So, What Have You Done Today?

[technics 3161]

@Rinskie Take care, rest and try to enjoy when possible! Buy the holy grail kit and build em if you can. Looking forward to the alpine!

Progressed on a friends ‘rtr build’. Stance and paint is there, wheels and alot else isn’t.

Rattle can of white, black, and most of a silver in between the two. 

 

[JimBear 799]

@Rinskie - here's to better health! Looking forward to that Alpine. Loved the Suzuki you did.

[chris.alex 1050]

Today I soldered the wires directly to the motor on my XV01. The old connectors were still very tight but now it looks much neater. 

[toyolien 5490]

Just booked in for this:

 

Not raced a 4wd buggy for nearly 30 years!!! Anyone else going?

[Jason1145 4683]

@toyolien that looks fun, good luck! 
Modelsport have a vested interest in broken RC’s, they can sell you replacement parts so watch out!

I’m still bumbling through my TT02 build, it’s about 4 hours now and I’m stopping tonight just shy of the electrics install as I haven’t planned this far ahead yet, I think I have a new radio set and I’ve got to find a servo from my box of spares.

I’m rusty building kits, finding mistakes I’ve made and having to really study the manual questioning it when it looks daft.

For example it took me 10 minutes on step 17 before I figured out you need to shave the flashings off the front wheel axle C3 as it wouldn’t spin inside the front upright from rubbing etc 🤣

This 3300kv motor I’ve dug out was last used about 6 years ago probably from my old speed run attempts, all my electrics haven’t been touched since then so hope they all still work.

I must have about 8 sets of brushed and brushless motors  with various ESC and servo’s and a box of 20-30 odd pinions that I can’t tell what mod is what 🤦😂

So this TT02 gets the kit 22t pinion for a feeler then I’ll go from there once I refresh my memory on gearing options etc.

This kit build was mainly a refresher course for myself to see if I still enjoy the build, as I’ve bought alot of ready made cars since getting back into the hobby last year.

The good news is its still lots of fun and this will encourage me for getting future kits to build ( BT01, MB01 - I’m looking at you @Grumpy pants and maybe a buggy like Manta Ray or that green Top Force I like)

 

 

[Tamiyastef 2503]

21 hours ago, Rinskie said:

heart attack

If in anyway possible take your time to recover. A nice Alpine on an M-08 might help 

[alvinlwh 6884]

Did the suspension for the WR-02G. I will be using these Team Raffee ones instead of Tamiya's CVAs because they look more bling. Pretty good value for £21 delivered for 4 pairs. And they comes with 3 sets of pistions and 2 different spring rates. I had changed for the longer eyelets (included) as they are TT sized as standard. I like them so much that I bought up AT"s entire stock.

Now they match the stock friction shocks.

They look nice against other bling blue bits. I used 3 holes pistions with #400 oil for the rear.

Servo will be a SPT 12KG from AE. Due to the steering setup, I cannot use the included servo horn. So I used a HT servo from 3R instead. They are half the price of 51000. I replaced the servo posts with the hopup part.

Finally, the stock pinion is replaced with a Surpass coated aluminium one that I have lying around.

[Jason1145 4683]

Finished my first build in a few years, only a TT02 but look at it all shiny with its long anntenna holder and with fully talking to each other electronics which are all atleast 5 years old!

 Built to 251mm for an RSR shell, the only let down is the slow Etronix ES045 servo with its 0.30 second speed!

Whats a decent but not premium priced servo to make it turn direction quicker?

[Grumpy pants 5178]

30 minutes ago, Jason1145 said:

Finished my first build in a few years, only a TT02 but look at it all shiny with its long anntenna holder and with fully talking to each other electronics which are all atleast 5 years old!

 Built to 251mm for an RSR shell, the only let down is the slow Etronix ES045 servo with its 0.30 second speed!

Whats a decent but not premium priced servo to make it turn direction quicker?

That’s a good feeling completing a build and using kit you have already in stock.

I can’t answer the servo question though 😂

[Badcrumble 4401]

Got my RC tools down from the loft today. Had ideas about painting a shell this weekend. Unfortunately, the weather appears to have other plans. Very wet just now, weekend looks like it will be a washout.

Will see if el kid wants to do some wrenching while we watch the F1 coverage on Sunday. He's got a Dual Hunter to rebuild.

[Grumpy pants 5178]

22 minutes ago, Badcrumble said:

Got my RC tools down from the loft today. Had ideas about painting a shell this weekend. Unfortunately, the weather appears to have other plans. Very wet just now, weekend looks like it will be a washout.

Will see if el kid wants to do some wrenching while we watch the F1 coverage on Sunday. He's got a Dual Hunter to rebuild.

A quality B plan with el kid! 
 

I’m due to be working in our garden, which I’m good with, however with the weather being wet, I’ll get some life admin done, DIY and maybe a little ‘T’ time 💥

[alvinlwh 6884]

2 hours ago, Jason1145 said:

Whats a decent but not premium priced servo to make it turn direction quicker?

I recently switch to SPT/Injora.

3 hours ago, alvinlwh said:

Servo will be a SPT 12KG from AE.

This one for example is rated at 0.09s.

Or a 10kg standard one is rated at 0.07s.

[BuggyDad 5320]

I have achieved nothing useful today, except to notice that the Optima Mid wears the German football strip*. 

 

*pink boots player's own

[alvinlwh 6884]

10 minutes ago, BuggyDad said:

German football strip

They are out unfortunately...

[BuggyDad 5320]

9 minutes ago, alvinlwh said:

They are out unfortunately...

I'm sad about that, despite my englishness. They're good, they scored a shed load of goals and they're the hosts, so I'd have liked to see them make the final. Bit unlucky today. Perhaps I should add a little tuft of purple hair to my own Mid in tribute. 

[Wystan Withers 321]

Chasing that ever elusive goal of earing my Official Mad Lad Merit Badge,  made some progress today on the rough draft TRF416 M-Four Concept. Chassis is a 3d printed place holder, suspension arms patterned on XM-01 but 5mm narrower.

[Jason1145 4683]

Cheers @alvinlwh I’ll check those out.

[Grumpy pants 5178]

I’ve had a couple hours of ‘T’ time, wife’s out, kids all doing there own thing, Radio 1 on banging out the tunes, total bliss 😎

I’ve only ever built 1 kit before, nearly  10 years ago which I never finished, I sold it to my TC buddy @lupogtiboy - a Honda City Turbo. 

So anyway progress is slow, which is ok with me. 

However up and running it will have cost me £55.00 all in which is fantastic as well. 
 

Got lucky with the kit, sold the wheels/tyres set  and apart from buying a pinion everything else has come from my spares - which delights me 🥳
 

 

[Jason1145 4683]

4 minutes ago, Grumpy pants said:

I’ve had a couple hours of ‘T’ time, wife’s out, kids all doing there own thing, Radio 1 on banging out the tunes, total bliss 😎

I’ve only ever built 1 kit before, nearly  10 years ago which I never finished, I sold it to my TC buddy @lupogtiboy - a Honda City Turbo. 

So anyway progress is slow, which is ok with me. 

However up and running it will have cost me £55.00 all in which is fantastic as well. 
 

Got lucky with the kit, sold the wheels/tyres set  and apart from buying a pinion everything else has come from my spares - which delights me 🥳
 

 

Ahh precious T time lol, good to see you building again.. it’s the only time you’ll ever really know that there’s not a stripped screw somewhere, plus you can’t beat how clean and immaculate a chassis is freshly built yourself.

I thought I had every possible part needed to just buy a TT02 kit in a bag and off I’d go. The reality was an eye opener though as my 5 year old treasure trove of parts was anything but ready for a build 🤣

1) all my 50 odd bearings had all leaked and were covered in sticky oil rendering them useless.

2) 3 of my 6 servos had what must be old connectors on, they were too bulky/thick to press into my 2.4g receivers, useless.

3) All my tyre glues had hardened in the bottles - useless.

Next time I’ll plan the build a bit better!

I hope you have better luck with that lovely GH build, that’s got a 380 motor with it right? With some sort of adapter on the motor mount iirc?

 

[Grumpy pants 5178]

13 minutes ago, Jason1145 said:

Ahh precious T time lol, good to see you building again.. it’s the only time you’ll ever really know that there’s not a stripped screw somewhere, plus you can’t beat how clean and immaculate a chassis is freshly built yourself.

I thought I had every possible part needed to just buy a TT02 kit in a bag and off I’d go. The reality was an eye opener though as my 5 year old treasure trove of parts was anything but ready for a build 🤣

1) all my 50 odd bearings had all leaked and were covered in sticky oil rendering them useless.

2) 3 of my 6 servos had what must be old connectors on, they were too bulky/thick to press into my 2.4g receivers, useless.

3) All my tyre glues had hardened in the bottles - useless.

Next time I’ll plan the build a bit better!

I hope you have better luck with that lovely GH build, that’s got a 380 motor with it right? With some sort of adapter on the motor mount iirc?

 

Exactly right on the 380 with an adapter.

I’ve bought the correct pinion for a 540 silver can to go in there, that came  out of the LB kit @toyolienvery kindly sold to me. 

Figured it would be good to see what a 380 drives like and then I’ve got a pair of LiPo’s stashed away unused, which if they’ll work I’ll try the 380 with some extra kick! 

[BuggyDad 5320]

20 minutes ago, Jason1145 said:

1) all my 50 odd bearings had all leaked and were covered in sticky oil rendering them useless.

I had no idea that was a thing. Isn't there always a bit of sticky oil on the outside and why would the inside go dry if the outside's still coated? Couldn't they be lubricated? Eg would not a drop or two of thin bearing lube applied to the outside do a nice job of lubricating a clean but dry bearing (I'm assuming you're talking metal shielded)?

[Jason1145 4683]

24 minutes ago, BuggyDad said:

I had no idea that was a thing. Isn't there always a bit of sticky oil on the outside and why would the inside go dry if the outside's still coated? Couldn't they be lubricated? Eg would not a drop or two of thin bearing lube applied to the outside do a nice job of lubricating a clean but dry bearing (I'm assuming you're talking metal shielded)?

They were dried up and crusty and sticky and icky and are long in the bin 🤣

You might be right but I was just so annoyed with them thinking of all the money I’d save using my old bearings that I stropped in disgust 🤦

They were metal shielded bearings bought in bulk years ago not Tamiya so actually they weren’t expensive either, but now to buy proper bearings I’m crying at the cost, plus I want rubber shielded for a bit of water resistance 

[Nick-W 1770]

4 hours ago, alvinlwh said:

They are out unfortunately...

And out of respect Tamico has discounted the replica strip car…

[Grumpy pants 5178]

Bought some Fastrax 75mm shocks for my LB build that’s coming up.

Pretty sure I just need the gearbox support and I have all I need to get underway.

[alvinlwh 6884]

Keeping rhe kids entertained during the school holidays.