So, What Have You Done Today?

[Aerobert 1970]

That beetle looks great with the red wheels @Nikko85. 

[Tumbi 476]

Non Tamyia related… but today I dusted off my Gundam I built 4 Years ago…and I‘m always amazed by those details and mobility these kits have… feeling like a little boy again. I spend endless hours on that Project 🤪

[Novamadcars 224]

Well after a while away from rc I've decided today that when I get paid next week I need to buy a project to tinker with in the dark evenings.

[Tumbi 476]

Just now, Novamadcars said:

Well after a while away from rc I've decided today that when I get paid next week I need to buy a project to tinker with in the dark evenings.

Any Ideas? 

[Novamadcars 224]

4 minutes ago, Tumbi said:

Any Ideas? 

Maybe a ta02 as I have a ta01 or maybe  tt02 seriously not to sure lol hopefully a box of  bits or car for spares repair turns up lol. 

[Tumbi 476]

13 minutes ago, Novamadcars said:

Maybe a ta02 as I have a ta01 or maybe  tt02 seriously not to sure lol hopefully a box of  bits or car for spares repair turns up lol. 

How about a Lancia Rally? After seeing @Ferruz Beauty… i want one too 🤣

[Novamadcars 224]

12 minutes ago, Tumbi said:

How about a Lancia Rally? After seeing @Ferruz Beauty… i want one too 🤣

Not sure yet lol 

[Nikko85 2850]

2 hours ago, Aerobert said:

That beetle looks great with the red wheels @Nikko85. 

Thanks. I did have white ones but they went back on another car. I usually like white wheels on all cars but this kinda suits. Perfect colour match too.

I've gotta be honest the beetle body fits this QD so much better that the GF01TR it was originally on!

 

[Nick-W 1081]

Finally a free afternoon! The TD2 is almost complete. A little worried I’ve over tightened the diff but I’ll check it when running and fine tune if need be. 
My favourite build since coming back to the hobby, a really nice kit to put together. 

[Twinfan 605]

30 minutes ago, Nick-W said:

Finally a free afternoon! The TD2 is almost complete. A little worried I’ve over tightened the diff but I’ll check it when running and fine tune if need be. 
My favourite build since coming back to the hobby, a really nice kit to put together. 

Looking good, and great to hear. I've got one sat awaiting build in the queue!

[Twinfan 605]

Today, I ordered the remaining parts needed to turn the bunch of spare Lunch Box parts I have into a second Lunch Box.

This one will be completely standard and box art.

Everyone needs two, stock and modded, right?

[silvertriple 3144]

Today, I thingiversed the Hirobo Bearcat SS plastic part files...

Hirobo Bearcat/Tomcat Plastic parts files by silvertriple - Thingiverse

Happy Hirobo Bearcat/Tomcat repairs

[ImALlama 1003]

Today I ordered some parts for my grasshopper and ff03, then I decided to mount my rc racks in the garage for now since I don’t really have a good spot in the house. Need to add another row or two and get the rest of my cars out of storage containers so I can have them on display 

 

also because I was moving stuff around, I decided to take a few pics of my rc with the real car since the rc has been in the back seat area of the car for the past 23 years or so but I’ve somehow never taken a photo of the two together.

back when the model of the bike was painted, the real one had a regular swing arm and side exhaust so they matched better, maybe I should see about modifying it.

[Novamadcars 224]

Nice collection. Nice replica of the 1.1 car

[Willy iine 16921]

Very nice @ImALlama !!   Awesome collection indeed. 

 

For me, I finally took some snaps of my Optima MID and posted them in the gallery only thread.  Please check them out if interested.  I have to say, I am a big fan of Kogawa-san's cars.. this is by far the best.  I am going to be doing another Optima MID build after I do the Turbo Scorpion next.  The Optima MID #2 will definitely be yellow with brushless setup.      I ended up ordering the 15.5 LeMans motor this afternoon..  not sure if I'd ever use it, but why not.  I'll just display it with the car if I don't use it.

I also got the waterproof split-less wire loom, so I am going to see if I can make the skeleton for Willy's vac hose..  I want it in an oval shape so I need to put some sort of core inside.  Wish me hope.. 

[Willy iine 16921]

4 hours ago, Novamadcars said:

Maybe a ta02 as I have a ta01 or maybe  tt02 seriously not to sure lol hopefully a box of  bits or car for spares repair turns up lol. 

Nice man.  Are you doing a new build or getting used chassis and restoring them?   I really enjoyed restoring my M38's.. it's a completely different sense of accomplishment and joy when restoring old beat up cars to new (new-ish) condition.   

[Novamadcars 224]

9 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

Nice man.  Are you doing a new build or getting used chassis and restoring them?   I really enjoyed restoring my M38's.. it's a completely different sense of accomplishment and joy when restoring old beat up cars to new (new-ish) condition.   

No dont want new looking for somthing used. I'm totally with you on the felling of accomplishment once fixing repairing a used model. Wow what a collection you have just WOW 

[Willy iine 16921]

7 minutes ago, Novamadcars said:

No dont want new looking for somthing used. I'm totally with you on the felling of accomplishment once fixing repairing a used model. Wow what a collection you have just WOW 

Thanks, yeah, I did get a bit carried away..      Used sounds great.   I urge people who always build new kits to try restoring a beat up old vintage car as there is just so much character in those older cars...brining them back to life is just awesome.      Looking forward to your creation!

[Novamadcars 224]

3 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

Thanks, yeah, I did get a bit carried away..      Used sounds great.   I urge people who always build new kits to try restoring a beat up old vintage car as there is just so much character in those older cars...brining them back to life is just awesome.      Looking forward to your creation!

Just a little carried away ha ha ha. I've always enjoyed used models and I like to tinker clean replace parts ect. I'm hoping I find somthing soon at a reasonable price as I find Ebay prices can be a bit silly for used rc.

[HillbillyRacing 81]

Added some paint to my Streetstock TT01 (just waiting for the numbers to come in the post)

and black space frame car is a SuperStock im building on a new TT02 chassis that been sitting in the carboard for ages 

[Ferruz 10052]

I was in the livingroom setting up the Terra Scorcher for an outing today, when I accidentally pulled the throttle and sent her crashing straight onto the armchair. The sounds and visuals were quite dramatic, with plastic pieces flying all over and the car left with a dangling wheel under the front right suspension. I think I must have sat perfectly still for a good minute or two wondering how I could be this stupid, LoL, before actually going to pick up the car and check the damage.
Luckily, the only casualty was the front right knuckle. It shattered in four pieces, hence the plastic pieces flying around- but the rest of the suspension parts is unharmed. After double checking for further damage, I swiftly ordered some black aluminum replacements from RCJazz. I would have gone for plastic again no problem, but as of now the alu option was cheaper and so I went for it.
I was also able to put the shattered piece back together with glue, so I'll probably end up testing its resilience before the replacements show up!

As for today's run, the dependable Big Boss filled in for the momentarily injured Scorchy.

 

[berman 5313]

17 hours ago, Juhunio said:

@berman

😎 for the truckin’ time, but a 😢 for the knee. Ouch!

I had the same thing when I started running a few years ago. The running shop in Cardiff had an in-house osteopath who diagnosed patellofemoral dysfunction syndrome, very sore but easily fixed with some home physio.

I thought I was reasonably fit cos I used to cycle around Bristol a lot, but in my case cycling did nothing for the VMO muscle above the knee meaning it was too weak for running, putting too much pressure on my knee

A few weeks off the running and lots of seated alternate-leg lifts did the trick, giving the knee time to recover and building up the VMO. Not had knee pain since 👍

Get ye to an osteopath! 

Thank you! Oh no, I might have to google that, sounds sore! I haven't been for a run for 3 days and I'm getting withdrawals. I think I did the injury a week ago, I was going for my morning run but it was pitch black out, I went to cross an intersection and didn't see the drop down in the footpath to match the road and jarred my knee. When I went again the next morning, I was compensating and trying not to put pressure on it, mistake #1. I will take your advice and get to an osteo. The swelling has gone down a lot and it isn't as painful, but I cannot bend it 90 degrees. Thank you for the advice!

16 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Sorry to hear about your knee injury @berman    Actually I fell off my step ladder on my driveway a few weeks ago while painting our exterior lamp housings (lost my footing due to dumb) on my garage wall.. I thought I broke my right ankle and knee, but managed to finish the project while limping.  I am still limping and very painful to walk up and down the stairs.  And the icing on the cake was the fire drill we had at the office where we had to walk down the stairwell several flights a few days ago.. why today, I asked.    

Get well soon!  

Thanks! Far out! With all the RC and honey-do's you get done, I thought you were the king of avoiding accidents. 😄 I would have opted out of that fire drill if I was in your state, and told everyone I would run if there's a real one. But I guess your work would imply even if you were injured, you'd have to escape quickly anyway 😄

15 hours ago, Nikko85 said:

Does anyone take the Tamiya racing truck and just rip it up? 😁

The owner did take it off and blast it on the layout, it was quite funny! 😄

Today I took some clangers to the park. Got a few onlookers and questions, and a couple of kids that were watching got a turn on the DT03 and the lunchie, which the parents were happy about. The DT03 certainly needs a hotter motor, it was fun but isn't fast enough in a big open area to be entertaining. 

This is my first run with the Mojave. I've had a fair share of 60mph cars, but this behemoth is just an outright animal. What a fun truck, havent smiled this much in ages. Just waiting for the batteries to charge again and will hobble down to a more local park for another blast. 😁

Video below

https://imgur.com/a/xvsayfg

 

[Tumbi 476]

4 hours ago, Ferruz said:

I was in the livingroom setting up the Terra Scorcher for an outing today, when I accidentally pulled the throttle and sent her crashing straight onto the armchair. The sounds and visuals were quite dramatic, with plastic pieces flying all over and the car left with a dangling wheel under the front right suspension. I think I must have sat perfectly still for a good minute or two wondering how I could be this stupid, LoL, before actually going to pick up the car and check the damage.
Luckily, the only casualty was the front right knuckle. It shattered in four pieces, hence the plastic pieces flying around- but the rest of the suspension parts is unharmed. After double checking for further damage, I swiftly ordered some black aluminum replacements from RCJazz. I would have gone for plastic again no problem, but as of now the alu option was cheaper and so I went for it.
I was also able to put the shattered piece back together with glue, so I'll probably end up testing its resilience before the replacements show up!

As for today's run, the dependable Big Boss filled in for the momentarily injured Scorchy.

 

Oh noo! Sorry to hear…happy to hear it didn’t end as dramatic as it looked! 
Looks like fun with those fallen leaves 🍁🍂

Great Pics as allways 🤩

[Novamadcars 224]

After buying some carbon rods in lockdown I've finally decided to use it. I've decided to make a prop shaft for my tl01 I've just cut it to length just to drill the holes for the pins. Any idea what size the holes are? As I will need to buy a drill bit as I don't think I'll have any the size of the holes lol 

 

[moffman 5245]

13 hours ago, Nick-W said:

Finally a free afternoon! The TD2 is almost complete. A little worried I’ve over tightened the diff but I’ll check it when running and fine tune if need be. 
My favourite build since coming back to the hobby, a really nice kit to put together. 

If the diff nut is anything like the TD4 if you've got that feeling you over tightened it you probably have already stripped it! if there's one hop-up part for these buggies which is a must it's the alloy diff nut