The "Postman Brought Me" Thread

[Tobyone 421]

Got these this week  

The bodyshell on top of the pile is the Chevron FSL038 LMP-70 BODY FOR TAMIYA F103RM from Banzai Hobby. Been out of stock for ages and got a notification it was available again on Jan 10th, so ordered straight away. Got here last week, I had forgotten all about it so nice surprise when it did turn up.

 

[Juhunio 6766]

33 minutes ago, Tobyone said:

Got these this week  

The bodyshell on top of the pile is the Chevron FSL038 LMP-70 BODY FOR TAMIYA F103RM from Banzai Hobby. Been out of stock for ages and got a notification it was available again on Jan 10th, so ordered straight away. Got here last week, I had forgotten all about it so nice surprise when it did turn up.

 

Should keep you busy for a bit 😃

[Juhunio 6766]

Some bits of RC nonsense...

 

And an actual, genuine, newly-hatched dinosaur 😃 😃😃😃😃😃

[one_hit 926]

2 hours ago, Tobyone said:

They are great for the price! Here's mine, had a bit of a hard life though  

Looking forward to see what you are going to do with it.

Wow this looks great! You did an awesome job with the weathering. The rusted panels look very real!

[Elbowloh 596]

Its arrived! 

Also, no charges yet from Fed Ex. The fact its in an obviously re-used Amazon JP box may have helped?

Excited, but the hop ups from Plaza Japan only got despatched today, so it's going to have to wait.

Question is, do I stop other projects and start on this when the bits get here?

[ChrisRx718 3958]

Nice! Always been intrigued by the DB01. Terrible name and bodyshell though (IMO) 

Proportions look odd, like a DF-03, where you have no front bumper to speak of. I'd be knackered, since I am a specialist at driving into obstacles.

[Elbowloh 596]

5 minutes ago, ChrisRx718 said:

Nice! Always been intrigued by the DB01. Terrible name and bodyshell though (IMO) 

Proportions look odd, like a DF-03, where you have no front bumper to speak of. I'd be knackered, since I am a specialist at driving into obstacles.

Yeah, i have the DF03 also and the nose is a bit funny. Maybe there is a bumper available?

[Kpowell911 1024]

An interior I ordered when I felt creative, truth is I mess up single colour bodyshells so its far too complicated for me, but I have one, Ill keep it with my Pilot Sport Cosworth TA01

And an Injora jig to attempt my beadlocks. 
 

 

Also, the second Focus TL-01. Truth be told its not as bad as expected and I MAY have obtained the missing wing. This is going back on eBay after a tidy up as long as I get my money back Im not too fussed. 
 

 

[Tamiyastef 1422]

4 hours ago, Kpowell911 said:

Injora jig

A jig for beadlocks? Any idea how that works?

[OnTheTrail 722]

12 minutes ago, Tamiyastef said:

A jig for beadlocks? Any idea how that works?

They work well for RC crawlers.  It basically clamps the inner and outer wheel with enough force to squish down the tire bead to allow the tiny screws to go through both wheel halves to get enough meat on the screw thread for the "also-tiny" nut on the other side.   The star shape allows you some room to get a screw and driver in there.  

 

Here's a link of what it looks like in action:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/tires-wheels/622312-beadlock-seating-unevenly.html#post6070365

 

 

[Sogogi 2058]

9 hours ago, Elbowloh said:

Its arrived! 

Also, no charges yet from Fed Ex. The fact its in an obviously re-used Amazon JP box may have helped?

Excited, but the hop ups from Plaza Japan only got despatched today, so it's going to have to wait.

Question is, do I stop other projects and start on this when the bits get here?

I am tempted to get this one.. for bashing hm

[Ferruz 10059]

A couple years ago, while on a road trip/vacation, my stick remote died. I had to buy myself a Flysky FSGT2B on the go to keep running my car, but I was a bit disappointed by the trigger/wheel setup as I really wanted to stick to sticks!!

Gave it a few days, and I ended up falling in love with its simplicity and functionality. Since then it has never let me down, and today it controls my whole fleet, no exceptions.

Thought I'd get a spare one at this point 😁 so, if anything happens to my remote, I'll have another one ready to go instead of having to replace a few receivers. 

This is what the postman brought today.

[Tamiyastef 1422]

18 hours ago, OnTheTrail said:

tiny screws

 

18 hours ago, OnTheTrail said:

also-tiny" nut

I only own GPM beadlocks and they just have tiny screws at back to fix a ring to the rim. At the front the bead is clamped between a shoulder on the rim and the metal ring inside the tire. So only 8 tiny screws on the back.

[OnTheTrail 722]

1 minute ago, Tamiyastef said:

I only own GPM beadlocks and they just have tiny screws at back to fix a ring to the rim. At the front the bead is clamped between a shoulder on the rim and the metal ring inside the tire. So only 8 tiny screws on the back.

Wow, they look nice!   From my experience, the bead lock clamp is not always necessary depending on how thick the bead is on the tire and then how long the screw is.  I've had some that were a breeze to assemble and others (30+ teeny tiny screws/wheel) that were God awful to put together.   Also had some that I had to redo several times to get the tire to track true on the rim.   

[Kpowell911 1024]

2 minutes ago, OnTheTrail said:

Wow, they look nice!   From my experience, the bead lock clamp is not always necessary depending on how thick the bead is on the tire and then how long the screw is.  I've had some that were a breeze to assemble and others (30+ teeny tiny screws/wheel) that were God awful to put together.   Also had some that I had to redo several times to get the tire to track true on the rim.   

The ones Im trying to build have 30+ screws. Injora Beadlocks and stock Traxxas Canyons for my TRX4

[OnTheTrail 722]

1 hour ago, Kpowell911 said:

The ones Im trying to build have 30+ screws. Injora Beadlocks and stock Traxxas Canyons for my TRX4

Have fun!   I'm assuming the 30+ screws are for a metal wheel.  If so, don't forget thread locker!

Also, before you put the Canyons on, make sure you do the mod for the tires.  Makes a great tire even better.  

[moffman 5247]

Postie dropped my alloy wheels for my turbo optima off this morning first thing I’ve bought from over seas since boris decided to leave the biggest trading block so we could have blue passports! (Sorry for getting a little political there!)

My pro cat is in the background because I invested in a decent steering servo instead of the mediocre one that I built it with! 

[Alexei 401]

got some new body shells. one ABC Hobby Mazda RX-3 and a Nissan Sunny, plus some set screws and aluminium nuts.

 

 

[trx124 0]

On 3/31/2023 at 4:20 PM, Elbowloh said:

Its arrived! 

Also, no charges yet from Fed Ex. The fact its in an obviously re-used Amazon JP box may have helped?

Excited, but the hop ups from Plaza Japan only got despatched today, so it's going to have to wait.

Question is, do I stop other projects and start on this when the bits get here?

Where did you get this, if is not a secret?

Thanks!

[bavee 828]

Some nice bits from @Muso31...

...for a Madcap restomod.

And one spare. Because you never know.

[Elbowloh 596]

7 hours ago, trx124 said:

Where did you get this, if is not a secret?

Thanks!

eBay, Japanese seller. 

 

There are quite a few on there, but the prices range from about £170 with free postage to over £200 with postage on top, so need to shop around. I managed to get one at the bottom of the range from a seller called n-lion.

[trx124 0]

19 minutes ago, Elbowloh said:

eBay, Japanese seller. 

 

There are quite a few on there, but the prices range from about £170 with free postage to over £200 with postage on top, so need to shop around. I managed to get one at the bottom of the range from a seller called n-lion.

Thank you!

[Sogogi 2058]

1 hour ago, Elbowloh said:

eBay, Japanese seller. 

 

There are quite a few on there, but the prices range from about £170 with free postage to over £200 with postage on top, so need to shop around. I managed to get one at the bottom of the range from a seller called n-lion.

That is pretty good deal i would say. It is about 17000yen in japan…

[Elbowloh 596]

13 minutes ago, Sogogi said:

That is pretty good deal i would say. It is about 17000yen in japan…

Yep, was more than happy considering it costs about £170 to buy a DF03 dark impact from a UK seller. 

[Tobyone 421]

Not all today but over the weekend as well.

2 x FF01 Vectra's from EBay (another 1 on its way with hopefully a good enough for the shelf body.

Vectra sticker sheet - for the above if its a bit rough around the edges

Opel V8 TL01 - Ebay used 

Opel V8 new bodyshell from Tamico - found in their vintage page as I was trying to find something to push an order to 165Euro for UK

Civic bodyshell for a future build - not box art, Idemitsu??

Yaris WRC kit - love anything rally related, so why not

Toms GR Supra kit - lovely body so had to have one

and enough cockpits (touring and rally) to keep me busy for the rest of the year