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I have 2 Mercury at home currently. The one from my friend and mine. Both have deformations in the chassis, making the measurement difficult. There is still some new parts available somewhere in France, and even at reasonnable prices. I decided to order a chassis, and few other additional parts... T...

After the diff assembly, there was an easy part sitting on the desk... https://i.imgur.com/KwfS1Wa.jpg The diffs are mounted in excentrics, and those are used to set the belt tension. https://i.imgur.com/0582wdU.jpg After that, I started to look at the shock towers. https://i.imgur.com/k6q0hqX.jpg T...

I tackled all the remaining transmission parts... Nothing difficult with straight pinion. This is not like bevel gears, it is easy... The central diff includes a central gear, to satellite, and internal gear running around all of this. https://i.imgur.com/EAUSBzT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yOR9aya.jpg ...

Once the chassis, is in, we can play with then transmission... https://i.imgur.com/hNbcvkV.jpg I started to put the diffs in, then brought the transmission in the design, and noticed I need bearings... Thankfully, they are not much cost in CAD :-) https://i.imgur.com/IhjTWDT.jpg I added the bearings...

So the middle diff has a slipper clutch built in so it acts a bit like the Samurai or CAT transmission? Very nice work so far . It looks like. That being said, I'm not sure t actually works. There is 4 spring washers in the setup. there is 2 friction washers, but one of them is enclosed between two...

Today, tackled the bumper first... Not much complexity, as it derives from the front of the chassis for the profile and the position of the fixation points... https://i.imgur.com/jGQDBXn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/8Kk8gwg.jpg It was directly added in the overall chassis assembly... https://i.imgur.com/...

And some renderings... https://i.imgur.com/Otzyy5u.png https://i.imgur.com/camm4i0.png https://i.imgur.com/sIjtqfs.png https://i.imgur.com/o2zh50A.png https://i.imgur.com/1a2OTuL.png https://i.imgur.com/iwBUQtb.png I will try to do a mold from the bodyshell surface and will call it done, until I get...

My Mugen Mercury was cheap... Probably because some work is required. Some of the grub screws heads are dead...
Extractor kit arrived today...

I have this kit under my desk for a while. I was my Xmas gift of 2021, and it is awaiting there I have the envy to build it. And it seem it was time. I have a bug envy to build a kit without thinking today... https://i.imgur.com/bUkIOMy.jpg I took a picture of the box layout before breaking the blis...

I did built multiple Kyosho legendary series, and making the shocks has a small but important step which is always difficult. Positionning the shock gasket. It even happened that I broke one whhen building my Turbo Scorpion, back in 2021. At that time, I had no 3D printer, and thanks, there was some...

Happy New Year 2024 to everyone. 2023 was quite an impressive year with a lot of things I've done which I could have seen as impossible just few years back... The main lesson : failure is part of the success and you will learn from it, and each failure is a step closer to the success. And in terms ...

Welcome in 2024 :-) I have decided to work out the rx/esc placement on this chassis... So I opened the last bag, put the upper deck in place and the steering rod as well... https://i.imgur.com/km1a4wx.jpg And the wheels (tires are not glued yet, they are just out of their box). the parts remaining i...

Today, I received and answer to my mail to Kyosho Europe asking for my address to send a replacement part. This means I should be able to proceed soon. I took the time to work out my ESC Tray for the Tomahawk. It will be fixed on the rear shock tower, using the same screws that are used for the rear...

The final version of my ESC Tray is done... https://i.imgur.com/EZSYAFb.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TzBkrkP.jpg I've moved the position slightly lower, and shorten the cables to avoid the mess of the long cables... https://i.imgur.com/lv5Y6No.jpg Evrything goes nicely in place without any issues with th...

Following terry.sc and GoMachV indications, I modified the wing... Also added a white stripe on the body... It doesn't change much the car... https://i.imgur.com/NhDk6YB.jpg And here is some new renderings... https://i.imgur.com/vkwiJRt.png https://i.imgur.com/gMaIPoQ.png https://i.imgur.com/oP3aNKJ...