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Not a bad day

MIP Hotshot ball diff set
Technipower RX-540SD
Icarus Heli Motor that's got a really nice can and a triple wind of some sort to play with
Kyosho Sand Super tires , waiting on a second pair for a runner build .

TheDiamondOne wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:10 pm

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:00 pm Good gracious this is a tough one to choose.

How u reckon? There is a custom tamiya involved!

In three flavours !

So recently I got hold of a car I always wanted but avoided getting because of the reputation of their fragility , the Marui Samurai , In my mind they are one of the nicest looking cars from the 80's and when I decided to get one I was sort of resigned to never really driving it. When it arrived it ...

I fitted an MIP ball diff kit the other day and I've got to say I was a little concerned at first with having to use a special tool to cut out larger bearing seats in the gear box cases but it all went very smoothly , the front needed a little extra drilling to get the gearbox to close well but not ...

It's looking really special ! I noticed you have the steering configured differently on the two cars , do you know what the stock configuration is ?

It's odd to me too that we don't get more voters , I think it's one of the best bits of the forum , I end up looking at build threads I might have missed and learn about cars that I've never seen in the flesh , then there is the pure work of love , imagination and skill that we get to see every mont...

Either "great minds think alike " or " fools seldom differ " !

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:44 pm

dinglem wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 6:36 pm Formulating a bodyshell design is causing me a headache for this one.

Pink Panther?

Barbie

She had her maiden run and it all went very smoothly , need to centre the steering servo horn as i ran out of trim trying to go straight but that's small potatoes , the transmission is very smooth and for a chain drive its quite quiet as well , it steers well at most speeds but its asymmetric track ...

Driven it some more and it's definitely tail happy ! You can get the back end out on loose surface and spin up the back tires ! You could probably tighten the centre diff up to give more drive to the front and if it was easy to get parts I'd give it a try but although it's designed to be adjustable ...

The droop limiters on the top arms work perfectly ! All running perfectly now and those MIP diffs make it much more controllable in corners , I got it set looser up front and a little tighter at the rear . With the diffs in I've also fitted a 13.5T sensored brushless system in and it totally rips , ...

You got my vote and you deserved to win !

Hotshot Bl
https://youtu.be/K243DrTz0Hk
https://youtu.be/bfnY1VmAYsU
the battery literally just went to low voltage cut off at the end but you get the idea

Your gunna need a bigger garden ! that's just bonkers good , well done ! I hope its lifted your spirits and getting you back where you should be !

Yes Dadio has finally got an old AE RC10 ! A well used A stamp that's never going to be show standard , I'm probably not doing a build thread but there will be the inevitable questions :D I've stripped down most of it except the gearbox and put all the nylon bits in water to rehydrate for a few days...