So, What Have You Done Today?

[lsear2905 1279]

1 hour ago, jupitertwo said:

Awesome idea on the mini crawler track, what scale are you using? 
I’d love to try something like this, have to see how sturdy the fence is

I run 1/24 crawlers - smaller trucks mean more challenges and of course it means the course is comparatively larger...

Nowadays there's some cool little 1/24 cars - I have a HBX Devastator and a Kyosho Toyota 4Runner.

[metalheadDad 119]

put some Brat wheels and tires on my Hornet Re-Re

 

[Wez-li 1790]

No prizes for guessing what happened here and how I fixed it 

At least I have a working torque tuned now!

[DeadMeat666 1675]

1 minute ago, Wez-li said:

No prizes for guessing what happened here and how I fixed it 

At least I have a working torque tuned now!

Did it involve threadlock and a rounded out hex? LOL

[Ferruz 11702]

Didn't have much time for rc these last few days, but I kept working on upgrading the Manta Ray whenever possible. A proper maiden run in the brushless configuration still hasn't happened, as it's waiting for a facelift to also be done. Thought I might do that as well while in the process, even though once it's all neat and tidy again it'll be harder to run it instead of shelving it. But as we all know, RC is an existential journey 

I did find the time for a great bashing session though: not today but yesterday, I brought the Hornet to the "Badlands"! Nothing better than a few piles of sand and gravel to fly the little stinger. I really had a blast and will definitely go back there to run it again 👍

 

[Wez-li 1790]

53 minutes ago, DeadMeat666 said:

Did it involve threadlock and a rounded out hex? LOL

Haha, correct. Fitted by the previous owner in my defence! 

[Frog Jumper 3660]

1 hour ago, Wez-li said:

No prizes for guessing what happened here and how I fixed it 

At least I have a working torque tuned now!

Ouch!  I bought a Pinion Puller when that happened to me.

Terry

[Wez-li 1790]

48 minutes ago, Frog Jumper said:

Ouch!  I bought a Pinion Puller when that happened to me.

Terry

I had no idea that was a thing lol

Gonna order one myself! 

[Busdriver 6209]

On 8/4/2020 at 1:02 PM, Busdriver said:

Deep in darkest Hertfordshire in the UK at the Tamiya Mini Skunkworks engineers are making great progeress on the 2020 1/24th scale Sand Schorcher

I did more of the mini scorcher today. It now has rear suspension and shocks

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Started work on the nose cone. Its getting there but its all being done by hand, no 3d printing here just good old balsa wood and sanding sealer!!!

Whilst working out roughly what the rear suspenion should look like I searched the Manual on the club website. I got quite a shock when I looked at the last couple of pages. I have a full set of Stickers from MCI in 1/24th scale so was looking at where they go when I noticed the colour scheme. Now I thought they were all French blue and white.. To my amazement the colours are Yellow and Red??? Have I been wrong all these years or were there several schemes?

[TurnipJF 9192]

21 hours ago, rwordenjr said:

Trf201 got some sun today ! 

Great colour choice! There are some shells that lend themselves to nice simple colour schemes, and I think this is one of them. All the swoopy curves are shown off to good effect.

[Biz73 603]

3 hours ago, Ferruz said:

 

 

 

This pic is SWEET!

[rwordenjr 1890]

40 minutes ago, TurnipJF said:

Great colour choice! There are some shells that lend themselves to nice simple colour schemes, and I think this is one of them. All the swoopy curves are shown off to good effect.

Thanks ! It’s a fun driver too with the super stock bz 

[•Axle 145]

First trip to the beach today (pebbles). The front bumper has been definitely seen some action now and the rear alloy arms have been kissed by a few stones. Fantastic bobbing action, really need a Go Pro or something, the GF01 kitted out has become a very good everyday runner. 👍

[J@mes 2326]

picked up a 2nd Black Edition (total junky)

 

[Badcrumble 4203]

Two @J@mes?! Are you trying to reverse the Earth’s rotation?!

[J@mes 2326]

Don’t worry @Badcrumble it won’t come to that, I have metal anti-rotation brackets and a gratuitous quantity of bearings 

 

[Wez-li 1790]

19 minutes ago, J@mes said:

picked up a 2nd Black Edition (total junky)

 

Genuine question, Why? 

[J@mes 2326]

Just now, Wez-li said:

Genuine question, Why? 

Genuine answer, no idea! No wait that’s not true. 1 to build & 1 to keep NiB. I’ve started buying kits in pairs for this reason. Apparently some buy them in 3s & 4s... weirdos 

[Wez-li 1790]

11 minutes ago, J@mes said:

Genuine answer, no idea! No wait that’s not true. 1 to build & 1 to keep NiB. I’ve started buying kits in pairs for this reason. Apparently some buy them in 3s & 4s... weirdos 

Haha, fair enough. Its a nice kit though 

 

Buying in 3's and 4's is just weird, surely there are easier ways to make money lol

[J@mes 2326]

I figure the way things are going I’ll be there soon enough. shelfer runner NiB & I haven’t worked out what the 4th ones for, spares is my best guess.

[•Axle 145]

52 minutes ago, J@mes said:

I figure the way things are going I’ll be there soon enough. shelfer runner NiB & I haven’t worked out what the 4th ones for, spares is my best guess.

Shelfer / standard runner / hop-up runner / NIB?

[stuhas 269]

A little bit more on the Bowler.

Still some touch up to do then laquor then start the fittings

[tamiya3speed 463]

4 hours ago, J@mes said:

Genuine answer, no idea! No wait that’s not true. 1 to build & 1 to keep NiB. I’ve started buying kits in pairs for this reason. Apparently some buy them in 3s & 4s... weirdos 

Not gonna lie, I have more than one of multiple kits.  I always tell myself it's one to build, one for spares.

[Manix92 121]

Last couple of days really been getting on with cleaning, replacing and rebuilding the TA-03RS Lancia 037.

So far done the front end, who knows what awaits on the rear end.

[Champ85 609]

Started masking a repro body from MarwanRC for a vintage Kyosho Turbo Optima that I got from an eBay auction 7 (!) years ago and rebuilt last month.  Planning on using Tamiya metallic red, white and black and following the box art layout.  Here the window masks were applied and white is masked off first:

I do not enjoy the masking process.  I enjoy it even less when more than one color is involved.  Three is my limit and this complicated layout is really trying my patience.