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Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 3:11 am
by Dadio
Honestly when Martco78 posted his Rothmans NSU I thought the game was over , such a lovely scale looking car and the three points I got yesterday were my lot , its never over till its over guys and there are plenty of nice cars this month that deserve some votes !
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:15 pm
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Todd, I really like that thing! Is it 12th scale or what? When I look at it I really like it, but I'm also confused by it for some reason. Amazingly, not a new feeling for me!

Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:17 pm
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
It reminds me of Herbie the love bug!

Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:09 pm
by coxbros1
Cityife makin a strong run at dadio, its know surprise either.....with that Hot Trick chassis, vintage novak receiver, (wheres the esc?), and in my opinion thee most classic bag motor of all time,! The MRP silver can. Hell, i bought a cherry mrp fastcat just because it had two of those motors, plus i had one in 87'. Nice build citylife!
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:46 pm
by city.life
coxbros1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:09 pm
Cityife makin a strong run at dadio, its know surprise either.....with that Hot Trick chassis, vintage novak receiver, (wheres the esc?), and in my opinion thee most classic bag motor of all time,! The MRP silver can. Hell, i bought a cherry mrp fastcat just because it had two of those motors, plus i had one in 87'. Nice build citylife!
It has a Novak speed controller now. And the car runs good. Although I would say the flex on the Hot Trick chassis could be better---I mainly like the look of it. I'll try to get a recent pic for you soon. Thanks for the kind words!
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:20 pm
by klavy69
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:17 pm
It reminds me of Herbie the love bug!
Thanx Thumbers for me not being able to get that outta my mind every time I look at it now
Its a 1/10 scale Schumacher .21 xtr3. Back at the end of the nitro stadium truck era Schumacher started throwing bigblock power in the mix to take sales away from the other companies. With its 3 speed .21 stock for these things scream. The body looks weird from that angle for sure. One of my favorites that I could never afford new so when a local had this for sale I paid way too much anyway

. Now to get it in the lineup for some cleaning and updating
Todd
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:15 pm
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB
Cool, I don't believe I remember the stadium truck, but I think they had a road car with that 3 speed tranny also. I remember wondering how reliable the shifting action was. Cool concept! My only experience with a multi-speed tranny was with a friend's Duratrax. I'm guessing Schumacher had it down a little better.

Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 9:32 pm
by Incredible_Serious
klavy69 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:20 pm
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:17 pm
It reminds me of Herbie the love bug!
Thanx Thumbers for me not being able to get that outta my mind every time I look at it now
Could be worse.....
klavy69 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:20 pm
Now to get it in the lineup for some cleaning and updating
I don't think you can clean these, mate.... like I mentioned to someone a few days ago, I think they came out of the factory dirty and coated in crap! Only rational answer to the number of them I've seen in that condition......
Great to see the truck though.... love seeing different things in these comps!
Alex
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:36 pm
by coxbros1
"Thumbs" not comin this weekend to drive the Rampage due to bad weather, F!
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:28 am
by THEYTOOKMYTHUMB

Won't be long 'til next time!

Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:32 pm
by Dadio
klavy69 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:20 pm
THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:17 pm
It reminds me of Herbie the love bug!
Thanx Thumbers for me not being able to get that outta my mind every time I look at it now
Its a 1/10 scale Schumacher .21 xtr3. Back at the end of the nitro stadium truck era Schumacher started throwing bigblock power in the mix to take sales away from the other companies. With its 3 speed .21 stock for these things scream. The body looks weird from that angle for sure. One of my favorites that I could never afford new so when a local had this for sale I paid way too much anyway

. Now to get it in the lineup for some cleaning and updating
Todd
I'm not an expert on anything IC but even I know a .21 3 speed in a 1/10 is overkill ! Until I read this I guessed it was 1/8 , I'm a big fan of overkill most of the time !
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:13 am
by coxbros1
Its definately got at least a 2 speed, i can see the cluthbell when i zoom in, and a .21. Pretty classic really, dude deserves some votes. I dont think nitro is very popular here. I dig em tho. Assault, Nitro Brute, Nitro Billard, Stinger all true nitro classics. I like electric too, just sayin
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:20 pm
by city.life
coxbros1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 6:09 pm
.....with that Hot Trick chassis, vintage novak receiver, (wheres the esc?)
Hey coxbros1, I uploaded pics at the link with the latest electronics. I won't change the pics for the contest:
http://cityl.io/showroom?iid=176
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:57 am
by coxbros1
Nice!
Re: ** Build of the Month Contest - January 2019 ** - Winner - city.life
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:01 pm
by klavy69
coxbros1 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:13 am
Its definately got at least a 2 speed, i can see the cluthbell when i zoom in, and a .21.
Some better pics of trans and clutchbell area...
Dadio wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:32 pm
I'm not an expert on anything IC but even I know a .21 3 speed in a 1/10 is overkill ! Until I read this I guessed it was 1/8 , I'm a big fan of overkill most of the time !
Yep, you might just need that lil sumthin exrtra...but really
not this much. Rarely used its full capabilities unless you were out parking lot running. These were wheelie monsters on asphalt tracks. Back about 15 to 18 years ago we had a lhs that dealt mostly with SCHUMACHER and hosted parking lot races on Saturdays. What is really awesome to see is one of these things flip on its lid and literally slide on its body upside down over 150 feet. Here its next to my 1/10 scale KF2 to give you the scale.
Todd