So, What Have You Done Today?

[Grumpy pants 4485]

I sold my GF01 last night to a great T.C member last night.

Shame to see it go not having had a chance to really enjoy it, but 22 cars is to many for me and we have 5 other wheelie machines and numerous other pick up style Tamiyas in stock ; )

[Grumpy pants 4485]

Sold my TB02 tonight to another great T.C member.

Shame to see another nice one go especially with the decent standard spec it came with, but I'm going to run the pants off my TT01E and then I'm going to just keep the TT02 as my long term road car....that's today's plan anyway!

[Dojo Dave 889]

Sold my TB02 tonight to another great T.C member.

Shame to see another nice one go especially with the decent standard spec it came with, but I'm going to run the pants off my TT01E and then I'm going to just keep the TT02 as my long term road car....that's today's plan anyway!

I know the feeling! What to keep what to sell

[Dojo Dave 889]

Painted some Shapeways rims for my Wild willy shelfer....

[Sayer 742]

Painted some Shapeways rims for my Wild willy shelfer....

How is that? (Painting them) I've got a bodyshell coming that was too big to fit in their rock tumbler and I'm worried about the finish.

[Dojo Dave 889]

How is that? (Painting them) I've got a bodyshell coming that was too big to fit in their rock tumbler and I'm worried about the finish.

They are a rough finish... the advice I've heard is sand them to get a nice surface to paint. I've chosen to be an idiot and I'm laying down lots of coats, they will be a little rough but I'll put them on my runner. The color matches.

[Dojo Dave 889]

Fitted my Shapeways rims by Simensays to my Runner today. Maybe take him out for a blast tomorrow gotta get back to work now...

[Dojo Dave 889]

Did a little work on the head of my I'll paint the eyes and rest of the detail tonight

8hrs later....not super. But not bad. For a big fingers and paint brush.

[bjorklo 1620]

Did some work on this one, since I'm considering to sell it.

[Sayer 742]

Did some work on this one, since I'm considering to sell it.

No.

[bjorklo 1620]

And i searched for some tires in my tires and wheels box

[Grastens 2795]

Plenty to roll on there!

Today, I did a long-awaited swap of my beloved GT-One's FRP chassis with a carbon F103LM unit. An overhaul was also in order:

I also switched out the well-worn rubber slicks to foam tires, replaced the water-damaged electronics (except for the motor), and refilled the damper. I just need a speed control to get it going - even the ball differential was fresh from my last rebuild.

The whole thing looks rather tired, but with a new shell in store I look forward to driving at the limit again!

[Vrdetailing 1241]

Taken the fav out long grass is a struggle for it

[Dojo Dave 889]

Taken the fav out long grass is a struggle for it

good looking fav.... Looks like you got a great day for it

[Vrdetailing 1241]

Was a lovely day Dave ..

[TeaMonster 506]

Excellent looking FAV👍

[mr crispy 2293]

A bit of RCing around on Littlehampton beach [emoji57]

Few repairs might be needed

[speedy_w_beans 4272]

As mentioned in my F103GT thread, I paused that build to work on painting while the weather is still good. For the past few days that's been the focus. There are still another 2-3 shells to paint, but they can wait until next weekend. I can apply decals when the weather gets colder. I'm really happy I could empty several half-full cans of paint and thin out my stash.

From left to right, top to bottom --

- HPI BMW M3 GT, Pactra Bright Red + Pactra Indy Silver + PS23 Gun Metal + PS31 Smoke

- HPI Prova Impreza WRX, PS61 Metallic Orange + PS41 Bright Silver + PS5 Black + PS31 Smoke (light buckets PS48 Anodized Aluminum + Pactra Backing Black)

- HPI Pagani Zonda, Pactra Pearl White + Pactra Daytona Yellow + PS41 Bright Silver + PS5 Black + PS31 Smoke

- HPI DeTomaso Pantera, Pactra Indy Silver + PS5 Black + PS31 Smoke

[Truck Norris 2237]

Risked messing up my King Cab by painting the window frames on the outside:

Did it work? Have a look: http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=76279&page=2#entry600522

[mr crispy 2293]

Got an old beaten Hummer body from AdLav (thanks mate) to try out an idea I've had brewing for a while. Didn't really like it on the TA01 chassis I restored years ago but since I put the TL01 arms on my spare WT01 I've wanted to see how it would look...

Not bad as it turns out 😉 I might try out swapping the uprights for M05RA ones to get a bit more clearance and lower the body down the mounts. I prefer the look of this chassis under the body though, should have better ground clearance too.

[pininfarina 1009]

Just got the Nissan GT-R lemans...

A true FWD with an Yokomo YFR2....

Needs to do some heavy modification...

[pininfarina 1009]

I've a few YFR2 and special....

Just using it to do a custom build... with similar design... I don't think i can put myself to modify the vintage yokomo.. .lol!

Thanks for the heads up, i will look at the ABC's Grande Gambado... looks low... but the trick is the middle part of this body... low!

[Sayer 742]

I hope you're not planning to modify the chassis... There aren't many of those monsters left.

You could try putting the shell on the new ABC Grande Gambado... That looks like a lovely FWD racer.

Dorvack.

Did they change anything? I've got a Euro Civic NIB and the chassis looks the same as the Grande.

[Dojo Dave 889]

Installed rc4wd 80turn motor in my youngest sons mad bull runs faster than a good jog so he should be happy if not I'll stick it on training mode on the esc.

Also ordered a grill for my Willys m38 from shape ways, figure I'll restore it a little better this time as the thought was to sell it before now I think I may run it.

[bjorklo 1620]

Picked up my new wheels and tires for my Egress. Now it's ready to hit the sand dunes on my upcoming vacation in Mallorca :-)

Guess i should manage to find a cool place to drive here

Just hope the front axels can take the preassure.