So, What Have You Done Today?

[moffman]

8 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Yeah, if you can salvage the body definitely do that.   GL with the project!

 

For me, started the brush painting this morning.  I think I can finish it by evening.   

Almost there.. will place a few decals after my meetings. 

Update.. finished the balancer.  More pictures in the gallery only thread.  

Thanks again to @Franksterfor the idea!!

If your wondering why I've put your pictures of the sand scorcher and wheelie scorcher on the pictures absolutely no words thread I accidentally put words underneath and then realized what thread i was reading

Them willys and the two cars are fantastic absolutely on another level!!

[Willy iine]

5 minutes ago, moffman said:

If your wondering why I've put your pictures of the sand scorcher and wheelie scorcher on the pictures absolutely no words thread I accidentally put words underneath and then realized what thread i was reading

Them willys and the two cars are fantastic absolutely on another level!!

 I've done that in the past.  I just edited and posted a random RC picture to replace.    Thanks again.  

[Kol__]

8 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Update.. finished the balancer.  More pictures in the gallery only thread.  

Thanks again to @Franksterfor the idea!!

Awesome mate! Needs some sort of data read out sticker on the little screen there me thinks!

[Willy iine]

14 minutes ago, Kol__ said:

Awesome mate! Needs some sort of data read out sticker on the little screen there me thinks!

Yeah, my wife asked the same thing whether I wanted her to print up a sticker.  

I'm glad you recognized that it's a LCD monitor.. I did something right!  

From a composition perspective, I wanted to emphasize the Tamiya logo.  

[Kol__]

Lol, it's clearly a monitor, great work again buddy

Some bits of this cut up maybe - https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Knight-Rider-KITT-Dashboard-by-UnconArt/26359557.EJUG5

Or this, again cut up? -https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Knight-Rider-KITT-Dashboard-by-Treadstone02/65173194.EJUG5

Never seen that website before, so no idea how good it is, just did a quick Google on the concept mate

[Willy iine]

5 minutes ago, Kol__ said:

Lol, it's clearly a monitor, great work again buddy

Some bits of this cut up maybe - https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Knight-Rider-KITT-Dashboard-by-UnconArt/26359557.EJUG5

Or this, again cut up? -https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Knight-Rider-KITT-Dashboard-by-Treadstone02/65173194.EJUG5

Never seen that website before, so no idea how good it is, just did a quick Google on the concept mate

Thanks, I was thinking I'll show the Hunter Roadforce screen to my artistic kid and he can draw something for me on his iPad.. then print it up.   

https://www.hunter.com/wheel-balancers/road-force-elite/#innovation

He's done a lot of my custom graphics.  

[Kol__]

2 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

Thanks, I was thinking I'll show the Hunter Roadforce screen to my artistic kid and he can draw something for me on his iPad.. then print it up.    He's done a lot of my custom graphics.  

Oh nice, that'll certainly give it some more realism

[Willy iine]

1 hour ago, Kol__ said:

Oh nice, that'll certainly give it some more realism

Yeah, my kid does all sorts of pencil sketches to web design for actual companies.. he's won quite a bit of awards and recognitions in his short life.  

He got all his talents from his mom.. and all bad habits from me.. 

[Frankster]

9 hours ago, Willy iine said:

 

Looks great!  Do you have a photo of all the equipment you have build for your 1/10 garage?

[Frankster]

6 hours ago, Busdriver said:

Added some weight to the front wheels of the Bronco.  140g per wheel. 
 Also took all sorts out for a spin on the road outside. The Guilia is brilliant with a sport tuned motor. I have to say the M chassis cars seem very smooth to drive. Also ran the MF01-X Yaris out. It needs more power but is very balanced, just a bit low on top speed!! The TT02 GTR is just super quick. 10.5t brushless and some silly gearing man it flies. I obviously didn’t glue the tyres very well as a spirited donut session pulled one of the rear tyres off. My other TT02 has the same motor but stock greats in a rally format. Those tyres weren’t glued at all and lasted about 20 seconds!!! Fun afternoon though

 

@Busdriver what are the weights for?

Do you have photos of your collection you can share?   Should like you have a great day of driving

[Willy iine]

33 minutes ago, Frankster said:

Looks great!  Do you have a photo of all the equipment you have build for your 1/10 garage?

Thanks!  Yeah, I post over at the gallery only thread, but here are some that are already in that thread.  I've only made just a few..

The blue mobile cart is something I bought, but will replace with a custom built one soon.. 

Will do the standalone drill press next and finish with the blue cart, I think.  

[Willy iine]

@Frankster I built these too awhile back for my M38 Willy..  Tire rack and skids.. this is using actual hardwood.  

[Busdriver]

4 hours ago, Frankster said:

@Busdriver what are the weights for?

Do you have photos of your collection you can share?   Should like you have a great day of driving

The wheels are for my CC02 Bronco (old body style) that I find a little front end light when climbing steep inclines. The weight in the wheels/tyres is to keep the front end down. If you put the weight into the chassis it affects the suspension but by putting them in the wheels it becomes unsprung weight. 
I have loads of pictures in my build posts. What I must do is redo some and the set up my showroom properly.? Watch this space!!!!

[Frankster]

8 hours ago, Busdriver said:

The wheels are for my CC02 Bronco (old body style) that I find a little front end light when climbing steep inclines. The weight in the wheels/tyres is to keep the front end down. If you put the weight into the chassis it affects the suspension but by putting them in the wheels it becomes unsprung weight. 
I have loads of pictures in my build posts. What I must do is redo some and the set up my showroom properly.? Watch this space!!!!

Ahhh.. thanks for info.  I have not played much with crawlers to understand the issues. 

[Willy iine]

Today I just cleaned up and organized my RC work space.. in prep for the TopForce Evo build coming up next.     Since it comes pre-painted and cut, this should be an easy no brainer build.. perfect for dummies like me.   

wut?.. 

 

My wife came to my RC shop and asked where I was going to place the Javelin and Evo after noticing my full shelves.. 

floor? ..     No one actually walks around in my shop so it's not a bad option as it's wood flooring and looks good with the vibrant colors of RC..  just makes for an interesting time when I need to dry mop the floor every week..  

[Badcrumble]

I was wondering whether you might start suspending them from the ceiling @Willy iine

I'm still waiting for you to get a big rig and a low loader for an M38... then I'll consider my work as an influencer (isn't that what the kids do as a job these days?) as done.

[Unknown Driver]

@Willy iine I'm blown away by your work, attention to detail, and workspace. I thought I was organized and tidy...sheesh...

I haven't posted here in months, but now that the carpet racing season is over, I'm back to doing some restos. Here's a Madcap and Bearhawk I just wrapped up. I know the wheels are wrong on the Bearhawk...sooner or later I'll buy a Sand Viper and 'borrow' the rims. lol

[Unknown Driver]

Whops! Double post. Well, lemons into lemonade...here's what I have for WIP...

There's also a NIB Egress, Avante, Saint Dragon (all re-re) and original King Cab and Blackfoot III I need to get to...runnin' out of space!

[Andreas W]

Inbetween family dutys I have found time to convert my Tomahawk in direction Old school. I have mounted a Yokomo Esprit that I gave a fixup during the winter. I got it together with a well used Sand Scorcher I bought years ago. With an old motor you also need beefy tires. I like it, even though it is more practical to get 2,2 tires from shops here (instead of ordering from Tamico, which I do to get the Kyosho tires). 

[Frankster]

80% complete with the 4 wheel steering on my Beetle Blitzer. Major milestone for me.  Just need to connect rear steering assembly to second servo and clean up a few details

Edited April 15, 2022 by Frankster
Fixed photos

[Willy iine]

@Frankster Nice 4WD set up.  So are you now in Australia?  Is that why your pictures are up-side-down?  

[Frankster]

Not down under 😝.  
 

Photos look fine on my iPhone but are inverted when I post 🤷‍♂️

[Willy iine]

4 minutes ago, Frankster said:

Not down under 😝.  
 

Photos look fine on my iPhone but are inverted when I post 🤷‍♂️

 Yeah you said you’re from HK.. so thought you were traveling.   Anyway that is odd but no issue , we can see it. 

[Busdriver]

It happens quite often with iPhone pictures. Sometimes if you try and take landscape pictures with the camera face at 90’ it inverts the picture when you download it. I have to angle the camera so it’s looking slightly downward. Have no idea why it happens??

[Kol__]

Today I picked up some more storage containers. One to house the Mad Bull parts and spares, as it's my all weather basher and the mass of parts spread about a few boxes needed a home. And two more for future builds I'm collecting for...