The "Postman Brought Me" Thread

[martinjpayne]

On 03/08/2017 at 1:33 PM, Granddad Stinky said:

Two bottles of dry track lube at 75p a bottle 

What's the dry lube for? Is it like a graphite powder or something?

[Granddad Stinky]

50 minutes ago, martinjpayne said:

What's the dry lube for? Is it like a graphite powder or something?

It's dry PTFE. Dirt doesn't stick.

[Granddad Stinky]

Power for my truck build, after the shakedown and set up.

Wahhooooeeeee!

[TeaMonster]

Paint and pinions today👍

[Wooders28]

22 hours ago, berman said:

Hobbywing 860. Going to try it in my txt-1 just for curiosities sake. I have some 17t pinions on the way and some sport tuneds on stand by.

Great esc, only gone to 3s so far on silver cans.

[bjorklo]

Today, or yesterday actually, i got the procat i bought from a childhood friend. I thought, and i remeberd it not to be finished built, but it's actually almost good to go. I also bought a Tekin charger and i got for free what left of a grasshopper. 

 

[BigJag]

On 28/07/2017 at 0:13 PM, Granddad Stinky said:

Small but important.

Cricket bat tape, shims to take the play out of DT02 front wheels

And the long awaited front body mounts for my truck build! Hurrah! 🎉🎺🎊

How do those body mounts work?

[Granddad Stinky]

1 hour ago, BigJag said:

How do those body mounts work?

Both bits are magnets. The large bit pins on top of the body post. The thin disc is glued inside the hood.

 

[berman]

On 05/08/2017 at 5:44 PM, Wooders28 said:

Great esc, only gone to 3s so far on silver cans.

Doesn't seem to want to work with the Tamiya Adspec G301 I have installed in the Txt, also tried a Kyosho K200 with no dice, wont arm itself. 😳

[Granddad Stinky]

The first upgrades for my Feiyue have started to trickle through. These are the front drive shafts, so some reason they've machined the outside after the parkerising treatment. 

Now what do I do? Paint them I suppose. 😖

[speedy_w_beans]

Just made it home from vacation, and the postman had a few things waiting for me...

First up is a set of aluminum wheels from HobbyKing.  They had a sale recently and these caught my eye at $10/pair.  The specs on HK's site say they are 15mm offset; I think that's a typo and should read 5mm offset as these are comparable to other 6mm offset plastic wheels I have.  I think these wheels would look very nice with a black on-road shell.

A 55T crawler motor arrived from Tower Hobbies, too.  This is for the VW Amarok team build I'm doing with scollins.

[Crash Cramer]

4 hours ago, speedy_w_beans said:

Just made it home from vacation, and the postman had a few things waiting for me...

First up is a set of aluminum wheels from HobbyKing.  They had a sale recently and these caught my eye at $10/pair.  The specs on HK's site say they are 15mm offset; I think that's a typo and should read 5mm offset as these are comparable to other 6mm offset plastic wheels I have.  I think these wheels would look very nice with a black on-road shell.

A 55T crawler motor arrived from Tower Hobbies, too.  This is for the VW Amarok team build I'm doing with scollins.

Welcome back, if you don't like those wheels...... I think they look sublime, but are they for 26mm touring tire or what??? I bet they are now sold out, but if you don't need em.....:D I can't wait to see what you and SCollins throw together.

[speedy_w_beans]

45 minutes ago, Crash Cramer said:

Welcome back, if you don't like those wheels...... I think they look sublime, but are they for 26mm touring tire or what??? I bet they are now sold out, but if you don't need em.....:D I can't wait to see what you and SCollins throw together.

Oh, I definitely like the wheels!  I tried some 26mm HPI X-patterns and they fit very well.  Tamiya has a few 26mm tires too.

Product listing:  https://hobbyking.com/en_us/1-10-aluminum-drift-7y-spoke-wheel-black.html?___store=en_us

They're surprisingly light; I expected them to be heavier.  Given the offset these would likely work best with a 200mm body on a 190mm chassis.  I'd hate to run them on asphalt for fear of scratching or dinging them; they probably would work best for carpet drifting or on a shelfer.  I have a nice HPI '67 Corvette body begging for some gloss black that would work well with these.

[Jason1145]

Chassis extenders for my M03 and a blast from the past Megadrive game... I played this all the time years ago... time to relive some memories as soon as my Megadrive arrives from the Bay

[Jonathon Gillham]

7 hours ago, Jason1145 said:

Chassis extenders for my M03 and a blast from the past Megadrive game... I played this all the time years ago... time to relive some memories as soon as my Megadrive arrives from the Bay

I don't know that game but have been tempted by the new Nintendo NES that has been released. It looks like one but is smaller and has a heap of games preloaded. I have a Wii and the Super Mario Brothers and Mario Kart keep me quiet. Also, I wouldn't want to try to explain another thing to my wife when there are loads more rc cars I want!

[iluvmud]

My OG Monster Beetle is now.....................................................complete

[Jason1145]

2 hours ago, Jonathon Gillham said:

I don't know that game but have been tempted by the new Nintendo NES that has been released. It looks like one but is smaller and has a heap of games preloaded. I have a Wii and the Super Mario Brothers and Mario Kart keep me quiet. Also, I wouldn't want to try to explain another thing to my wife when there are loads more rc cars I want!

Jonathan I've not seen that new NES as I was a Sega kid ( rivalry st school was fierce between the two, I had to pick a side lol) but I've seen there is a new Megadrive that is much smaller and also preloaded with 80 games so it's a common trend now with these retro systems... but these are licensed out to other companies and apparently not as good as the original platforms.. be it graphics or sound. This is why I plumped for buying an original rather than the newer released versions

ive now bought about 6 games that I'm waiting to arrive, all hold good memories but I'm sceptical if they will live up to the memories ( 90's graphics!).

Must confess if I walked into a friends house and Mario Kart was on the TV I would spend a couple hours playing that till my fingers were sore! Love that game  

[TeaMonster]

11 hours ago, Jason1145 said:

Chassis extenders for my M03 and a blast from the past Megadrive game... I played this all the time years ago... time to relive some memories as soon as my Megadrive arrives from the Bay

Fantastic game, loved my megadrive.Did you file the cartridge slot back in the day to accept ntsc cartridges? Like above though, Super Nintendo was king, once Super street fighter came out nothing else mattered...........until the PlayStation came along.

Did you have a mega cd,32x?

 

[Tamiyabigstuff]

33 minutes ago, TeaMonster said:

Fantastic game, loved my megadrive.Did you file the cartridge slot back in the day to accept ntsc cartridges? Like above though, Super Nintendo was king, once Super street fighter came out nothing else mattered...........until the PlayStation came along.

Did you have a mega cd,32x?

 

Still have my Megadrive, Mega CD, 32X & about 100 games !

[TeaMonster]

6 minutes ago, Tamiyabigstuff said:

Still have my Megadrive, Mega CD, 32X & about 100 games !

I would love to have all my old consoles.

Was virtua cop, 32x or sega Saturn?I can remember playing that for hours. 

[Jason1145]

1 hour ago, TeaMonster said:

Fantastic game, loved my megadrive.Did you file the cartridge slot back in the day to accept ntsc cartridges? Like above though, Super Nintendo was king, once Super street fighter came out nothing else mattered...........until the PlayStation came along.

Did you have a mega cd,32x?

 

I never got the 32x and never filed the catridge slot, might consider doing that this time round to accept other carts though

My wife actually approved of this purchase when I said it will free up her laptop for her to watch her never ending Chinese drama's she is engrossed in!

Coning my way is Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage,  Double Dragon, Desert Strike and Super Off Roader.. can't wait!

[Jason1145]

40 minutes ago, Tamiyabigstuff said:

Still have my Megadrive, Mega CD, 32X & about 100 games !

Well done for holding onto those! 

[Jonathon Gillham]

44 minutes ago, Jason1145 said:

I never got the 32x and never filed the catridge slot, might consider doing that this time round to accept other carts though

My wife actually approved of this purchase when I said it will free up her laptop for her to watch her never ending Chinese drama's she is engrossed in!

Coning my way is Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage,  Double Dragon, Desert Strike and Super Off Roader.. can't wait!

I had Golden Axe, Double Dragon (1 and 2) and Desert Strike on PC, loved them. I only had a Master System II before switching to PC, but loved the Mario games at friends houses.

One problem with the old consoles is they are never as good as you remember them. A friend would come over every Tuesday night until we finished the new Super Mario (both around 30 at this stage) and then she bought a Nintendo 64 to relive the old games and they just didn't cut it. Hope the Megadrive is as good as you remember (with those games it will be!)

[moffman]

5 hours ago, Jonathon Gillham said:

I don't know that game but have been tempted by the new Nintendo NES that has been released. It looks like one but is smaller and has a heap of games preloaded. I have a Wii and the Super Mario Brothers and Mario Kart keep me quiet. Also, I wouldn't want to try to explain another thing to my wife when there are loads more rc cars I want!

 

2 hours ago, TeaMonster said:

Fantastic game, loved my megadrive.Did you file the cartridge slot back in the day to accept ntsc cartridges? Like above though, Super Nintendo was king, once Super street fighter came out nothing else mattered...........until the PlayStation came along.

Did you have a mega cd,32x?

 

I loved my mega drive I was living in my first home (flat) kids were just babies me and the wife skint but we had the mega drive and the local video store had games you could hire for 50p a night or £1.50 week ! 

[TeaMonster]

1 hour ago, Jason1145 said:

I never got the 32x and never filed the catridge slot, might consider doing that this time round to accept other carts though

My wife actually approved of this purchase when I said it will free up her laptop for her to watch her never ending Chinese drama's she is engrossed in!

Coning my way is Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage,  Double Dragon, Desert Strike and Super Off Roader.. can't wait!

Some excellent games there, shinobi was also a favourite of mine. I have always been a console gamer, starting with the master system, then I bought a megadrive, 32x, mega cd both versions, snes and n64, I also during that time paid £400 to import a Japanese PlayStation which I had to have a transformer for and only one game and a Neo geo. Fast forward through the decades and Xbox all versions and PlayStation all versions, queuing up for midnight launches(cod, GTA etc). My wife has given up on me growing up😂And now my daughter is the same as me👍