So, What Have You Done Today?

[OnTheTrail 1405]

1 hour ago, TheMidnight Pumpkin said:

So maybe I need a better name? 😜

Introducing: 
Tongue Depressor Crawler Track!!!

Nah,  it kinda just rolls off your tongue.  

[Sogogi 3362]

I had a quick run with ff01/ff03 for the first time. Great cars… I really enjoy ff cars… with light tail… it is so much fun. Ff-01 has a bit more roll which i think is due to horizontal placement of the battery that added more fun…

I wish Tamiya brings back pure FF cars.

[Badcrumble 4432]

9 hours ago, TheMidnight Pumpkin said:

So maybe I need a better name? 😜

Introducing: 
Tongue Depressor Crawler Track!!!

Made from lolly sticks? That's Fab!

[alvinlwh 7688]

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[technics 3395]

Mounted the Legacy RS body onto the XV02 to make these progress photos. Few more touch ups to make before I spray white, back it and move onto trim painting. Liveries are a significant amount more work then solid colours. I find it exciting to do them especially off beat ones  

[OnTheTrail 1405]

3 hours ago, alvinlwh said:

Took a break from my shed building to make a little display of the RC tools I got in kits.

 

Are those pliers made of plastic?  

[GToddC5 2549]

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[GToddC5 2549]

14 hours ago, TheMidnight Pumpkin said:

So maybe I need a better name? 😜

Introducing: 
Tongue Depressor Crawler Track!!!

 

So cool, reminds me of my old Stomper tracks and bridge!

[alvinlwh 7688]

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[Ray_ve 1225]

Gave the electrified Mugen Seiki a test drive outside.

It's plenty fast on 2S, drives smooth and straight and corners like crazy. No need for a 3S that would be too much power.

The Chinese aluminium rims didn't handle it well, need to hammer 2 back in shape, and glue the tires as those kept popping off. 

Also needs some small adjustments in gear/motor mount and fill the shocks.

Overall, very happy with this conversion. 

[Ferruz 13508]

Been away from the forum for a week or so. Spent the first part of the morning catching up with this and other threads. Lots of talent, fun stuff and inspiration as usual from ya fellow TCers

I went for a brief outing with the Van the other day, and am planning on going back to the same spot later on today.

I still haven't resurfaced from masking the C11 shell. This time around I really don't feel like it, but rather than powering through it to just get the task done, I seem to linger and do a little every day instead. Whatever works, but I can't wait to be done and move on to the decals (love that part). As long as I don't mess it up it's all good 

[Kowalski86 4751]

17 hours ago, Sogogi said:

I had a quick run with ff01/ff03 for the first time. Great cars… I really enjoy ff cars… with light tail… it is so much fun. Ff-01 has a bit more roll which i think is due to horizontal placement of the battery that added more fun…

I wish Tamiya brings back pure FF cars.

It is weird that Tamiya hasn't made an FF-04. If you need any front end parts for the FF-01, there are some 3d printed parts by @Pintopower via Ampro engineering.

[Kowalski86 4751]

Some people call WPL "trash", some people use them to collect trash!

I also drove the Rampage after some initial "used RC" annoyances. I need to find some gravel/dirt to really get the most use out of this thing.

[Sogogi 3362]

1 hour ago, Kowalski86 said:

It is weird that Tamiya hasn't made an FF-04. If you need any front end parts for the FF-01, there are some 3d printed parts by @Pintopower via Ampro engineering.

Actually they did make one.. which i think was short lived… and yeah i added some parts on wish list i case i break something on ff01..

[GToddC5 2549]

I finally started building a kit after what feels like forever! Got to break in the new TinkerMat and JConcepts parts trays - Total game changer! I absolutely love the organization and parts not going off the work space. For a pre-painted kit, there sure is a lot of painting needed to complete, lol. I hope I can force myself through the process tomorrow. I wish I was better at painting so I wouldn't loathe it, but I suppose it requires practice.

 

[Jonathon Gillham 4707]

8 hours ago, Kowalski86 said:

It is weird that Tamiya hasn't made an FF-04. If you need any front end parts for the FF-01, there are some 3d printed parts by @Pintopower via Ampro engineering.

They did, the FF04 Evo but its almost TRF level (missing some bits) with a price to match. Its basically a XV01 without the belt and all the hop ups.

I stripped down and rebuilt my TA07 Exo7 today, just over a year after the flood. Plugged it in, it worked for about 5secs and then smelt funny...but its been replaced by a Yokomo BD11 so this is being rebuilt for the shelf. Loads of rusted screws and bearings, but after about 4 hours of work plus new bearings and screws its actually in pretty good shape. It looks so pretty, it has pretty much every hop up (even bulkheads) so looks amazing!

[A2591 351]

Somewhat finished working on the CLK AMG bodyshell tonight, minus trimming bodyposts

 

[technics 3395]

Final detailing on my stratos. Once I get through all the pictures I took a conclusion will soon follow.

[Ray_ve 1225]

Stripped down the Tamiya nitro TNX chassis.

Nothing like a well-used off-road nitro car to show the true meaning of the word 'filth'. 

Edit: Ordered all the stuff I initially need to get this car moving.
- Bearings, the existing ones heve quite some play as they are well used.
- ball ends and caps, the existing ones are very worn.
- Brushless motor mount for the 2150KV 3670.
- 2 spur gears to replace part of the internals of the center gearbox from forward-only 2-speed to 1-speed forward-reverse.

Edit 2: Took the motor out of the Mugen Seiki to check the adjustmets that need to be made, only to find that the pinion had snapped a tooth straight off.
Ordered a new center gear and 2 pinions so I have a spare set.

[urban warrior 849]

16 hours ago, Kowalski86 said:

Some people call WPL "trash", some people use them to collect trash!

Regarding the electronics and some of the mechanics ... yes ... sure ... but regarding the hardbodies ... a real good base to start from!

[Kowalski86 4751]

1 minute ago, urban warrior said:

Regarding the electronics and some of the mechanics ... yes ... sure ... but regarding the hardbodies ... a real good base to start from!

If I built up one of their crawlers I'd definitely run a different ESC, both for a separate channel for a two speed transmission and because their cheapo factory ESCs can be overloaded.

[urban warrior 849]

I've "finally" got the chassis of my recently acquired "Dark Impact" assembled and some "goodies" added:

Blue is beginning to be a quite remarkable colour on this build. I really love the clear parts. And they're not as brittle as I feared, aux contraire! But I got somewhat "obsessed" to get all the bubbles out of the dampers. Even with the "vacuum system" from Tamiya it was a work of days.

I still don't know what it will become. At some point I wanted to paint the body in Tamiya Metallic Blue and give it yellow rims, to give it the impression  of an Avante. But I am not convinced about that. I found two funny ideas on YT:

I guess the red one even is a DF-03 Chassis.

Cheers

Martin

Edited February 4, 2024 by urban warrior
Changed "DT-03" to "DF-03" in the last sentence

[Tamiyastef 3040]

On 2/2/2024 at 6:41 PM, Pylon80 said:

Caulking diluted with white vinegar

How is that done? Just put some caulking in a small jar and mix some vinegar in with a skewer I suppose? 

How do you aplly the mixture if I may ask?

I like to reuse wheels and CA is hard to remove without damaging them so a method that works and can be removed really interests me 

[Sogogi 3362]

FF track time.

I enjoyed a lot. Also started to realize importance of tires… which i did not really realize when bashing around places .

[Ferruz 13508]

Popped into the dollar store for a random browse. There was a ton of Hot Wheels on display, some of which were absolutely jaw dropping. I can't believe the leap forward that Hot Wheels took in the past few years, in terms of both quality and model production choice.

I mean, given that one is not in survival mode, can you imagine a better way to spend 1.75 $? Look at this gorgeous Alfa GTV  

I was lucky enough to find this and a few more, and was very happy to drop a few dollars on these.

The occasion also prompted me to pull the trigger on something I've been wanting to do for a while: set up a skinny shell for my favourite Hot Wheels models. It was supposed to hold 10 models or so, but for now I ended up over crowding it 🙄 

Still pleased with the result 😊 (and thanks Mrs. Ferruz for embracing yet another essential display of cars in a completely unrelated area of the house).