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jonboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:53 am I can remember that add.. Have Parma Gone out of business the site is down since 2013 from what I can see..

Parma bodies are slowly coming back through Mid American. I doubt the other stuff will resurface.

Sand drags are becoming popular with no prep winding down for the year. So, it was time to build a 18" wheelbase sand chassis sadly it's Traxxas but I didn't have to buy anything from them so it's ok

The two options we have are aluminum with bent sides or 5mm carbon fiber with the option to add side rails. Guys are running 4mm carbon currently and the flex isn't that terrible. Since weight isn't a huge concern I am liking the aluminum option. Here's what I have being cut to test with

Got a lucky bargain eBay find, finally arrived today and looks like it's in great shape. Chassis has some scratches but not bad. Apparently stopped playing with it because they upgraded the bellcranks and didn't have linkage to fit

The most common thing I experienced working in the hobby shop was the bec going out inside the escs. If you hook up an external battery and either take out the red lead to the receiver or just leave the switch in the off position, with a good or bad bec the esc should operate normally. We used to do...

Not a great pic as I was hanging my phone out the window lol. Not too often you see a tank stroll through town

https://photos.app.goo.gl/HNJJQ4fLhV8esx7ZA

Similar concept to the "frogshot" mod used on blackfoots (blackfeet?) and frogs. Should work well!

Playtron?

jcwrks wrote: I've been going back and forth on which parts to use. I'll probably post a shock parts pile by this weekend.

HG clear bodies
Paragon jump jets
Mip blue orings
Progressive suspension reservoir shock caps
No oil cause it would all leak out anyway

Some of the Parma body molds are now being pulled by Mid America, a slot car shop. I have seen posts of people asking for specific bodies such as the tmaxx dump truck and I requested the grasshopper body- both were added to the website and I'm just waiting for mine to show up now. Sounds like the mo...

It's becoming pretty common to see actually, the cost of materials keeps going up and up. The slash bodies and puller bodies are huge too, but the 1/10 pan car bodies are on the high end for sure. My grasshopper body was $30 which is pretty much what I expected for a legit real original body

The place that was all gung ho about doing the molds has been on other projects all year. Going back and forth on a trans case with them now and I just don't know if it's going to work out or not. I'm pretty tempted to just say screw it and 3d print the parts to use up the chassis I had made and go ...

Alex is incredibly serious about his schueys

They finally updated the Parma PSE website to reflect the buyout

One of the weirdest things I've seen in a while. M1 Pirate full plastic parts set in white nylon. I had to get two just because. Really shocked these even existed. We sold a lot of the Pirate M1 at the hobby shop I worked in and I never saw these! I have a nice M1 waiting for an restore one day and ...