Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Hey everyone. Hope you're all well, and staying safe in these tough times! So, what am I doing here? Well, years ago, I was gullible enough to buy the deagostini magazines, with a model kit for an electric Subaru Imprezza, which I later realised cost me a ridiculous amount of money over the build time, I never looked at R/C after that. However, yesterday, probably 20yrs after Subaru build, I suddenly awoke with a need to do another build, after looking on the internet, for both kits and info on manufacturers and cars, I realised just how much there is to know, and how little info there seems to be out there to help me pic a decent car, and a quality manufacturer, I'm leaning towards tamiya, but am worried I'll purchase something, get it home, build it and relise I've wasted my money on a piece of tat, so any advice on manufacturers or anything you feel pertinent would be greatly appreciated with thanks. Look forward to hearing from you, and being a part of this community for years to come. I've posted s pic of the Scooby, also advice on charger types would be good as I have this car and a helicopter that I've lost the charge wires too, I can post pics if necessary I'm currently looking at the Tamiya Midnight Pumpkin metallic Special , as I'd like to do an off road build for my 1st attempt Thanks in advance Edited August 23, 2020 by Cleon73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Hi and welcome to the site 🍻 I have the Pumpkin metallic version as well and really like i Goes great with sons Lunchbox (same chassis in both ) in the garden great fun they both pop nice wheelies You cant go far wrong with Tamiya kits imo They do both benefit from various mods like the 5th shock mod Heres a link to the section on the forum for them Edited August 23, 2020 by Stormbringer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, Stormbringer said: Hi and welcome to the site 🍻 I have the Pumpkin metallic version as well and really like i Goes great with sons Lunchbox (same chassis in both ) in the garden great fun they both pop nice wheelies You cant go far wrong with Tamiya kits imo Thanks, also looked at the lunchbox, prefer the pick up look of the Midnight Pumpkin though, good to hear can't go far wrong with Tamiya, now to find the best price, although most seem to be around the £200 mark all in. Thanks for reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) you will still need to factor in 2 channel radio gear a battery and charger on top of the price of truck https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-midnight-pumpkin-metallic-special/rc-car-products/24668 Edited August 23, 2020 by Stormbringer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: you will still need to factor in 2 channel radio gear a battery and charger on top of the price of truck https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-midnight-pumpkin-metallic-special/rc-car-products/24668 Lol, I'm just looking at that one now on that site now, I'm assuming that the £224.85 package is everything I'd need to build and run it? Thanks for that though, I appreciate your help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 minute ago, DartmoorTrails said: Welcome Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk Ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Cleon73 said: Lol, I'm just looking at that one now on that site now, I'm assuming that the £224.85 package is everything I'd need to build and run it? Thanks for that though, I appreciate your help!! yeh that would get you all you need to get car up and running you could also get an extra battery at some point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: yeh that would get you all you need to get car up and running you could also get an extra battery at some point That's great, thanks for advice, I'll be going to my local model shop tomorrow to see if they'll price match, if not, I'll order that one, I'll post pics as I go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Ohh just remebered a great mod is the bearing kit as the kit gives you nylon bushes as bearings and the do wear https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-ballrace-bearing-set-lunch-box-pumpkin/rc-car-products/23861 check out the forum section i linked to above as well some of mods like the bearing kit are best done as you build 🍻 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: Ohh just remebered a great mod is the bearing kit as the kit gives you nylon bushes as bearings and the do wear https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-ballrace-bearing-set-lunch-box-pumpkin/rc-car-products/23861 check out the forum section i linked to above as well some of mods like the bearing kit are best done as you build 🍻 Thanks, and lets face it, for the sake of £9, sounds like it's not worth not doing it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 yehh and doing it whilst building is a lot easier than retro fitting em 🍻 my son and i always buy bearing sets when we buy Tamiya kits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Good bit of advice, thanks, I'll bear that in mind for future projects too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisT Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 You definitely won't be buying tat with a Tamiya, you'll still be able to buy parts for it in 20 years OK, they need a little attention like bearing kits but they're a lot of fun Welcome to the forum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Thanks, that's what I need to hear, I'll be buying with confidence now, including the ballrace bearing set, can't wait to get it!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 welcome to the forum, yeh the pumpkin and lunchies are good fun, the handling is bad but they are so entertaining heres a vid of dads/stormbringers one in the garden or should i say mud pit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 hours ago, Yrkoon said: welcome to the forum, yeh the pumpkin and lunchies are good fun, the handling is bad but they are so entertaining heres a vid of dads/stormbringers one in the garden or should i say mud pit Ha ha looks like fun, I'd imagine quite a bit of time is spent just learning to control them lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Cleon73 said: Ha ha looks like fun, I'd imagine quite a bit of time is spent just learning to control them lol hehe aye and just made em waterproof earlier, these are the shocks we are using on both https://www.modelsport.co.uk/fastrax-1-10th-75mm-aluminium-adjustable-shocks-2-/rc-car-products/17176 also both running 2s lipos on the stock motor now, gives them a nice kick, that vid was on nimhs edit: heres a pic of my lunchie insides from last week or so a simple tie rod can reinfforce the front of the chassis pretty good Edited August 24, 2020 by Yrkoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Yrkoon said: hehe aye and just made em waterproof earlier, these are the shocks we are using on both https://www.modelsport.co.uk/fastrax-1-10th-75mm-aluminium-adjustable-shocks-2-/rc-car-products/17176 also both running 2s lipos on the stock motor now, gives them a nice kick, that vid was on nimhs edit: heres a pic of my lunchie insides from last week or so a simple tie rod can reinfforce the front of the chassis pretty good Do you run this 5th spring suspension thing I've been hearing about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Cleon73 said: Do you run this 5th spring suspension thing I've been hearing about? yup, see the gold thing sticking up just behind my receiver, that is a pc mainboard stand off holding the top of the 5th shock on, the random screw i had only threaded into one of them, it is the bolt holding the 5th shock mount, 5th shock is easy, the shaft the goes right through the axle is what holds the bottom of the shock, just need to hack saw or dremmell a little slot for the bottom of the slot just enough for the shaft to slip back through im super drunk but i used a ftx surge oil shock i had kicking around as the 5th one Edited August 24, 2020 by Yrkoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 13 minutes ago, Yrkoon said: yup, see the gold thing sticking up just behind my receiver, that is a pc mainboard stand off holding the top of the 5th shock on, the random screw i had only threaded into one of them, it is the bolt holding the 5th shock mount, 5th shock is easy, the shaft the goes right through the axle is what holds the bottom of the shock, just need to hack saw or dremmell a little slot for the bottom of the slot just enough for the shaft to slip back through im super drunk but i used a ftx surge oil shock i had kicking around as the 5th one Cheers, I'll be looking into doing that too I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Cleon73 said: Cheers, I'll be looking into doing that too I think i see these are back in stock https://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-spring-mount-lunch-box-2-/rc-car-products/31566 thats the mounts for normal shocks, i had to buy a whole parts bag to get em as i was one short with the 5th shock and gave dad one as well and they were out of stock should have 4 of them in the kit but more needed if doing 5th shock and oil shocks all round Edited August 24, 2020 by Yrkoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Local model shop hasn't reopned yet, ordered online, hope it doesn't take too long!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 where you order from ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon73 Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 Had it from ModelSport, the same one you sent me the link too, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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