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Hi Someone, I have watched a friend "Basher" trying his best to destroy his Outlaw by trying to do the impossible and more? Madness !!! One of the the reasons it survives so well is that its Flexible mostly as designed by the manufactures. I drive a real defender 90 which I us off road on occasions and if it was too stiff I would break something. One must allow Flexibility. Something Will Give In The End ( Break ) Good Luck Anyway. Regards John

Welcome to MSUK forum What a great start. Blown away, Great idea and looks so real. Did you make the body yourself ? Well done either way. John

Hi mamodman, Sorry for the delay in answering you, been very busy building a lean to on the side of the house as the old was falling down !! Not so easy as I'm getting older ? So glad to know some one who owned an Allegro, not too many admit to it !!!!! Anyway you were right as regards the make and a good guess but wrong with the model, I wasn't expecting anyone to know what it is unless you're a serious Triumph fan ? Its a one off, the only one of its kind ? A Triumph Fury, prototype for the stag. My first father in law restored classic and vintage cars, he also restored a Triumph TRX known as the Bullet designed by Walter Belgrove only 2 and an half made because of a fire in the factory in 1950. The video fails to mention it has 4 hydraulic jack one in each corner so wheel changes are easy and you can take the bonnet off anyway you like as well and also the bench seat is hydraulic !!! Meeting up with Basher on the weekend for trial bash up the Castle with his motor converted Outlaw to see if its up to crawler the banks?

It appears from the comments about the cars that there's a few of us not quite so young out there??? I can recall a comic in the sixties where a young man had a RC model army and I can remember thinking " Wow If Only That Was Possible " I would have given anything to have had what the youngsters have today regarding all the electronics etc ? Hope someone remembers the comic and the article as getting older takes its toll on the memory !! I was an Apprentice Mechanic between 68 and 73. I used to drive "The Attached" most weekends during the summer, to classic and vintage car shows "One of The Father in Laws Cars" Be Surprised if anyone knows what it is ??? My Carnage now has the brushless setup out of my Outlaw and go's like the clappers after Basher set it up properly for me. Just finishing off the paint work. The Landy Ranger is quite amazing and looks near scale, I use it up the castle frequently and get lot of comments, Especially from the older dog walkers !!! John

The Hillman Avenger Tiger, Well there's a car for you !!! I was on the track at Longbridge building Austin Allegro's ( Square Steering Wheel, Who Ever Thought That Up ? ) when they first came out and because of the automated track there was quite a few 3 door versions! 2 doors on one side and one door on the other ??? all Unfortunately scraped when they realised what had happened. The 1100 and 1800 tracks produced between 70 and 80 cars per shift, the Allegro track was knocking out 250 to 280 per shift, no one working on there over 30. Trying to keep up with the Fiat Strada built by robots ? Was this one yours ??? John

Well we share the same sentiments !!! 2 Plus 2 equals whatever they want it to ? Love the Skull Truck but not very aero dynamic ? Was tempted to paint the Landy Ranger Like This But Thought Better Of It. Love Wabom1981 assault course, think I may have to make one myself, it would certainly help with the slow control etc. So many great inputs on here and I love seeing what all the others are up to. We never stop learning.

Terrifying, But I'm worried what's going to be compulsory in the future !!! Here's my next project ( photos not mine ) but want to do something similar with my Carnage? Thinking of Gloss Black and Lime green ???

PS, Mamodmam Love your saying "Stop you getting brain rot from TV" I always say that loads of TV is entertainment for the mindless masses ??? And there' s loads of them out there !!!

Hi mamodman, I totally understand your situation and I would go with Cold and Well Ventilated. I have a few friend with Railways in sheds and a couple in small Caravans, it appears that still air is always the problem so I would give it loads air movement, some vents down low to let in cooler air and quite a few up top to let the warm air out because where there's air there's water and they sweat ??? Unsealed boxes in the loft are fine if there's lots of ventilation but I think your outside shed would be fine if you left the door open when you can? I'm very lucky really as the small b/room is my modelling room and I have a HO railroad layout in the second bedroom hence me saying the don't tell the wife !!!!!

That's been my problem ever since I got into RC cars in January this year !!! Been into Model Boats Tugs And Gliders for years no problems because you're limited by the room they take up BUT car, well that's different matter? Also have a Maverick Scout and Just Received A FTX Carnage ( Don't Tell The Wife !!!!!! ) John

Not to clued up on motors, diff and pinion gears etc I rely on a play mate, Isle of Wight Basher for all that info. Diff guard was made from a Samsung hard plastic phone case which to my amazement has an aluminium back just under the plastic ???

Hi mamodman, Glad to have helped and I did the same and got 2 ! You're never too old and anything's possible on a Defender??? Just Google Defender Images.

Forgot to say I counter weighted the rear wheel with a diff guard and car wheel weights epoxied to the front axle.

Hi mamodman, Snorkel link below, giving them away at that price ??? I've had Defenders for well over twenty years so I suppose I'm use to them but I know what you mean. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282389082310

Hi All Well it's only taken me since January to master getting photos on here. I've been side tracked with modifying and changing the two bodies on my Outlaw !!! So here are some of my Landy Ranger. The last two show the articulation without the rubber inner shocker tubes, 3 wheels on the ground and no fowling of the tyres. Last photo is my daily transport. John