So, What Have You Done Today?

[Pylon80 3322]

18 minutes ago, mtbkym01 said:

Ordered a 1/12 Kawada Pan Car from RCMart to put under a TBG 956 body, In Rothmans livery. Hopefully works out as I’m picturing 

M300GT2R, with rubber tires? 

Looking forward to see it! 😄 

[mtbkym01 4154]

@Pylon80 M300SR

https://www.rcmart.com/kawada-1-12-m300sr-pan-car-chassis-kit-ep-m335-00120131?search=M300sr

[Pylon80 3322]

7 minutes ago, mtbkym01 said:

@Pylon80 M300SR

https://www.rcmart.com/kawada-1-12-m300sr-pan-car-chassis-kit-ep-m335-00120131?search=M300sr

Isn't that a tad wide for the TBG body?

[mtbkym01 4154]

4 hours ago, Pylon80 said:

Isn't that a tad wide for the TBG body?

No idea, wouldn’t have thought its any wider than RM01 chassis? Both 1/12 pan car chassis. 

**Edit - 169-172mm wide, RM01 listed at 170 wide, so should be fine I think

[TurnipJF 9758]

7 hours ago, mtbkym01 said:

@Pylon80 M300SR

https://www.rcmart.com/kawada-1-12-m300sr-pan-car-chassis-kit-ep-m335-00120131?search=M300sr

Looks like it would be a strong contender in the Endurance racing by post!

[Elbowloh 1230]

It's slipper time.

Fitted the slipper clutch to the DB01 Durga and found a slipper for my DF03 on Buyee, so have ordered it.

Outside of that fitted alloy clamp hexes to my M07.

[Grumpy pants 5180]

Like most TC members I have significantly more wheels and tyres than I have models…anyhow I sold one set of 4 last night 💥

Small wins as they say 😂

[Frankster 2072]

Worked on my first Fire Dragon last night and compared it to my recent experience with the TT-02B.   Overall the Fire Dragon is a great kit with metal dogbones and large CVA dampers.  The assembled tolerance is much better with limited slop.   Steering design is really old and could use improvement.  Lots of hard plastics which may crack more easily over time.  Ground clearance is impressive even with smaller diameter tires. 
 

[toyolien 5491]

1 hour ago, Grumpy pants said:

Like most TC members I have significantly more wheels and tyres than I have models…anyhow I sold one set of 4 last night 💥

Small wins as they say 😂

I can relate to this for sure. I looked at my tyre/wheel collection last night, and there are four big boxes of them! Might be time for a "Tyre Tombola".

[jonboy1 3320]

1 hour ago, Grumpy pants said:

Like most TC members I have significantly more wheels and tyres than I have models…

Same here! The question that bothers me most is, why? I don't reckon there are that many models that I have bought brand new wheel and tyre sets for. For example, I have 2 touring cars, both of which have wheels fitted, yet I have at least 5 sets of wheels and tyres for touring cars in my spares box - all brand new. Why?? Where have they come from?? 

[toyolien 5491]

12 minutes ago, jonboy1 said:

Same here! The question that bothers me most is, why? I don't reckon there are that many models that I have bought brand new wheel and tyre sets for. For example, I have 2 touring cars, both of which have wheels fitted, yet I have at least 5 sets of wheels and tyres for touring cars in my spares box - all brand new. Why?? Where have they come from?? 

Haha. Me too. I think for me it's because they are relatively cheap to buy and I think to myself I need these tyres for that surface, those for this surface and some spares for when they wear out. Then some for if its a little damp, and a spare set of those. Etc etc... 

[bRIBEGuy 3349]

Tested some paint colors...

 

Turns out PS-23 is pretty close to the old FasKolor "Charcoal", so that's good news in my books...

[Pizza Frog 682]

I've almost finished all my unfinished projects. 

I've been thinking about what car I most want to build next....and it's the Falcon.  I wish Tamiya would rerelease it this year..

[Verskis 350]

Test fitted a Tamiya Porsche body with a nominal 251mm wheelbase to a Carten T410R car with a 255mm wheelbase.

The wheelbase difference is no issue at all in real life, the body fits like it was meant for this wheelbase. The rear wheel actually looks much better centralized the wheel well in real life than in this photo.

[Jonesy924 137]

Went for a beach run with the Grasshopper and crashed the Kyosho Pureten within 5 mins of getting it running 🤣

[Jonesy924 137]

Went for a beach run with the Grasshopper and crashed the Kyosho Pureten within 5 mins of getting it running 🤣

[BuggyDad 5333]

6 hours ago, Pizza Frog said:

I've almost finished all my unfinished projects. 

I've been thinking about what car I most want to build next....and it's the Falcon.  I wish Tamiya would rerelease it this year..

You could make one out of other things 😉

 

Although mine's more modified, as a minimum it's a Blitzer Beetle with different wheels and yellow shock plastics. 

Yeah, I know, that's only got one actual Falcon part in it but hey ho, it's an option! 

[Grumpy pants 5180]

On 4/8/2024 at 12:57 PM, Grumpy pants said:

Like most TC members I have significantly more wheels and tyres than I have models…anyhow I sold one set of 4 last night 💥

Small wins as they say 😂

On the back of yesterdays successful sale I have now listed another set of 4 wheels and tyres for sale… on fire now 😂

[Grumpy pants 5180]

3 hours ago, Jonesy924 said:

Went for a beach run with the Grasshopper and crashed the Kyosho Pureten within 5 mins of getting it running 🤣

380 motor or 540? 

[BuggyDad 5333]

Felt like the first glimmer of summer here and my son and I were on the beach with our DT-03s. 

We marked out a track with driftwood and rocks and drove round it badly til our batteries ran out, with the odd interuption from a nice dog who was saving the world one evil RC car at a time

(our dog is on the same mission, so we left her at home) then we went for cake. 

[JimBear 811]

@BuggyDad - left the rear wing at home too? Or did you lose it in a dogfight?

[BuggyDad 5333]

28 minutes ago, JimBear said:

@BuggyDad - left the rear wing at home too? Or did you lose it in a dogfight?

Well, the rear wing off the orange one experienced some gruelling dog fights early in its career and has been considered missing in action since some time in early 2022. The yellow one has a nice Egress style wing that is in good physical (unclear mental) health but is taking a sabbatical from its punishing job, atop a wing mount that is increasingly bruised but will sometime get revived as a slightly different 3d print, as and when I work out how to print in TPU. 

Wings on these two buggies have a tough time of it. The buggies are tanks, on which fragile protrusions will forever be up against it. 

[Tamiyastef 2509]

14 hours ago, Verskis said:

car with a 255mm wheelbase

In the picture it looks like it would even be better on a 257mm wheelbase 

Do you have a Tamiya reference for this bodyshell? I would love a Porsche shell for a regular 257mm wheelbase touring car chassis. 

[Verskis 350]

1 hour ago, Tamiyastef said:

In the picture it looks like it would even be better on a 257mm wheelbase 

Do you have a Tamiya reference for this bodyshell? I would love a Porsche shell for a regular 257mm wheelbase touring car chassis. 

Yeah, it's just the camera angle that makes it look that way. But I guess it should fit a 257mm car as it is, or with very minor offset trimming of the wheel wells.

If by Tamiya reference you mean the product code, it is 51543. 

[Frankster 2072]

Seeking buggy livery advice
I did not want to follow box art and had some Momo livery decals destined for touring cars handy.  Here is a color photocopy mock up for review.  

What do you think?   

I may not install the center racing stripe as I have mixed feelings on the design