So, What Have You Done Today?

[Sogogi 1950]

Monster hornet. Perfect on short grass. 

[BuggyDad 2471]

5 hours ago, wun1jee said:

I finished my 2nd M05.

My first car was a 1985 Honda CRX Si. I still have her, too! Since then I've had a love affair with 1st generation Honda CRXs. I've been wanting to do one of these for years. And I finally got off my butt and did it. Instead of a mini-me of my 1/1 (which is in need of some love..) I built it as a JDM 1983 Ballade Sports CR-X 1.5i in Baltic Blue. Which is essentially the same as what we got in the US as the 1985 CRX Si.







I'm quite happy with how it came out, despite a few minor imperfections here and there!

Beautiful scale work. Had to look twice to be sure it's not a real car!

 

[Willy iine 16804]

Besides the Fantom, drove my momentum car.  M03.   Very cool and relaxing to drive.   

 

[Willy iine 16804]

45 minutes ago, Sogogi said:

Monster hornet. Perfect on short grass. 

Huh, that looks good!  

[Frog Jumper 3416]

Brass rings and hairbun donut “foams” (trying again with XL instead of L) to replace the stock AL rings and foams.

Desert Lizard shocks tweaked again.  Back to 100mm shafts with medium to spring and light droop spring.  275cst oil.

Butter…

 

 

[wun1jee 329]

7 hours ago, BuggyDad said:

Beautiful scale work. Had to look twice to be sure it's not a real car!

 

 

Thanks! Haha. It's a little bit smaller than the 1/1.



One day the 1/1 will look that good again. 

[lsear2905 1244]

Not today, but Sunday I went sailing and determined that the lack of range and glitching I had when I last drove the Kyosho Trail King was not due to the car, or the batteries, but the radio. I use the same radio for the sailboat and discovered that the Kyosho radio, for some reason, now has approximately 10' of range. I am annoyed by this fact, as I only use a stick radio for the Trail King and the sailboat. 

I bought a Flysky FS-i6, which is ugly, and possibly overly complicated for what I'm doing, but receivers are AUD$15 (vs ~ AUD$50 for the Kyosho receiver) and readily available... should I require a second, smaller sailboat 

I also ran the GF01 dump-truck on Saturday afternoon, which I enjoyed immensely, as well as some other Traxxas and Kyosho offerings.

@GeeWings  That Mario Kart build is phenomenal... how do we convince Tamiya to team up with Nintendo??

[mtbkym01 3527]

@lsear2905 I bought one of these HK specials ages ago to use on my Bruiser (when I get around to building it, only had it 10yrs this year )

The issue I have is that the carbon shift gate I have wont fit over the sticks, and no matter what I’ve tried, I don't seem to be able to remove them, I thought they would just unscrew.

Do the ones on the Flysky unscrew?

[GeeWings 2738]

Thanks @lsear2905, I had a lot of fun putting it together. Trying to work out what Donkey Kongs ride should be now 😂

Sorry to hear about the radio problems, at least i guess now you know what it is you can find/buy a solution.

[Kol__ 2822]

21 minutes ago, GeeWings said:

Trying to work out what Donkey Kongs ride should be now 😂

Can we have a poll for this please @GeeWings?😂 My vote is for Toad or Yoshi next😉

[Frankster 1891]

2 hours ago, GeeWings said:

Thanks @lsear2905, I had a lot of fun putting it together. Trying to work out what Donkey Kongs ride should be now 😂

Sorry to hear about the radio problems, at least i guess now you know what it is you can find/buy a solution.

Donkey Kong on Comical chassis with Blitzer wheels and tires

[Frankster 1891]

2 hours ago, GeeWings said:

Thanks @lsear2905, I had a lot of fun putting it together. Trying to work out what Donkey Kongs ride should be now 😂

Sorry to hear about the radio problems, at least i guess now you know what it is you can find/buy a solution.

Donkey Kong on Comical chassis with Blitzer wheels and tires

[alvinlwh 4608]

Checked out of Glasgow to head off to Edinburgh. But before I left, visited a nearby model shop. Nothing I really fancy so bought a can of PS-55 before leaving.

[GeeWings 2738]

2 hours ago, Kol__ said:

Can we have a poll for this please @GeeWings?😂 My vote is for Toad or Yoshi next😉

Problem is I only have a Donkey Kong 😂

25 minutes ago, Frankster said:

Donkey Kong on Comical chassis with Blitzer wheels and tires

I did sit him on my Comical hornet chassis today and the GF01. However I’m actually thinking a smaller, much smaller, chassis could be funny. I have a spare mudmad I might play with…

[Willy iine 16804]

For me, charged up the Fantom's battery (I'm just running NiMH) and noticed the charge amount increased from 1500 to about 1900mAh running three 12min cycles per pack on my 3600mAh.  So I am pushing the car a bit more now.   I may go down to 10min cycles so that I can keep >50% charge in the cells before recharge. 

[alvinlwh 4608]

Got a bit time as the test drive I booked fell through so went to WLM.

Even RCKicks made a video about it.

 

 

[BuggyDad 2471]

I stripped and rebuilt the Tamiya aluminium shocks (54993) on the front of my DT-03 with new o-rings which has transformed them. The old ones (old and new both red) were really squeezing the shaft when the bottom part of the shock body was done up the last turn, creating considerable extra friction. Have they expanded? They're less than a year old. 

How often do you replace yours? Do you expect them not to last? 

Come to think of it, I'm not sure these shocks weren't a bit sticky from the outset. Anyway, they feel better now. 

[Frog Jumper 3416]

46 minutes ago, BuggyDad said:

I stripped and rebuilt the Tamiya aluminium shocks (54993) on the front of my DT-03 with new o-rings which has transformed them. The old ones (old and new both red) were really squeezing the shaft when the bottom part of the shock body was done up the last turn, creating considerable extra friction. Have they expanded? They're less than a year old. 

How often do you replace yours? Do you expect them not to last? 

Come to think of it, I'm not sure these shocks weren't a bit sticky from the outset. Anyway, they feel better now. 

I’ve started replacing the O-rings with 1up Racing x-rings and a little green slime.  No more sticking.

[BuggyDad 2471]

41 minutes ago, Frog Jumper said:

I’ve started replacing the O-rings with 1up Racing x-rings and a little green slime.  No more sticking.

I guess I assumed x rings to be above my pay grade but on the front of this buggy they're probably worth having. Assuming they reduce friction as well as sealing better? I don't have an issue with leakage. 

[Ziddan 819]

Today i was notified that Tamico had gotten Blackfoot bodies back in stock so i ordered one of those to have one each for my Blackfoot and ORV Ranger.

I also added an on sale T3-01 Dancing Rider (+bearings+a couple of escs) to the order because it seems like fun, gonna be putting one of those all-in-one FPV cameras in (stead of?) the helmet of the driver for leaning FPV driving

Also ordered two small 2s lipos to fit the Dancing Rider as well as a four pack of flysky rxs (as im short rxs for my tt02, Midnight Pumpkin and the incoming Dancing Rider).

[Sogogi 1950]

Didnt do much today. Topping up lipo batteries. I really enjoy the charger. Compact, 2charging ports

[Re-Bugged 8995]

12 hours ago, GeeWings said:

Thanks @lsear2905, I had a lot of fun putting it together. Trying to work out what Donkey Kongs ride should be now 😂

Konghead 👍🏻

[GeeWings 2738]

51 minutes ago, Re-Bugged said:

Konghead 👍🏻

Well I do have a Konghead sitting here doing nothing… 😆

[Vertigo35 76]

Here it is, finished with a few stickers.

[BuggyDad 2471]

2 hours ago, Sogogi said:

Didnt do much today. Topping up lipo batteries. I really enjoy the charger. Compact, 2charging ports

I was looking at that charger. Well, SKYRC T100 which looks the same. You're pleased with it?