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19 minutes ago, Nikko85 said:

I cut down my MF01x by 15 mm by taking out the small spacer. I've yet to cut the shaft down, so 2WD for now..

I was using the 185 mm wheelbase option...

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but I've now gone for the 170 mm option...

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Which matches the wheelbase better. This is around 3-4 mm too short, where as the other one was 11 mm too long.

So obvious now I've done it.

Also, darn I miss that blue/white shell. 

 

 

 

 

They both look great.

What happened to the blue/white shell? 

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6 minutes ago, Grumpy pants said:

They both look great.

What happened to the blue/white shell? 

It got destroyed when I put Mr Sheen on the clear coat and it gummed it up and got super tacky. After spending ages trying to clear it and wasting an afternoon I just gave up. It was much nicer than the yellow shell I think, but this wheelbase works great.

I will get another, and paint even better next time. And not use Mr Sheen. 

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Started to give my CEN Monster Truck a run and get ready for the snow with it. Which means my touring car chassis is now in storage till the dry weather returns. 

Also messed about on Forza Horizon 5 again making up some of my all time favourite Tamiya R/C liveries, which just happen to be real life liveries too. 👍

James.

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28 minutes ago, InsaneJim69 said:

Started to give my CEN Monster Truck a run and get ready for the snow with it. Which means my touring car chassis is now in storage till the dry weather returns. 

Also messed about on Forza Horizon 5 again making up some of my all time favourite Tamiya R/C liveries, which just happen to be real life liveries too. 👍

James.

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IMG_20211127_074052.jpgGreat GT1.  I picked up the decals as well.  What are the wheels?  Hard to tell from photo

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Slow RC day for me..  mostly work, and got a booster Pfizer shot today. 

I did manage to make another harness repurposing bulk CAT5  to illuminate my Beetles under the stereo.  :lol:

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My wife also safety pin knitted the gray felt on the lamp post to make it less distracting behind Billy's ClubBug.  

 

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3 hours ago, Yoshimitsu said:

I fitted a light bar to my never ending Sandscorcher. I've not even started the kit yet.😅51716903800_8f6bca1ef1_k.jpg

Looks good!  The kit is easy to build, probably will only take you like 2-3 hours (no need to rush), but the body takes several days to do for sure.  

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part three of a three part build has started:

1) 31" dumas scarab, will be finished as a 1/16 scale 38 foot boat in "miami vice" colors.  this was started in june, and is at a running state.  needs details and paint

2) King Hauler, started in october, finished, built as a Kenworth W900 day cab

3) 3d printed additions that just came off the printer today,  converting a standard flatbed trailer to a lowboy

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11 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

It has a kind of ‘Nice legs, shame about the face’ about it for me 🤔 Maybe with with some beer goggles on….

 

Thats pretty much the only way I buy kits these days, but they are bravery goggles for me...

The TD4 and TD2 look brilliant, I would buy them in a heartbeat...but they are quite pricey and I have better from other brands so not really sure what the point of them would be. A rere Boomerang or TT02B are fine in the backyard, the HB D418 or Ae b6 is better on the track...

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12 hours ago, Yoshimitsu said:

I fitted a light bar to my never ending Sandscorcher. I've not even started the kit yet.😅51716903800_8f6bca1ef1_k.jpg

A Sand Scorcher is for life, not just Christmas 😉

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So today I was mostly busy work day, but with the Covid booster shot I got yesterday, I was getting chills and headaches so decided to not do anything RC after work.. well besides trialing a few plastic model boxes as background for Billy's Beetles..  I have 5-6 more US military kits coming so hopefully I can get the boxes arranged to where I can 'box' up and straighten the total line of the boxes.

I also installed a paper towel dispenser on my mobile cart/drawer adjacent to my desk.  I hated having my paper towel dispenser on the floor so just got a cheapo plastic one and mounted to the side of the cart with 2 machine screws/washers/nuts.  

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Read a post last week, or at least I think it was last week, about the snake bite body. So I went to the garage to dig through my dads rc stuff as well as my old stuff because I remember one of us having one back in the day. I found it and a couple others from that time period. :D

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Also came across a couple of my mini 4wd I built back in 2001ish I think, but I don’t believe  I ever actually ran them :(

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$20 score on Craigslist…

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Parma Jeep Honcho body
Big T tape and dispenser
Kyosho lexan scissors
Hudy body reamer

Rock!

 

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I bought half a vintage Sand Scorcher yesterday out of the TC sale section, I really like the patina on the shell.

The plan is to use as much as can be salvaged, parts from my spares and then I’ll pick up the remaining parts very slowly but surely as I need them. 
 

It will be a bitza, but I’m good with that 😎

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6 hours ago, Willy iine said:

So today I was mostly busy work day, but with the Covid booster shot I got yesterday, I was getting chills and headaches so decided to not do anything RC after work.. well besides trialing a few plastic model boxes as background for Billy's Beetles..  I have 5-6 more US military kits coming so hopefully I can get the boxes arranged to where I can 'box' up and straighten the total line of the boxes.

I also installed a paper towel dispenser on my mobile cart/drawer adjacent to my desk.  I hated having my paper towel dispenser on the floor so just got a cheapo plastic one and mounted to the side of the cart with 2 machine screws/washers/nuts.  

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That’s is a great photo 💥

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6 hours ago, ImALlama said:

Read a post last week, or at least I think it was last week, about the snake bite body. So I went to the garage to dig through my dads rc stuff as well as my old stuff because I remember one of us having one back in the day. I found it and a couple others from that time period. :D

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Also came across a couple of my mini 4wd I built back in 2001ish I think, but I don’t believe  I ever actually ran them :(

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Nice treasure hunt there. The green yellow still look better. I wonder how old that bodyshell is. Looks like you have 3 monster truck bodies.

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9 hours ago, Frog Jumper said:

$20 score on Craigslist…

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Parma Jeep Honcho body
Big T tape and dispenser
Kyosho lexan scissors
Hudy body reamer

Rock!

 

Reee zult. 

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CW-01 in for it’s regular 16yr service today. I’m going to need glue. 

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As mail have not moved for 1 week on all my orders i canceled a order and are picking up 1150 bearings at the local RC store.  After 1 off 2 week on sick leave i need some fresh air anyway
 

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6 minutes ago, simalarion said:

As mail have not moved for 1 week on all my orders i canceled a order and are picking up 1150 bearings at the local RC store.  After 1 off 2 week on sick leave i need some fresh air anyway
 

So how are you feeling?  Has the therapy starting to wear off on the fatigue side?

Hope you are well soon!

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@Willy iine-finished Antibiotic cure and painkillers from hospital yesterday, i sleep a Lot but other than that im ok. New thing is that they now added silicon drains in part under eyebrows and i think they said allminium plates longer down that i now can feel with fingertips, also blue/green stuff come out off nose, It feels like i had a couple off Hop-Ups on myself this time

 

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1 hour ago, simalarion said:

@Willy iine-finished Antibiotic cure and painkillers from hospital yesterday, i sleep a Lot but other than that im ok. New thing is that they now added silicon drains in part under eyebrows and i think they said allminium plates longer down that i now can feel with fingertips, also blue/green stuff come out off nose, It feels like i had a couple off Hop-Ups on myself this time

 

After what you and I have been through in the last two we should do a build thread🤣

I am seeing my surgeon next week to remove dressings etc and I’m going to ask him for a copy of the X-ray that they too after the operation to exactly what he’s done.

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Much Thanks to this Forum my Agrios now look like a proper Monster Truck. I updated propeller joints/driver shaft, knuckles (stil waiting for the Rear pair), steel pinions, JConsept Tribute wheel with Firestorm Tyres. I am very happy with the result, if Agrios (TXT-2) came like this out off the box it would be Tamiyas best MonsterTruck (and most authentic) ;), First the Real thing, then my Agrios with Hop-Ups:spacer.pngspacer.pngspacer.pngspacer.png

Ps: Old Tyres look So comical now when directly comparing

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1 minute ago, simalarion said:

Much Thanks to this Forum my Agrios now look like a proper Monster Truck. I updated propeller joints/driver shaft, knuckles (stil waiting for the Rear pair), steel pinions, JConsept Tribute wheel with Firestorm Tyres. I am very happy with the result, if Agrios (TXT-2) came like this out off the box it would be Tamiyas best MonsterTruck (and most authentic) ;), First the Real thing, then my Agrios with Hop-Ups:spacer.pngspacer.pngspacer.pngspacer.png

Ps: Old Tyres look So comical now when directly comparing

Yeah even I have cracked out my CEN Monster Truck 👍 the snow is here so prob a good idea instead of a 4wd touring car 😂😂👍

James.

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Removed the body and took some BEFORE shots and dunk it in water to remove the paper backed stickers.. not sure what to do with the chassis as I will be using a GF01 like how @Nikko85 did his.  I love the front end of the F-100.

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Hummmm.. did not see the broken bumper in the eBay ad.. oh well.  Nothing I can’t fix.

Will give it a good dip in water for an hour or so.. 

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