What did you do to your model today?

[Stormbringer]

Very true 

[markymarky]

Mostly electrical stuff today, fitted Traxxas receiver box with Absima receiver inside. 

Remade the old 6250mah lipos i had previously and fitted them with 6.5mm bullet connectors, giving them a charge now to see what they are like. 

To he honest not having used them for a few years they are still pretty balanced. 

Also made a short jumper lead to connect them together with. 

[karlo888]

Well, picked up an oldie pc and hopefully will run the Phoenix sim once I set up and loaded os etc…

 

fingers crossed. 

[rushboy2004]

Launched it / crashed it / had to lug it back to the van 🤣

 

[BlackSeaRC]

Took the AT4V for a crawl by my favourite river.

 

[Kpowell911]

Its Friday. Had a tough week at work so cracked open the A4 TT01E and a beer.  Bizarrely, Im enjoying the TT-01E build a lot more than the usual TT02? I just wish Id picked up a bearing kit and some oil shocks before I started but to be fair its only a shelfer. 
 

 

 

[Stormbringer]

Well you gotta relax 

ps Im having a few beers myself but no kit building sniff sniff 

[steephill]

Removing the chrome from the bumpers, mirrors, grill and roll bar on my Trx4. 

I did this on my Trx4m and it worked great. 

It's looking like some parts are black, so that's good and the rest will be getting painted black. 

 

[Kpowell911]

Finished the TT01E for the Audi A4. Nothing special. 
 

 

Im thinking of running my Top Force Evo as 4WD is just better than 2WD IMO. Just going to use these electrics I have on hand. 

 

 

 

Edited April 13, 2024 by Kpowell911

[Blast and Cruise]

just added the aero kit to this car,  hopefully ill notice an improvement, ill take it out again Tomoz and try it out.

 

 

 

[Kpowell911]

Took some Traxxas’ out for the first time this year. 
 

 

The Defender is insanely capable!

 

 

 

With his Big Brother

 

Edited April 13, 2024 by Kpowell911

[markymarky]

Nothing but looking forward to hopefully getting a Losi 5ive in the coming weeks 😁

In two minds to keep it petrol or convert it to brushless though, if it all goes to plan that is.

[steephill]

Fitted some brass parts to one of the trx4s. Portal weights and diff covers. 

Both injora and fit perfectly. 

 

[steephill]

Nearly finished the Injora IR40 truck. 

Looks pretty cool with the big 70mm tyres. 

 

[Stormbringer]

very nice mate 

[rushboy2004]

Built them a new home - got evicted from the garage unit I had so now storing them at work. (I own the company and the office so why not 😆)

[MrCake]

Finally ran the Kagama which I think I got in November! 

 

Was a bit of a shake down to make sure all was well so only ran a single battery pack, but no issues and ran really well.

[steephill]

Finished off, well for now the Trx4m IR40 truck and gave it a little test on my very slippy in a lot of places crawler course. 

Looks fairly dry in the picture, but there's loads of moss and damp. 

[Stormbringer]

Looks really at home there 

[Kpowell911]

Dont know why, but I GENUINELY enjoyed building a TT01E. I know its basic, but it felt a lot better than a TT02? Anyway, also a brilliant brilliant bodyshell IMO. I know this is a dirty ReRe, but this looks straight out of the Tamiya Catalogue I used to buy from Beatties as a lad!

 

 

Now onto the Porsche GT1…

 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2024 by Kpowell911

[markymarky]

On 03/04/2024 at 12:49, markymarky said:

Also made a short jumper lead to connect them together with. 

 

 

Interesting observation today in fitting the ESC and motor to the Baja Flux.

I initially used the jumper cable I made previously and when I connected everything up I got a little spark at the connector.

However I remade this piece with the spare piece of wire that cames with the ESC, 8 AWG as opposed to 10 AWG.

This time when I connect it up, no spark.

To me at least this shows the sort of cable size you should be considering when dealing with 1/5th scale electrics.

[.AJ.]

Finished the basic Element RC chassis build 👍 

 

[.AJ.]

Painted and wired the Element RC Ecto build 

 

[Stormbringer]

looks good mate 

[steephill]

Gave the sendero a go on my crawler course. 

Very good, especially for a stock rtr. 

The tyres sound a bit plastic like on the rocks. Quite a bit of a body rub on the front. 

Quite a steep tricky section. I did manage to get it up after I turned the camera off🤦. 

Body rub. That can be sorted. 

Put some flat clear on the truck bed and matt  black underneath. 

 

Edited April 20, 2024 by steephill