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Also remember to wear eye protection when gluing tires. I managed to get some CA glue on my eye when the tire snapped into it's groove and there was a bit too much glue there. Luckily it didn't glue my eyelids shut, but it damaged the surface of the eye a bit.

This is exactly the same way as I think about scale looks, except that I don't really like the spaceship buggies.

Great modifications on the Mazda! What glue have you used for attaching the fender flares? Is the bond strong enough for proper running?

Interesting. How have you mounted the aftermarket wing?

Really? I think we really need a detailed MB-01 review on The RC Racer website! 🙂 Even better if there would be a chapter focusing on comparison to M-05.

I am not going to participate until the snow melts after a few months, so my opinion doesn't really matter at this point, but I think a short and simple track would be better for two reasons: quicker to set up and better "resolution" for lap count to differentiate the racers better. I have been quilty of designing a bit too complex tracks in the last summer. The marking of the track took quite a long time, which is not ideal, especially when there usually was a rain shower washing all away before my next session. Also, we had that quadruple bronze podium. I think it happened partly because when the track is longer, more people will get similar results. You could compare it to a 100m track running race, where the results would be counted in full seconds, rather than thousands of a second.

Sorry for a bit of a thread hijacking, but what are the available options for an oil filled gear diff nowadays? As far as I know, the 3Racing diff is sold out everywhere, as is the Spec-R also. Then there is the Yeah Racing diff quite readily available, but it has a wrong tooth count on the outer gear, and the replacement 39t gears are not really available anywhere at the moment. I have also seen your great DIY guide here: 58460: M06 PRO Chassis Kit from ruebiracer showroom, How to build M05/06 oil filled gear diff from Tamiya parts - Tamiya RC & Radio Control Cars , but I have trouble finding the needed TA03 gear parts. Are there any other options, that would be readily available and have reasonable costs?

I am mostly excited for the body shells of the Mini and the Porsche. Well, the Peugeot and the Volkswagen are great too. I hope they will be available separately. I am just a little bit worried about the durability of the rear wing on the Porsche, as I would like to use it as a race car shell for the local GT series. Picture stolen from the Kentech blog.

Of course they will not make the cheap parts intentionally rougher. Roughing up a perfectly smooth shaft would cost money. Either they are made from the same stock material, and the more expensive part is just finished (maybe sanded and polished) much better, or maybe the better part is actually made from a thicker stock, then turned and polished to the same diameter as the cheaper part.

I would keep either the Tamiya XV-02 or Traxxas Slash 2wd, as those are the cars that I enjoy driving the most, and both are quite versatile. But I answered with two cars, and the question asked for only one. That would be really hard choice for me, I really don't know which one I would choose out of these two.

Yeah, they do: https://embieracing.com/ I have the XV-01 all-in-one kit.

For the first time I had some real fun driving the rear wheel driven Embieracing XV-01. I made some setup changes and had a less powerful motor in it, I think those made the difference that now I could actually control the car pretty well. The basic silver can seems to be plenty of motor for RWD on gravel. Please forgive me for the inappropriate bodyshell for the RWD car!

Maybe something like Traxxas Stampede or Arrma Gorgon would fit the criteria?

XV-01 is also one good option if you need a standalone motor mount/gearbox/diff outdrives.

Yeah, always look on the bright side of life