wtcc5 4899 Posted November 30, 2021 As it stands now, Corona will again have a big impact this Christmas and the following holidays. So why not keep busy with builds and projects?! I would love to see what kind of builds and projects you all planned for this time of the year Last Christmas I restored an FF-01 with a New Beetle, the year before, it was a Subaru Impreza WRC with lights on a TT02 chassis. This Christmas I plan to build and hop up the first of the Skyline SuperGT generation on a TB-03. In the days before new years, I hope to build one of my childhood (first memory of sportscar) favorites: The Mampe Capri. Goal is to hop up it to a Type S with red turnbuckles and dampers. Looking forward to see your projects! 14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
svenb 3778 Posted November 30, 2021 Nice project 👍 Remember the Capri has a wheelbase of 251mm 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted November 30, 2021 @wtcc5 Looks like fun projects lined up for you! Will be working on.. GF01-SWB WW2 build GF01 with F100 body build Egress rere build Bruiser rere build During breaks, will continue decorating my imaginary RC shop. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wtcc5 4899 Posted November 30, 2021 @Willy iine: Wow! Impressing. That’s a lot! Do you have pictures of your RC shop? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Gecko 1344 Posted November 30, 2021 Sort of an xmas present to myself, got an LED kit on the way (to be installed in a Traxxas) so I can drive in the dark this winter Hoping to have it up and running long before the 25th! And before I start anymore big Tamiya projects, I have to get my cousin's Slash fixed up. Still needs a deep clean and a bunch of new parts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simalarion 2196 Posted November 30, 2021 Convice wife that we actually have space for TD4 and that it would probably make me better in bed… Other than that finish my Agrios uprades so i can take out in the snow 1 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Belong 51 Posted November 30, 2021 Nib gt2 project coming up.... 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Zero 316 Posted November 30, 2021 Hopefully build a new trail truck/crawler & get a couple of vintage restos underway. Unless I’m made to watch films. Hey mommy, will daddy be home for thanksgiving? I don’t know sweetheart. Eugh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5316 Posted December 1, 2021 One or both of two projects, both of which are on their way now, both due to arrive Friday. One is an MST TCR-M chassis, which I have been dying to try out ever since I saw it. Ordered it a month ago, it's finally (almost!) here. It will wear a Tamiya VW Golf Mk1 body that I have had sitting around for ages and still haven't chosen a paint job for. The other is a vintage restoration, that I'm keeping under wraps until it arrives. It's... different. We'll leave it at that. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted December 1, 2021 9 hours ago, wtcc5 said: @Willy iine: Wow! Impressing. That’s a lot! Do you have pictures of your RC shop? Thanks, I am not sure if I can get to all of it during the winter break as I still need to move 2 rooms inside the house, but I'm going to get at least the GF01-SWB completed. This is my imaginary RC shop. I'm using panoramic view so the image is a bit distorted.. The room is still work in progress as just last week I moved from another part of my house and still making various adjustments. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedy_w_beans 4272 Posted December 1, 2021 I've been scoring, snapping, and gradually modifying a RJ Speed '55 Bel Air body with the hopes of making a kind of homage to the old Sega video game, "Crazy Taxi." Still in the process of cutting away more of the body, trying different chassis, trying different offset wheels, and in general just seeing if it has any hope of coming together like I imagine it. The biggest challenge will be making an interior since the shell has been turned into a convertible now. Lots of different ways to go here; in my mind I imagine a blend of taxi and lowrider all in one. 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeeWings 2830 Posted December 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Willy iine said: GF01 with F100 body build Funnily enough I’m doing similar. I’ve got two Pro-line ‘66 F100 shells on the way but haven’t worked out what chassis to put it on yet. I’m thinking one of the CC chassis. But I’m also wanting one as a kind of rat rod so not sure what chassis will work as a low rider. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Willy iine said: Thanks, I am not sure if I can get to all of it during the winter break as I still need to move 2 rooms inside the house, but I'm going to get at least the GF01-SWB completed. This is my imaginary RC shop. I'm using panoramic view so the image is a bit distorted.. The room is still work in progress as just last week I moved from another part of my house and still making various adjustments. Looks great! So you've moved it all out from what looked like a large basement area before? If you don't mind me asking, why the move buddy? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted December 1, 2021 I have a NIB Neo Fighter (ridiculously low Amazon UK bargain price atm) on the shelf and my wife is getting me my first 4WD in the form of a Neo Scorcher for Xmas. I am wanting to build at least one of those over the Xmas period. I'd really like to just have a fresh, straight forward NIB build with the Neo Scorcher, but part of me says leave that stuff alone and get working on the mass of Madcap parts I have accumulated to build a shelfer. That way I can then also recoup some money selling the bits I don't use/need. Maybe I can do both!? There's a tug of war going on there between my heart and my head. Tbh I can't say my head ever really gets a look in with this hobby! If it did I wouldn't have spent anywhere near the amount of cash on this stuff that I have in the last 3 months!!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobbi1977 1793 Posted December 1, 2021 Gmade GS02F under the tree this year. I am selling up stuff to make space so no idea why I bought another car but I felt I needed one 😂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted December 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Nobbi1977 said: Gmade GS02F under the tree this year. I am selling up stuff to make space so no idea why I bought another car but I felt I needed one 😂 Is there any logic to this hobby Nobbi!? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted December 1, 2021 10 hours ago, Kol__ said: Looks great! So you've moved it all out from what looked like a large basement area before? If you don't mind me asking, why the move buddy? Thanks! Yeah, there were a couple of reasons.. one was that my wife was worried that her work gear (mainly servers and computers) was weighing down the first floor a bit too much structurally for the house and wanted to move down in the basement. So I agreed to switch places as I wanted a larger room for my music gear.. My music room gets my wife’s old work den which is about twice the size, my RC shop got my old music room (pictured above), and my wife gets my old RC space. The bonus is that my imaginary RC shop will be adjacent to a 250sq ft room where I will clear out and use the entire space to lay down a mini track for my comical cars and crawlers once my teen son goes to college. There is still a lot that needs to be done. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathon Gillham 4606 Posted December 1, 2021 13 hours ago, simalarion said: Convice wife that we actually have space for TD4 and that it would probably make me better in bed… This is the best answer I've seen on here for a long time. Wonder if the same argument will work for a TRF420, maybe not since I'll be talking in 10ths of a second... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mad Ax 9329 Posted December 1, 2021 A couple of months back I bought an MST MTX-1 specifically for a winter build project. Since the I've acquired a JConcepts body (I'm not really a fan of the Toyota body on a monster truck) and my wife has ordered me a cheap brushless combo for a Christmas present. I'm looking forward to sitting on the sofa with the family during Christmas week and putting it together. I'll have to prep the body soon so I can paint it during a lunchbreak if we get the weather for it, I don't want yet another car-with-no-body hanging around doing nothing. My F150 tow truck project might still be ongoing at Christmas, plus I've got most of what I need to get started on my custom leaf-sprung 2.2 monster build, I just need to source some tyres. Cash is a bit tight at the mo (although I managed to justify an NIB M05 yesterday) but I hope I can stretch the December budget to a few sets of tyres for the F150 tow truck and the leaf-sprung monster, which at least frees me up to work on those. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alvinlwh 5895 Posted December 1, 2021 Got a M-06 Karmann Ghia coming in soon but highly doubtful that it can be a Christmas build as there are still many bits to order for it. In fact looking at the costs for the optional parts, it is probably going to be my last Tamiya RC for a while. Looking back at what I had spent on my recent kits, I think it is time to get something that needs less hop ups out of the box. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c64orinoco 667 Posted December 1, 2021 We have a wet Xmas period forecast here in eastern Australia, but I'm hoping for a few fine days so I can paint some bodies. Chassis-wise I'd like to build something over the break, it's a toss-up between the M07R (I already have a finished Alfa Mito body for it) and the VQS. Maybe the TD4 my wife has got me for Xmas though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tex76 43 Posted December 1, 2021 I would have liked building some vintage/re-re NIB on Christmas day, like in my teens, but money is tight at the moment and has to fund 1/1 projects, therefore running an old one from the collection will have to suffice; hope to get some snow to recreate the atmosphere in full Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigcheesepaul 1 Posted December 1, 2021 9 hours ago, Kol__ said: I have a NIB Neo Fighter (ridiculously low Amazon UK bargain price atm) on the shelf and my wife is getting me my first 4WD in the form of a Neo Scorcher for Xmas. I am wanting to build at least one of those over the Xmas period. I'd really like to just have a fresh, straight forward NIB build with the Neo Scorcher, but part of me says leave that stuff alone and get working on the mass of Madcap parts I have accumulated to build a shelfer. That way I can then also recoup some money selling the bits I don't use/need. Maybe I can do both!? There's a tug of war going on there between my heart and my head. Tbh I can't say my head ever really gets a look in with this hobby! If it did I wouldn't have spent anywhere near the amount of cash on this stuff that I have in the last 3 months!!!! Snap! I just ordered the Neo Fighter and the Racing Fighter from Amazon as they are at great prices at the mo. especially as they come with esc. One will be a present to my father-in-law, the other a present from my wife to me (she doesn't know that yet!). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simalarion 2196 Posted December 1, 2021 Oh its stil up for you guys. That Neo Fighter Bargain Seems to be for UK Only, even tried a direct URL to the offer and the price changed to over 100$ for me (Norway) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted December 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Willy iine said: Thanks! Yeah, there were a couple of reasons.. one was that my wife was worried that her work gear (mainly servers and computers) was weighing down the first floor a bit too much structurally for the house and wanted to move down in the basement. So I agreed to switch places as I wanted a larger room for my music gear.. My music room gets my wife’s old work den which is about twice the size, my RC shop got my old music room (pictured above), and my wife gets my old RC space. The bonus is that my imaginary RC shop will be adjacent to a 250sq ft room where I will clear out and use the entire space to lay down a mini track for my comical cars and crawlers once my teen son goes to college. There is still a lot that needs to be done. Nice! I look forward to the day I have the space at home for such ventures! Keep us posted on the track room, that sounds awesome. And I can just picture your son coming home from college to find his room transformed into RC land! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
