So, What Have You Done Today?

[Superluminal 3750]

Can it be real?????? That wonders such as these really exist?????????? A place of dreams and make believe come true??????????????? Mine eyes have not gazed upon such things............

 

 

(at least for the last four months, everything is wet and slimy, currently sat waiting for the river at the end of my road to burst its banks which looks like it will if it rains again on monday night)

 

 

[Busdriver 6209]

1 hour ago, Superluminal said:

What is this thing you speak of?

Rare as hens teeth in the UK at the moment

 

43 minutes ago, lsear2905 said:

In Australia, we can see this bright yellow ball in the sky most of the year. It makes us warm, and means we spend more time outside, often at this thing we call a "beach" that has "sand." 

[moffman 5752]

11 hours ago, svenb said:

Thanks 

Standard apart from a wee bit of lowering and poly bushed

Sensible mods! Poly bushed would just make it a lot smoother on the road I dare say? I had a mk1 escort rs turbo (c reg) I absolutely loved that car but I had to sell it to go towards the deposit for my first house we were just left with my wife's vauxhall astra GTE (the one with the annoying digital dash which when the sun shone on it you couldn't see nothing) fast car but OMG was it unreliable didn't go a month without something failing on it

[wolfdogstinkus 1893]

Killed a servo.

not sure why but it's dead.

Servo death. No magic smoke. Very disappointing. https://imgur.com/gallery/XzBO46P

[Futura 199]

On 12/20/2019 at 6:21 AM, Scipunk said:

Not Tamiya but i snagged this for a good deal today
20191219_233410 by David Ashe, on Flickr
And here's where we are atm (haven't decided on a motor /esc combo yet)
20191220_011252 by David Ashe, on Flickr

Have you done a build thread on this?

I really like the look of that!

[Ferruz 11702]

My wife just got a nice old cabinet from her granny, which ended up in our livingroom. I was kindly given access to two of its four shelves, well guess what I've decided to display in them.

I find the buggys, the cabinet itself and whatever else is in there so odd together that they almost don't even clash anymore. Or if they do, I won't let it intimidate me anyway 

Sure thing, our livingroom looks much nicer now. 

[ThunderDragonCy 7882]

Finished work for Christmas and the weather is dry and not too cold, so i just ran my TT02 and FF03 for nearly an hour in the street. They are both handling really nicely, and it was lovely running them both for a good long while. The new tamiya pinion for the FF03 is really smooth. Nice evening.

[TurnipJF 9192]

This afternoon my nephew and I did a spot of rallying, taking turns setting up "stages" and then timing each other around them. It worked really well, and I was impressed with his driving. He has come a long way on the last two years, from a menace on the track to a serious junior competitor.

He was driving his TL-01 rally car (left), recently restored from two wrecks that he bought from the Unit 21 clearance sale. I was driving one of my TT-01s (right) modded for rally use.

The two cars were pretty well-matched and the result was close - of the 7 stages that we raced, he won 3 and I won 4, with less than 20 seconds separating our total times at the end of the afternoon.

[ThunderDragonCy 7882]

@TurnipJF sounds great! How did you set up the stages? And where did you go? Woods? Fields? Garden? 

[TurnipJF 9192]

4 minutes ago, ThunderDragonCy said:

@TurnipJF sounds great! How did you set up the stages? And where did you go? Woods? Fields? Garden? 

We marked out the stages using those small rubber cones typically used for football training exercises. We used my brother- and sister-in-law's garden and driveway to give a mix of terrain types. (They live out of town and have a fair-sized property.)

[ThunderDragonCy 7882]

17 minutes ago, TurnipJF said:

We marked out the stages using those small rubber cones typically used for football training exercises. We used my brother- and sister-in-law's garden and driveway to give a mix of terrain types. (They live out of town and have a fair-sized property.)

Nice

[lsear2905 1279]

Just a brief run with the WR02 tractor... there was a bit too much xmas prep going on for much else...

[Jonathon Gillham 4606]

Bought a couple of Hobbywing 1060 ESCs. Its funny how an auction was for a pair of them, same as the 2 Super Stock motors. Its fate right? Although I've never been able to pass up a 2 for1 type offer.

The Fox should fly with a Super Stock in it right?

[Grumpy pants 4485]

11 hours ago, ThunderDragonCy said:

Finished work for Christmas and the weather is dry and not too cold, so i just ran my TT02 and FF03 for nearly an hour in the street. They are both handling really nicely, and it was lovely running them both for a good long while. The new tamiya pinion for the FF03 is really smooth. Nice evening.

Quality me time 💥

[Grumpy pants 4485]

11 hours ago, TurnipJF said:

This afternoon my nephew and I did a spot of rallying, taking turns setting up "stages" and then timing each other around them. It worked really well, and I was impressed with his driving. He has come a long way on the last two years, from a menace on the track to a serious junior competitor.

He was driving his TL-01 rally car (left), recently restored from two wrecks that he bought from the Unit 21 clearance sale. I was driving one of my TT-01s (right) modded for rally use.

The two cars were pretty well-matched and the result was close - of the 7 stages that we raced, he won 3 and I won 4, with less than 20 seconds separating our total times at the end of the afternoon.

Quality family time 💥

[Scipunk 383]

16 hours ago, Futura said:

Have you done a build thread on this?

I really like the look of that!

I sadly did not, i should have but I am so sporadic i tend to forget to take pictures. I can tell you it is one of the nicest kits i have put together. A bit fiddly in the front suspension but over all well made.
Here is where i am at currently:
20191224_045812 by David Ashe, on Flickr

20191224_045821 by David Ashe, on Flickr

[nowinaminute 2815]

Definitely didn't get a Konghead for £120 from Jadlam.

 

 

 

Nope.

[Saito2 6686]

Got just warm enough for a little run time. Awhile back I was debating about getting a new Blackfoot or replacing the old, crumbling plastics with new. I salvaged the old one but made it a Monster Beetle in the process as its probably my favorite Tamiya. For once, I didn't paint the body, just waxed it to give it shine. I feel more relaxed not fretting about scratched paint, lol.

20191224_114942 by Scott Weiland, on Flickr

20191224_115407 by Scott Weiland, on Flickr

Considering I'm driving and shooting at the same time, I'm happy with the jump shot. The last shot's a little blurry, but I really like the amount of hustle it exudes. The ol' MB seems to be really booking through those leaves.

[Busdriver 6209]

11 hours ago, Scipunk said:

I sadly did not, i should have but I am so sporadic i tend to forget to take pictures. I can tell you it is one of the nicest kits i have put together. A bit fiddly in the front suspension but over all well made.
Here is where i am at currently:
20191224_045812 by David Ashe, on Flickr

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0191224_045821 by David Ashe, on Flickr

Shouldnt his head be inside the roll cage

 

[tamiya ny 18]

finished my Christmas shopping, I had some cash left over  so I ordered a new body for my f103gt and some tungsten diff balls for my f104 v2. 

[Scipunk 383]

5 hours ago, Busdriver said:

 

It should the cage is only on for fitment purposes. I have something planned for this and needed the helmet for scale

[TurnipJF 9192]

2 hours ago, tamiya ny said:

finished my Christmas shopping, I had some cash left over  so I ordered a new body for my f103gt and some tungsten diff balls for my f104 v2. 

Nice! Which shell did you go for?

 

[MockTurtle 239]

installed the xv01 hopups and i *think* the last of the gazillion stickers for the integrale. tomorrow i get to play with my new toy along with all the other kids and their new xmas presents.

[Re-Bugged 10153]

With only a few precious hours before going back to work tomorrow, it was a toss up between prepping the MB body as I’ve now decided on and bought the paint for, or start the WO?

As it’s blowing a gale outside I went for option 2 and made a start on the WO.

 

[KingBabbo 4]

I took my newly build T3-01 on holidays with me. Have lots of fun with it, now have to buy my son another one for him to build.