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  1. I guess I'll sweep the road before running
  2. Been a while since I buy anything RC My first one with sponge tires BTW, what's the no-no for them? Water? Dust?
  3. Been so long since I touched the track, now I'm just hunting for rare and old model to be collected, built, displayed, and adored. Compared to RC they're relatively much cheaper and take far less room to store so I don't mind collecting them simply as shelf queen. Also I have airbrush setup for scale model so I'm thinking to do some cosmetic customization worthy of display like the entries of this site http://condele.club/
  4. Bought this on impulse because I like the color, and since the box is damaged I got it relatively cheap It's a Super Avante (not that Super Avante), and if anyone wondering what's so super about this version of Super Avante The differences are minor, noticeably fins instead of damper prop and more openings Now that I have VS chassis I tried to fit that spare Avante body I mentioned before and while it fits. the front doesn't clip properly. I could try using the front clip from the Super Avante as it's removable but I don't want to risk breaking it. So yeah, that smoked canopy Avante body there is likely only fit the original Type-2 chassis by default.
  5. I got myself a Super Avante...But not Super Avante you might think of Tamiya had "Super Avante" in Mini4WD long before TD4 exists and now they made Jr. version of TD4 Super Avante as well so they have two completely different Super Avante in the same product line. Good job with the confusion, Tamiya.
  6. Personally despite not speaking the language I enjoy Youtube RC content from Japan. Found some really good stuff although Japanese Youtubers have their share of quirks like the quick jump cuts editing style they seem to love so much. However my lack of understanding the language actually helped by just tuning out all the talk and focus on the visual. I remember watching series of videos on Masami Hirosaka's channel where he built a TT-02B Neo Scorcher for budget race class and despite having minimal hop-ups he dominated the races before sadly the car got broken on final race. Actually that video series have English subtitles if I remember correctly. My best find though is Chan-Yuka's RC channel, the lady has genuine passion and she does many things from usual stuff like running the cars or posting tutorials on painting body to crazy stuff like building her own RC dyno to test the cars. Her custom Grasshopper build won a competition from Tamiya a while ago. Most of her videos have English subtitles too. So yeah my point is don't rule out videos with language you don't understand. Cool RC action is cool regardless the language
  7. Been a while since I bought anything RC, had some other hobbies to attend to. Anyway, found a body shell that's kinda rare For now I'm thinking to put it in a TT-02 I already have, but first some wheels that's a close match (but not exact) Tires and inserts as well. And the very basic TT-02 upgrades I should have bought from the start.
  8. Not for VQS, the body just hang loose on top leaving huge gap
  9. Next time someone said Mini4WD is for kids, show them this
  10. My problem with running VQS on the dirt is that it ingest debris like no tomorrow. So many entry points and then they got trapped inside that chassis. I love mine but that car might as well double as soil sampling machine
  11. I was thinking on getting some cleaning solution that can clean (and prevent) rust, or dirt from hard to clean parts like ball bearings etc. I've heard people using brake cleaner or WD-40 but I don't know how safe they're for plastics. Because I don't want to keep fully disassembling the car every time I do minor clean up just for one part or section. I saw this and wondering what the thing is and how effective it is as the description is pretty vague. This being Tamiya branded made me think it should be safe for plastics used in their RC, but then again I don't want something weak or less effective than other cleaning solution on the market. https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/87039/index.htm What's your thought about this? What do you guys used for maintenance? Do we need multiple specialized products or is there one-for-all magic solution for general purpose?
  12. The ones you see most of the time in the video are 3D printed, but at the end he did show some pre-made tracks, item 70237 https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/70237/index.htm
  13. Today I did some run with my DB01 and welp, it seems I water damaged my Futaba R203GF receiver after running over some puddles. At first it blinked green like losing connection but when I restart the car it just dead. Tried with other receiver and the car is fine. Opened the receiver case and yep I see some droplets there. Will thoroughly clean and dry it and hope for the best
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