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On 5/14/2021 at 11:11 AM, DeadMeat666 said:

These 4 (ok 5, but the 5th one is not out of its box yet) arrived all through last week, and here they are in their most likely build order:

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Stunning haul DM!

Those blister pack kits are things of beauty, I have a couple myself including the Turbo Optima. They're almost a bit too beautiful, I'm not sure I'll be able to bring myself to break into them :wacko:

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20 hours ago, toyolien said:

A little project for the evenings.

 

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V cool, great video too. I want one, my 7 year old nephew is crazy good at Lego and this looks like a natural next step 

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Got my flat white paint and gloss, my usual #400 sanding sponge..

 

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I also found a guy selling a brand new Mabuchi motor with the unique round endbell for my Willy’s.   So happy I was able to find one.

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I also received SWB #2.   What a mess, broken parts all over, will post pictures as I progress on the rebuild.  I can fix it, just need more 3D parts than expected.  

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i got a good haul today. picked up my 50x m3 lock nuts that were in a shipping blister bag 10x bigger than the item it self... go figure that out. got back from work just now and saw what was in the mail box. the 2mm,3mm,4mm,6mm masking tape is specifically for the curves on the Manta. the WR02 parts are for the TD, more specifically the suspension pins. got a new radio controller that will be much more useful for multiple kits and i got some parts for the manta though still no pinion gear... getting things from Asian countries arrive faster than those from that country below the one i live in (Canada) ie USA.

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My next build. I remember being 12 when this came out and wanting one sooooo bad…Only took 33 years to finally get one 😲

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Technically I didn't get this in the post - my wife bought it for me for my birthday, so she got it in the post. She hid it well, it was a total surprise!

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So excited !

Totally underestimated how big this thing is.

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Postman made me slightly giddy today as he brought me three nibs from Japan and some VQS hi-caps from ze Germans. The Fox box has some creases in the lower right corner of the lid, I'm pondering whether or not to go full anorak and try to fix it with some light misting and ironing. 

 

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 2 vw t1 flower power bodies prepainted with decals and parts, they where on sale and to cheap to let go, €14,90 per body set. 

and some wheels and tires for it.

One of the bodies I am going to use as a shelfer, I have a spare ta-03 rs chassis laying around that I am going go put the body on, and the other is a spare to use on my m-05

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Received some 'reassuringly' (?) expensive Hop-Ups for the CC02:

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Some old bits of carbon dating back to 1998 :blink: :

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And a bodyshell project I had pre-ordered back in November, now I've got around to it and realised I had no PS-1 white paint...

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17 hours ago, Willy iine said:

Got my flat white paint and gloss, my usual #400 sanding sponge..

 

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I also found a guy selling a brand new Mabuchi motor with the unique round endbell for my Willy’s.   So happy I was able to find one.

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I also received SWB #2.   What a mess, broken parts all over, will post pictures as I progress on the rebuild.  I can fix it, just need more 3D parts than expected.  

Good find, I would like to find a new/spare Wild Willy motor B)

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got some item from shapeways for the lunchbox for the transmission.  a little bit of black paint should do the trick.

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im just waiting for the foam inserts for the lunch box  to arrive but i got these in today for the lunchie. they have some oil of unknown weight, only 90% filled and a clear shock cap seal. gonna put a green cap on it. not sure what oil weight i need but i have some options in oil weight 400 425 500 600 700. not sure which would be best. i will either completely replace the oil or just top it up with suitable CST oil. are the clear oils cap seals any good?? i dont really have anything holding me back from building the lunch box other than procrastination and the tire foam but the tires a just a minor detail in RC hobby... no need to glue the tires right away.

 

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Nothing Tamiya but no less exciting for me.

Luckily the german distributor for BoLink reside in my city. Worked there when I was teenager and during my study. So purchased more BoLink cars than I needed.
Now contacted him and he had some old parts still in stock.
Got a good deal for these old parts nobody wants.

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1 hour ago, toyolien said:

A new motor for my WR-02cb.

 

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Blimey, it's massive :lol:

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1 hour ago, Juhunio said:

Blimey, it's massive :lol:

It bends the bench top :D

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7 hours ago, toyolien said:

A new motor for my WR-02cb.

 

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LOL are you sure the car it is supposed to go into is 1:1 and not 1:10 scale? It might be a tesla motor.

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13 hours ago, mtbkym01 said:

I’ve got the same set for mine @Re-Bugged 👍🏻

I was only window shopping, honest, then the next day the seller offered 40% for showing an interest!! So it was hard to knock that back 😁. Wish I’d looked at the one piece solid aluminum wheels now 🤔

You must have nearly finished your FB by now? 😉

One thing I noticed with mine is the 15t pinion in the kit must be steel as sticks to a magnet, the 20t is the usual soft cheese type though.

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Return of another icon. I actually think the "Evo" branding on the box art looks better than the original "Evolution". This is one of the few re-releases where I won't go hunting for a set of original decals. 

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