Superluminal 3750 Posted March 26, 2020 And the chassis is now finished once the drive shaft is installed 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonathon Gillham 4606 Posted March 26, 2020 3 hours ago, berman said: Stephen is a great guy, what happened to his shop on the shore? My LHS will do the 'stick it out the back door, no contact' if I want anything 😁 Although we have the RC equivalent of toilet paper, he cannot keep TS-13 Clear in stock! The landlord wanted to sell the building his shop was in, so he moved his business to his house. He has a big garage with all the same stock still, but its a bit further from the motorway so not as easy to get there. He is trying to get more people into online sales and revamped his website, but I still prefer going in and browsing. His is the closest I've seen to what HobbyCity used to have back in the 90s, a wall of Tamiya kits. He also races with NHRCC regularly and is helpful trackside, we both have TRF102 so have swapped parts which is useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
burakol 462 Posted March 26, 2020 Peeled off the paintwork off my GF01... will re-spray again using plastidip... just not sure if I'm going with the same color scheme, or something else... I've also been trying to figure out if my Onyx NiMH is toast or it's the charger... unfortunately, I only have the clone IMAX by at my disposal... And lastly, just been doing some online lurking on ebay and aliexpress trying to convince myself to buy a 1060esc and possibly a lipo... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted March 27, 2020 so I have a spare booth I made ages ago, but the fan was a bit dodgy. Fan was inline, so not good for solvent based paints and probably a little weak as well. Upgrade time! I laser cut some flanges: glued and bolted to the side: I'd bought of filter material ages ago, time to use some: Installed: Blower with sealed off motor. This came with my laser cutter, which I eventually upgraded as it was noisy, but it'll be just fine for a bit of air brushing. From here I'll make one more filter box and then vent the outside, but I want to remove as much of the paint fumes as I can incase I can't op This is the airbrush pump I have. It was my mum's, and is a few years old, but still works. Now all I have to do is learn how to airbrush! I also 3D printed a Lotus Cortina. This is just a test, now in the process of doing a 1/10th scale version, but that's going to take a few days! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted March 27, 2020 modelled up a couple of adaptors for my M-03/4 twinni Will make a mockup out of balsa just to check and then send this off for printing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted March 27, 2020 and quick evidence of why you always measure twice, cut once! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trev82 179 Posted March 27, 2020 Fitted front suspension, rear gearbox and wheels to my dt-02 sand viper. Body shell to sort over the weekend. My first build of this chassis. I like it! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4203 Posted March 27, 2020 3 hours ago, jonboy1 said: and quick evidence of why you always measure twice, cut once! Ooh, will these be going up on Shapeways? Are they for a 210 wheelbase? My scratch-build ones were for 205mm - only good for the body I never finished!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted March 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, Badcrumble said: Ooh, will these be going up on Shapeways? Are they for a 210 wheelbase? My scratch-build ones were for 205mm - only good for the body I never finished!!! yup, if you want? As far as I know they are for a 210 - I've based it on how it was set for the Mini shell, which I believe is 210? I'm afraid I'm not too conversant with this stuff! Did you want a different version? I'll get a set printed and if they fit ok I'll pop them in my store. I guess you don't have a 3D printer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4203 Posted March 27, 2020 42 minutes ago, jonboy1 said: yup, if you want? As far as I know they are for a 210 - I've based it on how it was set for the Mini shell, which I believe is 210? I'm afraid I'm not too conversant with this stuff! Did you want a different version? I'll get a set printed and if they fit ok I'll pop them in my store. I guess you don't have a 3D printer? No 3D printer for me 😔. I think 210 is the standard Tamiya Mini wheelbase. I could be tempted by a set that extend it to 225 - there's a wider range of bodies available then. Good luck with the printing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
junkmunki 846 Posted March 27, 2020 I made the first trip out of the house for three days to collect a re re Subaru brat for a conversion i am doing, and while i was there, scored a rather nice Grand Hauler too. 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oneball1971 127 Posted March 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, junkmunki said: I made the first trip out of the house for three days to collect a re re Subaru brat for a conversion i am doing, and while i was there, scored a rather nice Grand Hauler too. I class that as essential travel 😄 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7881 Posted March 27, 2020 Ran my FF03 in the street outside my house with the new arms and got it used to racing boots 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadInventor 3884 Posted March 27, 2020 Finished off these. Well, finished apart from getting some seals 3d printed: 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northern_Ben 27 Posted March 27, 2020 Almost finished my first RC project I'm really happy with how it's turned out so far 👍 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
78Triumph 2610 Posted March 28, 2020 I took my Blitzer Beetle out today. Such a fun car to drive. Untitled by Joe, on Flickr Untitled by Joe, on Flickr Untitled by Joe, on Flickr Untitled by Joe, on Flickr 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Biz73 603 Posted March 28, 2020 Took my FAV to a parking lot across the street. I got about 10 mins of runtime before I noticed it sitting crooked. At some point I had lost a screw holding 1 of the rear dampers to the suspension arm. At least I got 10 mins of fun 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berman 5315 Posted March 28, 2020 On 3/27/2020 at 11:34 AM, Jonathon Gillham said: The landlord wanted to sell the building his shop was in, so he moved his business to his house. He has a big garage with all the same stock still, but its a bit further from the motorway so not as easy to get there. He is trying to get more people into online sales and revamped his website, but I still prefer going in and browsing. His is the closest I've seen to what HobbyCity used to have back in the 90s, a wall of Tamiya kits. He also races with NHRCC regularly and is helpful trackside, we both have TRF102 so have swapped parts which is useful. Good to see he is still doing RC, the last time I was in there he had boomerangs and fire dragons when there was a shortage around the world. Bought a SC10RS off him and a few other bits online, Always had the intention of going back for a look but I hardly have any reason to go to Akld anymore. Replaced the gears on my highly abused lunchbox, gearbox was starting to slip, no wonder looking at the counter gear! Also got some rough painting done on the rere shell for my pajero, needs some touching up as I was doing it at 1am after a few beers 🙄 The old one was broken it three places plus numerous bits broken off or hanging off 😄 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy pants 4485 Posted March 28, 2020 9 hours ago, 78Triumph said: I took my Blitzer Beetle out today. Such a fun car to drive. Untitled by Joe, on Flickr Untitled by Joe, on Flickr Untitled by Joe, on Flickr Untitled by Joe, on Flickr That’s a fabulous looking Blitzer 💥 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
78Triumph 2610 Posted March 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Grumpy pants said: That’s a fabulous looking Blitzer 💥 Thanks mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
78Triumph 2610 Posted March 28, 2020 13 hours ago, Northern_Ben said: Almost finished my first RC project I'm really happy with how it's turned out so far 👍 Sharp looking 'Mog! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicadraus 6198 Posted March 28, 2020 Just made short video. Haha! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ferruz 11702 Posted March 28, 2020 Been taking daily runs with the Boss through the tug of war between Winter and Spring. The day before yesterday: Yesterday: It's just a big slushland right now: ...and on another RC note, today I'll finally have a few hours to work on my RC10 restoration, been looking forward to it. Really can't complain about the self isolation so far 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderDragonCy 7881 Posted March 28, 2020 Received the right hand steering arm i designed for my TA06 last week, so i spent a few hours today fitting it and recommissioning the car. Works well and lovely. Full blather on the build thread as usual 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites