mtbkym01 4008 Posted November 27, 2016 Got it primed and started paint, as well as showing where some bits will be placed, still a space for an accessory enroute from China 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
berman 5315 Posted November 27, 2016 Haha look at the size of the luggage compared to the esky... Two pair of undies and 4 doz 'long necks' Looks good Kym! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted November 27, 2016 3 hours ago, berman said: Haha look at the size of the luggage compared to the esky... Two pair of undies and 4 doz 'long necks' Looks good Kym! Lol, yep, buying on the internet gets different results, looked bigger in the pics Not sure it'll be staying there yet 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matman 1499 Posted November 28, 2016 12 hours ago, berman said: Haha look at the size of the luggage compared to the esky... Two pair of undies and 4 doz 'long necks' Looks good Kym! No ! that's the right size , As that's all dad gets . The rest of the space is kid's , wife stuff . So poor old dad get the smallest bag . .. Lookin great there Kym . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted November 30, 2016 As I'm waiting for a scale item from China, I've started thinking about driver figures with a difference, and while in a KMart store today, found these little guys for only $3 each, so thought I'd grab them, not sure I'm gonna use them yet, what's your thoughts? Excuse the poor quality pic 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted November 30, 2016 Has Photobucket linking turned to absolute garbage for everyone else? Trying something different Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted December 3, 2016 While waiting for some arrivals to finish the interior, I got some practise bodies painted for my current 1/10 race cars 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 22, 2017 So between state title prep and the general business of Xmas, and work, I finally made some progress on the CR01, installing esc and RX, and finished the interior build. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matman 1499 Posted January 22, 2017 Looking great . Forgot about this . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 27, 2018 Been very quiet for me on the RC front for a while, I’ve had this FJ40 project at the so close to finished stage, but still not quite done, and I’ve been working on this for probably nearly 12 months as well 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 27, 2018 This is how I got it, it’s an original 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedy_w_beans 4272 Posted January 27, 2018 I love your color choice for this shell!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 13, 2019 Wow, been whole year between updates for me, been not doing much RC for the last 12 months, a little bit of 1/10 and 1/8 racing, nothing on the project side of the hobby, until today...... The Monster Beetle (body resto shown above) finally ended up on my work bench Yuk, that’s ugly the strip down got underway. its basically fully disassembled and all parts degreased and cleaned, my little ultrasonic cleaner was going flat out. I need to rebuild the shocks, and looks at the Speed Controller and electronics, this won’t be run, gust rebuilt back to original. I’ll get some progress rebuild pics as I go 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 A bit more progress this morning, scrubbing and cleaning, everything is ready now to be rebuilt, calling it a rebuild rather than a restore, as all original parts on going back on the MB, 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 All screws and the shocks have been through the ultrasonic cleaner, and ready to reassemble 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 I’m putting the original electronics back into this one, as it won’t get driven (I have a re-re to build for that), and I like the nostalgia of the old mechanical speed controller 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 So it seems I’m out of photo space on the forum,, and since my photobucket is all screwed up, I just created a flickr account, so here’s my first attempt at linking a pic, it’s the old Servos and RX that have been cleaned 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scipunk 383 Posted January 14, 2019 Glad to see ya back at it! Nice seeing the MB rescued. Did you ever finish the CR01? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Scipunk said: Glad to see ya back at it! Nice seeing the MB rescued. Did you ever finish the CR01? Ah yes the FJ40, I’ve got a servo extension wire for the light bar, it’s been sitting on my workbench for about as long as everything else, might finish that off next 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 Rebuild underway 06A12495-E0EF-4ACC-B776-5058C2FB1FDB by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr 00E9F92B-7ED3-4064-B1A2-FB2E92A8F9CE by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr D2AFA8B6-BE82-4043-BE9C-3CC38D11003E by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr B1152257-82F5-41CB-A936-F22018B10C9A by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr 8F01C0C1-4FDC-4FDB-A173-C41D67A642D6 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr So as this isn’t going to run, I decided to rebuild it with brass bushes instead of bearings (I couldn’t bring myself to use plastic ones). The front may get bearings yet though 97EAB9E3-BF3E-46E8-8D0E-E8657CFD65B6 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matman 1499 Posted January 14, 2019 Good to see ya back M8 , how many BMX did you build ?. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 46 minutes ago, matman said: Good to see ya back M8 , how many BMX did you build ?. Haha, just 2, then sold them, bought a 4 stroke motorcross bike, then sold that, need to realise my age, just back to RC for me, oh, am researching a fishing Kayak now though just cant help myself oh yeah been into a fair bit of slot car racing at my LHS, oh and bought and built this ready for the upcoming racing year 3E89DD16-F552-4A0F-B8A6-EAA7E564F513 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr 73921712-247F-4AD7-A840-31079BA6B33A by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr FBCD76D1-105D-495D-B8B0-B697B48617D7 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr i actually made my way over to Perth for the IFMAR 1/8 worlds too, hanging with the Mugen Seiki team 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matman 1499 Posted January 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, mtbkym01 said: Haha, just 2, then sold them, bought a 4 stroke motorcross bike, then sold that, need to realise my age, just back to RC for me, oh, am researching a fishing Kayak now though just cant help myself oh yeah been into a fair bit of slot car racing at my LHS, oh and bought and built this ready for the upcoming racing year 3E89DD16-F552-4A0F-B8A6-EAA7E564F513 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr 73921712-247F-4AD7-A840-31079BA6B33A by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr FBCD76D1-105D-495D-B8B0-B697B48617D7 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr i actually made my way over to Perth for the IFMAR 1/8 worlds too, hanging with the Mugen Seiki team What and you didn't let us know ? . Could have come by and said hi .. I have been on the Motorcross band wagon etc . Had to sell it as i'm getting too old and also on blood thinners . So that didn't help . The kayak sounds great and can go with an RC Boat haha . So how did ya go in Perth IFMAR ?. :LOL: . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 22 minutes ago, matman said: What and you didn't let us know ? . Could have come by and said hi .. I have been on the Motorcross band wagon etc . Had to sell it as i'm getting too old and also on blood thinners . So that didn't help . The kayak sounds great and can go with an RC Boat haha . So how did ya go in Perth IFMAR ?. :LOL: . I didn’t race, I was there with the Aust Mugen distributor, checking it out, was pretty awesome seeing the best off-road RC racers on the planet going head to head 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtbkym01 4008 Posted January 14, 2019 Ok, back to the MB, rebuild well under way, time for the shocks F4B05AC3-97CC-4B42-BB79-0FE531484491 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr The rear springs didn’t really come up as nice as I’d have liked, the rust really etched them, wasn’t happy to use them at the end of the day 964D1F7C-F85E-43FC-8A76-C1CE7FCF7D2B by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr So, I jumped into the spares boxes, and found some blue anodised springs that will do the job, and luckily, they basically match the body 0262246F-C239-4A30-9909-6285C03B3A24 by Kym mtbkym01, on Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites