Kol__ 3377 Posted March 12, 2022 10 hours ago, Willy iine said: I got an update that my Avante #2 finally cleared customs and on its way to my local post office. Hopefully in the coming days I will receive it. Lovely stuff. Another buggy?... Are your collection of Willy's shaking in their boots at the thought of a hostile take over? Ah well, at least their prepared as their numbers are many and they are basically a small army! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted March 12, 2022 6 hours ago, Kol__ said: Lovely stuff. Another buggy?... Are your collection of Willy's shaking in their boots at the thought of a hostile take over? Ah well, at least their prepared as their numbers are many and they are basically a small army! My RC shop is Willy first, everything else second, so they are safe! Yeah this Avante I bought several weeks ago, but coming from another vendor in Japan so taking a while to get here. If I can make space I plan to build it too and paint it gunmetal and run Egress wheels and tires. But there is yet another buggy making its way.. I need to make a black border around the banner.. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy pants 4485 Posted March 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Willy iine said: My RC shop is Willy first, everything else second, so they are safe! Yeah this Avante I bought several weeks ago, but coming from another vendor in Japan so taking a while to get here. If I can make space I plan to build it too and paint it gunmetal and run Egress wheels and tires. But there is another buggy making its way.. I need to make a black border around the banner.. Great collection and great picture @Willy iine 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ziddan 947 Posted March 12, 2022 Today im poking at making mounts to get the Sand Scorcher body onto my TT02B chassi. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted March 12, 2022 28 minutes ago, Willy iine said: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kol__ 3377 Posted March 12, 2022 Also, lol... 29 minutes ago, Willy iine said: My RC shop is Willy first Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frankster 2033 Posted March 12, 2022 @Willy iine what is your car count? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frankster 2033 Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Ziddan said: Today im poking at making mounts to get the Sand Scorcher body onto my TT02B chassi. Send some photos. I am interested myself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted March 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, Frankster said: @Willy iine what is your car count? I am not sure.. maybe 5? Oh wait we not talking about my age.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ziddan 947 Posted March 12, 2022 29 minutes ago, Frankster said: Send some photos. I am interested myself No prob Got more pics and deetz in my build thread, im using some other custom parts ive made to increase ground clearance and shorten wheelbase. Those parts in turn are available free in my design thread, ill share the body mount files as well. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moffman 5752 Posted March 12, 2022 Picked up my freshly painted body for my £100 unused schumacher cat sx2 had a bit of a problem though the guy who painted for me got me got covid so he was isolating so I had to wait a few weeks! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvertriple 3557 Posted March 12, 2022 Achievement unlocked : difficult mechanical parts of the Nichimo Spirit FF all modeled 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted March 12, 2022 @Ziddan Wheel base looks to be a good fit. I am planning to do a touring car version so this is very helpful to see! In my case I'm going to repurpose an old HPI RS4 Pro.. In other news, I decided to try some snow camo for the wall Tamiya banner background.. will try it once the sheet arrives. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) In other news, per my wife’s challenge, worked on Willy's rolling tool case this morning. Final update for today.. tomorrow will do the drawer decor and hood. Edited March 12, 2022 by Willy iine 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SlideWRX 785 Posted March 12, 2022 2 hours ago, silvertriple said: Is that an internal spur gear?!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silvertriple 3557 Posted March 12, 2022 1 hour ago, SlideWRX said: Is that an internal spur gear?!? Yes it is... Have a view in my Nichimo Spirit FF thread if you want more details (presumably, they wanted to get the gravity center as central as possible) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moffman 5752 Posted March 12, 2022 All the hop-ups bar one which hasn't arrived yet are in the super avante! I thought it would be a lot harder to do than it actually was! Probably only took me a few hours the most time consuming was taking the ball diffs out and replacing the plastic diff nut for the alloy one but it wasn't difficult at all👍 just a lot of screws I've put slightly softer springs on aswell. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frankster 2033 Posted March 13, 2022 10 hours ago, Ziddan said: No prob Got more pics and deetz in my build thread, im using some other custom parts ive made to increase ground clearance and shorten wheelbase. Those parts in turn are available free in my design thread, ill share the body mount files as well. Thanks @Ziddan I will take a look Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frankster 2033 Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) sorry double post Edited March 13, 2022 by Frankster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted March 13, 2022 All these CAD design you folks do.. I feel ancient.. But happy to see the modern approach to one-off designs. Not like I'm going to live forever anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ziddan 947 Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Willy iine said: All these CAD design you folks do.. Im calipering and then building using 3d shapes directly so im far less accurate than someone doing actual CAD stuff, tried learning fusion360/cad software but while id like to be able to use it im just not persistent enough to learn it, doing like this works alright 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted March 13, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 4:11 AM, Willy iine said: I have am illness where I hear voices in my head associated with a tracking number.. I blame @mtbkym01.. Wait what? What did I (Javelin) say 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted March 13, 2022 3 hours ago, mtbkym01 said: Wait what? What did I (Javelin) say Not sure where I’m going to place mine on display.. Indeed a 1st ‘RC World’ problems.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moffman 5752 Posted March 13, 2022 Decided as I was going to fit the brushless combo in my avante I'd give these rims a go this has been in a state of limbo since before Christmas because of the diff nuts given up so now it's all upgraded and fixed I thought lets see what 2s and brushless goes like? 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18806 Posted March 13, 2022 I like those wheels, @moffman!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
