Baja racing again

[bajaboy5b]

Hello all 'new' member here though i haven't posted before,some of you should know me as i'm everywhere on rc forums.Time for me to hit the tracks again,after a 2 year brake i be racing again so time to build a new car

even comes with a TRF spring kit

rear lower sus mount is a bit thick shame you can't use it for a long wheelbase set up and would be even cooler if it was steal would spark then thats it for now,it is running but only for testing untill i get more parts.

New shell and new lipo

Now can you guess what i'm going to paint next?

thats right bright PINK!!

Went to the LHS to get thread lock because i kinda needed it (got a year and half out of the old tube still a little left in it) and came back with...

...this :S

can't use the CF shock tower with it

ok fixed the shock problem ( yes they are little harder but i've gone to yellow springs not blue in the front so it drives the same )

now the side skits hit the ground before it even tucks rim

cut 6mm off the whole thing,nice and low now

More to come as i slowly buy parts.

Thanks for looking.

Jeremy.

[dragnse7en]

Wow - talk about a "flaming" paintjob (effeminate) SUPER!!!!

Aside from that, good build! you go girl!

[bajaboy5b]

I knew i shouldn't have used my old race livery I should of done better on the mini,LHS was out of pre cut masks so had to do it myself -__- oh well its a race shell so i will need a new one after 2 months of racing

Jeremy aka baja BOY 5b

[dragnse7en]

I knew i shouldn't have used my old race livery I should of done better on the mini,LHS was out of pre cut masks so had to do it myself -__- oh well its a race shell so i will need a new one after 2 months of racing

Jeremy aka baja BOY 5b

As I said - go girl!!! nice pink colors girl!!!! you go!!!!

No true man uses pink as the prime color.

Otherwise, nice job!

[Max Power]

Looks great. For a minute, I thought Tamiya was selling pre built ball diffs now

[sosidge]

Looks great. For a minute, I thought Tamiya was selling pre built ball diffs now

Same here!

Nice pics of the build. What do you think of the Protoform shell in real life? It always looks a bit odd in pictures.

[bajaboy5b]

As I said - go girl!!! nice pink colors girl!!!! you go!!!!

No true man uses pink as the prime color.

Otherwise, nice job!

I always got picked on 2 years ago for that and now its the same

Thanks.

Looks great. For a minute, I thought Tamiya was selling pre built ball diffs now

Thank you,even if it was pre built i would build it myself.

Jeremy.

[dragnse7en]

So, what's that VW body? I saw protoform, but that's it.

I had a M03-L about four years ago, and it was a hoot and a really fun basher. I looked up the M05 series a few months ago, and Tamiya's FWD cars have come a long way. I had to buy some M05 gearbox joints for my TA02, b/c I updated it for a BL system (TT-01 bevel gears added, so that the slotted parts could fit.)

Please post pics of the finished work - and hopefully a video to boot, to see that little devil in action!

[bajaboy5b]

Its a protoform SoCal panel wagon i just added VW stickers.Yeah i've been watching your TA02 build on MRC,video soon once the car is fully built and once the race season starts again.

Jeremy.

[bajaboy5b]

Same here!

Nice pics of the build. What do you think of the Protoform shell in real life? It always looks a bit odd in pictures.

Sorry i missed your reply,thanks you.I like it,its a bit wide and the nose a quite thin,the only thing i don't like are the head lights,i think it would look allot better with 100% round fenders the sunk in head lights look odd.

Jeremy.

[dragnse7en]

Have you ever thought of using 2 liter coca cola plastic caps? Cut the cap along the side to angle it, and sand it to fit, then spray a metallic silver inside the cap. Drill a hole for the LED. Use Shoe Goo, or some sort of synthetic rubber cement - (don't use CA glue, as it is too brittle on polycarb bodies).

The cap tops on 2 liter soda bottles should be your best bet to make headlights.

BTW - did I mention how cool that pink is? Manly man - (drapes a cape on his shoulders - Lookit me! I'm the Brawny man, with a pink flannel shirt!!!)

Nice so far hoss - please post a video of that M05 in action!!!

[bajaboy5b]

I will try that on my next SoCal wagon then but not a racer one,don't want useless grams in the car.Thanks,it gets way brighter in sun light ( new pics soon ) and video as soon as i get the cat 100% race ready and find someone to film for me and find a day when no one it racing.

Jeremy.

[bajaboy5b]

Had to clean up the wiring mess.

Still messy but allot better,servo hides it all anyway.(also the 1100 pic i have taken with my camera! )

Just slammed it for the pics.

Stock fan didn't cut it for me,so huge yeah racing one went one.Yes i know some will say 'It doesn't get that hot' but best to be safe then sorry.

Got some mini TRFs on it now.

Few scratches.

Thanks for looking,new pics soon.

Jeremy.

[qatmix]

Looks good!

Pink is a mans colour. It was a popular masculine colour for clothes. The shift of pink being a girls colour only happened with commercialisation of childrens toys and the enforcement of Pink being a girls colour.

Real men wear pink, puppets dont.

Have you raced the car yet?

[bajaboy5b]

Thank you,lol really i only have the pink so its easy for my eyes to see since i'm short sighted and don't have glassed,i'm going to the track some time today,i haven't driven on it for 2 years so the first few laps will be interesting.

Jeremy.

[dragnse7en]

Man, that is some nice blue bling I wanted to buy some Tamiya florescent pink PS spray for one of my projects, but couldn't find any in stock here in the USA. I had to settle with a cherry red color, which looks sort of pink when it's backed up with white. I was good enough for what I was doing though.

Is that the same florescent pink?

You can see the pinkish cherry red in one of my other build threads, here: my Exotek TA05 ver.II R build thread

Sorry to be off-topic, but I just wanted to know that I was just pushing your buttons on the pink thing

[bajaboy5b]

Thanks,yeah its PS-29,theres tons in hobby shops here in Australia,nice build on your ver.II,a little bit but i get it at the track anyway.

Jeremy.

[bajaboy5b]

Haven't been to TFTR for 2 years! so first few laps were all over the place but i got into the groove after a little while and it was great

Before 4 - 5 hours of testing....

After...i rolled it twice

Thanks for looking,more to come.

Jeremy.

[bajaboy5b]

Got a swift

now for something special

not bad for a first try

Swift has been put off for a little while so i can work on this

peal black 'damage',kinda worked out the way i wanted

thanks for looking,more to come.

Jeremy.