What did the postie bring you today?

[BobbyL]

4 hours ago, Yorkshireman said:

That's easily done mate ! 

Saved a few bob. Survive for another week 😂

 

 

[SXFoxstar]

I stumbled across a new tactic for the Mrs to buy in on agreeing for me to buy a new RC 😆 Go on and on about a coffee machine which she thinks is a waste of money then she says I’d rather you got a “racey car”  than that 😆.

 

So ordered late Friday and thanks to Modelsports awesome service I am now the proud owner of an HPI Maverick Quantum R Flux.

 

Only one run pack through it so far but very pleased and it was a bargain with the current discount.

 

It is the largest scale I have to date in my collection and loved racing it up and down my street, just got to remember to watch those kerbs with the low down front.

 

Edited January 19 by SXFoxstar

[bunnie]

On 19/01/2025 at 17:39, SXFoxstar said:

I stumbled across a new tactic for the Mrs to buy in on agreeing for me to buy a new RC 😆 Go on and on about a coffee machine which she thinks is a waste of money then she says I’d rather you got a “racey car”  than that 😆.

 

So ordered late Friday and thanks to Modelsports awesome service I am now the proud owner of an HPI Maverick Quantum R Flux.

 

Only one run pack through it so far but very pleased and it was a bargain with the current discount.

 

It is the largest scale I have to date in my collection and loved racing it up and down my street, just got to remember to watch those kerbs with the low down front.

 

 Nice car 😊

 

Make sure you get the metal spur gear and gear cover 

[bunnie]

Now I'm using a lot more higher capacity lipos my trusty 200w power supply didn't cut it so I upgraded to this

 

[SXFoxstar]

@bunnie thanks for heads up. You wouldn’t know the part numbers would you?

[bunnie]

31 minutes ago, SXFoxstar said:

@bunnie thanks for heads up. You wouldn’t know the part numbers would you?

 

MV150373 and MV150271

[Kpowell911]

GPM Mini Maxx diff gears which I dont understand how to fit lol

 

 

X Maxx red alloy steering brace. Just for the crack of it 

 

 

[Lone-wolf]

SHOCK HORROR,

 

I bought some Traxxas parts

 

    a set of mirrors and bits for my 4M hi trail F-150 as mirrors have broke a few times, just a gentle roll will break them of, hopefully last traxxas stuff i buy

[Stormbringer]

Shock horror pick me up mate 

[bunnie]

Lipo discharger, radio gear for one of my kids cars and another receiver from banggood 

[Kpowell911]

I had some beers on Saturday night and ordered a load of unnecessary upgrades for the Mini Maxx 🙄 I went for Green as black alloy is boring. Most of its back ordered but this little lot arrived today haha 

 

[MrCake]

Replacement motor for the LC Rally that broke a few weeks back.   Decided to stick to a similar KV since it had the right amount of power before it broke.

 

[bunnie]

Some bargain lipos. Did hope they would fit my mini revo but they too big but they spot on for all my mjxs so all is good. Just need to solder xt60 when I get a chance and be rude not to check them on the discharger 😂

Edited January 29 by bunnie

[Kpowell911]

Going back to why I started re collecting Tamiya’s really. Its been a while since I bought an old shelfer but this one came up on eBay and I made a silly low offer and won it. Its not mint, but its in much better condition than I thought and will more than do for the shelf!
 

So going back to why I like these RCs. It can basically summed up by Gran Turismo 3. RC and Gran Turismo 3 were a massive part of my childhood in the mis 90s so I now try to combine the two in my mid life crisis!  Ironically, its the car in the thumbnail of this trailer. If I had more time, money, and more importantly skills Id love to recreate this video with my RCs haha. 

 

 

I present the humble TL-01 Chassis’d Opel V8…

 

 

 

 

I need to work out where to put it on the shelf. Does it go with the JGTC stuff?

Edited February 3 by Kpowell911

[Stormbringer]

Only 7 days to arrive quite impressive

 

[Partydaz]

1 hour ago, Stormbringer said:

Only 7 days to arrive quite impressive

 

 Seeing all these dischargers pop up while I wait till payday 😸 

[MrCake]

An absolutely beautifully packaged BHC-1 from @SWF 

 

Bit of a surprise as when I checked the tracking earlier today, it showed as still being in the Midlands so was nice for it to show up tonight.

 

Already own a BHC-1 and thought a 2nd one would be great for some summer garden racing.  Have to say that this one is far nicer than mine and SWF is clearly better with a paint can than me 🤣. It's almost too nice to run.  Thanks again for it!

[MrCake]

Wheels and wing on and next to my existing one.  Roll on the better weather and short dead grass!

[Kpowell911]

Can I be in the club too now? These surely cant have come from China? Mine only took a week?

 

[Stormbringer]

Welcome to the club mate 

my 1 was ordered 28th Jan and arrived today 4th Feb 

[Kpowell911]

4 minutes ago, Stormbringer said:

Welcome to the club mate 

my 1 was ordered 28th Jan and arrived today 4th Feb 

Think I did the same dates haha

[Stormbringer]

Great minds think alike or is it fools seldom differ 

[Kpowell911]

For some reason I couldnt get my LCD Program Card to talk to my Max 10G2 so bought this. Bit of a gimmick, I dont really need to change many settings but hey

 

 

[MrCake]

Parts from China for the Wltoys I broke at the beach the other week which probably took 7 days to arrive.

 

As for the premium brand HPI that broke at the same time, those parts may arrive in early April...  

 

[TommyC]

1 minute ago, MrCake said:

As for the premium brand HPI that broke at the same time, those parts may arrive in early April...

I waited 3 months for a spur gear for my maverick atom. I find it a bit of a joke that the spares aren’t just available, always. They’re hobby grade cars. Manufacturers should be on it. Had my mini maxx over 2 months now and still waiting a front skid to become available.