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The other day I started Modelling up the Ishipla Monster , the chassis and front suspension is nearly complete . assembly v12.png assembly v121.png I've found more manufacturer mistakes in this car than any before , its not uncommon to find one mistake by the manufacturer and for every time I find o...

Steve71 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 5:22 pm

What did I do RC today?..... I broke some s%^$

Propper job

More pretty pictures and more manufacturer errors found this is the first time I'm trying trying to determine what is poor design and what is poor implementation of the design .

No surprises what this is , the Sand Rover was my first rc car , never really great and its taken me 40 years or so to come back too , a lot of CAD and 3D printing involved in the lights and dashboard that are both illuminated as well as the engine , gearbox cover , the celebrity driver's head and S...

Just finished the gearbox , Lordy :!: There's stuff you just expect to be how things are done , like if there are 4 screws in the corners holding the gearbox together that they will be equally spaced out , no none of that here and for no reason I can see , well maybe with one of them as its also a m...

If it's not then somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to copy it back in the day.

Looks great , I'll PM you my address to send it to for evaluation

more monster

Drill it ,drill it , drill it , my humble opinion would be to make it as original as possible.

I never know if I'm supposed to laugh, cry or love Hot Trick stuff but I really like this one .

coxbros1 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 09, 2023 5:00 pm How come u don't enter botm anymore?...u have great/rare cars

He's not looking at BOTM but wants Build of the Year so he's waiting to drop the big one

How come u don't enter botm anymore?...u have great/rare cars Dunno really. I find the one win a year rule puts me off a lot. I won in Jan a few years ago and not even being able to enter for the rest of the year was really quite depressing! I won’t be entering in the early months again. Plus I pro...

Drew up and printed the reduction gear , it's to replace a gear in the Ishipla Monster that runs on a bushing that has no equivalent bearing so this one can take two 6x3x3 flanged bearings

Wow this competition is tight Really hard for me to choose but I went with Dadio's contribution. The addition of Shaggy is pretty fitting for some reason. Thanks , Scooby or Scoob Dog as he's now known was too busy with his rap career and hanging with his bitches to come to his old friends photo sh...