So, What Have You Done Today?

[Willy iine 12586]

Electronics installed this morning.  I test fitted the body and I think I want to raise the rear body post some not for clearance issues, but mainly front/rear body to chassis alignment.  

I think I’m going to be able to finish the car later today.   

[16_Bit_Mr_J 199]

Painting a Bigwig shell. Praying I haven't totally screwed it up 

 

[Juhunio 5788]

The last screws finally turned up so I was able to finish my TA03-RS chassis build

Pre-ESC installation...

And with the electronics all in

Now for the shell....

[Willy iine 12586]

@Juhunio That looks awesome!  

[16_Bit_Mr_J 199]

Ordered Polycarbonate Cleaner (see 2 posts above) 🙄🤣

[Willy iine 12586]

3 minutes ago, 16_Bit_Mr_J said:

Ordered Polycarbonate Cleaner (see 2 posts above) 🙄🤣

Are you going to wipe all the paint off or going to get another can to finish it..(?)

Your picture looks work in progress (which is perfectly fine) so it is kind of hard to tell where you are saying you screwed up.. (?)

 

[Willy iine 12586]

Finished the Egress.. well, for the time being.  I thought I had black wheel nuts but apparently I did not..  so will get those on order. 

She’s a pretty car.  I like how everything turned out.   I think the black edition rere Avante would compliment her well.. I should probably get that too. 

 

[16_Bit_Mr_J 199]

14 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

Are you going to wipe all the paint off or going to get another can to finish it..(?)

Your picture looks work in progress (which is perfectly fine) so it is kind of hard to tell where you are saying you screwed up.. (?)

 

Quite a bad bleed from the blue into the white. Not sure how it got through the masking but it did somehow, not a major disaster and it'll be handy to have a bottle anyway 😊

[Badcrumble 3561]

20 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

.Se’s a pretty car.  I like how everything turned out.   I think the black edition rere Avante would compliment her well.. I should probably get that too. 

What happened to the CC-02 Bronco being the last car? 

Honestly think you should get a truck and trailer - you could squeeze it in by putting a car on the trailer!

[Willy iine 12586]

28 minutes ago, Badcrumble said:

What happened to the CC-02 Bronco being the last car? 

Honestly think you should get a truck and trailer - you could squeeze it in by putting a car on the trailer!

Yeah, I should and I am is different.. usually..   

Tractor trailer would be really nice.  I’d like to get a flatbed and carry 2-3 M38’s.  

[Willy iine 12586]

39 minutes ago, 16_Bit_Mr_J said:

Quite a bad bleed from the blue into the white. Not sure how it got through the masking but it did somehow, not a major disaster and it'll be handy to have a bottle anyway 😊

I see..!  

If it’s fresh PS paint, you can even use motor spray on a paper towel and remove excess / overspray.  

[16_Bit_Mr_J 199]

29 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

I see..!  

If it’s fresh PS paint, you can even use motor spray on a paper towel and remove excess / overspray.  

Thank you for the tip 🙂

[Cephas 416]

Framed my Monster Beetle box today to hang with the others

[GeeWings 2326]

6 hours ago, alvinlwh said:

Received and fitted an UBEC and it solved the moving on neutral glitch of the TBLE. Glad I didn't believe some so called racer who insisted it was my radio gear's fault. 

I’m glad you solved the issue. I had the same problem with my GF01 with a TBLE. I had assumed it was the radio gear so replaced that and also replaced the ESC while I was at it as I wanted a fully programmable ESC anyway.

[GeeWings 2326]

3 hours ago, 16_Bit_Mr_J said:

Ordered Polycarbonate Cleaner (see 2 posts above) 🙄🤣

Sorry to hear of the issues, but the cleaner is always good to have at hand. 

[alvinlwh 3188]

8 minutes ago, GeeWings said:

I’m glad you solved the issue. I had the same problem with my GF01 with a TBLE. I had assumed it was the radio gear so replaced that and also replaced the ESC while I was at it as I wanted a fully programmable ESC anyway.

I know it is not my "cheap" radio that was causing the problem as I tested the signal using a program card with that function and it was holding relatively steady at neutral, not drifting enough to cause self runway. I am just glad I did not listen to someone that had insisted it was my "cheapo" radio's fault while completely ignoring the signal readings. If I had gone and buy a high end £200 radio, the problem will still be there while this £5 UBEC fixed it. 

[moffman 4665]

3 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Finished the Egress.. well, for the time being.  I thought I had black wheel nuts but apparently I did not..  so will get those on order. 

She’s a pretty car.  I like how everything turned out.   I think the black edition rere Avante would compliment her well.. I should probably get that too. 

 

That's looking seriously good👍 definitely (funds permit of course) the black special will be a definite good companion!

[Willy iine 12586]

27 minutes ago, moffman said:

That's looking seriously good👍 definitely (funds permit of course) the black special will be a definite good companion!

Thanks!

  Nice~!!

[M 800STD 465]

Started modding my Tx

[J@mes 2264]

Today our Twin Detonator gets a new front gearbox housing. It’s certainly used and abused! 
 

Thank you Tamico

Quality stuff

I blame the kids

Fair old whack (or several) meant the mounts had sheared off & 1 side had  cracked almost all the way through 

Not exactly good as new…

 

Next time round I’ll treat it to new bushings, a pair of new 540’s and steel pinions. Maybe even a clean 

[Willy iine 12586]

I drove my Egress this afternoon and to my surprise the car drove exceptionally well out of the box, basically factory setup with maybe a slightly stiffer diff setting and factory one way installed.  I am running Tamiya's BZ motor.  Tight turn radius too which was a very welcome surprise.   I'm real happy with the car. 

[G-rem 5]

On 2/17/2022 at 2:25 AM, Willy iine said:

Yes, I think it was. 

@G-rem I checked my email archive, but since I bought and painted the car before 2015 I could not find the order info.  However, if I was to do it again, I would definitely use PS19 to match the yellow.  Hope this helps!

Thanks a lot ! From the picture it looked like to be more on the orange side than a normal yellow and I wasn't aware that PS-19 would be of that tint. Will definitely consider it for future project  

[Willy iine 12586]

5 minutes ago, G-rem said:

Thanks a lot ! From the picture it looked like to be more on the orange side than a normal yellow and I wasn't aware that PS-19 would be of that tint. Will definitely consider it for future project  

No problem.  GL with your future build.  

[rwordenjr 1810]

Preordered td2 and Thundershot !

[nel33 841]

19 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Whoever packaged my kit must have been out having a good time with @nel33’s drunken penguins the previous night.   

LOL, i take offence to that, i only had 3 drinks that night, *granted its a 1 pint mug*.....

when you need to walk lightly, the penguins really have it mastered.