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1 hour ago, Busdriver said:

Got the man cave up to about 80f and left it for 3 hours to drop the humidity.?then primed and ten threw a whole can of metallic orange šŸŠ onto the truck. Rear bed is NATO black a really good colour. Somewhere between Matt and Satin and a bit of grey in it. I have to say Iā€™ve had almost as much fun with this Ā£50 ( body kit extra) as any other model. Hard body fo me makes a huge difference. Have a set of Ā Shimizu med tyres to fit. Lower profile than stock M cassis wheels. Just the interior to think about now . Iā€™m thinking off white leather?? Any thoughts???1E357C09-5E58-4482-A1E9-C5EF7FC8C346.jpeg.0a12044037c4a9b8a05d201a3c42dd43.jpeg9BF833A7-F770-4C95-B542-7E01F7DEF59A.jpeg.4b68f5431daf92e56ccad37dfb34a9da.jpeg7BAB6AB8-C340-444C-9214-CA88587D6DB2.jpeg.eb541e274aad2a826774c6e97782f46e.jpeg

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Great colour choice!

White leather, pimped to the Max šŸ‘

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Tested the new Hop-Up dampers outside and was very suprised how much better the Rc Car followed the road, it was strangly satisfying to look at. Actually i noticed on my way out also as the Rc Car very smoothly just Ā«floatedĀ» over the doorstep. Ofc the stock oil dampers was not terrible, but this Hop-Up options for sure was not just looks, very suprised (also please remember i amĀ stillĀ in newbie section in this game)

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9 minutes ago, simalarion said:

Tested the new Hop-Up dampers outside and was very suprised how much better the Rc Car followed the road, it was strangly satisfying to look at. Actually i noticed on my way out also as the Rc Car very smoothly just Ā«floatedĀ» over the doorstep. Ofc the stock oil dampers was not terrible, but this Hop-Up options for sure was not just looks, very suprised (also please remember i amĀ stillĀ in newbie section in this game)

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27 minutes ago, Grumpy pants said:

Great colour choice!

White leather, pimped to the Max šŸ‘

Who doesnā€™t like orange!! Going to give the interior a coat of white primer and the do a bit of detail. I have some dial stickers somewhere??

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Started work on a couple of upgrades to my DT-02 Sand Viper. I've already replaced the kit wheels/tires with the white Star-Dish wheels and spiked tires. Next up is replacing the stock CVAs with the new Aluminum Damper Set (54993).

But mostly, talked myself into "needing" to pre-order the Top Force Evo, TA-02 Opel Calibra, and Thunder Dragon re-res earlier this morning. Ooops...

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Finished my plasma edge II, gun metal edition. It's my first buggy since I was a kid and it will be my testbed for going brushless. I think for the money it looks good!Ā 

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Fitted the JC Racing Products Ulyima wheels and some winter appropriate rubber to Ultra G. Also went back to the grasshopper2 shell because i was missing it. Really like the wheels. So close to the look of the original Super G wheels, but 2.2" and modern plastic. JC have some really great 2.2" reproductions of vintage wheels. They just released some Egress 2.2" which look awesome.Ā 

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Stripped an old O.S Max 10FP-B engine ready to go in the ultrasonic. Did some man cave organisation. Rebuilt a restored FS-12SW engine and stored it away. Put the rear steering rods on my Red Terra Crusher. Stripped some more of my next TGR down. Started collecting Striker parts to build another. Searched Japan for bargains!

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Started to tear this down, any bets on how many parts I break?Ā Screenshot_20210206_211359.thumb.jpg.14bae1a48060be3306ad20cf140089f3.jpg

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Earlier, I fitted this old Escort body which came free with a recent purchase to my new tt02.Ā 

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Also fitted some rally blocks,it rides a little higher now.Ā 

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Was there a full rally conversion thread for the TT02 somewhere?Ā 

The subaru nbr is way too nice to run, especially with my driving style lol, might sell it on or just leave it for the shelfĀ :)

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The whole family got the ā€˜Rona. Ā Now that weā€™re recovered, presumably with antibodies, itā€™s time to enjoy the immunities. A half day of family crawling followed by In-ā€˜n-Out.......lifeā€™s good!

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This hard plastic body is taking me some time (just busy at work these past few weeks) but I had time today to work on it. I think it's getting there but after this I'm going to take a break from hard plastic bodies for a while. Some "before" photos I posted before.

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35 minutes ago, Mechanic AH said:

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One of the cleanest workbench Iā€™veĀ seen, look like a science lab about to dissect thatĀ beetle LOLĀ 

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so i kicked myself in the butt to try and see what i needed to do to hop up shocks to the aluminum bodied ones though they just have Teflon orings as i didnt have red orings. used my tool to pop off the CVA eyelets and saw the thread pitch was the same. changed the rear shocks and they are 2x more resistant than the stock CVAs. didnt bother with the front ones as im a bit tired and that would require removing front bumper, tomorrow is another day.

i REALLY shouldnt ask this but what would it entail to add LED lights and what sort of connections would be needed to be done to a FD3S RX-7 body shell? i really dont want to put the lights on it even though it has handy plastic mounts that came with the shell. any lexan body i have will be reinforced after all the painting is done with fiber tape and shoe goo glue. in tempted to just put the body stickers on the shell and leave an LED setup for later on, even then should i do that i would either do a light black coat or a heavy smoke paint on said parts of the shell to hide the led support parts. im not sure what sort of adhesive potential the tape would have to shoe goo to stay solid. i really shouldnt have looked at that YT vid of a LED equipped rx7 body... though it did give me the info on what i would need if i were to install that myself.

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7 hours ago, Mechanic AH said:

This hard plastic body is taking me some time (just busy at work these past few weeks) but I had time today to work on it. I think it's getting there but after this I'm going to take a break from hard plastic bodies for a while. Some "before" photos I posted before.

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That black is phenomenal. The depth is lovely. As they say preparation, preparation, preparation šŸ¤© pity I donā€™t follow my own advicešŸ˜ž

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9 hours ago, Mechanic AH said:

This hard plastic body is taking me some time (just busy at work these past few weeks) but I had time today to work on it. I think it's getting there but after this I'm going to take a break from hard plastic bodies for a while. Some "before" photos I posted before.

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The finish is fantastic. Is that after run downĀ and polishing or just wet coat clear ?

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1 hour ago, Badcrumble said:

Is this peak too big for a ā€˜clubmanā€™ style helmet?

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Maybe tipped down a little. But may be the angle of the shot. Looks like itā€™s slightly tipped up. Otherwise itā€™s good

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Managed to get most of the main chassis built up on a 4th Avante2001, built from all my remaining spare parts left over from all the other Vanquish/Avante2001/Egress builds. Used a set of carbon decks made by a local ex-TC member. I didn't have the correct screws so they are nearly all stainless M3 screws but I need to replace with hex drive screws instead eventually.Ā 

Despite me thinking I had enough parts to build another chassis, I realised I didn't have any more hi-caps and I was missing a few small but critical parts such as the diff balls, pressure plates and springs, deck support posts and the two angled steelĀ rear arm stays for the chassis. So I have ordered all that today, Ā£120 in just a few parts.... sigh. However it is effectively a brand new Avante2001 with carbon decks for the same price as as a DT02 (because many of the spares have been sat in a box for 30 years gathering dust so were written off years ago)

The motor is yet another brand new Tamiya Dyna Run Super Touring motor...... we will now (once this is finished) have 7 buggies using those motors...... I think I have a fetish for themĀ :D

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Added kyosho carbon works shock tower to me optima. Curious to see how this taller tower helps handling. Ā 

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