So, What Have You Done Today?

[chevelle]

15 minutes ago, bsy2010 said:

Rebuild a TA-04SS that I really don't need

That's a nice body set though 

[chevelle]

5 minutes ago, mr crispy said:

On a cheeky weekend family break at Camber Sands... and what with the sandy beach and the dunes it would've been rude not to take a car or two 😉 I even managed to get my wife interested in RC for 2 mins!

Mine stay's interested in them while the battery is charged, Then it's like they never existed  5yo Boy's just need to look at a picture of an RC and want to play with them 

[Dojo Dave]

4 hours ago, Ian_Gsi16V said:

Blitzer got a run and took a vid..

 

Twice I've seen that video today once on FB and not on here. 

[Terz1]

3 hours ago, mr crispy said:

On a cheeky weekend family break at Camber Sands... and what with the sandy beach and the dunes it would've been rude not to take a car or two 😉

My old TL01B Baja Bug handled it well, it deserves the thorough strip down and cleaning it'll be getting when we're back home. 

TL01B Baja bug looks fantastic mr crispy. 

 

[matman]

19 hours ago, chevelle said:

Painted and decal'd another body  Today was the Wingers turn  Yes I still have to rebuild the chassis, I hope to get on to it before some special wheels arrive for it 

Looks great , I must get one of these . Won't be able to get orignal $$$$ .  Where did these bodys come from ? , I have seen

them pop up . Was it Tamiya or some one else . 

[Dojo Dave]

Today I painted and spent time on a group page on FB.  Proper bunch some from on here as well. Nice community feel. 

[berman]

Spring is here and it's warming up! Took my daughter to the beach, and while she was busy eating sand, I mean making sand castles with Mum, I gave my lunchbox a run. Haven't been to the beach in aaaages!

 

 

 

[Problemchild]

tweaked the brushless

tidied wiring

fitted yeah racing steering upgrade

 

JJ

[Rb4276]

How is that brushless?

[Problemchild]

the motor?

it has no brushes

and has the 3 wires and sensor cable

??

 

JJ

[Grumpy pants]

I took the Blitzer and my 9 year old out into the street and we gave it a blast, great fun.

I then started to look at some bling hop ups for her Lunchbox, very tempting to get some shiny on it 😬

[GooneyBird]

Like many here today and yesterday, @Fuijo and myself went to the beach, and brought along some toys.

We had a blast! We mostly ran his Sand Scorcher and Fighting Buggy, but Froggy (my DT03) and his Hornet provided some great entertainment too. Well, right up until the point where Froggy got a bit too enthusiastic and ran himself a bit too close to the shoreline. I tore the DT03 down today, and it's back in running order. It seems most of the salt water went in the motor, but rinsing it down and cleaning it with a bit of alcohol solved it. 

Also, I may need my own Scorcher at some point in the near future. I'm amazed at how well his ran, and how scale it looked rolling across the sands.

[i_am_scarecrow]

I built an FF02 today, had everything but the steering arms 

 

[Rb4276]

Added the tt02 high speed gear set to my tt02b ms. I will take it out later to see how it is with the Robinson 20t pinion I added

[Rb4276]

4 hours ago, Problemchild said:

the motor?

it has no brushes

and has the 3 wires and sensor cable

??

 

JJ

No I meant how  does that motor handle? Does your gearbox handle it so far?

[Problemchild]

ah sorry

no - gearbox crunches but the metal diff is on its way

yeah its good - pretty nippy acceleration. 

doesn't seem to impact on the battery life too much tbh

see my thread on temps etc

JJ

[kirk13]

Took the Maverick Scout out for a proper test drive,down along the riverside trails. 

Although the Scout's performance is much improved over stock,it still needs more weight in the wheels,and I'm not over impressed with the tires.

It did take a dip into the river. Fortunately,all the electrics survived.

I then fell into the river too. So far,all my major systems seem to be working too...

 

One of these days I'll grow up,and stop being a child in a mans body...but not for a long time to come😈

[Nitomor]

Not much time this weekend between running kids back and forth to different things, but managed to do some masking this morning, the GF01 Landcruiser shell is a PITA to mask up,

box art is blue with the roof in white and the front bumper bar and rear fenders black, I really couldn't be bothered to mask all that out, so ended up painting it one colour and can always paint on the outside later if necessary, bit of a cop out but I built the chassis at xmas so it has been sat there for a while awaiting paint!!

The colour, is AutoAir Porn Star Pink!!

A fair bit to do yet with it depending how far I go, this is supposed to be a runner so don't want to go too mental.

cheers

Nito

 

[Terz1]

1 hour ago, kirk13 said:

Took the Maverick Scout out for a proper test drive,down along the riverside trails. 

Although the Scout's performance is much improved over stock,it still needs more weight in the wheels,and I'm not over impressed with the tires.

It did take a dip into the river. Fortunately,all the electrics survived.

I then fell into the river too. So far,all my major systems seem to be working too...

 

One of these days I'll grow up,and stop being a child in a mans body...but not for a long time to come😈

Never grow up. 

[Grumpy pants]

14 hours ago, berman said:

Spring is here and it's warming up! Took my daughter to the beach, and while she was busy eating sand, I mean making sand castles with Mum, I gave my lunchbox a run. Haven't been to the beach in aaaages!

 

 

 

This inspired me to run our Lunchbox round and round the garden today, such good fun 😀

[mastino]

deep mod on my CR01

i love the red and blue... 

Add new reinforced wheels axle in front

 

 

other alu parts

 

 

e finally the new tires

 

 

Now. I have to manage a little "interference" problem...

 

 

[TurnipJF]

That doesn't seem to allow for much articulation...

 

What is your proposed solution?

[ChrisRx718]

Ordered some WR02 bits from eBay. 

Couple of issues with that,

1. I don't have a WR02

2. The Lunchbox body I bought ages ago won't be a direct fit 

3. I don't have any more "monster" wheels and tyres after selling the Amarok items on TC

I can butcher my WR01 and nick one of the gearboxes. The TL01 suspension from my recent TL01LA conversion will make up the majority of other bits. I'll have to run without a wheelie bar and hope I don't flip it over end. I have no electrics. Lunchbox body has no window glass.

But...this will be a whole new model which I can gather parts for in small doses - no massive kit box arriving on the doorstep = no frowning looks from the Mrs. "oh this wheelie model? Yes I've had it ages, what do you mean you've never seen it before? Silly you!"

This is the Tamiya obsession unfortunately. 

[mastino]

Dremel is the fastest, but it's probably not enough (and also I love my wrangler and I could not cut). 

Switch for original spring set could raise the body... So I don't have any idea for the moment...

[TurnipJF]

Get a hackable lexan shell for it and put the Wrangler on a CC-01?