What did the postie bring you today?

[Skyesgaming]

6 hours ago, Kpowell911 said:

Whats the paint for?

Tamiya standard insertion dudes 😄 

 

[Partydaz]

It finally turned up, I am well happy with it. Never had a buggy before it handles so well 🙂 .

[Partydaz]

opps seems it has double posted 😬

 

It finally turned up, I am well happy with it. Never had a buggy before it handles so well 🙂 .

Edited May 21, 2024 by Partydaz
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[Kpowell911]

19 hours ago, Skyesgaming said:

Tamiya standard insertion dudes 😄 

 

Ahh makes sense! I havent got the patience or skills for that all my driver figures are still in the packets haha 

[SimplyChunk]

14 hours ago, Partydaz said:

It finally turned up, I am well happy with it. Never had a buggy before it handles so well 🙂 .

That looks nice man.  What is it again?

[Stormbringer]

Its this

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/corally-syncro-4-18-brushless-4s-basher-buggy-rtr-orange-1360792

Team Corally are a decent make 

[SimplyChunk]

2 hours ago, Stormbringer said:

Its this

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/corally-syncro-4-18-brushless-4s-basher-buggy-rtr-orange-1360792

Team Corally are a decent make 

Look a lot tougher than the Pirates 3 I'm bashing at the minute.  

[Partydaz]

Yip is a cracking 1/8th scale buggy. Took it the track it was crazy fun then took it the super bumpy spare ground I take the big ones, even the UDR struggles on it that's how bumpy it is but make for crazy fun scale jumps 😄. The buggy took the rough bumpy area much better than it should the shock set up is 🥰, its not the fastest thing out there but its quick enough for me.

[steephill]

Some portal axles for a build. 

Plastic housing, brass third member and portal weights and overdrive front. 

Looks pretty good quality at first look. 

 

[markymarky]

Taylor RC chassis, work of art 😁

[Tug]

1 hour ago, markymarky said:

Taylor RC chassis, work of art 😁

 

I'm pretty sure willy-waving was banned on this forum quite some time ago. 

[Kpowell911]

Im having a break from the hobby but this came today so I thought Id update. When it was up for sale I had to buy one. No idea when Ill fit it but…..

 

So as we all know Tamiya completely dropped the with the 40th and 45th Anniversary Porsche 934’s. The beautiful and extremely expensive 30th Anniversary is on a properly beautiful 230mm WheelBase bespoke chassis. Youd have though for Anniversaries Tamiya would have pushed the boat out but no they plonked it on a TA02 with an FRP Chassis, but only with a 236mm wheel base. This leaves the wheels sitting all wrong. 

I didnt cut that arch out BTW the previous owner did, luckily I have a spare genuine shell and decals. As you can see the wheelbase is all wrong. Theres a few ways of getting it right, trimming and shimming bits. Thats a bit cowboy for me, so I juat accepted it. Until now:

 

I noticed a user on Tamiya Club selling the perfect solution. A custom 230mm Carbon Chassis, with the unnecessary unused holes removed. It includes 3D printed adapters to move the body posts so you can use existing bodyshell holes. Brilliantly priced, and arrived from the US within 10 days. Brilliant! 
 

 

As you can see its 6mm shorter

 

 

Now my TAISAN STARCARD 993 TA02SW doesnt have the same wheelbase issue as the 934, but it has the Tamiya Hop Up Carbon Chassis kit so I thought Id compare

 

 

 

Its beautiful when compared

 

 

Unfortunately, my 934 has an FRP chassis (see below) so the shock towers wont match but its a small price to pay. I dont think I can buy Carbon Shock Towers separately.

 

 

I need to shorten the main driveshaft (coat hanger style) by 6mm and flatten the end but Itll probay be the summer by the time I get round to it. 

[bunnie]

Picked up these 2 motors for less than the price of 1 to hopefully convert 2 out of the 3 hpi recons that I've had sitting in a box for years. Gonna use the escs I took from my 2 hyper go and put them to some use. If it works them my kids can bash the life out of them

 

[MrCake]

A few bits from Jennys.

 

 

[Kpowell911]

1 hour ago, MrCake said:

A few bits from Jennys.

 

 

Great great shop I miss my regular Jennys orders

[SimplyChunk]

12 minutes ago, Kpowell911 said:

Great great shop I miss my regular Jennys orders

Jenny's?

[Kpowell911]

28 minutes ago, SimplyChunk said:

Jenny's?

Jennys RC theyre a US company who split RCs and sell the bits separately.

 

https://jennysrc.com

[SimplyChunk]

1 hour ago, Kpowell911 said:

Jennys RC theyre a US company who split RCs and sell the bits separately.

 

https://jennysrc.com

Nice

[SimplyChunk]

What the postie left in a stupid place and it isn't there anymore 😠

 

 

50 quid's worth of Tamiya PS Paints... 😞 

[Stormbringer]

ouch mate 😞

[SimplyChunk]

11 hours ago, Stormbringer said:

ouch mate 😞

Upon checking emails..Turns out the paints are just fine.  What was in that box in the pic was the Lipos 😞 

 

Hopefully my neighbour picked them up when he put his rubbish bag in the cupboard

 

Edit 2:

Disaster averted.  seems my neighbour picked them up as he put his bin in there.  thank goodness 🙂 

Edited May 23, 2024 by SimplyChunk

[Skyesgaming]

WELCOME BACK TO THE SIXTH EPISODE OF 

 

What Did The Postman Nearly Lose If It Wasn't For A Decent Neighbour? (Bet you missed this series, we haven't uploaded since Monday *faint*) 

 

Today we received: A whole bunch of makeup brushes, a pack of acrylic paint pens and a single Posca Paint pen, 8 x Tamiya PS Paints, 2 x Tamiya Craft Tools No.2-L JIS screwdrivers and 2 x CNHL 2S2P 5600mAh 120C Racing Lipos, XT60M to Tamiya F, 3M VHB Double Sided Tape. 

 

XT60M To Tamiya F:

 

3M VHB Double Sided Tape: 

 

A whole bunch of makeup brushes:

 

The acrylic paint pens and the lonely Posca pen: 

 

2 CNHL 2S2P 5600mAh 120C Racing Lipos (And a secret cameo of the screwdrivers 😮 😞

 

2 Tamiya Craft Tool No.2-L JIS Screwdrivers (no longer a secret cameo):

 

And finally our 8 Tamiya PS Paints (look at those paint pens sneaking in for another shot, tsk tsk tsk):

2 x PS-55 Flat Clear, 2x PS-1 White, 1x PS-11 Ponk, 1x PS-3 Light Blue, 1x PS-62 PURE Orange (not that fake stuff), and 1x PS-5 Black.

 

We have done the math and we are expecting about 4 more deliveries to come, all on different days. So you can expect another 4 parts to this series 😄

 

Thanks for tuning in 😄 

See you next time, same bat time, same bat channel! 

[wolfie1]

2 minutes ago, Skyesgaming said:

WELCOME BACK TO THE SIXTH EPISODE OF 

 

What Did The Postman Nearly Lose If It Wasn't For A Decent Neighbour? (Bet you missed this series, we haven't uploaded since Monday *faint*) 

 

Today we received: A whole bunch of makeup brushes, a pack of acrylic paint pens and a single Posca Paint pen, 8 x Tamiya PS Paints, 2 x Tamiya Craft Tools No.2-L JIS screwdrivers and 2 x CNHL 2S2P 5600mAh 120C Racing Lipos, XT60M to Tamiya F, 3M VHB Double Sided Tape. 

 

XT60M To Tamiya F:

 

3M VHB Double Sided Tape: 

 

A whole bunch of makeup brushes:

 

The acrylic paint pens and the lonely Posca pen: 

 

2 CNHL 2S2P 5600mAh 120C Racing Lipos (And a secret cameo of the screwdrivers 😮 😞

 

2 Tamiya Craft Tool No.2-L JIS Screwdrivers (no longer a secret cameo):

 

And finally our 8 Tamiya PS Paints (look at those paint pens sneaking in for another shot, tsk tsk tsk):

2 x PS-55 Flat Clear, 2x PS-1 White, 1x PS-11 Ponk, 1x PS-3 Light Blue, 1x PS-62 PURE Orange (not that fake stuff), and 1x PS-5 Black.

 

We have done the math and we are expecting about 4 more deliveries to come, all on different days. So you can expect another 4 parts to this series 😄

 

Thanks for tuning in 😄 

See you next time, same bat time, same bat channel! 

I dont think the make up brushes would make a very good job of painting your body shells tbh

[Stormbringer]

glad you got the lipos tho thx to the neighbour 

[SimplyChunk]

49 minutes ago, wolfie1 said:

I dont think the make up brushes would make a very good job of painting your body shells tbh

I'm gonna teach @Skyesgaming how to dry brush.  We've each gotten a buggy rider to install in our models and I think borrowing the 'slap chop' painting method from miniature painting is going to get us the best looking results.  short of air brushing at least.  My GF is going to lay down a flat white base layer on hers and paint in some gloss details in her car colours.  I'm going to lay down a flat black base layer on mine and paint in some gloss detail in the box art colours of my car.  The idea of the makeup brushes is to keep the base layer as dry as possible going on.  speeding up the process immeasurably. then glossing with the normal modelling brushes after.  The reason we have so many is there are several different angles, layers and such.  for instance:  @Skyesgaming will be dry brushing the flat white base layer on the riders helmet then touching in some black for inside of the helmet around the dudes face then on the dudes face with the modelling brushes in the skin tone gloss. then touching up the black on the way out from there.  It's complicated sure and doesn't fully follow the 'inside-out' painting method usually used.  but i'm hoping for some fantastic results layering gloss on flat undercoats