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The new Promoto SM... damn these are cool to look at, I don't want to run it and mark it now lol

Reusable shopping list from the 1920s

Massive day for me. My Daughter kept pointing up at my Tamiyas and seemed interested. So I did the sensible thing and pre ordered her a Jun Wantanabe Hornet PS Mummy is stood very close by incase she falls

My latest MJX arrived very, very fast from banggood and not even any damage to the box, makes a change! So this is something different, its the Hyper go H12y trail crawler in 1/12th flavour....pretty much every thing is metal, even the body is aluminium, has a 1/10 size brushless motor, portal axles, comes with 20kg MG steering servo, as you can see body has a hinge at back and magnets at front and full light kit fitted. out of the box this model is really top heavy so more a trail truck than a crawler, i do have Brass portal cover weights arriving very soon these are 50g each and i will be getting a set of injora 1.55 metal wheels plus nice tyres this wheel tyre combo will add another 35g to each hub compared to stock wheels and the 1.55 will give more tyre sidewall compared to stock. This rig is going to be driven mostly by my wife, i will run the FTX Fury 2.0 jeep alongside it.....for £128.50 delivered i really cant fault it at all

Finished it 😃

Losi micro b which I managed to get my hands on from the second batch. Best £100 iv spent. Living room has become a mini race track😂

What knots look like from the inside of the tree

In 1991, Mexican photographer 'Antonio Turok' took this haunting image of a solar eclipse - Chiapas, Mexico

Does anyone else just buy stuff for the sake of it? I’ve been trying to revive some micro T’s I have and trying different motors etc. Now I know this motor won’t fit, but the ESC will work and I found this combo on Amazon for the princely sum of £2.85 so I bought it anyway! Paid £16 for an almost identical combo the week before.

Installed the LCRacing bling

Finally gave in First impression it looks awesome though I think it could do with being a little lower but I'm not going to fiddle with anything until I've put a couple of packs through it. I'm not sure when I'll get around to running it as a need a battery for it and really could do with getting a new charger so might be a good few weeks yet though hopefully by then the weather might have improved.

Took a couple of cars out and both came back in working order which is a bit of a first with my recent spate of breakages. Freezing cold but the ground was nice and dry and both cars barely needed a clean. Just wish I had taken more batteries but went with the expectation that the runs would be cut short.

Added some stickers. A very challenging sticket set for me, and its far far from perfect. But this is probably my favourite Touring car now. Proper Gran Turismo! Im looking at widening the stance somehow too. With my other NSXs. Few more to get With some R34s. The real versions of these wouldve had some great battles back in the day (and on 13 year old me’s Playstation!) Some other JDM goodness

A photo that can never be taken again

Does it count if I'm the delivery person? to myself? 😄 Meet the new project car Yes, it's Hobao Hyper 7! What's the plan? BRUSHLESS 😄 but also a Semi donor! It's listed as a runner, so the aim is to get it stripped of Nitro Gubbins and get my Older Beloved Hyper 7 Running again!

A new esc and servo for the maxx

'lo all. I don't usually post my videos on the forum, because I dislike the thought of clamouring for views! However, I wanted to show this one off, because... well... £40 for an RC car in 2025?? Madness!! And the spec is good!

Went out for a session with my sons while the sun was out. Ended up killing my wing on the vse but overall was a good day

Took out these RCs with my dad 🙂, while we were out some dudes brought a home made big ramp to the bash spot and said give it a go if you want. The rear diff on the Kagama was clicking away from landing on power doing back flips awhile ago surprised it's lasted this long so decided to give it a warriors death by sending it off the big ramp 🤣 the rear now spins quite freely which is no shock but I am still amazed how much abuse this thing has taken, I don't drive my other RCs like this one only the Kagama gets twated. Was good fun I managed to land a few back flips as well 😄. Ohh and my cheap wing fix is holding up even after all the failed landings it had , cable ties working a treat.

Bit more on the Mojave 4s service. Never really liked all this wrenching on RC cars I do only what was necessary but after working on the Team Corallys and this Arrma I am enjoying it 🙂. I think I find these such a delight to work on because coming from a owning UDR anything is easier 😄. Mogs not helping much tonight think he's all tired out from all that grafting! chilling in the sun 😆

Started running in my new sledgehammer s50 today. Still can’t believe I got my hands on a new one…

Fitted the bling. Weathers looking up so maybe Ill use it soon.

Postie has been bringing me this, in numerous packages. Over the last couple of weeks. I've just been slowly putting it together. It has an extended TVP. Savage 25 front and rear bulkheads/diffs. 25 arms and shocks. an Nosram Evo Monster .28 engine. 3 speed transmission with reverse unit. Slipperclutch delete kit. cheap hump pack. some random servos that came with it. but work perfectly fine. (i still need a third one for the reverse) rotostart. Everything is second hand on this beast apart from the bodyshell which is the bestlooking (imo) GT3 style in Tamiya Pure Orange. It's all together now and starting but i need to tune the low and high end needles next. they're richended right out and i'll just take them in an 8th at a time starting on the low needle locking the throttle to no more than 20%. Wish me luck guys. The gf is gonna kill me!! I'm guessing this baby is (maybe) old enough to vote by now so I'll take good care of her and run her like she should be XD

Ok technically not the postie as I like to support my LHS where possible. Popped in today to find 2 of these on the shelf so had to grab one. I know these are in short supply so if anyone wants one, AC models in eastleigh has one. They’ve also just got more mini maxx’s in if anyone’s after one.

Wow these things really are cool in the flesh, so cool I don't want to run it now lol Can you not run it with the mx tyres on tarmac? I can just manage to fit a 6600mah 2s CNHL pack in that uses 90 deg bullet connectors. Might cut a groove in where the r clip goes in to make it easier to fit Just need to look in my connector box for a plug, didn't want to remove the stock plug incase it invalidates the warranty...

Gonna start building some of my NIB kits. Starting with the BT-01 Porsche, bearing kit en route and I have paint/electronics 🙂

Deal of the day

finally got the new 1/12th trail jeep out, this was driven by Claire, i had the old faithful Fury 2.0 jeep along for the ride

Oh yeah I gots one 😁, picked it up on the way back after a session out with the Syncro, last pack smashed the thing into the ground giving it the big'in on a jump and bent the steering rack 😅. Took a nearly full charged 4s 5amp lipo down to 3.8v in 7mins ......why have I not got one sooner!!! Fans on it scared the cat they are that loud, he was having a sniff of it and did tell him "Captain Mog it's going kick in, move!" but he didn't listen.

little trail jeep had maiden run out today, glad i added all the weight with brass and wheels still tips over a bit but would of been a real handful with out it, we both enjoyed having a run out with little jeep

Took the DR8 for a run on the wider hex adapters and Ali tyres. Tyres definitely felt more grippy than stock but frustratingly the offset is different so my +20mm total width on stock wheels turns into about +10mm on the Ali ones. Was a good run but lost a grub right at the end which lost rear drive. Cheap fix at least but I have lost track of how long it has been since I had a RC sessions with no breakages/issues.

Took some brave pills and started painting my Raybrig NSX. This is quite a rare set, from 1998 and on my only Tamiya Nitro Chassis. I really dont wanna mess this one up. Been on it all day.

New ball end hex driver for the maxx drive cup pins, they are on a ball ache of an angle so got this to check them when out n about as I am not taking the skid plates off every time 😝. Corally motor mount and 6s buggy centre diff for the Syncro 4 ...set my own mesh now thank you very much 😄

My birthday present from my GF @Skyesgaming. should be here in a couple of days. Will make the Savage easier to use. Also table cause my Uncle made me feel guilty yesterday about the amount of nitro fuel/oil I was leaving over the park bench. Gonna stick a cheap cutting mat to it

New wheels an tyres for the DR8 an a drive shaft for the Chaser, brass hex's should be here soon. Oh an a box for T & K 👍

The new 1.55 wheels and king treka tyres arrived today from Injora, this is now on the MJX H12Y

watching Mr Talbot video whilst my daughter slept (really ill 😞 ) but looked an awesome event.... but what that.... rewinds... anybody recognise the logo? bottom right?

Some pointless but nice bling for the Mini Maxx

Soldering tinywhoop camera wires.

Took the Mojave 4s out then it ****** it down so it got soaked, was fun ripping it in the wet made for some cool drifting action 😀. Got it drying by the heater ( yes I know about the rats nest of cables and the fire hazard on the right 🙈)

Fitted the shocks. Annoyed theyre not the same green. I also ordered more green nonsense parts

Sprayed the spoiler on the micro B. The tamiya ps1 seems a little off though. Seeing as the shell is so small I may finally use the very expensive tamiya paint remover I bought and strip it all back and go for a different colour.

A couple of scrapes on the lens. It now has a couple of foggy patches but I'm still using it for now.

I am a regular racer of the 1/8th Rallycross series at Mendip RC Raceway. For around 3 years Pre-COVID I used to race a Hobao Hyper GT and a longer wheelbase GTB - I can't stress just how tough the Hyper GT is! I think in the 3ish years all I broke was one front camber link, and I think that was because the turnbuckle wasn't adjusted properly. Mine has the side guards from the buggy and also has the longer shock shafts in the front shock bodies and rear springs on the front. The only other recommended upgrade I didn't get round to fitting was the buggy front shock tower. I think the rollers come geared for 4s with a 48T spur and a 18T pinion. To run 3s, I took the spur down to 46T so I could get pinions up to 25T in! If you're after bodyshells, the Delta Plastik 325mm wheelbase replica rally bodyshells fit the GT fine, though to import them from Italy yourself is expensive! I've attached a pics of the original Hobao bodyshell and a few of the Delta Plastik bodyshells I had mounted to my Hobao GT. I took a break when COVID hit, but returned to regular racing in January '23, but I have a Mugen MGT7 now. I still have the Hyper GT and the GTB on my shelf.

These were released last September but seem to sell out quick. I’ve had my eye on one since before Christmas. losi did do some micro’s years ago. I bought job lot last year that need sorting out edit: old micro vs new micro

Back in the RC game after a year out! I've fancied one of these since they were released, and finally got my hands on one 😁 Good fun so far after a few teething problems. It's a tough old beast!

I'm not fitting it until the other is completely ruined.

If it helps anyone here is a photo of the internal space of the medium sized bat safe I struggled to find any images before buying with batteries in so this might help others I have 2x hardcase 4s lipos and 3x hardcase 2s. Actually my comment earlier about space was a bit conservative, you as you can see you could fit (physically) a fair few more batteries in there.