Carmine A 2046 Posted October 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, ruebiracer said: Unfortunately, these speed gears are made of a secret cheese. Hit someting at full speed and most of the time the fun is over. But in our Mini series we just run with the rule of a 20T pinion max., so every older Mini can in our races without being too slow on the straights. Just my 2 cents... ..... I believe it's virgin Cheddar Curd!! 😲😜 I have heard the stories - if you're running anything beyond 27-25 Turn Motors. Since there's NOTHING resembling a Track within 120 miles of me (😭😖😢), I just run with 2 others in our Slumlord Palace Apartments.... I'm using an 18T Steel Pinion with a 17 Turn Motor, with a 3S BATRY!! It was clocked, by Police Radar - at 38.6mph!!! 😲 All I'd probably do with the Speed Gear Set, is MELT them!! 😜😂 ..... Now if Yeah Racing or someone of that quality came out with a Gearset for it, I'll try it. BUT is going FASTER than 40mph in a pre-M07 M Chassis Car a prudent idea?? Several years ago I did fit an 11.5T Brushless Motor in my M03! Had no means of measuring speed, but it looked faster than my current M05!!! 😳 ALSO, with the unmodified M03 "SLOP-R-US" Suspension and Steering - it was SCARY, and only on the hairy edge of control. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fabia130vRS 2098 Posted October 24, 2020 6 hours ago, ruebiracer said: Unfortunately, these speed gears are made of a secret cheese. Hit someting at full speed and most of the time the fun is over. But in our Mini series we just run with the rule of a 20T pinion max., so every older Mini can in our races without being too slow on the straights. Just my 2 cents... I have speed gears from 3racing they are white and I already stripped one set. The others I got I cant remeber the manufacturer’s name but they are black and still work. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
technics 2616 Posted October 25, 2020 Great build, thanks for sharing. I have the white gearset (3racing) for over a year without any issues in my M05. Its ran at a indoor carpet track. 22T pinion, Ball differential with ceramic bearings, hollow carbon drivepin, and a ebay 9T brushless combo. So far it’s clocked at 51,96km/h 😁 I guess I’m quiet progressive with the throttle so it’s held together nicely so far 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruebiracer 1046 Posted October 25, 2020 16 hours ago, Fabia130vRS said: I have speed gears from 3racing they are white and I already stripped one set. The others I got I cant remeber the manufacturer’s name but they are black and still work. Good news, black ones I don´t know yet! U had grey ones from Eagle Racing, and the usual white ones branded as Ride and some other companies. Maybe someone had a heart and gave us some quality gears. Would be cool, if you could somehow remember, where you bought them, or who could have made them... BR, Matthias 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carmine A 2046 Posted October 25, 2020 Matthias is right, QUALITY High Speed Gears would be great! I'm reaching 63kph on 3S with a 17 Turn Motor, so I'm not sure how much faster I WANT to be going though with a mini!! 😲😜 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fabia130vRS 2098 Posted October 25, 2020 4 hours ago, ruebiracer said: Good news, black ones I don´t know yet! U had grey ones from Eagle Racing, and the usual white ones branded as Ride and some other companies. Maybe someone had a heart and gave us some quality gears. Would be cool, if you could somehow remember, where you bought them, or who could have made them... BR, Matthias Sure will try. Maybe I am mistaken. By thoughts about Tamiya reinforced gears. but no pinions is higher then 22T so I think this could be a reason for indurance. On my M03 i Had the second option from the sheet and on my M05 the highest gear count on 22T pinion. Thats is saying I had to rebuild the Gearbox setup on the M05. That is a FDR of 4.99, after two runs on a 10T sensor less brushless it already has some afterwards noises from the gears. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyolien 4680 Posted November 3, 2020 And finally, the body reveal. When I posted a pic over on the “what did you do today” thread, someone described this as a 'sleeper'. That's exactly what I had in mind from the start of this build. Having seen a couple of “track day” 2cv's, I thought this might be a good choice. A quick soapy wash. I then masked up the parts to sprayed black. The 2cv I was kind of modelling this one has a browny-cream coloured roof. I couldn't find that option using Tamiya PS paints, so opted for black. This will then be matt clear coated from the outside. Perfect. Just how I wanted it. I forgot to take a pic of the main colour, but after that was dry I then masked up the outside to matt clear the black. And, here we are. Ready for the detailing. Panel lines, decals, light buckets etc etc... And, here's a quick pic of the sort of look I'm aiming for. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carmine A 2046 Posted November 3, 2020 That looks GREAT!! 👌👏👏👏👏👏 TBH, when the 2CV first came out... I LAUGHED!! The more I see Bodies like the one you've done, I've really come around. 👍👍 I'm almost thinking about getting one to put on the M07R I'm getting, for that same Sleeper effect!! NICE work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
t3garett 268 Posted November 4, 2020 Your build threads are mind blowing ! Love the decor !! The ta07r looks fantastic aswell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyolien 4680 Posted November 4, 2020 23 hours ago, Carmine A said: That looks GREAT!! 👌👏👏👏👏👏 TBH, when the 2CV first came out... I LAUGHED!! The more I see Bodies like the one you've done, I've really come around. 👍👍 I'm almost thinking about getting one to put on the M07R I'm getting, for that same Sleeper effect!! NICE work! Thanks. Same here. Then I found a couple of 2cv's online that had had a BWM 1200gs motor bike engine installed, and that's what gave me this idea. 4 hours ago, t3garett said: Your build threads are mind blowing ! Love the decor !! The ta07r looks fantastic aswell Thanks very much. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toyolien 4680 Posted November 4, 2020 Next up is cutting out all the decals. I'm glad that I'm only using a few of the decals because it's a proper headache cutting all these out... I used some clear application roll I have left over from my sign writing days. This makes it very easy to apply tiny decals. Some hours later and the body is mostly done. I'm just toying with the idea of adding some small scale decals. We'll see. Next I'm going to add a simple interior and driver figure. Thanks for looking. 11 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carmine A 2046 Posted November 4, 2020 That really looks the business!!! 👌👏👏👏👏👏 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badcrumble 4203 Posted November 5, 2020 I’m really hoping for a white roll cage like the 1:1 pic.. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carmine A 2046 Posted November 6, 2020 21 hours ago, Badcrumble said: I’m really hoping for a white roll cage like the 1:1 pic.. That looks easily accomplished with some 3mm Styrene Pipes.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Re-Bugged 10147 Posted November 6, 2020 On 11/5/2020 at 7:34 AM, toyolien said: Next up is cutting out all the decals. I'm glad that I'm only using a few of the decals because it's a proper headache cutting all these out... I used some clear application roll I have left over from my sign writing days. This makes it very easy to apply tiny decals. Very clever 👍🏻 The window stickers were the least favourite part of my 2CV build. Yours is looking great by the way, and will more than likely be the world’s fastest & best handling 2CV on that chassis 😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J@mes 2326 Posted November 6, 2020 Stickers for applying your stickers, simple but effective. Good tip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites