The "Postman Brought Me" Thread

[Man1c M0nk3y 565]

Well the postman brought excitement and then disappointment 🙄

First the excitement. My body posts I designed have arrived from shapeways...

Nothing fancy, but I needed some posts that stepped into the chassis to run a body not intended for the DT03 and couldn’t find any so had a crack at doing some. First impressions positive 😁

Now the disappointment (and also a lesson on reading dispatch emails!). The truck tyres have arrived, but only one set of inserts 🙄 seems they went out of stock or something before I completed order so now waiting for the other pair plus something else which went to back order too. Typical. 

Schumacher Vee2 and Vee4 front/rear and the required inserts. 

[one_hit 1047]

Not exactly what the postman brought me, but what I brought back from Hong Kong  

I'm still bummed that the wife wouldn't let me buy the MFC unit for the truck! 

[Tamiyold 31]

Thanks for the suggestions on dampers guys.

Another decision I’m trying to make is whether to paint the shell as per the box art or choose a different colour, gun metal looks pretty good with the kit decals. What do you think?

[topforcein 1764]

21 minutes ago, Tamiyold said:

Thanks for the suggestions on dampers guys.

Another decision I’m trying to make is whether to paint the shell as per the box art or choose a different colour, gun metal looks pretty good with the kit decals. What do you think?

i,m gonna say box art all the way.

but its your top-force and you paint it what colour you like

[Baddon 860]

The BigWig arrived along with the spray paints for the body.....yoooooooooooo

[ThunderDragonCy 7886]

4 hours ago, Tamiyold said:

Thanks for the suggestions on dampers guys.

Another decision I’m trying to make is whether to paint the shell as per the box art or choose a different colour, gun metal looks pretty good with the kit decals. What do you think?

Box art has been done. Go wild.

[MICHAELs TopForce17 586]

Spare 959 hub and some tire foams.

[Grotty Otty 868]

Went and got a T3-01as it's something so utterly Tamiya and different to anything else I have. Going to do the body first (using Blista's tips for the decals) as I have a set of HPI Lancer stickers spare so am thinking of maybe attempting a Ralliart style trike... Have to admit the battery is ridiculously expensive but it does mean a spare TBLE-02S can slot straight in without any modifications. 

[WillyChang 1814]

Noticed sometime back local garden centre was selling loose cells of LiFe 1100mAh... thinking of getting some to try make that pack, but I can't recall/refind which place I saw them at 

[Jason1145 3986]

Ahhaaaaaaa... I have a new RTR...... this puts a new spin on buying a kit that needs building, shimming, cutting, gluing, drilling, sanding, dremelling, masking, painting and reaming...... not necessarily in that order either!

I have @taffer to thank for this as he suggested it in a thread about my buying a new car! (cheers pal - I love it)

It's a Team Associated Trophy Rat, basically a Short Course truck, waterproofed and 2-3s lipo ready with a 3300kv brushless motor all based on a rather successful chassis called a SC10.

This ProSC10 chassis is rear motor mounted and has only been out since January 2018 so there's not alot of info out about it and even less video's on Youtube.... I shall start adding to them post haste!

One thing I can't wait to try out is the AVC it has built into the receiver with a gain dial... looks like it can brake from full speed maintining a straight line... and ofcourse pull away a lot smoother than a regular 2wd without spinning out.... the video I saw of it at the TA headquarters looked pretty fun.

Oh and a new shell for it as I've longed for one of these Proline Silverado SC shells for ages and it should drop straight onto this chassis.

And working LED's too..... who doesn't like lights?

[taffer 948]

Lol @Jason1145 i thought I suggested it????

Regardless nice to see if arrive quickly, waiting for the post run review?:-D 

[taffer 948]

AVC is great for high speed runs for 40mph+ To stop buggies being so twitchy and reducing donuting!

[taffer 948]

12 hours ago, Grotty Otty said:

Went and got a T3-01as it's something so utterly Tamiya and different to anything else I have. Going to do the body first (using Blista's tips for the decals) as I have a set of HPI Lancer stickers spare so am thinking of maybe attempting a Ralliart style trike... Have to admit the battery is ridiculously expensive but it does mean a spare TBLE-02S can slot straight in without any modifications. 

Modelsport do a suitable lipo for this, I just bought and tried it on my dancing rider build today

A 1100mah 2s wltoys battery, it's tiny and the dancing rider could fit a bit bigger one in!

[taffer 948]

13 hours ago, Grotty Otty said:

Went and got a T3-01as it's something so utterly Tamiya and different to anything else I have. Going to do the body first (using Blista's tips for the decals) as I have a set of HPI Lancer stickers spare so am thinking of maybe attempting a Ralliart style trike... Have to admit the battery is ridiculously expensive but it does mean a spare TBLE-02S can slot straight in without any modifications. 

Modelsport do a suitable lipo for this, I just bought and tried it on my dancing rider build today

A 1100mah 2s WLtoys battery (£14), it's tiny and the dancing rider could fit a bit bigger one in!

[ThunderDragonCy 7886]

@Jason1145 That looks AWESOME! Not bad value either. I had to look up what AVC is. Looks very useful for going fast. 

[Jason1145 3986]

46 minutes ago, taffer said:

Lol @Jason1145 i thought I suggested it????

Regardless nice to see if arrive quickly, waiting for the post run review?:-D 

Your right buddy I got my buddies mixed up hehe... thanks Taffer I really owe you one for the heads up... I’m so busy to research new trucks properly I hadn’t even heard of this yoke till you showed me

First mistake I might’ve made with this truck is the new Silverado shell being too wide! My Trophy Rat has a track width of 28.5cm ( pesky zero offset wheels - Thanks @Effigy3) and the new shell is between 30-31cm wide ( measured through the packaging whilst it still hangs on a wall in n my house) ... my wheels will be lost inside! 

[Effigy3 1267]

1 hour ago, Jason1145 said:

I have @taffer to thank for this as he suggested it in a thread about my buying a new car! (cheers pal - I love it)

 

Always happy to help others spend money!

I really like that body.  I wonder if it'll fit on an Arrma... 

[Jason1145 3986]

27 minutes ago, Effigy3 said:

Always happy to help others spend money!

I really like that body.  I wonder if it'll fit on an Arrma... 

If you need any measurements let me know, happy to help you spend money too!

[Truck Norris 2237]

Today, £140 of paint 

Some recent acquisitions, bodies are two M3s, Lancer Evo IV, Hi-Lux Monster Racer and  Castrol Tom's Supra.

Rally yearbooks a great source of photos for older cars from the pre digital, pre social media era.

[Grotty Otty 868]

3 hours ago, taffer said:

Modelsport do a suitable lipo for this, I just bought and tried it on my dancing rider build today

A 1100mah 2s WLtoys battery (£14), it's tiny and the dancing rider could fit a bit bigger one in!

Oh the irony of having received everything from Modelsport (excellent service as all ways)... Oh well! 🤪 

[Supercoolnothing 721]

A set of 1.9 austar beadlock wheels and a set of austar ax-5020 tyres, they're a complete knock off of the proline hyrax tyres but according to the reviews I've read/watched on YouTube perform every bit as well as the originals but don't last quite as long. For a quarter of the price of a full set of the hyrax's it's worth a try. 

[mman2005 443]

Picked up a little discharger

 

[InsaneJim69 1584]

Well not a postman, but a nice Glaswegian rental chap did deliver a brand spanking new Peugeot 5008 GT Line 7 seater today. Very surprised at how nice it is, with 147 miles on the clock. I only have 1 pic ATM. Wife is very impressed with it, and got to say so am I, might be my next car in a few years time

James

[novicelad 787]

So I got this cheap buy off ebay no idea why I bought it but I thinking a bit more power for my TNX maybe, its a copy I think will be interesting to see how it performs! 

[ThunderDragonCy 7886]

Some inserts for my tyres, battery bag and Core RC lipo. First ever lipo. Left it all at work DAMMIT! 

Also got a perfect fit carbon ESC plate for my Thunder Dragon from Fibre Lyte. Knocked up a 2d CAD drawing last week and checked paper templates until it was perfect then dropped them a line. Under a tenner for perfect fit carbon part. Brilliant.