TWINSET 1793 Posted April 21, 2020 These all got sold before being run TB-01 Custom truck 2.2" Clod with torsion beam chassis, alu axle tubes - rear gearbox turned round to save messing with reversing motors etc. Thundertech Rage chassis'd Clod Axial AX-10 with Crawler Store Edge chassis TLT axled custom chassis John Boyer chassis, Clod axles, lot of Thundertech bits - Fitted HPI Savage shocks which were too long, so it handled real bad. M-03 Mini? Pretty much every hop-up available was fitted, even carbon fibre battery clip Axial axles, Death Metal Garage DCR roll cage, custom side plates Another M-03 Mini ESP Clodzilla III Chassis, Bullhead donor TB-01 2.2" Clod with carbon fibre custom chassis based on Crawler Store's NN chassis 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markbt73 5316 Posted April 21, 2020 Reminds me of the old joke: "How do you make a small fortune in racing? Start with a large fortune..." I have a couple of cars that haven't been run yet, but I don't like to sell things without seeing them in action first. The only two I can think of that I never ran were an RC10CE and a Nichimo Exceed. The RC10 I built from all-new spare parts, and the Exceed was new-built when I boguht it, and so frail that I didn't dare run it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yonzariq 114 Posted April 22, 2020 Yep, I have had a lot of different cars in the past, most of them got a lot of runtime. But a few I haven't run before selling them again. I also have a newly built 6month old CrossRC HC6 on the shelf, only built it over the past few months and had a test drive in the living room, thinking of selling it, but seeing the quality issues I had when building I am also a bit hesitant to sell it as don't want to sell my mess to someone else. But also had quite a few cars which I sold after only a single test run. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrowka 496 Posted April 25, 2020 I am a total nooby with r/c cars, but I've done it with airplanes. What I hate about building airplanes is the amount of time and effort it takes to do one well, knowing that sooner or later it wil crash, and no matter how well you repair it, it will never be as good as new. So I would give away airplanes that I had built, just so that someone other than I could crash them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scouser 83 Posted April 26, 2020 Only once have I built something and realised it was not going to be for me. Never with a Tamiya though, the car in question was a TTech Predator that I bought when I was racing. It was a wonderful car to look at but if you had to maintain or repair anything, it was overly complicated. If you break something whilst at the track, you want it to be a quick and easy repair. I thought of the money loss as a learning experience and was thankful nobody had a swear jar in my vicinity whilst building as the loss would have been way more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoolHands 816 Posted April 26, 2020 And now they’re worth loads! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigoggy 203 Posted April 26, 2020 I debated last year for a long time whether to get a Top Cat, or a Top Force, and decided on the Cat, as I raced Schumachers as a youngster. What a mistake. Terrible build, front end doesn't work at all, shocks, and steering, terrible. Should have sold it part built, but did finish it off. Took a massive hit selling it, only the second time I regretted buying an RC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J@mes 2326 Posted April 26, 2020 I’ve only sold on 1 car so far & that was never run. It was a Mad Fighter I bought part built & unrun. I disassembled cleaned and reassembled it but didn’t finish. Then superted put up a wanted ad on here so he got it for what it owed me. I’m up to 17 assembled (4 not yet run) & 6 nib kits so I really should move a few more on... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites