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    Maverick Scout, Maverick Strada EVO SC, Turnigy Desert Truck x2, Tuber Rock crawler project, Evoque, too many more
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  1. Fixed a few issues with the new to me Super Clod Buster, swapped the battery connector and had a play. Lots of fun! But must stop browsing UK Monsters, it's giving me expensive ideas.
  2. Finished the wiring, made and added window nets to hide the mess and added some fake exhausts. Filled front diff with some 10k (yes it has an open dif from an EXO .. this thing is weird). Then bashed it around garden and got it all covered in dust. Pretty happy now it's done, need to take it on some trails when not full of cold.
  3. Put it back together, still needs the wiring sorted, which is going to be a squeeze. Many many mistakes were made, but overall quite happy.
  4. Decided random crawler build has spend long enough on the bench (may have been a veery long time), scrapped some plans that were never going to work, bodged a solution for the battery, stripped it down and did some painting. Quite looking forward to getting it built and to actually drive it. Hopefully that won't take me another 5 years...
  5. Worked out the internal springs for the old Integy MSR10s are a perfect fit as coil overs for the alloy shocks you can pickup for WPL C24, and are much softer that the touring car spec springs you seem to get with them. They are tapered and the small end fits inside the spring perch doodad. Also found some soft tyres and greased the portal gears. Need to decide on paint next.
  6. Bought a WPL C24 kit maybe 2 years ago, built as a roller and stuck on shelf. Recently saw you can get some portals axles, so picked some up, an 1625 ESC and cheap servo, shoved a spare 2 speed gearbox and made some custom shock hoops for some coil overs I also had spare. After a couple of weekends I am quite pleased with the hi lift type result. However the shocks need much softer springs as it has no flex at all. Next job might be some paint.
  7. WPL 1/16 portal axles. Might need a rebuild and grease before they go on, and not sure if I want put on the C14 or C24 and if I need bigger wheels.
  8. Pointed a blowtorch at front end of the tuber crawler thing that's not progressing and removed all the brass tube I had added. Will try again, but work out where the battery goes first!!! The I loaded Quake again and the afternoon vanished.
  9. Dug out Outback Mini, WPL C14 and the 1/10 crawler "thing", piled up some scrap wood and spend an hour or two making ad hoc courses for them to attempt. It's been too long since I had any RC's out. Also had a look at the tuber chassis crawler that really needs finishing and started working out somewhere for a 3s to go in the front. Off to Wales late Aug so may give myself a deadline to get it running.
  10. Some clips jammed together of Outcast Mini, WPL C14 and then a 1/10 sportsman type thing. I think it shows why I like the (heavily modded) WPL over the Outcast Mini. Even on 1s the Outback is hard to control smoothly with the stock ESC and you end up having to just bounce over everything as it stalls out at anything less. Also the 1/10 is pointless unless you have somewhere good to run it.
  11. I have one of these built as a roller. Bought it as a kit as soon as I got the C14 RTR. Spent all my time on the C14 so far, but the C24 is due some attention. I really like that they made the front grill different and that you can remove the sleeper and it has a proper bed. Looks like they have a better gearbox / motor combo with the kit now now and black chassis rails! Loving the towbar. plans for a trailer?
  12. Attemped to fix a HX900 servo. Of all the plastic in it the part that broke was the brass shaft for the position sensing. I have added much super glue and left to dry. I also drove the rock crawler around the garden a bit to drain a lipo. I now have to tidy up the mud / rubble / bricks it threw everywhere.
  13. https://store.steampowered.com/app/550320/art_of_rally/

     

    A different kind of rally game.  Helped with the testing and enjoyed a lot... came out today

    1. Bajadre

      Bajadre

      looks good that ghaz reminds me of that cell shaded game auto Modellista that was on dreamcast :)

  14. A Proxxon micromot 60 tool which I cut the plug off straight away and wired into an Amazon PWM motor speed controller. It now runs very nicely from the solar charged battery in the garage. Huuuuge upgrade on the battery powered Lidl tool i have been using. Much lighter, quieter and comfortable to hold.
  15. Fitted 16t pinion in TA02 Evoque trail truck thing. On 3S much better speed, but still pitching around all over the place.. then rememberered I never filled the Losi Miini Crawler shocks with oil. Some 60W each corner and now it behaves a lot better. I think time to strip down, clean, check bearings, loctite where required, paint some bare metal parts and take it for a proper drive.
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