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A little chassis rectification to fit the suspension mods and the top arm/shock mount modified to be able to mount a shock tower . chassis v48.png Ultimately the chassis may look very different as I'm thinking of moving the motor to one side , the battery to the other and using a mostly two deck cha...

Test print of parts , the chassis plate is only the front section and the cut is a vertical cut so you can use it as reference.

That's excellent work Mark .

I agree, that looks fantastic! It looks like you are using sintered nylon (polyamide)? By chance, have you performed any durability testing on your gears? I was thinking about designing a printed diff gear for my 934 project (52t and either 48dp or mod 0.6, brushed motor, 2s power) and I was wonder...

I think you have to think of them as a reasonable price and no longer a limited supply, in short you can drive like it's the 80s again and when they fail buy another set . Very good point, @ Dadio , I'll add the idle gear separately on shapeways as well, as they will be the weak point with the set....

My neighbor's 15 year old Shepherd, Chip. I looked after him at their place most weekends for the past 10 years while they visited their 2 daughters. He had to be put down for multiple health issues a couple of weeks ago. He was a good buddy. Head the size of a horse. He would eat rib bones like th...

I've either seen that one before or it's a kit , I copied it somewhat on my first Dogfighter but didn't like it much , threw the chain in reverse almost every time and over tensioned the chain.

Started the major chassis mods , the aim is to lay the motor to one side rather than have it right up top in order to lower the centre of gravity , the battery will be a standard shape and lay flat on the opposite side and more centrally , as close to the prop shaft as possible in order to balance t...

a01butal wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 11:06 am This is what I've got and looks like it's the same, here is the instruction sheet.


PRP upper chain guide.jpg

God I love stuff like that Hand drawn and photocopied instruction sheets , just so remind me of the 80's

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 8:06 am In NASCAR, "racin' is rubbin' and rubbin' is racin'!"

Maybe he watched Days of Thunder and that's a rental car?

Rentals are the fastest cars in the world except police cars that is

If your running printed wheels as well there's more potential for balance problems , I got obsessed for a while designing and 3d printing spinning tops with turbines in them , looked like UFO's , idea being that the turbine would draw air in the top and out the bottom to give an air cushion underne...

The General , frikkin rocket powered , just puts a smile on my face without needing to look too deeply

This finally arrived while I was on holiday. Already fitted the roll bar windscreen posts and front body mount before I took the pictures , now I just have to close all the new holes that Tamiya made in it to fit the re re chassis.

welcome , always good to see another Brit join the forum .

That's bad luck Mark , the first one looks great and for running not shelving it's perfect , some of the cheap tires I ran in the 80s had no better finish , you could use one of the failures to try painting a light coat of resin on the outside and curing it to remove blemishes .