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Shergar

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  1. Could you make the cab roof a front hinged magnets rear for dropping batteries in? Loving the truck @Mad Ax its a winner!
  2. I’m loving this keep up the good work @Mad Ax 👍
  3. Great stuff! The axle width is just perfect too, cant wait till the next instalment 👍
  4. Nice little review. Word of warning, I have a truck with an SCX10 transmission and TRX4 axles, you get twice the gear reduction so it will be R E A L L Y S L O W ! Its also really noisy! You might need to play around with transmission gearing. Another source for genuine TRX4 axles is Jenny’s. Ive had plenty of parts shipped no problems. https://jennysrc.com
  5. Stance is ace! I hope this ends up sprayed blue after all this now 😁
  6. There is a (partial) solution to crawler axle width - reversed wide crawler rims, you lose a little steering but not much - here on TRX-4 axles and Injora rims on Proline Grunt’s, which gives a 220mm width, @ pulls in 10mm a side. I’ve dumped a Volvo shell on an upturned crawler project - food for thought?
  7. A comfortable front or rear bumper you can use as a carry handle/fit your hand into should a fail to proceed occur.
  8. @Elbowloh I really love that bodyset, I wonder if there’s a third one of us 😂
  9. I’m pretty sure pre-painted means pre-moulded colour in the plastic. I’d say it will look fair if you don’t paint it, but it might just not cut it…
  10. Both shells look ace, and seeing that SLS reminds me I have one in a box to drop on a chassis! Good luck with race series @JHolo 👍
  11. That’s just lovely @Twinfan 😎 The wife has its slower turbo’d 2 pedal Olive green evil twin 😉 Its economical though!
  12. This is what Tamiya deem a steering link - a tortuous route of bendy plastic: Instead you can mount the servo between the front of the chassis rails with a short link straight too the upright. Normally this would be home to the shift servo, but you can get a double mount, or fit a micro servo ,under the gearbox like this: http://www.scaleclub.club/goods/content/202208/270.html Scania build instructions if you havent got a copy 👍 https://www.tamiyausa.com/media/files/56323-ml-454-3e5a.pdf
  13. Some thoughts - There doesn’t seem to be much info on the GT Power SBUS but its probably £100 cheaper than say a Beier SBUS set up. There is plenty of info and youtube how-to on the Beier however and that might be quite valuable? Heres the English manual: https://www.beier-electronic.de/modellbau/service/Soundfahrtregler SFR-1_GB_V1.40.pdf Paint wise I’ve seen some really good trucks finished with the Montana Gold spray, and lacquer, and its cost is pretty competitive. I’d always prime too, and sand and finesse the body shell as you will get sprue marks, high spots etc. I will add if you use your truck expect the odd scuff on the lower levels (a lot trucks run the metal tube bumper under the plastic kit bumper for protection), and you will likely scuff the top of the rear arches by the fifth wheel in trailer use. A metal fifth wheel will look better than the black plastic next to painted arches, ditto a metal cab clip will look good for little cash too. Grab some tamiya translucent paint pots for the tail lights as the lens is clear. https://www.montana-cans.com/Products/SPRAY-CANS/MONTANA-SPRAY-PAINT/GOLD-400ml-Artist-Paint/ I would 100% go for a direct drive steering servo, rather than the tamiya linkage, and you might find the plastic wheels are not always the most true - alloy wheels would negate the tamiya truck ‘wobble’. I run crawler motors and servos in my trucks - it suits them well.
  14. A few links to investigate 👍 https://www.boomracing.com/boom-racing-stealth-wireless-magnetic-led-body-mount-3116 http://www.scaleclub.club/goods/content/202005/185.html#review https://nooxion.eu/product/nooxion-light-module-1-14-trucks/
  15. @Mad Ax Spurred on by your projects in limbo confession posted elsewhere, I had a good read through this tonight, even if the @MadInventor input made me a little subdued. Great looking truck and the tipper mechanism looks pretty good to me 👍 So going for the Jugular, has the tipper been off the shelf recently? I’m currently acquiring parts myself for an 8x4 plant transporter so when I get my own backside in gear Its all ready to plough on with, so I’m on board with your “acquire the parts first” philosophy. I even bought “it” its own folding 4x2 table/workbench from Costco specially today 😁
  16. Hang on I lied - theres £3 of TRF gunmetal wheelnuts on there - its a bust 🤣
  17. So admittedly I started building this in 2022, and painted it recently, but today I have actually put the stickers on so I’m calling DONE! I can get a kit today and ESC for £120 (think it was £15 cheaper when I ordered), £6 for a flysky receiver, £15 for RC bearings, £7 for an ebay anodised link set, and the CVA’s springs and blue 5mm ballends came from Plaza last year at about £30, I will allow £10 for shipping from Plaza, and the servo was £10 the fixed servo saver £2. So bang on the limit - paint was obviously free 😉 I did butcher the window stickers, masked the glass inside and lightly tinted the front doors, heavy tinted the rear doors windows and the engine cooling vents, I’m happy with tint for vents I think I will use this technique in future! The light decals are best I could mange there awful things to stick on, and also scalpeled round the Subaru stars to get rid of the clear decal section which helped immensely . Its purely a shelfer so its resting on super short front posts too, and in reality it wouldn’t have any suspension travel or steering slammed this low, but hey I like it 😁 Interior set is in the cupboard awaiting a quiet afternoon for painting!
  18. Yeah I though that too - some impressive detailing and engineering on the wagon. I did chuckle at the TRX4 “hommage” too, i can hear the lawsuits now 🤣 Apologies for the thread drift 👍
  19. Theres a nice “in the flesh shot” here on Harley Designs report (which is very good too).
  20. I’d say SCX10:1 parts are thinning out, SCX10: 2 parts still seem plentiful. SCX10: 2 or 3 or TRX4 over a CR-01 every time if you intend to crawl away from a shelf 👍
  21. Theres a lot of ex-racers at my local truck club - same chill and out chew the fat racing vibe, but without the wallet bashing every week @87lc2 🤣
  22. I might be ostracised but a Hobbywing 1080 and a cheap light kit is all you need if it might become an ornament! That £300 could buy another truck! The tamiya MFU isn’t a great driving experience - sure it sounds nice and all, the light functions, but rudimentary control - and you need analogue servos - and the Bier I think gets the edge over a sevonaut but you could spends hundred’s.Whatever you chose enjoy the build 👍
  23. I think Fantastic stuff sums it all up for me, I appreciate the hard work put into posting all this @Mad Ax👍
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