spare bodies and new stickers and some collectors will buy one DT04 for each.
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Excellent. Really hope they release a version with sand viper body, or make that an easy option by just selling chassis only version. ....And I really want a stadium truck. I would love a king cab or monster racer on this.
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I picked up a vintage Radio Shack Scorpion car a little while ago with an aim to try a retro mod. For those who haven't heard of it the Scorpion is a custom made off roader with a fair few Humvee parts. Sadly the chassis wasn't in great condition and the hard plastic parts of the body cracked upon arrival leaving me with a frame of quite flexible tough plastic. The car was around 1/12 scale with a wheelbase of 260 mm, so I decided to pick up a cheap TL01 chassis to make something happen. I've got quite a few MF01x and a GF01s, but I've never had the TL01, which I think was the original chassis from which parts for these cars were derived, so that will be fun. With IFS this will be more of a Humvee, so really I'm not trying to be too scale to any real vehicle, but will do my best to make it look scale in itself. I'll probably go for racing livery, as I'm not really a fan of the military look, so a stripped down Humvee for racing might be the feel I'm going for. Looking at my parts in the loft I found bits that could fit; some nice soft wheels and an interior from 1/10 jeep that might just fit. Here was the Tl01 has it was packed up. Plastics looks in very good condition. Main tasks are going to be attaching panels and the interior to the frame in a way that's stong and flexible, and then adding this to the body. Mechanically I'll be checking for damage, adding lower gear pinions and making a aluminium shaft. I also am going to find a way of using a smaller battery and neatening up some of the holes in the chassis. Tires are 90mm, so I'll use the lowest possible pinion and some high turn motor to keep speeds down whilst having enough torque for fun. I would love to get a lower gearing system in here, and maybe even portal axles, but that would bring the price really high, so trying to keep this cheap for now. For a quick preview I put on some new tires, dropped the suspension down and tried the body Oh yes, I think this is going to work! At the moment it's all stuck together with tape and hope. Connecting the frame back together, panels to the frame, the interior to the frame and it all to the chassis is going to take quite a lot of fabrication.
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@Mad Ax did a lovely build thread about his Lunch Box, and I'm sure on there he tried different wheels that gave those proportions. This was on a custom chassis however.
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DT04 looks interesting, but not such a fan of the super tight fitting body. Looks more like Lego or Gundam aesthetic than the flowing aerodynamic shapes you get with lexan. I always feel like offer a new chassis with two options of body would be a good idea, and maybe also a truck version. Might be way too hard or too much investment, but I think the body is quite divisive, and when it's the only Tamiya option for that chassis the body ends up defining the new chassis, like the TD04.
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So I bit the bullet and ordered some. Now they are part of the GF02 parts they are much cheaper. Hopefully with 6mm hexes this will give me the extra width I want and more suspension travel. I'll then finally upgrade the shocks Finding 48mm dog bones is proving a bit of a pain however. Not readily available in many shops, but cheap and not in stock. I've got a few old dogbones, tempted to go down a DIY route with some aluminium tube, a dogbone cut in half and some very strong retaining compound.
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I'm looking at the option for an out runner motor for a TL01 build. I am going for large wheels but I want to keep the speed down and torque up. I've got a couple of options. One would be a gear reducer, but I feel that the this would make the motor stick out a lot from the side of the car with a 540 can. Are there any shorter 540 diameter motors that are available? I feel that a 370/380 motor might not quite have the desired effect. I see Tamiya produced an M-sized Acto-tuned motor, but that seems super rare. My thoughts are this probably was a remodelled Mabuchi motor, but not been able to find an equivalent. The other option is an BL outrunner motor which are short enough so they could be used with a gear reducer too. Are these censored, and could one work with a TBLE 02s, which I have doing nothing. Any help or ideas would be great too.
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So, What Have You Done Today? (Vol 2 2025)
Nikko85 replied to CoolHands's topic in General discussions
That's another factor, I don't think I can drop the body any lower. -
So, What Have You Done Today? (Vol 2 2025)
Nikko85 replied to CoolHands's topic in General discussions
A few little projects for me. I ordered a few cheap winches from ali express for my 1/12 vehicles. Not very powerful but should be enough to lift an MF01X. To be honest it will also help with weight at front, especially with a heavy backing plate. I ordered a cheap TL01 chassis for a new secret project, and took the plunge on some comical / GF02 arms which might go on the TL01 or another MF01x. I ordered all the individual parts to make a Pumpkin body for a monster truck, only to then find a full set on ebay for less, oh well. Lastly I tried the wheels that @technics suggested for m tires on my MF01x. 72 mm rear vs 82 mm front. Thoughts on sizes? Think I prefer the look of the rear but front will give much more clearance. -
Thanks! I was hoping that I could keep the c hubs and everything else so I will see.
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Thanks all. Still thinking about widening it. I have seen that the GF02 arms for sale which are much cheaper than the comicals, so I am tempted to pick some up. I am slightly confused by the shaft lengths. These TL01 arms use 39 mm drive shafts all round but the GF02 and GF01CB arms use 48mm front and 45 mm rear. Can anyone explain why they are different lengths front and rear in the GF02 / GF01CB please? Seems like this would push out the front wheels a little, or does this just remove the need for o rings? I also can't seem to source a set of 45 mm arms, all the searches I try find the 48mm arms. Any help would be great, just confused as why all the hardware compared to a GF01 or TL01 looks the same but dogbones are different and what that means to the consequent changes to track width!