So, What Have You Done Today?

Jonathon Gillham · May 21, 2020

2 hours ago, Blista said:

I've never been more envious of anything in my life than you having plastic containers that perfectly fit each vehicle.

I laugh but was thinking the same thing...

Badcrumble · May 21, 2020

3 hours ago, Blista said:

I've never been more envious of anything in my life than you having plastic containers that perfectly fit each vehicle.

Exactly this. Where did yours come from @Peter_B

I have a mixture of Really Useful Boxes and ones from Clas Ohlson bit just can't get it right.

Jonathon Gillham · May 21, 2020

18 minutes ago, Badcrumble said:

Exactly this. Where did yours come from @Peter_B

I have a mixture of Really Useful Boxes and ones from Clas Ohlson bit just can't get it right.

Are 'Really Useful Boxes' a thing or a nod to Thomas the Tank Engine?

matisse · May 21, 2020

18 minutes ago, Jonathon Gillham said:

Are 'Really Useful Boxes' a thing or a nod to Thomas the Tank Engine?

Actually a brand of boxes in the U.K., but also probably a nod to Thomas

Badcrumble · May 21, 2020

32 minutes ago, Jonathon Gillham said:

Are 'Really Useful Boxes' a thing or a nod to Thomas the Tank Engine?

Most definitely a thing

http://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/

Peter_B · May 21, 2020

2 hours ago, Badcrumble said:

Exactly this. Where did yours come from @Peter_B

I have a mixture of Really Useful Boxes and ones from Clas Ohlson bit just can't get it right.

Most of them came from Tesco but they are by Wham (nothing to do with the 80's pop sensations though as far as I know).

They do various sizes, I have a mixture of lower profile (32 litre I think) for buggies and taller ones (can't remember the size) for King Yellow, Lunchbox etc. I also have another, in-between, size that houses a Wild Willy 2 quite nicely.

There are also a couple of Keter (I think) "crocodile" boxes that my Monster Beetle and Blackfoot live in.

In one of the pics, on a lower shelf, are some IKEA Samla (70 litre I think) boxes that are nice and low profile but big enough to hold 2 buggies side by side. If the sides were vertical instead of slightly angled I think I could get 3 buggies in them.

Yoda67 · May 21, 2020

Fitted a roof rack with lights to my CC01 D90. Just need to sort a driver now

mman2005 · May 21, 2020

Finished my drivers for my shelfer and runner

Aerobert · May 21, 2020

Replaced one broken steering knuckle on my Bullhead. And now I go for spin with it in my backyard.

Juhunio · May 21, 2020

Put a load of TT01 hop ups in the Trades section, and then got a great paint delivery from the postie so got to work on the driver figure for my DF03.

He's an Avante driver being converted into Ayrton Senna! I had to take quite a bit of material away behind his right shoulder to let the steering rod move freely, and trim away all the protrusions underneath to clear the prop shaft, but he fits with a bit of room to spare!

Mixed X5 orange with a bit of X8 yellow (70/30) to get a close-ish match to PS Camel yellow, but it's looking alright so far. Waiting for the yellow to dry now.....

ChrisRx718 · May 21, 2020

Looks great @Juhunio

Where did you get the Avante driver figure from? I want one!

TurnipJF · May 21, 2020

Put the driver in my G6-01 and took it for a little test drive.

All done now bar the decals!

mman2005 · May 21, 2020

1 hour ago, Juhunio said:

Put a load of TT01 hop ups in the Trades section, and then got a great paint delivery from the postie so got to work on the driver figure for my DF03.

He's an Avante driver being converted into Ayrton Senna! I had to take quite a bit of material away behind his right shoulder to let the steering rod move freely, and trim away all the protrusions underneath to clear the prop shaft, but he fits with a bit of room to spare!

Mixed X5 orange with a bit of X8 yellow (70/30) to get a close-ish match to PS Camel yellow, but it's looking alright so far. Waiting for the yellow to dry now.....

Noticed DI wing. Looks better!

Juhunio · May 21, 2020

56 minutes ago, ChrisRx718 said:

Looks great @Juhunio

Where did you get the Avante driver figure from? I want one!

Tony! Part number 9225125

mman2005 · May 21, 2020

Finished stickering my Team Azarashi DF03 shell. First side went on fine, second side was a nightmare to get in an equivalent location. Can now get on and paint the wing

CoolHands · May 21, 2020

On 5/20/2020 at 11:17 AM, Butler said:

Built the gearbox for my Bruiser. I have 3 speeds, all neutral

Investigation needed.

Building mine too at the moment (genuine one though). I have gears available! But weird amount of play on the shaft. I’ve checked and rechecked but nothing missing, so don’t know if it’s normal or not.

JeffSpicoli · May 22, 2020

Attempting to solder and remembering how much I f$*$(E((E((ing hate it. Also tried crimping a Tamiya barrel connector for a motor and busted the tabs off of 2 of them with the crimper.

Kill me now. :angry:

KalEl63 · May 22, 2020

Put some new decals on my original Terra Scorcher as a part of its freshening up

happy with it except the pro cup decals are a bit high

Butler · May 22, 2020

10 hours ago, CoolHands said:

Building mine too at the moment (genuine one though). I have gears available! But weird amount of play on the shaft. I’ve checked and rechecked but nothing missing, so don’t know if it’s normal or not.

All working now, once I'd set it up properly. My 3rd channel only has 2 positions, so gone with 1st and 3rd for now. Can change to 1st and 2nd or 2nd and third if I reduce the EPA to 0% on one of the positions.