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Yes agree, silly is the right word of some of the pricing these days. Progress: overhaul of gearbox, including renovation of bearings and diff rings. New 1/8 balls and new thrust bearing. Also replacing worn white idler gears with a set of old black ones, and a set of lightly used axle drive gears/o...

Total and complete clutter cluster clownshow.

TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:23 am Total and complete clutter cluster clownshow.

LOL!!!

It is getting close to time for a thorough cleaning.

Correct Racecraft upper chassis and Racecraft battery trays now added. Slowly starting to take shape now.

The entry in Build of the Month has striked my interest on a new build...using some vintage Bolink/and RJ Speed parts I am going to build a rocket car that will look authentic, be purely ran by the rocket engine/engines....and hopefully run 100mph in 3.5 seconds from a standing start(on video)...sto...

I'm glad I could provide some form of inspiration

My plan was slightly less elaborate

Had to look twice as I thought that was a bottle of alcohol in the drawings hand not a transmitter…. Either way good plan to = happiness

I...err, YOU kill me!

I sailed my DF65 on a lake in a state park close to my house. If anyone knows why this is so much fun, please let me know.

Those calculations above were for Estes "F" engines...I am gonna start with 2 "D" engines if it will fit that burn for 1.7 seconds instead of the 3.5 seconds of the powerful F engines...177mph just seems like too much!

Have a few small issues to work out before it is ready for glamour shots, but the body is basically done.

BFC4D74A-73C2-4FF3-A15E-68B9D9284B91.jpeg Probably related to this bunch. And yes, they used the floor jack in place of the tire to load the truck on the trailer. Screenshot_20230414_192633_Photos.jpg At first, I thought they were just changing the tire (on the ground). By the time I got my phone o...

This is pactra pearl purple with decals and automotive clearcoat on outside of the body. A blue livery is still hiding underneath.

RC10th wrote: ↑Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:01 am
I've got pictures of this car in action somewhere......

You should have a video of it jumping a creek ...and the vid should freeze mid jump, have a voiceover questioning the absurdity of the situation, and then cut to a commercial break.