The "Postman Brought Me" Thread

[bjorklo]

Got one avante bs to put on the shelf, an Vanquish project and ball bearings for my coming Top Force build. 

 

 

[Percymon]

Nice Vanquish project - jusr sold mine, but i still have some spare sprue parts if you need anything.

[Percymon]

Today some 6x15mm dowel pins (for Fighting Buggy rear arms), a set of pipe joints for rear cage and vintage unused SRB gears.

[bjorklo]

4 minutes ago, Percymon said:

Nice Vanquish project - jusr sold mine, but i still have some spare sprue parts if you need anything.

Yeah, send me a pm with what you got then we take it from there..

[Percymon]

1 minute ago, bjorklo said:

Yeah, send me a pm with what you got then we take it from there..

I'll drop you a PM tomorrow, I've not got a huge amount but there's a new G parts tree bar G5, and maybe a few other black sprue parts.

 

[iluvmud]

@Dojo Dave came through for me and sent me some new "FAB" wheels, a formula 10 ESC that's believed to be broken (I'll get it fixed... I have a thing for the old Tekin rebel and F10 style cases), and a technitune motor manual. THANK YOU SIR!!

 

And my latest acquisition a really mint original FAV (not as cool as Dave's FAB I'm sure) with an added bonus on the motor

 

 

 

[Country Mike]

 

[Country Mike]

I bought the schuco minus the charger as the batteries had leaked the owner said. It has the remote with it and when it wheelies, you can steer the wheelie thanks to one small turning wheel at the back. 

[Wooders28]

31 minutes ago, Country Mike said:

 

I didn't post that!?! 

I'm not even a fan of jeeps and would have walked past that, even if I'd been to a carboot in the last 5yrs....

[Country Mike]

its my computer being silly mate, dont worry.. get admin to remove them as I have no idea how its wanting to quote you. Many apologies.

 

[berman]

Postie brought me some GTA guilia wheels for my M04 Alfa, and some peppa pig toys I got for my daughter.

[Truck Norris]

On 26/09/2017 at 1:55 PM, martinjpayne said:

A vinyl cutter so I can make my own decals and paint masks...😁

Awesome. That's what I use. If you need a small amount of a certain colour you can get A4 sheets of vinyl on eBay here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222556920099 which work great.

If you need any help with it, give me a shout

[martinjpayne]

1 hour ago, Truck Norris said:

Awesome. That's what I use. If you need a small amount of a certain colour you can get A4 sheets of vinyl on eBay here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222556920099 which work great.

If you need any help with it, give me a shout

Thanks mate, it's funny but I just ordered 20 sheets of mixed colours from that seller yesterday.😀 Also did my first vinyl trial cuts 9 hours after the postie delivered it (blade setting 1, speed 3, force 7, passes 2) and they came out perfect: the Silhouette Studio software is really easy to use.👍

Question: If I reverse cut the decals for putting inside a clear body before spraying, is it worth backing them with an overlay of clear vinyl to catch any bleeding? Similarly, an overlay of clear vinyl for protection if the decal is put on the outside? I've got a Fiat 131 Abarth body to paint and don't want to screw up as they are a bit thin on the ground at the moment (I had to get this one from Finland!!).

Martin.

[Granddad Stinky]

A good day today!

 

Shafts to upgrade a set of fixed plate CVA shocks.

 

My first ever 1060s 👍.

 

My used TA01 chassis. By never run, I presume the guy meant it as a disclaimer, not to imply that it was new. But, it is in very good condition. There’s just a few minor scratches underneath and the gearbox’s are mint. This will be the basis of my speed record attempt.

Mr Mud, sadly I have to report that this is a black chassis, which has been sprayed grey.

I’m not really bothered though, it came with the motor, a futaba servo and an aluminium prop shaft and motor mount. The motor looks barely used, with nice shiny armature and no brush wear.

Please let me know your opinions on the purchase folks, I’ve never had one of these before, especially on the motor. Thanks.

[iluvmud]

7 hours ago, Granddad Stinky said:

A good day today!

 

Shafts to upgrade a set of fixed plate CVA shocks.

 

My first ever 1060s 👍.

 

My used TA01 chassis. By never run, I presume the guy meant it as a disclaimer, not to imply that it was new. But, it is in very good condition. There’s just a few minor scratches underneath and the gearbox’s are mint. This will be the basis of my speed record attempt.

Mr Mud, sadly I have to report that this is a black chassis, which has been sprayed grey.

I’m not really bothered though, it came with the motor, a futaba servo and an aluminium prop shaft and motor mount. The motor looks barely used, with nice shiny armature and no brush wear.

Please let me know your opinions on the purchase folks, I’ve never had one of these before, especially on the motor. Thanks.

 Bummer on the chassis but it still looks good plus finding a TA01 black chassis is easy peasy and if you got ball bearings in there too then you should be happy with it.  They're a great chassis and you should be more than happy with it.

[mongoose1983]

On 9/21/2017 at 8:31 AM, StrokerBoy said:

Another tatty Corvette shell for the Kyosho HiRider2 that my mate gave me.  Not sure why I bought it really, the holes are in the wrong place for my chassis, and it's not much better than the old one (which is the plain blue one if you were wondering...). 

What a lovely find. That Corvette body belongs to the 1st version, that's the 1989 Hi-Rider, and the truck you have the Hi-Rider2, which is a 100% different chassis, but the very same bodyshell (with the obvious different hole locations for the bodyposts).

I'm curious if you'd be interested in doing a trade? I'm interested in it. As a matter of fact, just yesterday I finished restoring my 1989 Hi-Rider (electronics and all!) and my bodyshell doesn't look as nice.

Have a good Sunday!

[Percymon]

Nothing very exciting but a pair of alloy coil over dampers for one of my SRB builds - now stripped down, anodizing removed, polished and re-assembled..

[Prescient]

You know when you are spending too much at Tamico when your free gift stops being the mug or lanyard and they start sending you the mini drones....

[Badcrumble]

2 minutes ago, Prescient said:

You know when you are spending too much at Tamico when your free gift stops being the mug or lanyard and they start sending you the mini drones....

Free gift?! I'm obviously not spending enough!!

[Prescient]

6 minutes ago, Badcrumble said:

Free gift?! I'm obviously not spending enough!!

Yer, you should always be eligible for Tamico stickers and it goes up from there. It's selectable at the bottom of your basket/checkout or if you forget they usually just send the suitable one for your spend anyway.

[Jason1145]

I'm expecting a Tamico sticker with my recent purchase en route

A free drone that's too cool.. if you like drones that is!

[svenb]

Still looking for the pink set 49541

[Percymon]

A nice little light set which should find a home on one of my SRB projects

[iluvmud]

Someone said these are as rare as birds teeth.......

looks like I found some

and some ball end thingies for my vintage TA01/02 tie rod and turn buckle sets (might need more as I found I had some vintage anti-sway bars with these ends not looking too pretty.

[svenb]

2 hours ago, iluvmud said:

Someone said these are as rare as birds teeth.......

looks like I found some

and some ball end thingies for my vintage TA01/02 tie rod and turn buckle sets (might need more as I found I had some vintage anti-sway bars with these ends not looking too pretty.

Pass! What are they for?

and don't say"teeth for birds"