What did you do to your model today?

[Alex97]

2 hours ago, MrCake said:

Not sure if this will work but attempting a bodge fix on a broken centre shaft.  Pin doesn't go all the way through but hopefully with some epoxy I will have enough torsional strength!  Replacement is £10.99 but thought I would try this approach first. 

Gaff tape would have fixed that no problems! 

[YOUR_DJ]

I took  the Granite to Boise, Idaho to visit friends, ten minutes after we arrived I broke the body.

[Kpowell911]

Did some bashing:

 

 

 

 

 

Maxx need the diff looking at, the Rustler needs a rear bumper mount and Pede needs a front arm (which ive got)

 

 

 

 

[Stormbringer]

Looks like you had fun then 

[.AJ.]

Charged some lipos with my new charger, was going to make/buy a new psu, but couldnt be arsed and bought a little Sky RC 6a AC charger for £35 🤣🤣🤣
 

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by .AJ.

[Stormbringer]

Not bad little chargers those mate 

[.AJ.]

For general 2-3s stuff nothing else is really much better, does LiHv and has resistance checker as well 👍 

[Stormbringer]

Yeh and at 2-3s it will charge at 1c 

[mch87]

2 hours ago, .AJ. said:

Charged some lipos with my new charger, was going to make/buy a new psu, but couldnt be arsed and bought a little Sky RC 6a AC charger for £35 🤣🤣🤣
 

 

I think that's the one I've got... bought the optional temp sensor strap too for piece of mind.

Cracking for the money (lipo newb)

Edited January 15, 2022 by mch87

[Fly In My Soup]

 

Not far of finishing this fc100 off 👍

 

 

[Stormbringer]

Thats a really nice shell 

[Trunkle]

Fixed a screw hole on the bottom of my micro truck chassis as is wasn't countersunk enough for the screw to be flush when tight. Also removed the lights from my scx24 as one stopped working, fault traced to dodgy led. Removed both as I have no spares at home or work (typing this at work) and a replacement is 11 quid and comes with a whole front bumper. Oh, moved that in a bit too as I noticed other holes on the mounting posts. Got paid for all of it too. 

[MrCake]

21 hours ago, MrCake said:

Not sure if this will work but attempting a bodge fix on a broken centre shaft.  Pin doesn't go all the way through but hopefully with some epoxy I will have enough torsional strength!  Replacement is £10.99 but thought I would try this approach first. 

Tested the bodge fix early in a supermarket carpark and it survived 1 x pack so that is good enough for me!

[tomr]

Serviced the CRX 👍 Fresh shock oil, fresh grease in the gearboxes and axles, a new 550 21t motor and a new servo .

 

 

 

 

 

[Stormbringer]

Converted the Losi Mini T to brushless courtesy of @Bert_w164

https://youtu.be/fdzeZ-6i_-M

Its a little wheely monster now lol

35a esc with a 6100 kv motor 

T bone front bumper and wheely bar ordered lol 

Edited January 16, 2022 by Stormbringer

[Yrkoon]

3 hours ago, Stormbringer said:

Converted the Losi Mini T to brushless courtesy of @Bert_w164

https://youtu.be/fdzeZ-6i_-M

Its a little wheely monster now lol

35a esc with a 6100 kv motor 

T bone front bumper and wheely bar ordered lol 

 

yay and a big thanks to @Bert_w164 for the esc 🙂

Edited January 16, 2022 by Yrkoon

[Shergar]

Went Gatar hunting in my red neck speedboat….

 

[supersavage]

Sent the Savage back to Wheelspin, depending on what they find they may end up sending it back to HPI.

[babylon]

6 minutes ago, supersavage said:

Sent the Savage back to Wheelspin, depending on what they find they may end up sending it back to HPI.

Please, Pray tell.

[supersavage]

9 minutes ago, babylon said:

Please, Pray tell.

 

Throttle servo seemed like it was dying out of the box, possible issues with the 2 speed gearbox, what seemed like mismatched hardware between metric and imperial or just poor quality as my drivers in either size didn't fit the hex properly, possible slipping clutch or slipper pads, stripped screw holes from the factory. I could go on but I can't be bothered 😅  

Edited January 18, 2022 by supersavage

[babylon]

Sounds like the RB One is better quality than the Savage.

Finished the strip down and clean last night, Had to order a motor mount to finish it off, But what a shame RB went under, Engines arguably the best in the world and this kit feels quality, Going by the chassis bottom it had been used a fair bit but everything is still tight on it, And it's a looker as well, Bargain £55.

[supersavage]

Honestly I would've rather taken my chances on a used savage at this point 😂😭

Edited January 18, 2022 by supersavage

[babylon]

4 hours ago, supersavage said:

Honestly I would've rather taken my chances on a used savage at this point 😂😭

I get the impression that whoever took on HPI are  just trying to claw back as much money as they can with as little investment as possible.

  How you muck up the Savage re-release I will never know,That takes some doing, Knocking a couple hundred quid of the price would help,£650 is just silly,Even in these times of silly pricing that is extra silly.

Edited January 18, 2022 by babylon

[Lone-wolf]

Added front and back lights to Claires carisma coyote, i opted for warm white front lights as these would look more period on an ole timer

[supersavage]

1 hour ago, babylon said:

I get the impression that whoever took on HPI are  just trying to claw back as much money as they can with as little investment as possible.

  How you muck up the Savage re-release I will never know,That takes some doing, Knocking a couple hundred quid of the price would help,£650 is just silly,Even it these times of silly pricing that is extra silly.

 

This is exactly the impression that I got when I pulled it out of the box but I thought I'd give it a chance, should've probably just straight back. I would honestly advise people to stay away from the savage or anything HPI until they drop their prices or until they improve the quality of their products to reflect their prices.