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Tamiya Lunchbox/Midnight Pumpkin Owners Club....


jason3249

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Hi all here's the tamiya lunchbox/midnight pumpkin register thread/owners club......

Show us your lb or midnight pumpkin....

And all info welcome builds progress what you have dun or if you just need info or a chat..

O yer don't for get the pics....

So post away......

:)

 

 

 

here's a list of hop up's ect to help every one out..........

Adjustable Axle Mount for Tamiya Lunch Box

http://www.junfac.co...7041fa81bf2e779

Tamiya Lunchbox Motor Heatsink Engraved

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

Tamiya lunch box Alloy wheel hub / mount

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

NYLON SUSPENSION PARTS Futaba FX10 Buggy Vintage RC Team CRP 1632

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

FRONT SUSPENSION 1626 & 1632 HARDWARE SET (39pcs) Futaba FX10 RC Team CRP 9125

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

MB 1/12 Aluminum Body Mounts (4PCS) for Tamiya Lunchbox

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item564579ea9e

Tamiya Lunchbox (58063) MS Bearing Set

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a782ac4a1

JV Shop Aluminum Oil Shock(for tamiya Lunch Box/Midnight Pumpkin/Mitsubishi Mont

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3f1d8dae14

1/12 Alloy suspension mount for Tamiya Lunchbox & midnight pumpkin

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27cc1f159c

J43024 One Piece Knuckle Arms for Tamiya Hornet Grasshopper Lunch Box Fav

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cc5c6ac3f

12mm HEX HUB Subaru Brat Sand Scorcher FAV Frog SRB Lunch Box Hornet Buggy Champ

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e72222a00

Vintage Alloy Wheel Tamiya Lunch Box Mitsubishi Montero Wheelie Midnight Pumpkin

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20cae5fea1

alloy wheel for tamiya lunch box mitsubishi montero wheelie midnight pumpkin

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e7313d88a

( 2pcs )12mm hex alloy wheel for PROJECT ( work with tamiya lunch box TIRE ) TLT

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20ccca222d

then dont for get about the other mods.....

top brace mod

5th rear shock mod

wheelie mod

you mite get all the stuff alot cheaper.......

i mite have missed some if i have put them on..... :yes:

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i want one of these but its a toss up between another mini 8ight, lunchbox, mini recon or a blackfoot 3 :shockingscary: upto now im leaning towards another mini 8ight.

Did have an original blackofoot when i was 14 like 19 years ago :sweeeet: dunno what happened to it tho :sly:

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Nice one Jason...

Here's mine... currently lacking radio gear and power but brought back from a spares or repairs sale...

Before:

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Now:

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Running full ball bearing throughout, Ansmann 75mm shocks up front and 85mm out back with a standard shock for the 5th shock mod. HPI water proof servo and knitting needle front strut brace mod. Its also running an Ansmann 23T clash motor but i have no idea if these are any good yet :D

Build thread here -

Cheers, Nige

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Lunchbox shelf queen owner here.

Bit of a story. Wanted one as a kid every Christmas but never got one, just knew it as a yellow monster truck but that was it. Saw one online and the wife said to order it. Finally got one about 20 years after I first saw it. When it turned up I noticed it said 'Vanessa's Lunchbox' on the side.

My wife's called Vanessa :shockingscary:

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Saw one online and the wife said to order it. Finally got one about 20 years after I first saw it. When it turned up I noticed it said 'Vanessa's Lunchbox' on the side.

My wife's called Vanessa :shockingscary:

All the better reason to get it out and about, ruff it up a bit.. you know, get it real dirty..

haha too far? sorry :P

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Took my 7 year old to the local skateboard park today. As we're both just getting into the hobby I'm just working out the Lunchbox's tolerance for abuse (as well as giving me an excuse to buy spares and upgrades).

He battered the thing for 30 minutes! After some god awful driving and some unrecoverable jumps, I am a lot wiser.

He managed to smash out a window, the shell is decidedly second hand, the shell came away from the chassis (dispite it being screwed to mounts!) and the servo saver came away (despite being blue threadlocked).

Before:

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After:

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I didn't even get a go but still had fun! We made a vid too but I didn't really capture the best bits of the bash.

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I have just brought n finished building mine. Got to do all the mods to it but will do them ova the winter.

:whistling:

I'm the same.

I've just fashioned a chassis stiffener for the front out of thick acrylic and have on order; lights front and rear, metal bearings, Ansmann dampers (so I can do the 3rd/5th shock mod) and I'm searching for a muscle car shell.

I'm reckoning I'm going to need to get a 2.4 controller, those dumb 27mhz's are outright dangerous in the hands of a 7 year old... will have to wear safety glasses next time we take it out :shockingscary:

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I used a 4.5mm knitting needle, cut it down to size and then filed each end flat so i could drill through it and mount it onto the chassis nice and square... i've mounted it across the front body mount positions so it braces the chassis and replaces the plastic mounts with a solid bar...

A lot of people i've seen use knitting needles go for 5mm... this would be fine but you'd have to drill out the holes on the body as 5mm would be slightly too big. The filed 4.5mm is perfect and snug.

I've realised I never took any pics of that or the chassis rebuilt without the body, once i've got the radio gear etc sorted i'll take some better pics of the chassis.

Cheers, Nige

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Thanks for the tip. Across the body mounts make sense as it would make a chassis brace and strong body mount all in one tidy go.

Nearly bought the aluminium mounts yesterday to go with the thick acrylic brace I have already made, but will do this first.

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Other than this one (obviously) this thread - http://radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=86518 - has to be one of the best threads if you love the Lunch Box and want to mod it in any way.

Its a decent read but these CRP kits and pretty much everything else we are looking at doing to our kits now was done during the 10 years or so that thread ran for. Theres a very good fitting guide for the CRP kit in there too.

HTH, Nige

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Bugger. The ansmann 3rd/5th shock seems to be leaking on mine :sly:

Will have to take it apart and have a look.

Is there a chance I've just over filled the shock? I filled it to the top but left some room for the lid....

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here's a list of hop up's ect to help every one out..........

Adjustable Axle Mount for Tamiya Lunch Box

http://www.junfac.co...7041fa81bf2e779

Tamiya Lunchbox Motor Heatsink Engraved

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

Tamiya lunch box Alloy wheel hub / mount

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

NYLON SUSPENSION PARTS Futaba FX10 Buggy Vintage RC Team CRP 1632

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

FRONT SUSPENSION 1626 & 1632 HARDWARE SET (39pcs) Futaba FX10 RC Team CRP 9125

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

MB 1/12 Aluminum Body Mounts (4PCS) for Tamiya Lunchbox

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item564579ea9e

Tamiya Lunchbox (58063) MS Bearing Set

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a782ac4a1

JV Shop Aluminum Oil Shock(for tamiya Lunch Box/Midnight Pumpkin/Mitsubishi Mont

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3f1d8dae14

1/12 Alloy suspension mount for Tamiya Lunchbox & midnight pumpkin

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27cc1f159c

J43024 One Piece Knuckle Arms for Tamiya Hornet Grasshopper Lunch Box Fav

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3cc5c6ac3f

12mm HEX HUB Subaru Brat Sand Scorcher FAV Frog SRB Lunch Box Hornet Buggy Champ

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e72222a00

Vintage Alloy Wheel Tamiya Lunch Box Mitsubishi Montero Wheelie Midnight Pumpkin

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20cae5fea1

alloy wheel for tamiya lunch box mitsubishi montero wheelie midnight pumpkin

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e7313d88a

( 2pcs )12mm hex alloy wheel for PROJECT ( work with tamiya lunch box TIRE ) TLT

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20ccca222d

then dont for get about the other mods.....

top brace mod

5th rear shock mod

wheelie mod

you mite get all the stuff alot cheaper and better shock's to.......

i mite have missed some if i have put them on...... :yes:

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