Basil Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Now there's going to be a brief hiatus while i go on family holidays / get back on top of the credit card bill. Then source a couple more bits; paint, servo, battery etc. Just to ad. I picked the neo fighter because I was looking at retro kits ie grasshopper/hornet. But, decided I'd probably get more enjoyment out of a more modern chassis. So opted for this as it still represents good VFM. Total cost, Inc postage and vat was £81. Which for a kit including ESC and motor, I felt was pretty good. Seller was Myhobby24.de via eBay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-O2021 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 My FTX Vortex is currently making its way down the River Esk somewhere so treated myself to a WLToys 916 v2 Brushless 3S water cooled boat. China to UK in 6 days from Ali Express!!! These look quick https://www.quadifyrc.com/rccarreviews/wltoys-wl916-brushless-rc-boat-review 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex97 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Nothing because apparently 48 and 72 now equal the same thing according to Royal snail! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pistonhead Posted July 26, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2023 My next money pit 🤣🤣🤣🤣 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Im quite easily the least artistic guy on this forum so this could be fun..... courtesy of TTP & Amazon Prime 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 26/07/2023 at 20:27, Pistonhead said: My next money pit 🤣🤣🤣🤣 One day….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshireman Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 26/07/2023 at 20:27, Pistonhead said: My next money pit 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Oh and it will be! A few years ago I bought a Globeliner, and by the time I'd done with it....electrics, radio,mfc,trailer & lights...not to mention paint & graphics, spent about a grand! And where is it now? Sat on a shelf!! Enjoyed the build though 👌 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie1 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 A Zenoah 29cc engine, i forgot to take a pic but this 1 and new deans connectors for a lipo battery as the original melted, luckily the battery appears to be ok still 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistonhead Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 29/07/2023 at 21:04, Yorkshireman said: Oh and it will be! A few years ago I bought a Globeliner, and by the time I'd done with it....electrics, radio,mfc,trailer & lights...not to mention paint & graphics, spent about a grand! And where is it now? Sat on a shelf!! Enjoyed the build though 👌 I’ll be looking at well over a grand on this by the time i get a trailer built and hooked up lol. Mrs looked at me funny when i said this will spend most of its life sat on a shelf 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSeaRC Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Nothing...after 3 months of waiting for two packages from China, Evri finally admitted that they received them in May but they have lost them both. 😠 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locky Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 7 minutes ago, BlackSeaRC said: Nothing...after 3 months of waiting for two packages from China, Evri finally admitted that they received them in May but they have lost them both. 😠 Looks like rebranding hasnt improved reliability of Evri/Hermes. Often comes down to the final leg where a local driver is used, which means it can be hit or miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSeaRC Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 hour ago, locky said: Looks like rebranding hasnt improved reliability of Evri/Hermes. Often comes down to the final leg where a local driver is used, which means it can be hit or miss. The packages were fully tracked, crossed China, passed through Chinese customs, arrived to UK and passed through UK customs in 2-3 weeks. The two packages were sent 11 days apart so were travelling independently. Then the packages were handed over to Evri for delivery. They booked them into their warehouse and then...nothing. No attempted delivery, no contact, nothing. It is impossible to contact Evri as they only operate bots. One package was held for 89 days, the other for 78 days. Eventually I pestered the MD by e-mail and finally got a response today that both parcels are lost and they can do nothing. I have to contact the senders and ask for my money back. Clearly Evri had the parcels at one point as the tracking says they received them but to lose both at different times is very bad service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris666 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 A bag of goodies from MSUK 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lone-wolf Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 Today just one large box a new Element RC Gatekeeper, was looking at getting a new green Ecto but the RTR GK was £100 cheaper and same chassis, this is going to be modified so might start a thread about it, sadly it will make the Black Texan redundant so at some point i will be looking for a new owner for the Texan, the GK will end up a power wagon 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stretch Posted August 3, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2023 Last weekend took the coyote and dc1 up to a crawler track. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Forgot how nice the DC1 looks on the trail 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 15 hours ago, Lone-wolf said: Today just one large box a new Element RC Gatekeeper, was looking at getting a new green Ecto but the RTR GK was £100 cheaper and same chassis, this is going to be modified so might start a thread about it, sadly it will make the Black Texan redundant so at some point i will be looking for a new owner for the Texan, the GK will end up a power wagon Look good mate, how does the texan peform on the trails/crawling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shergar Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Plaza delivered! Jenny’s too - just some servos from them, not pictured! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kpowell911 Posted August 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2023 Always wanted the Tamiya Castrol Civic and to my surprise its relatively easy to find just the bodyset. However this came up on eBay so I jumped on it (It had been for sale before and I missed it). Despite slowing down my purchases, I went for this as Ive never had an FF-01, and it was finished to a far higher standard than I could ever achieve. Wheels arent genuine but look so correct IMO Gonna pick up some Official Tamiya FF-01 Hop Ups from Plaza but pleased as punch with this. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 On 05/08/2023 at 20:58, Shergar said: Plaza delivered! Jenny’s too - just some servos from them, not pictured! Plaza ❤️❤️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 A proline cliffhanger body, ordered from China 6 days ago 👍, some tamiya paint, body scissors, craft knife, small light bar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Nice mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugoagogo Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Some green slime, shock building here I come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Stormbringer said: Nice mate Cheers, just got to pluck up the courage to start cutting, drilling and trimming, then painting it and hopefully fitting it to the mauler, lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hugoagogo Posted August 19, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2023 (edited) This I have to thank Mr B again, he wouldn't take anything for it and even paid for the postage himself, true gent (and perhaps the fastest delivery ever). Edited August 19, 2023 by Hugoagogo 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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