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8 minutes ago, Busdriver said:

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these little beauties turned up today. I have to say the packaging was superb. Each one was in an individual quality envelope and each pair were in a further hard backed envelope. Those in turn were inside a bigger hard back envelope. This kind of care transfers to the quality of the product. The guy that produced them is rightly proud of his handiwork.

Nice. I've had the Wild Willy one for a while, and it's very durable. I'm really pleased with it.

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54 minutes ago, Zealot said:

Yeah, I know, I downloaded the manual and looked at all the shafts before I ordered that stuff, I just decided to grab a (likely to be uneeded) spare set anyway.

Thanks for the tip on the hubs. I had a brief look at them when I ordered the bits that arrived with the car and the other order and decided not to buy them at that stage. I was more likely to run stock, at least at the rear, so your info only helps to confirm that. Cheers!

And I certainly am a sucker for carbon, be it practical or just for show.

The thing is, I just completed this yesterday and did not experiment with it too much yet. The new ball position may actually work if the top are adjusted "inwards". I have them on the outermost position (as per instructions) at the moment. Do drop me a line if using those ball shafts with a different top position works.

I too want that carbon damper stay (at least for the rear) but my usual supplier does not have it in stock. Also, do they work on their own or is 54326 required?

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On 1/11/2022 at 8:25 PM, InsaneJim69 said:

I do love a bit of classic BTCC 😍👍 😉

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James.

 

Wow, great looking Laguna. And indeed BTCC to me was at its peak during that period.

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3 minutes ago, Boomerang89 said:

Wow, great looking Laguna. And indeed BTCC to me was at iets peak during that period.

Thanks, I also have the 1997 one but the 1998 one was a long project that turned out better than I had hoped.

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James.

 

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4 hours ago, Juhunio said:

Fibber :lol:

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Seems like there's a few monkey liars about🧐

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Not so nice as the great Laguna above,

Still happy to find a Keen Hawk in the mail already some weeks ago. Only last days could look at it.

Some issues. Front drives miss some metal and gear cover does't make contact with motor plate.

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on a postive note. Sport Tuned Included😀.

Just wondering. Just remove the front dog-bones and use it as a RWD? 

Why that plastic part is between motor and motor plate again?

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My birthday gift to myself arrived along with a receiver and cheap servo :)

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been too busy to have fun so everything just keeps getting piled up in the corner, hoping to build it this weekend though

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Just got this: a heavily hopped up TA04 chassis, built but never used, just dirty from storage. Has the TA04 special dampers, Super stock type T,  alu diff, pulleys, and steering set, and lots more including some aftermarket alu front and rear hubs and knuckles. Tyres are perished and wheels are non-tamiya I think. Best thing - it was cheap!

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As predicted, a PJ delivery one after another. Third one this week. 

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Very mixed feeling today as the postman brought me:

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And my daughter brought me:

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She finally got me and “happy times” awaits ;)

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4 minutes ago, simalarion said:

And my daughter brought me:

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She finally got me and “happy times” awaits ;)

This reminded me of the "two bar" in Taxi 2. 

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@simalarion sorry to hear that, hope you recover quickly.

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This wasn’t quite from the postman but from my wife as she kept hearing me cursing every time I used the cheapo craft knife I got from Amazon. I think she also felt bad about all the DIY I’ve had to do this week when I had planned some decent build time 😥😆

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A DT-03 and TD4. The TD4 is going to have to wait until the backordered hopups come in. Hoping to get into the DT-03 this weekend. 

 

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Another attempt at brushless after the disappointment of the first one. Hopefully this one will be as good as the brushless fanboys said they will be. 

Orion Vortex dDrive 2700kv, ESC built into the motor. 

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Despite buying from all over the globe for many years, my first ever order arrived today from Plaza Japan - thought I’d give them a go as some parts plus the postage seems super cheap. Ordered 4 Jan, arrived here in the UK today, 14th. Can’t be bad!

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On 1/13/2022 at 5:20 PM, simalarion said:

Very mixed feeling today as the postman brought me:

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And my daughter brought me:

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She finally got me and “happy times” awaits ;)

That's terrible news.......ten days self isolating just as a new has kit arrived in the post. 

 

 

 

Get well soon!

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On 1/12/2022 at 6:32 PM, svenb said:

Seems like there's a few monkey liars about🧐

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Same as my delivery from HobbyKing, which was TWO lipos. 

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First few parts have arrived for the TA03R chassis that i got off eBay a few days ago.

I am not going to add hop ups to it, but build a RC car that many of us UK folks would have seen in the 70´s, 80´s and early 90´s.

White Lexan paint for the shell, that has yet to arrive. The correct BBS? wheels that need repainting silver. A Trumpeter engraving tool for my plastic models and some 400 CST shock oil.

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Note the star shape in the middle of those alloys.

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A circle cutter for wheel arches etc

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A very rare 1/87 metal lorry from the company i work for. The livery was only used in Holland for 1 year, shortly after we got renamed from WLS to Havi.

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53 minutes ago, Lee1075 said:

 

I am not going to add hop ups to it, but build a RC car that many of us UK folks would have seen in the 70´s, 80´s and early 90´s.

White Lexan paint for the shell, that has yet to arrive. The correct BBS?

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Note the star shape in the middle of those alloys.

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🤔??

Escort? Capri? BMW?

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12 minutes ago, svenb said:

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Escort? Capri? BMW?

Nope, good try though. Tip; i searched on these forums and didn't find one of these cars made yet.

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Car available in the 70's 80'and 90's!🤔

Astra?

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No and....... No :D, Next tip: Uk car makers that were bought out, that makes the list smaller doesn´t it :blink:. I will do a build thread anyway , as another member is making a "special" part for it.

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