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Now I am really confused with all the Beetle cones because this is not what I wanted. lol :lol:

This must be the Monster Beetle cone.  What I wanted was the Blitzer cone which was also red so I placed the order.  

Now I feel dumb like those people that think all silver cars are the same. 

So I guess I will just use the SS cone this time.. I mean it’s fine, just will go without the winch. 

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Blitzer nose is 9115052 @Willy iine

A bit deeper than the SS and MB and with more cut out to clear the shock towers. It also doesn’t have the mounting holes at the bottom for the the MB spotlights, or indicator holes. It’s a bit more orange than red 👍🏻

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21 minutes ago, Re-Bugged said:

Blitzer nose is 9115052 @Willy iine

A bit deeper than the SS and MB and with more cut out to clear the shock towers. It also doesn’t have the mounting holes at the bottom for the the MB spotlights, or indicator holes. It’s a bit more orange than red 👍🏻

So I guess not only do I think silver cars are all the same, I'm also color blind!   :lol:

This is what I thought I bought.. I guess it is orange!

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14 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

So I guess not only do I think silver cars are all the same, I'm also color blind!   :lol:

This is what I though I bought.. I guess it is orange!

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Soon you'll have a degree in Tamiya Rhinoplasty to add to your resume!:lol:

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13 hours ago, Yoshimitsu said:

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That is lovely 🥰 I love orange beetles 

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46 minutes ago, Yoshimitsu said:

Thank you sir. Anything to avoid the box art.😋 It's a VW colour too. Brilliant orange.😎

I know , I always keep a can of it, I’ve used it on many models

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Well actually yesterday as well. Started to cut out my Kamtec delivery. First is the TT02 dust/dirt cover and the second is my ABS Bowler body, boy is it thick plastic. Very solid but still not that heavy. One think I have realised is that I hadn’t cut enough off the Lexan one which is another reason it never looked quite right. I might cut the bumpers of both and make new ones fitted to the chassis, also add a front skid plate. I’m toying with themes for the ABS shell. At the moment it’s a Camel yellow body with Camel/Dakar style stickers!! I’m also planning to sacrifice one of my many CC01 tyres to make a more realistic double tyre rack at the back. Anyhow that’s the plan today!!!

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14 hours ago, Yoshimitsu said:

Thank you sir. Anything to avoid the box art.😋 It's a VW colour too. Brilliant orange.😎

What?!  Now that I'm trying to make my Comical Sand Scorcher box art, you claim I am obsolete?  Dang you move too fast for me, can't keep up with the times, Yoshimitsu! :lol:  Hahaha

This week has been a busy work week and people are calling me left and right..as soon as I pickup my tool, phone call..tele-conference..urgent email need reply ASAP! lame excuses, more lame excuses, etc.. 

So this morning I cleaned up the nose joint on my comical SS only to find the left side plastic not only over laps the hood, it is too thin to support putty... so I cut that out, waiting for cement to set, and will putty before I need to get back to work. 

 

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Update..

Sanded the nose joint, made door handles and mounted them onto the body. 

Also masked the exterior and painted the interior.. once fully cured I will mask the windows from the inside along with the inner fender flares in prep for exterior paint tomorrow. 

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Update...

Okay after all the meetings and calls for work, at least got the masking done.. now overspray proof, hopefully.. will do the white tomorrow and blue the following.  Yes I will probably forget to paint the the tail housings. lol

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Took the girl to karate, but those of you who knows me, the reason is the school is also my driving grounds, which is my real reason for 'volunteering' to take her.

Slapped on new road tyres on to the Thunder Dragon and popped in the new lipo and swapped in the new RX with the new CR3P for a test drive. 

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PS can someone tell me if I got the treads on the right way? 

Boy, TZ + lipo, what a handful! Rolled at almost every full speed turns. Might need some help/suggestions at countering the body roll. After a few road rashes, knocking a body clip off, twisting the real posts around, I decided to take it to its natural environment, the rugby field. Yes even though it is on road tyres, at least I will not risk smashing it up on its second outing. 

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Original plan was to "race" my girl since now I got 2 TXs, but the lipo alarm went off before her classes finished so no race. Not that it will be a fair race anyway, since it will be a 370 ST vs 540 TZ. 😁

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Your tires are pointed the correct way. 👌😁
 

Rear sway bar might help with roll.

And you might try axle extensions to bump out the tires a few mm…

Next time, pack a small kit:  wheel nut driver and off road wheels. 5min to swap them out and you’re good to go playing rugby!

 

And I had been driving on the ball field next to my sons swim practice, but now they have little league girls softball out there!  Who do they think they are!?!

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1 hour ago, Frog Jumper said:

Rear sway bar might help with roll.

And you might try axle extensions to bump out the tires a few mm…

Is this a hop up kit or something? 

What type of axle extension? I can try thicker hexes, but don't think there are much room there (as discussed on another thread). 

1 hour ago, Frog Jumper said:

Next time, pack a small kit:  wheel nut driver and off road wheels. 5min to swap them out and you’re good to go playing rugby!

Yes, that's what I usually do. Just that today is a wet day so I thought will not be getting on the field, but excessive roll overs put me off driving on tarmac. Plus I planned today to be a straight on speed run, thinking the road tyres will work better than the kit pins. It was surprisingly sweet handling on those and NiMHs. 

1 hour ago, Frog Jumper said:

And I had been driving on the ball field next to my sons swim practice, but now they have little league girls softball out there!  Who do they think they are!?!

That's what kids are for, "Honey, I will take the kids to XYZ, you can chill at home". 

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46 minutes ago, alvinlwh said:

Is this a hop up kit or something? 

What type of axle extension? I can try thicker hexes, but don't think there are much room there (as discussed on another thread). 

Yes, that's what I usually do. Just that today is a wet day so I thought will not be getting on the field, but excessive roll overs put me off driving on tarmac. Plus I planned today to be a straight on speed run, thinking the road tyres will work better than the kit pins. It was surprisingly sweet handling on those and NiMHs. 

That's what kids are for, "Honey, I will take the kids to XYZ, you can chill at home". 

Rear sway bar from Terra Scorcher.

And I’ll look around for a axle extension for you. Most come with a long nut to solve your issue.

And yeah. Saturday mornings I go to the LHS after I drop off my son at swim and my wife sleeps in. Winner winner chicken dinner!

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20 minutes ago, Frog Jumper said:

And I’ll look around for a axle extension for you. Most come with a long nut to solve your issue.

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This kind? I have some and had a bad experience with them with a wheel exploding. The "collar" (?) nut is bigger than the wheel hole and I have to open up the wheel hole to allow it to get through, probably weakening the wheel in the process. Went flying off during a speed run. 

Just a thought, it might be over geared for lipo? Looking back at my own build thread, I got the 17t (biggest?) in it. Perhaps I should drop it down? What you think? 

EDIT: Rear sway bar from the TS, how do I get that? Parts tree + screw bag? Or...? 

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3 minutes ago, alvinlwh said:

 

This kind? I have some and had a bad experience with them with a wheel exploding. The "collar" (?) nut is bigger than the wheel hole and I have to open up the wheel hole to allow it to get through, probably weakening the wheel in the process. Went flying off during a speed run. 

Just a thought, it might be over geared for lipo? Looking back at my own build thread, I got the 17t (biggest?) in it. Perhaps I should drop it down? What you think? 

EDIT: Rear sway bar from the TS, how do I get that? Parts tree + screw bag? Or...? 

Yeah, that's it.  But look for one where the OD is the same as the OD of your axle...

As for the TS rear sway bar, you can try to find #58078, or you can put on together with parts.  I did both (since I wanted spare parts) but had to order the actual bar from Tony's.  The rest was ball connectors and some turnbuckles.

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2 minutes ago, Frog Jumper said:

Yeah, that's it.  But look for one where the OD is the same as the OD of your axle...

As for the TS rear sway bar, you can try to find #58078, or you can put on together with parts.  I did both (since I wanted spare parts) but had to order the actual bar from Tony's.  The rest was ball connectors and some turnbuckles.

Em, shouldn't that be the ID that is the same as the OD of the axle? As in the hole of the collar nut being the same as the shaft? So the end result is the collar that slips into the hole of the wheel will be bigger then the axle. Impossible for ID and OD to be the same given the thickness of the metal? Perhaps it is wheels with bigger axle holes that I should be looking for? 

Also, another issue I noticed when using them was huge vibrations, not unexpected I suppose? Will that be OK or can it break parts? 

I will print out the TS manual and see what parts I need. I do not really have much spares given my limited collection. 

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2 minutes ago, alvinlwh said:

Em, shouldn't that be the ID that is the same as the OD of the axle? As in the hole of the collar nut being the same as the shaft? So the end result is the collar that slips into the hole of the wheel will be bigger then the axle. Impossible for ID and OD to be the same given the thickness of the metal? Perhaps it is wheels with bigger axle holes that I should be looking for? 

 

No.  The OD of the collar nut should the same as the axle.  And it should still thread onto the axle.

I'll pull out the calipers tonight and do some measurements for you on my Dragon.  I have extra extensions around here I think...

Terry

 

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4 minutes ago, Frog Jumper said:

No.  The OD of the collar nut should the same as the axle.  And it should still thread onto the axle.

I'll pull out the calipers tonight and do some measurements for you on my Dragon.  I have extra extensions around here I think...

Terry

 

We actually had this discussion before and did the measurements. I do need to check the wheel hole of this set of wheels as the previous set was touring car wheels. 

 

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@Frog Jumper I found my set.

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The hole in the wheel is (about) 3.85mm while the OD of the nut that goes through that hole is (as measured earlier) 4.92mm. Now I have to consider if it is worth the risk of drilling out the hole and risk another exploding wheel. Another point of note is, with 4mm hex on at the moment, I hardly have any thread through the locknut, so using a thicker standard hex will not work, not even 5mm.

Also, I ordered a 16t and 14t pinion, to see if lowering the speed will help. Perhaps using a buggy for speed runs is not going to end well after all. 

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I made some side pods for my MF01x

As you might have read from another thread I was looking into small batteries, as at the moment it sticks out from the side quite a bit.

I bought some black 7.2 v batteries to help the look, but then, a little inspired by the Pumpkin I made some battery covers.

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What are people's thoughts? I'm on the fence. A part of me likes the fact it's covered, but another part of me thinks it's just even more under the body.

 

 

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