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It turns out I’ve gotten addicted to blue things, and honestly I don’t mind it if it keeps me happy. With that said, I’m on the look out for the following: #42145 1.5mm Hex Wrench Screwdriver #42146 2mm Hex Wrench Screwdriver #42147 2.5mm Hex Wrench Screwdriver #42148 5mm Box Wrench #42149 7mm Box Wrench #42150 Ballpoint Hex Wrench Screwdriver #42161 (-) M Screwdriver #42251 Maintenance Mat #42255 Droop Gauge #42256 Droop Gauge Block #53648 (+) M Screwdriver #53649 (+) L Screwdriver #54152 Damper Oil Air Remover #42241 Pinion Gear Holder Thanks Toyolien! #42292 Aluminium Parts Tray Thanks Toyolien! #42335 Aluminium TRF Tool Stand Tamico Strikes Back #53861 Camber Gauge for Touring Car Thanks Toyolien! #53861 Height & Droop Gauge for Touring Car Thanks Toyolien! #54635 Camber Gauge Post Thanks Toyolien! If only I hadn’t missed out on a sale thread offering all of these parts last year! Luke

Need them to do a re-release of the Ultima RB GP. I’ve got 99% of my original but the nitro engine and body are knackered…

Yes, I saw the TTP price and was a bit shocked as that’s round about T4 money, especially as TTP had the TRF420 at £450 just before Christmas. Luke

After seeing the release price of the 420X yesterday, I am wondering if I would be better picking up a 420 when I graduate from TT-02 classes. Whatever my racing future holds, it’ll be with a Tamiya. Luke

Off to my second SRCC event this evening, and with no time to practice because the car isn’t done, I’ve decided I’m just going to marshal again. I guess the other benefit for me in this is that I can absorb as much information about going racing as possible - I’m still a novice. So, without any parts to fit, and with an anxiety to always be achieving, I set about marking a body last night to get an idea of what my paint scheme might be. Constructive feedback welcomed… Luke

So I’ve had a less productive week on this, the LiPos I’d purchased were legal for SRCC but not EECC so they’ve been returned to Modelworld and will be replaced by a smaller mAh model. In the meantime, my L&L Mondeo shells arrived as you can see below. Even though I’ve started playing with paint ideas, I think it’s best left to the pros, so these will go off to Basil soon and somehow match my upcoming race helmet also shown below. In the background you’ll also see that I built up other bits on the car, this was just to inform myself on how it goes together and how many screws I need to turn blue! I also took delivery of a thread forming tap so hope this helps with the screws on the next chassis. That’s all for one evening. Luke

You know I am in for one!

This car always blows me away! Would love to get your opinion on a club rule book that I think is far too open. Luke

Certainly feels a lot nicer, the movement is smooth and the notchyness of the kit ball joints is gone. I actually ended up building it per the kit instructions in the end so bar the dampers which I’m waiting on, it’s pretty close to being run. Luke

Evening all, A few days since I've had a chance to tinker, and a few more bits have arrived but there's still lots of delays in shipping as I'm sure a few of you have experienced. Anyway, aside from some wheel nuts and a set of Tamiya Craft Tools (I was annoyingly missing the one screwdriver I needed), there's not much change. I've set myself up at the dining table this evening as my OH has gone to bed. She doesn't care much for RC but she humours me... Tonight's tasks were to fit the low friction suspension balls, transponder mount and servo step screws. Not big tasks, but it feels like progress. I also threw on the rear body posts and the carbon fibre front bumper support for good measure. There's lots of screws left to replace with hexes and blue things later on, but for now it'll do! Anyway, that's about it for additions just now. Based on some advice from you guys, I have the two L&L Mondeo BTCC Shells coming for the SRCC Car, and some Tamiya Subaru Legacy shells on their way for Eastbourne/King of Clubs. Lastly, because it was a badword of a feeling, here's the finishing order from a karting day with some of my drivers last Thursday... I've driven a kart only once prior to this since I retired from kart racing back in 2008. Felt good to be on the pace with active drivers after a shaky first few laps! Anyway, that's a wrap for tonight. Luke

Already got it stripped down, will clean it and inspect all parts before ordering up what I need. Doubt I’ll be reviving the neons though! Like

Nice outcome! the TL-01 certainly feels a bit dated now, but it was my first touring car chassis so I had to dig it out, if only to find a home for it on a shelf in my office once finished. Luke

Just found this whilst waiting for parts to build my TT-02 race cars. A rummage around in the parents loft yielded 2 out of 3 body shells and a still working car! Dismantling it today and working out what I need to replace before it goes on the shelf. I know I’ve got to replace the cracked chassis (shock towers), and add some new bearings, but otherwise it should be okay. Luke

I want to, so I’ll probably pick up a 420X in time. For me the Reinhard vs Hara era was pretty iconic, and I loved the HPI/HB look, but I’ll always be a Tamiya fan. Luke

A couple of extra bits arrived today, only small things but exciting nonetheless… Luke

Got 2 of those on order too! I’m going to lend a client one of my cars at Eastbourne so they’ll both have the Subaru shell on there! 😉 Luke

Maximum commitment to the “super touring smooth boiTM” Will see how slippery this guy is very soon… Luke

That’s cool! I’ll give one a go! Luke

Hey Tom! Unfortunately we’re restricted by the regs to certain motor and ESC combinations or else I’d have more freedom Best, Luke

Hey Turbo! I have to use the stock Torque Tuned for SRCC with either the kit ESC or a Hobbywing Quicrun 1060, for EECC I’ll be using a Hobbywing Xerun XR10 Juststock ESC with a Hobbywing Xerun Juststock G2.1 17.5 Fixed Brushless motor. Thanks for the advice on body shells, I’ll take a look at that one now! Luke

No sooner had I hit enter on that last post, than the doorbell rang with another delivery from Tony's Tamiya Parts (TTP Models on Facebook). This one's quite a haul, and I spent a good chunk on it but it's for both cars so... Adding to the 3 sets of ball races and the transponder mounts are some TRF and Tamiya Hop-Up line parts. There's some hints at the direction I want to take the cars, particularly the Eastbourne chassis including shock selection and servo mounting. I have the TT-02 Aluminium servo mount already fitted to Chassis #1 for example, but I want to run the car both with that and with the TB-03 servo mounts to see if there's a performance difference between the options. Looking forward to getting the build back underway again this evening! Luke

I spent yesterday exploring Prague, and obviously that meant trying my luck at the MPM, a the local model store where I was told they would have a good selection of the hop-ups I cannot find in the UK just now. Unfortunately, after a 40 minute walk across the city, I discovered that their address had not been updated on Google, and I was 8 miles in the wrong direction! Anyway, unsuccessful trip to MPM aside, the car build can continue now I'm home. I've opened up the first packets to reveal these from RCbearings: and these from Stephen Dunk (of Modelworld, Sittingbourne): That's 3 sets of ballraces and 3 MRT transponder mounts Stephen has 3d printed for me. Ordering more than I need should make sense once you've read on, but I also like having spares of things that could ruin an event for me if I damage something during a race. On another note, I decided whilst I was away that once Chassis #2 is in service, I will rebuild Chassis #1 to Eastbourne KoC indoor spec. The rulebook for this series is a bit more prescriptive than over at Sidcup, so whilst I can do more to the car, it is very exact and I probably need those hard constraints on what I'm doing or else I'll get into trouble with my interpretation of the regulations. An example of that is the difference between the body shell rules for both as below: SRCC "Any shell supplied with the Tamiya kit or bodyshell that has a real likeness of a real road car, GT, saloon or rally car." EECC "Only Tamiya 1/10 Scale Body Shells can be used. BRCA Approved Touring Car Body Shells are strictly prohibited" Under the wording of SRCC, I would argue that a BittyDesign Seven20 is legal, as it has a real likeness to the McLaren 720 GT3, but at EECC it is clearly not allowed. With that in mind, I think I need to stick to Tamiya shells for both cars, does anyone have any recommendations on shells that race well? Thanks, Luke

Morning all, First thread here, and I've decided to bring over what I started on RCTech. It'll probably be quite bland compared to some of the TT-02 builds I've seen by others like WTCC's TT-02KR Anyway, having messed around with RC cars back in my teens, I decided I need an outlet that combines my job (motorsport) and my hobby (also motorsport), at a price point that I can justify - first mistake was thinking this would be inexpensive... Having visited Sidcup RCC last Friday to see how their meetings run, I committed to building a TT-02 for their Tamiya Touring Class, picking up a used kit from the local shell painter (Basil Airbrush) that I planned to run at close to stock spec whilst I wait on other parts to arrive, the only problem there being that the parts I need first are the ones I can't get! As of last weekend, everything was pretty box stock, but here are some photos from George (Basil) of the kit I picked up from him as it was, and a photo of the car on my dining table as I rebuild it following a tear-down and check of all the parts: A Will Gollop RX inspired design. The Marlboro inspired Yaris WRC. As it stands today mid rebuild. Hop-Ups fitted are Tamiya aluminium propshaft (54501), propshaft cups (54502) and Fastrax aluminium motor mount (FTTA020B). At this point I flew off to Prague for work, and on arriving home last night the first of a few deliveries had arrived. Excited is an understatement. Cheers! Luke