[Bumped into Wild Willy today]

20 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

But the obvious burning question is @KEV THE REV……did you ‘ave a go on it????🤔

😄😎 I ran out of change 😉

[Bumped into Wild Willy today]

On 10/14/2022 at 4:34 PM, Superluminal said:

Can't beat a bit of Saaaarrrffff End. Did you get some fish and chips from under the arches on the esplanade?

Not quite , but did have MacD and a walk on the pier in the glorious sunshine  

[Bumped into Wild Willy today]

Went to 'Sarfend' on the south coast , lovely day , bumped into WW, or at least his wheels 

[Wanted SRB pipe clamp 2 x halves]

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[Faulty car looking for tips]

Once you get it rolling with a push , does it speed up to normal and control from the handset ? - I guess you have checked the stick pack for charge ? . The MSC , if you have one fitted can be adjusted insitu via the push rod servo hole position if it needs adjusting to centre  , but first check that the handset trims are centred .

[Source for race number decals?]

Contact Jez at screenprintdigital , if you are in the UK , he can make custom decals , but he also sells stock items on ebay

[How important is this B12 part on Clod/Bullhead?]

Looking at it a bit more I think it would be good idea to fit one as the spacer runs on the shaft to support the bearings and counter gear giving a larger support area overall

[How important is this B12 part on Clod/Bullhead?]

looks like a back-up spacer to give the plastic bearings stability ? , and give the counter gear some support inside the hollow . Does the B12 spacer fit in flush against back of the bearings ?

[Garage find - 1981 Sand Rover]

1 hour ago, c64orinoco said:

Do you know where the orignals are available? Unfortunately I don't have any of the spare gears, I only have the 540 motor ones.

These come up on eBay UK quite often . Look for a seller called tamiyabuyerseller he has lot of Holiday Buggy/ Sand rover parts, other sellers often have them too 

[Garage find - 1981 Sand Rover]

1 hour ago, c64orinoco said:

I still have to print a new set of gears for it. I doubt the originals will survive another run.

Original gears are still available.  You can also modify the bushes of a gear B to work as a gear A

[Showroom Sale - 6 Vintage and 1 ReRe Models.]

9 hours ago, Grumpy pants said:

M38 SWB WW - before resto link - 

https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=124746&id=40536

As it is now restored  and with period radio gear. 

 

This is uber cool Simon

[Why lexan scissors?]

2 hours ago, Busdriver said:

That’s the tools not me!!!!

[Wanted vintage Holiday Buggy / Sand Rover chassis tub damaged is ok]

Hi all . Has anyone got an old tub with broken front or rear end for sale / swap . I want to try the SRB front /rear end mod so I will be cutting off the front and rear of the tub . The tub needs to have the rear body mount turrets intact though

Thanks

UK only please

[Do I need a new controller?]

On 6/8/2022 at 3:04 PM, ArAKern2 said:

Absima SR2S 2 direct replacment for the Acoms,   -no extra features, + waterproof Rx available 

I bought this as it has sticks and is for general running and my one has a steering end point adjustment knob (£40 inc post from Jadlam ) . It is basically a rebranded Flysky and you can buy extra ( cheap) flysky receivers for other cars you might have and use the same handset

[How many were tempted by other manufactures BITD?]

3 hours ago, Willy iine said:

I didn't have much money back then so I only bought cars that were familiar.. which were all Tamiya.   My buddy's dad had a collection of Kyosho cars like the Optima and such, RC10, etc, but those were 'for adults' from a kids point of view.   

So nearly 40 years later I tried my first Kyosho (besides a couple of MiniZ's) and it was a disasterous build for me.  ..so the RC gods are telling me to just stick with Tamiya because Kyosho's are still for adults only.  

Nice !!

[How many were tempted by other manufactures BITD?]

My first nib kit was Mardave Mini stock , but I also bought a second hand Kyosho Big Brute bitd .

[Another body to paint]

Sweet . Looking foreward to seeing it complete

[Gmade GOM]

I had a chuckle when I read the title , as Gom is what my nan used to call a Gnome , we kept telling her the G is silent and it's pronounced Nome , she never did get it , so now Gom is always the little fella in my memory

[Gmade GOM]

34 minutes ago, Grumpy pants said:

Great progress now,  sorry to read about the migraine 😳

What does DIG stand for? 

Digital ?

[aluminium spacer sets]

Something like this Jon ? -  lots of sizes available

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284388626643?var=585921938942&hash=item4236e210d3:g:3-MAAOSw3WhhAccE

I also buy nylon spacers of varying sizes , useful for damper mount spacing , general spacing etc

[Wanted SRB pipe clamp 2 x halves]

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[Is anyone in Oxford.]

Shame that - but you can never have enough at that price !!

[Wanted SRB pipe clamp 2 x halves]

Thanks for the info  :)  .

I've seen those but didn't want to cut up a new set so was looking for some old stuff with broken pins as I will be drilling those out for my damper mod.

[WTB Ford Blackfoot body, rough, broken ok]

seen this ?

 

[Wanted SRB pipe clamp 2 x halves]

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