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I've heard of out drives being trimmed and used as steel idler gears. That might be what these are. However if so, then they also got a bevel trim. Anyone know if aftermarket steel idlers were ever sold? Bevelling a straight cut gear isn't unheard of in powersports. It's usually done to decrease dr...

I could participate into such a Project of the Month/Year : I stoped counting the started/unfinished project at 15, and I probably started another few... But I'm not sure that an unsorted set of parts from 3 different builds of a given car can pretend to participate into :-) At least I see one inter...

Hi,
I'm in for May

Jerome

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:12 pm Anyone familiar with Team Tanaplan modified motors? HPI end bell but bushings instead of bearings.
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Went to see a guy regarding a XXX Cr.
It was nice, so I bought it. However...I sort of got two more cars... And a lot of spares and wheels. Wasn't cheap, but so what?

Had a thought.... someone could win the trifecta. Start with the POS of the month, then continue to fix it up like you've been planning all these years to take the hopelessly incomplete title, and then finish it in all its glory and win BOTM. :) I think I'd have a good shot here with my decades in t...

The oddball is the 5-40 unlock nut for the gearbox diff nut. Custom Works RC has those: https://www.customworksrc.com/product/5-40-steel-locknut-for-topshaft/ I use these RJ Speed ones on my transmissions. They are lower profile, similar to the ones that JG used to offer. https://www.amainhobbies.c...

My first Tamiya ORV (I now have six), an original Blackfoot. Due to the fagility of ORV's, it clearly needed a lot of re-re parts to get it fixed. Mods: Frog skid plate and arm mounts (polished), Frogshot modded diff, re-re CVD's, 3D printed rear skid and shock mount braces, center mounted servo, an...

It appears there were both 2wd and 4wd versions. Probably a "duh", but that's what I learned today. P.S., TamiyaDan says, ".... ... ...... .. ... '.. ...... .. ..., .... ... ...... .. ... '.. ....... .... ... ..... ...., ........... ..... .. ......... .......... . ... ..... .............

that is my own design, just a nod to keeping the original laydown shock appearance but allowing independent motion.

I know it's a Nikko thread but Tomy did the same thing with being a toy company and making hobby quality kits as well. I've always thought it would be fun to do a "what if" tyco version.

As far as the toy grade/hobby grade stuff goes, the Dictator is kind of stuffed in the middle. It was upgradable with bearings, had a modular design with many familiar design elements from hobby 4wd, yet it was a circuit board toy grade car. It felt like one they could have taken to hobby grade if t...

I expect lots of holes in the nose plate when you find it

That's always the way, you know where everything is when it's scattered all over the place but as soon as you clean up you can't find anything.

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Finished up these 2 Re-releases. It was a busy weekend.