topforcein 1764 Posted May 6, 2021 6 hours ago, yogi-bear said: my new inkjet printer arrived too (well I've actually had it for two weeks, what arrived was Phil the technician to set it up ). It took him 3 hours to get it out of the box to this stage where he could boot it up. Tomorrow it gets commissioned and I can do some test prints (and actual jobs!). This is a business purchase, but it will allow me to print my own decals, using white ink on clear. I've got a couple sets I've made up that I will try tomorrow and will post the results. ink cartridges and printheads, each ink cartridge holds 1 litre of ink! Colours are White, black, magenta, light magenta, cyan and light cyan. Plus two mixture cartridges (no idea yet what they do) and an optimiser fluid for helping it stick to different media wow that's a beaut you say that for buisness purpose cause if so i could give you a order 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted May 6, 2021 7 hours ago, No Slack said: Nice, that you picked up a TTG GB01 chassis. And as a bonus the kit version comes with blue oil filled danpers. (These dampers work good). You will be amazed about the quality of the GB01 and also the drive (if you fit a faster motor). As I have a couple of GB01's and a GB03 I never thought of trying the Hotshot body on the GB01. Something to try coming weekend. cool, that's good to know about the shocks. I only bought the Hotshot body as its was the only body of any type I could find. Well, there was the Wild Boar body set, but that doesn't interest me. 7 hours ago, mtbkym01 said: Wow mate, where’d you find the GB01? Looking forward to the test prints too 👍🏻 Found at both aisatees.com and rcjaz.com.au and both still seem to have them, but aisatees had much cheaper shipping, with it ending up being about $148 AUD shipped. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted May 6, 2021 6 hours ago, Willy iine said: yogi-bear - Nice. Does your printer do white or light gray print on clear adhesive sheets? Been trying to figure out a way how to print the alphanumeric hood numbers "USA 2051312" in white (or light gray) for my restored Willy's.. it does indeed to pure white. 1 hour ago, topforcein said: wow that's a beaut you say that for buisness purpose cause if so i could give you a order I must admit I have struggled with this idea before. I could certainly do printed decal sheets before (and have even helped a few people on the side) and now being able to print white means I should be able to remake a sticker sheet properly. Just need to chose an appropriate vinyl to use. What I will struggle with though is artwork, unless I can get print ready artwork, I will be slow to produce stickers as work is flat out (the reason I got this beast). But something like @Willy iine's hood numbers should be pretty easy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nel33 870 Posted May 6, 2021 I dropped by LHS to pick up 10x 1150 and 2x 850 bearing for the .lunch box I recently ordered. Also got TS1 tamiya for it and pondering which lighter ugly drab brown I will make the body. I'm going for that old ugly bland colors RVs had in the old days. Not sure which lighter brown I will do as I'm planning to have a picture/sticker on it with similar color tone. Don't know if the print shop will reject it but they are already tinkering around on the Manta sticker request. I just wish they had more email updates to keep me in the loop... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4203 Posted May 6, 2021 14 hours ago, jonboy1 said: At last! someone I can share my secret Transformer addiction with!! Really looking forward to the new Netflix Transformers: Beast Wars. I just hit "buy" on the Weijiang Metal Dition I'm a G1 TF fan. Mainly comic-based though. My parents tried to give me back my box of G1 toys but lockdowns got in the way . I'll be getting them soon. I have absolutely no idea what @nel33 was talking about! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nel33 870 Posted May 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, Badcrumble said: I'm a G1 TF fan. Mainly comic-based though. My parents tried to give me back my box of G1 toys but lockdowns got in the way . I'll be getting them soon. I have absolutely no idea what @nel33 was talking about! Which part? The no shame or me mentioning anything but G1? I don't have anything against any of the series, I just happened to watch/enjoy BW and subsequent series. If it's about the color for lunch box then im referring to the tan brown colors older RV models came in. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Re-Bugged 10142 Posted May 6, 2021 Best pal & buddy @yogi-bear mate, some ‘Budweiser’ ‘Mint 400’ ‘KC’ spotlight covers, oh and some MK1 Escort ‘Mexico’ stripes Decals would be great please 😉 No rush 🤣😂 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18805 Posted May 6, 2021 2 hours ago, yogi-bear said: it does indeed to pure white. I must admit I have struggled with this idea before. I could certainly do printed decal sheets before (and have even helped a few people on the side) and now being able to print white means I should be able to remake a sticker sheet properly. Just need to chose an appropriate vinyl to use. What I will struggle with though is artwork, unless I can get print ready artwork, I will be slow to produce stickers as work is flat out (the reason I got this beast). But something like @Willy iine's hood numbers should be pretty easy. yogi-bear - I would definitely be interested in buying if you ever offer it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Willy iine said: yogi-bear - I would definitely be interested in buying if you ever offer it! well, as luck would have it, I also have artwork for the Willy Decal sheet, but I didn't do the artwork. Is Mike Van Der Merwe still on this site? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berman 5315 Posted May 7, 2021 Ordered these on March 23rd, took the seller two weeks to dispatch, then got stuck in Tokyo for a month? Never ordering from Expresshobby again. These are for my CPE Carbon clod, as I keep breaking the centres out of clod wheels... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4203 Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, nel33 said: Which part? The no shame or me mentioning anything but G1? I don't have anything against any of the series, I just happened to watch/enjoy BW and subsequent series. If it's about the color for lunch box then im referring to the tan brown colors older RV models came in. Only the TF stuff and no offence intended, honest - my knowledge is limited to G1 in print and a some of the more recent IDW series like Lost Light. I've got the original Sunbow (?) series on DVD but I'm waiting to watch with my son in a couple of years! There are so many iterations of TF I just can't keep up! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
No Slack 454 Posted May 7, 2021 12 hours ago, yogi-bear said: cool, that's good to know about the shocks. I only bought the Hotshot body as its was the only body of any type I could find. Well, there was the Wild Boar body set, but that doesn't interest me. Found at both aisatees.com and rcjaz.com.au and both still seem to have them, but aisatees had much cheaper shipping, with it ending up being about $148 AUD shipped. The TTG bodies can still be found. I wanted something different on one of my GB01's and fitted a Proline Baja Bug from the Mini Micro series. For this body I used the Wild Boar body mounts. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted May 7, 2021 1 minute ago, No Slack said: The TTG bodies can still be found. I wanted something different on one of my GB01's and fitted a Proline Baja Bug from the Mini Micro series. For this body I used the Wild Boar body mounts. ah, Team Blue Groove, I didn't think of them! off to check out their offerings Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted May 7, 2021 1 minute ago, yogi-bear said: ah, Team Blue Groove, I didn't think of them! off to check out their offerings well, that's disappointing, just looked up their Ebay store and there is nothing listed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted May 7, 2021 16 minutes ago, Badcrumble said: Only the TF stuff and no offence intended, honest - my knowledge is limited to G1 in print and a some of the more recent IDW series like Lost Light. I've got the original Sunbow (?) series on DVD but I'm waiting to watch with my son in a couple of years! There are so many iterations of TF I just can't keep up! I've got the whole G1 Sunbow series too, along with several versions of the movie. Don't be surprised if your son looks across to you in an accusing manner when you put the cartoons on - they haven't aged well!! Somewhere up in the attic I've got most of the comic series for G1 too. My parents weren't keen on me playing with guns (despite my continual protests that they were blasters!) so I didn't have many transformer toys as a kid, but I've made up for it since! The IDW stuff is very cool to read too. Personally I think the toys peaked with the Prime and War For Cybertron series, since then they've looked a bit cheaper to me. Those along with the Classics and Masterpiece lines are the bulk of my collection now. And no, I'm not a fan of the Bay movies!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonboy1 2943 Posted May 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, yogi-bear said: well, that's disappointing, just looked up their Ebay store and there is nothing listed! might be worth emailing them to ask - could just be they haven't got them listed due to demand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveBuildsRC 210 Posted May 7, 2021 38 minutes ago, yogi-bear said: well, that's disappointing, just looked up their Ebay store and there is nothing listed! I have a body on my eBay watch list and shows the store is open may 12. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futureworks 864 Posted May 7, 2021 A NIB TGX turned up yesterday, with a few hop ups thrown in. Now that's what I'd call a 'Proper Kit'! - happy days! 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted May 7, 2021 1 hour ago, DaveBuildsRC said: I have a body on my eBay watch list and shows the store is open may 12. thanks, just checked again on the .com site and can see the same Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18805 Posted May 7, 2021 7 hours ago, berman said: Ordered these on March 23rd, took the seller two weeks to dispatch, then got stuck in Tokyo for a month? Never ordering from Expresshobby again. Don't feel too bad or blame the seller.. my NIB M38 Willy has been stuck in Japan since mid March.. still there at the port. Current norm is 1-3 months wait from Asia to USA (in my case) depending on which ship mode used. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nel33 870 Posted May 7, 2021 7 hours ago, Badcrumble said: Only the TF stuff and no offence intended, honest - my knowledge is limited to G1 in print and a some of the more recent IDW series like Lost Light. I've got the original Sunbow (?) series on DVD but I'm waiting to watch with my son in a couple of years! There are so many iterations of TF I just can't keep up! Don't worry, none was ever taken. I can't stand the new cartoon style shows. I think i saw a bit of G1 back in the day but was more into Looney tunes series and TMNT, street sharks, biker mice from mars, SWAT Kats and a few other wacky shows of that era. Wacky races was entertaining. I liked the CG of BW, BM and Prime and all 3 stories were great. Ask me anything after prime series and I can only shrug my shoulders in confusion... @Jon Boy Micheal bay can be tossed into Unicron's blood and stay there (hope he doesn't rise up after...). The movies are entertaining but CG destruction and explosions= plot isn't a valid theory. Zack Snynder can be lumped into that also... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
topforcein 1764 Posted May 7, 2021 19 hours ago, yogi-bear said: it does indeed to pure white. I must admit I have struggled with this idea before. I could certainly do printed decal sheets before (and have even helped a few people on the side) and now being able to print white means I should be able to remake a sticker sheet properly. Just need to chose an appropriate vinyl to use. What I will struggle with though is artwork, unless I can get print ready artwork, I will be slow to produce stickers as work is flat out (the reason I got this beast). But something like @Willy iine's hood numbers should be pretty easy. arrr ok you may not be able to do what i want then (witch is a full size decal to fit on the side of a reefa trailer) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yogi-bear 2321 Posted May 7, 2021 5 hours ago, topforcein said: arrr ok you may not be able to do what i want then (witch is a full size decal to fit on the side of a reefa trailer) ah, that is even easier but freight would be a killer from Australia. Would be easy to set up the artwork though and email it to you, so PM me if you any help. Any mug with a vinyl cutter could make it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy iine 18805 Posted May 7, 2021 Nothing exciting, but 2 more switches for the 1060 switch mod for my future M38 Willy’s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nwc100 462 Posted May 8, 2021 @yogi-bear Do you have any recommendations on some reasonable quality vinyl to create stickers onto that would work well and stick well? I picked up a new printer earlier in the year and it's on my list of things to attempt, but I've no idea what sort of vinyl would be best really. It's nothing like you have there and I'm absolutely no designer it's more things to keep me out of trouble for an evening! I know I'm limited due to the whole can't print white part but I think most of what I'd like to do I can do some work arounds. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
