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For Sale M05 Ver.II Pro rolling chassis
gogsyfinnie replied to gogsyfinnie's topic in Sales, trades & wanted
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Very true! There might even be an M05v2 lipo ready one in the for sale section as we speak! š Despite that bias on my part, I would take the criticism of the MB-01 with a small pinch of salt, it really depends what you are after. I race an M-08 in the mini series at my club and itās exclusively M07 / M08 depending on preference / driving style, but nearly all racers (and certainly those at the front) are only on those chassis. There is very little chance of an MB being involved, but if it was it would lack the adjustment options for āproperā racing and the lack of steering precision would I expect be a limiting factor. Much like a TT-02 against āseriousā touring cars. That said, I have a TT-02, set up for rallying, and while Itās got a lot of slop and a p-poor steering angle even with mods, itās still a fun RC and my daughter loves it. Also itās capable for postal racing, as long as itās not too tight a course! I would guess the MB-01 is similarly a competent performer, maybe not setting the heather on fire, but certainly not the disaster some would have you believe.
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For Sale M05 Ver.II Pro rolling chassis
gogsyfinnie replied to gogsyfinnie's topic in Sales, trades & wanted
Hi all, this is still listed "elsewhere" for Ā£149 plus postage. Willing to take Ā£130 including UK post for a TC'er if anyone keen. Might be a good base for anyone keen on those new mini shells! -
In the first instance I am going to be happy with customising a bittydesign shell or equivalent with a recent Ferrari livery. Ultimately if Tamiya get some licenced shells in 2026 that would be great. Shame as I thought this year would be a Clodbuster project with a UKMonsters kit and a go at creating one of the Andy Brass era Bigfoots but an F1 TRF build has taken top spot for this year!
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SOLD!
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I'll wait and see for the price on that TRF104, but right now I'm feeling that might give me the nudge to get an F1 car in the collection! Would be my first TRF as well.
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For Sale M05 Ver.II Pro rolling chassis
gogsyfinnie replied to gogsyfinnie's topic in Sales, trades & wanted
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I have a TT-02 set up for rally, TA-02S from the Lancia 037 kit and an XV-01. The XV-01 is by a mile the most fun and feels the most like a real rally car on loose surfaces in terms of grip and back end behaviour. It is by far my favourite RC out of a collection of 10. As for too expensive, there are some hop ups needed to a TT-02 for proper off road running you will easily close the price gap to an XV-01. I just had a quick google and the XV-01 is going for Ā£198 with Appliance Electronics. TT-02 Delta is around Ā£129, a set of CVAs will be at least Ā£20, you need to plug the internal cavities and get a cover to keep dirt and stones out the moving parts so probably another Ā£15 for those items. At that point you are not far off and still well short of the XV-01 in terms of capability in my opnion. The benifit of the TT-02 is it is an easy initial build, you can add to it as you go and replacement parts are very cheap given its such a widely used platform. Downsides are many aspects, particularly the steering in terms of slop and maximum angle are really hard to properly address, even with hop up parts and shaving off plastic here and there to increase the max angle, it will never be as capable as the XV on a tight off road course. Of course I'd recommend getting all three, having two kids into rallying helped me by getting them the TT-02 and TA-02S for birthdays and christmas presents!
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Im delighted with mine, it had its first buggy track visit on Monday and was immense fun. Mine also came from time tunnel as a wee Christmas present to myself. I just got the updated diff bolt but have just half an hour ago ordered a carbon rear shock tower as a flip on a jump was enough to split the stock one! Enjoy the build and Iām sure youāll love running it when itās complete.
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I bought this chassis last year (un-used by previous seller) to suit a SWB mini shell I had. It transpired they had used thread lock on some plastic components so I replaced the chassis and hubs with brand new parts around November 24 and rebuilt from the ground up. Since then itās been a spare for me and the kids at the local track but we are not using it so here is a great example with hop ups for sale! Hop ups include: Yeah Racing aluminium / adjustable shocks Carbon Fibre shock towers front and back Carbon Fibre post brace Full Yeah Racing aluminium steering kit Machine screws / capscrews throughout Supplied with Hobbywing 1060, Core 21 motor, servo, and Sweep wheels / tyres Currently built as SWB 210mm, can be adjusted to 225mm or 239mm. Just add a shell and a receiver and youāve got a great entry racer or chassis for racing by post! Looking for Ā£145 including UK tracked postage. Note: body posts have been trimmed so depending on your choice of shell you might need some new ones. As can be seen in pics I have trimmed the battery supports to allow top battery posts for a shorty pack to fit. Iāll supply battery brackets for both original standard and 3D printed type for shorty pack batteries.
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Started my TD2 Astute build by getting the shell done. Happy with this dark metallic blue finish, all set to start the chassis build this weekend
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Another XV-01 fan here, itās a bit rougher round the edges now than it was back in this pic but thatās just evidence of how much fun Iāve had with it!
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Just read this back as I finished my first full series last night. Club Mini champs and was second in the ābā race on the night, a fantastic battle for the win as well with really clean racing with the club junior series winner, he very much deserved it. Overall in the series I was 8th which Iām delighted with, given when I started my main mission was to keep out other folks way š¤£ Now have two mini chassis and canāt wait for the next series as I love my M08, my kids have the M05R which Iāve now got behaving, itās also an option for me if I go out on the road next year. Iām also truck racing which is a riot, have a couple of parts towards a GT12 which is popular at my club and Iāll likely make a start with next year. Finally Iāve got my TD2 still to build and a club fun day / buggy champ over Christmas so safe to say Iāve thrown myself into it. With a buggy Iāll finally be able to pay the Glasgow club a proper visit, albeit my TD2 will not be as pro as some of the machines on that track!
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Calling all of TCā¤ļø Let's lift his spirits!!ššŖ
gogsyfinnie replied to Kol__'s topic in General discussions
Best wishes mate, only just caught up this morning. Hopefully a good deal available on something special and the good news continues for you -
Timely one this for me! Iād agree with mostly worth it! Recent experience was a bit disastrous though, an M05 v2 Pro where the builder had doomed the build by loctiting everything into plastic š«£ New chassis and new knuckles, full nut and bolt rebuild with the kids last week and tested at the track last night. A few other ābuilder errorsā fixed and it now handles very nicely. That is my only negative experience, an unbuilt fat fox saved me about Ā£40 and is a regular racer and was as new. Finally an M08 from a certain Grumpy Pants is my main racer and now has two 2nd places in our club series to its name! My favourite car for the track and really got it dialled in now. So for me it can be a roll of the dice out in ebay, but M08 and a few smaller purchases of parts via Tamiya Club have been a success for me. Buying from people who are long time TC members and you can see their back catalogue of builds, items for sale etc takes some risk out in my opinion.