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That’s a real beauty @Juhunio. Your patience certainly paid off.

That’s useful, thanks @Willy iine. @smirk-racingdo keep us informed of your trails! I’ve ordered a set but not sure when it will arrive or when I will actually get to fit it!

Thanks @smirk-racing I will get one ordered. Edit: @Willy iine am I right in thinking you installed some of these but didn’t have great results?

That's great to hear @smirk-racing, I'm a big fan of the GF-01 platform but would be keen to get at least one of my GF01s with this diff fitted. Which one did you get? I've seen a couple advertised but with mixed reviews on quality.

Thanks @Pizza Frog I actually wish it was a little lighter but I sprayed blue and then Pearl blue straight on the plastic. I reckon I should have used white primer or lighter blue but I was impatient and wanted to use what I had to hand.

A while ago I picked up an old Radio Shack Wild Runner. The idea was to try and do something with it, maybe pair it with a GF-01 as usual. And, I've always wanted a Bullhead so a kind of homage came to mind! Here's the progress so far. I've repainted the body and added some shiny bits from the Konghead kit!

Ok, I’m ready to subscribe to your stomp-it YouTube channel

Will you be going box-art @Willy iine? I have one too but it took some time to arrive after launch and by then I was a bit overloaded with seeing so many on the internet and social media. So mine is still sat in the box. Not quite sure what I will do with it but I also have two old Wild Ones, a FAV and a whole load of spares, hop-ups and custom parts. One day…

OK, I’m in. I really hope it’s going to be a hard body. It’s going to be lexan though isn’t it 😳

Wow! That’s seriously good. What a great looking car. Giving me the itch 🤑 Love this one Willy. Colour choice and decals work so well together and it looks beautifully put together as always.

Thanks @Willy iine and @Busdriver. I’m hoping the injection gives me enough help to get back on top of it. I was doing enough cycling and other stuff to keep it at bay for a long while but between wife being sick, getting Covid and work crazyness personal exercise took too much of a back-seat. Anyway, feeling good about it. @matisse That looks lovely. Can you post more pics?

@BadcrumbleI just told my wife about the “chore holiday”. She was amused. I think

Very nice @technics. Their stuff is excellent quality and they are always helpful and friendly. Looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

So, after another flare up with my old man back (leading to it totally seizing) today I went to hospital to have an epidural cortisone injection. Not the most enjoyable way to spend a day but the good news is that I should now be pain free for a few months. The better news is that I can’t do any heavy chores or DIY for a while so I’m hoping I can finally get some time to continue some RC projects. 😏

@Busdriver @Juggular that zahhak is pretty bad. For me It’s because of the awful quality of the dragon illustration. The alt version is much better but it’s still an odd shell in terms of proportions.

@Kol__awesome haul mate. All three shells are very nice and the hop-ups you’ve added really make it very cool indeed!

I’ve not got an Avante yet but for me it would have to be box art. I’ve never really seen it bettered and it’s so nostalgic for me. The Grasshopper too although I’ve seen lots of non-box art versions that have looked fantastic. Most others I think I would go non-box art. My first purchase when I got back in to Tamiya was an Egress. I’ve never loved the box art so went custom (Cat XLS inspired) with it and I’m glad I did. I’ve still got a spare shell and decals so will go closer to box art at some stage (but a darker body).

I have all sorts in mine but reckon a sport tuned with 2S Lipo is enough, otherwise it gets hard to handle.

Lovely! It’s such a great looking model with just the right amount of detail. I need to get around to restoring mine at some stage. Did you get any closer to printable tyres for this model?

Friday night here and after a pretty busy work day I finally downloaded the new Zelda game on Switch. Only played a couple of hours but it’s already very, very good. Hoping to get some time to carry on with my Wild Willy GF01 build this weekend 🤞

Only just saw your rear window @Ferruz because my work laptop blocks most image servers. Anyway, great idea and well executed. Very nice.

I’m in lust! So good.

All the sentiments here seem to resonate. I’ve not been back in the hobby long but in that time I’ve purchased so many kits and projects. I have little spare time at the moment and even less spare energy. So I keep wanting to get on but when it actually comes to it I don’t have the energy to set up and do any building. So I tend to spend time planning and designing in my head. Or browsing online to explore ideas etc. That’s an aspect of the hobby I enjoy a lot. For a few weeks I was worried that I was going off the hobby as quickly as I got in to it. But then I realised I was just stressing too much about having to complete stuff and not letting myself enjoy other more currently accessible aspects of the hobby.

What a lovely thread, thanks @simalarion! I suppose I’m a builder, designer, tinkerer and very amateur engineer! I love thinking through what to do with cars just about as much as actually building them. I enjoy non-box art and customising. I’m pretty new to all of this and don’t have as much time as I like but I’ve really enjoyed all my builds and especially going non-box art or adding some twists! My favourite so far has been my Hornet Mario kart which required shortening the chassis and messing about with various toy parts to get it all to work together:

Yep. And somehow I get even more annoyed with sellers who are also RC hobbyists. Maybe they really need the money? But I get the impression that’s not generally the case. If your best way of making money is flipping an RC or two then you probably need to do some reading. In general the whole reseller scene is annoying. My kids get in to fads every now and again and it’s a nightmare. Recently my daughter got in to some new collectables but as soon as new stock comes in people are hoovering up whole shelves, it’s clear to the stores what they are doing but they let it happen.