Tonys` Lunchbox

[tony gti-r]

I was lucky enough to get a Lunchbox off my Girlfriend for christmas,

I dropped a few hints as i always wanted one when i was a kid, as i bet most on here did!

I already have a re re hornet and am really kicking myself for telling my dad it was ok to throw out my original Falcon a couple years ago when he found it in his garage BUT! my friend has an original Blackfoot in his dads loft he said i can have!

Anyway, here are a few shots of it and i hope to add to this thread as i mod it.

Tony....

[tamiya monkey]

Hi there and welcome to the money pit, to get more cars to run ive had to resort to buying my 4 year old son his first car a lunchbox, great fun to use. From teh off ive fitted cva oil shocks all round, 3rd shock mod (makes it far better) and full ballraces. the hornet and lunchbox are a great start to a collection, robust and fun.

[tony gti-r]

Hi there and welcome to the money pit, to get more cars to run ive had to resort to buying my 4 year old son his first car a lunchbox, great fun to use. From teh off ive fitted cva oil shocks all round, 3rd shock mod (makes it far better) and full ballraces. the hornet and lunchbox are a great start to a collection, robust and fun.

Yeah, my son has just turned 2 on the 22nd Dec so he is a bit young yet, I`m building the collection for when he is a bit older lol

I have just ordered 2 50520 CVA shocks for the front for now and will get the other 2 when i find a matching shock for the 3rd shock mod.

I have just put bearings in tonight and will put in a Sport Tuned motor eventually.

Tony....

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

Great work on the shell, nice detail work

I've just finished modding my lunchbox, here is a link if your after some inspiration

Lunchy

[tony gti-r]

Small updatee,

Just fitted 50520 CVAs to the front and set them at 80mm with the medium piston and hard springs.

It sits much better now!

Think i`ll order the ones for the rear soon, anybody know what one to use for the 3rd shock???

Tony....

[tony gti-r]

Just ordered 2 sets of CVAs to fit to the back and make 3rd shock so i will have one spare if anybody wants to buy it?

Also waiting on 2 Vapextech 3700mah packs coming off of ebay.

Will run the stock motor and see how it performs before i take the sport tuned out of the Hornet.

Tony....

[Squares_]

Hi Tony,

Loving the lunchbox, you must be as lucky as me, my good lady got me a Lunchbox last xmas. 12months on it still makes me laugh.

I might be interested in the spare shock you have, as I need to 3 shock mine aswell as get some oil shocks for it. Do you mind me asking where you got your CVA's and how much they were? I have seen a few about but they have seemed really expensive, I need all 5.

I did put a super stock in mine, it really makes a nice difference without going crazy. The standard one was faster I swear when I was a kid, but thats probably because it came upto knee level.

[tony gti-r]

Hi Tony,

Loving the lunchbox, you must be as lucky as me, my good lady got me a Lunchbox last xmas. 12months on it still makes me laugh.

I might be interested in the spare shock you have, as I need to 3 shock mine aswell as get some oil shocks for it. Do you mind me asking where you got your CVA's and how much they were? I have seen a few about but they have seemed really expensive, I need all 5.

I did put a super stock in mine, it really makes a nice difference without going crazy. The standard one was faster I swear when I was a kid, but thats probably because it came upto knee level.

Your right they were much faster back in the day!

I got my shocks from Stella models off of ebay 2 sets cost $49 - 33 inc postage, they are in Hong Kong - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/stellamodels

I have ordered loads of stuff from them, shipping is fast and never had one problem or ever paid import duty.

Tony....

[Squares_]

Your right they were much faster back in the day!

I got my shocks from Stella models off of ebay 2 sets cost $49 - 33 inc postage, they are in Hong Kong - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/stellamodels

I have ordered loads of stuff from them, shipping is fast and never had one problem or ever paid import duty.

Tony....

Ok thanks, I will take a look.

cheers.

[tony gti-r]

Finally managed to find spare some time to get my rear shocks built and mounted, install a sport tuned and my 2.4ghz radio gear.

Sits much nicer now and i have got rid of the glitching by swapping the radio gear (cheapo entry level hitec stuff)

My mate also went out and bought a metallic pumpkin so we can go out bashing!

Motor and rear shocks mounted

New radio gear

Couple of poser shots!

Tony....

[mymonsterbeetleisbroken]

very nice!!!

how much did the acoms 2.4 ghz radio cost?

[wolfdogstinkus]

I bought a cheapo Hi-tec zebra(I think?) and it had loads of glitching as well, caused me to smash my pumpkin, ended up taking it back to the shop and paying the extra for an acoms set!

Looks very nice though, glad you got it sorted before you lost control and smashed it like I did!

[tony gti-r]

I think it cost me around 60 from Modelsport UK, it has the worlds smallest receiver with the worlds largest handset! go figure lol

The extra receivers are like 30 each so it may take some time before all my cars are running them.

The glitching with the Hitec stuff made the car jurk whilst pulling away and losing control of the steering whilst doing so.

Also forgot to mention, I ordered 2 3600mah batts from Vapextech but they sent me 2 4300mah ones instead lol

Not bothered just meant that i`ve had to buy a Pro Peak 2500 delta peak charger from the bay to charge them!!! (not the varipulse one as i`ve heard bad stuff with them + NiMh batts)

Just the 3rd shock mod to go and its done!

Tony....

[markbt73]

Looks great, but it's way too clean and shiny. In the next photos we expect to see some battle scars.