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Here is my WR-01 wearing a scratchbuilt bodyshell representing what I imagine a Land Rover might have looked like had it been designed and built by Foden back in the days of steam lorries. It was built as a bit of fun, to take part in the teapot races that form part of the Asylum Steampunk Festival taking place in Lincoln in August. And yes, I do drink Yorkshire Tea! ?

we hopped up nan`s scooter,she loves it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWYRhaOd1PE

My Baja Champ with a Rough Rider driver. Don't understand why Tamiya didn't include a driver with this or the Baja King.

My Neo Fighter

Dont forget tonight at 9 Our Guy in Russia on 4 ?

Nice one! Tbh I only order parts from the UK if RC Mart don’t have them

The progress on my Arocs 3348 Tipper

Hit the forest trail today, my 4yr old sons first proper RC outing. He piloted the bronco .

Will do, I’ve just finished fitting it, it’s a well engineered bit of kit.....

My Hyper ST has a Traxxas box on top of the servo. Nice fit.

I usually mount my RX above the centre diff. Usually people use a traxxas waterproof box if they want to. On one of mine I re purposed the nitro rx box.

Picked up this little beauty, Needs some love but will make a great carpark drifter (once i sort the stripped spur and check the bearings) Is a TT-01 with the 3racing chassis conversion

the tank gave it away for me. normally im very bad at naming a nitro chassis lol

Snap

No problems, just needs a couple of hinge pins and a hinge pin brace or 2. I paid £120 less than retail and it had some hop ups and other parts with it so im not complaining! Plus the chap who sold it to me offered to help with buying the new bits if I want, really nice guy by all accounts. So other than modelsport, no where in the UK selling spares?

AJ your a life saver cheers mate found the wild willy 2 part I needed! Sent from my LLD-L31 using Tapatalk

Sounds good, will defo take a look as could do with done new bits! Sent from my LLD-L31 using Tapatalk

Actuator kit and lift kit for the Arocs Tipper

That all sounds absolutely brilliant!!

Splendid Teapot Racing started in New Zealand but has spread worldwide within the steampunk community. The idea is a simple one: take a teapot, mount it on a model car chassis and race it around an obstacle course against the clock. Now of course simply sticking a teapot on a model car chassis is far too easy and simple for most steampunks, so it wasn't long before the teapot racers became a lot more elaborate. Most now feature significant amounts of ornamentation and many, like mine, represent steampunk-style vehicles that would transport a teapot rather than a teapot simply mounted on a bare chassis. The rules are very simple. The vehicle has to be no more than 30 centimetres wide, 30 centimetres tall and 40 centimetres long and has to feature a teapot somewhere in its design. There are no restrictions on motors, batteries or drivetrain which leads to a wide variety of models appearing under the teapots. Some people focus on the ornamentation in an attempt to win the concours d'elegance side of the competition and base their models on very cheap toy grade vehicles, while others go for outright performance and build simple, lightweight structures around full blown race grade models. I have taken the middle path, using a hobby grade Tamiya monster truck chassis that gives pretty decent performance and excellent maneuverability thanks to its four wheel steering and building what I hope is a visually pleasing body that is still quite lightweight. The Asylum Steampunk Festival happens in Lincoln over the August bank holiday weekend, and is now in its 10th year. It features most if not all of the eccentric activities associated with the steampunk genre, such as tea dueling, jetpack racing, various exhibitions and competitions involving the display of home built Victorian style anachronistic technology, music performances, fashion events, dinners, dances and of course teapot racing!

New bridge for our track..

I'll pm you this evening, so long as I remember!

Cheers, I'll order up a couple different pinion and see how I get on. I'm sure a spare spur won't go a miss too. I've done a similar mod, I'm currently waiting on some 3D printer parts to swap out form my hand cut part. I also plugged up the holes on the motor mount, one less thing to let dirt in.

it is a traxxas 4 tec

Not sure if it's what you need but there's a Sanwa MT-4 on oople. Here's a manual to have a look. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/910545/Sanwa-Mt-4.html#manual

It sounds like the speed controller is set to go in the opposite direction to what you would expect. If you cant change the settings on the speed controller, I would recommend that you reverse your throttle channel on your transmitter and swap any two of the wires around between the speed controller at the motor. That will make it go faster forwards than in reverse, and will hopefully stop the strange braking behaviour as well.

Took the SCX10II Honcho down to the river.

For me, it is incredibly hard to be objective, when discussing Traxxas, but I'll try... Firstly the models. The TRX4 is a very nice machine and (surprisingly) not THAT badly priced! Think about it: locking diffs, switchable 2-speed transmission, portal axles, licensed shell, RTR and all for £500 ish... that's not bad! A fully-running Axial will cost that much and you don't get all the bells and whistles! TRX4 gets a big "tick" and a thumbs up... but I would not buy one. The Summit is an odd ball. I'm luke-warm about it. It's capable, but cripplingly expensive for what is basically an oversized 1/10 MT with a few gimmicks. I'd like to have a shot of one. The 1/16 Summit, however... £440 RRP for a 1/16!!! On yer bike!! Everything else, I flat-out dislike. Handling is extremely important to me and none of them handle. Not one! The Slash would get lapped by any other SCT (yes, it's a basher, but the HPI Blitz and Losi XXX-SCT are tough, yet handle properly), the Revo's handling (and drivetrain) is a mess, the Stampeed, Rustler and Bandit are WAY over a decade old and massively out-classed by all opponents (yet, cost between £200 and £400, depending on spec!! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!). The X-Maxx debacle has been a dog's breakfast since day one- price, reliability, toughness, drivetrain... all puke. The UDR (which is NOT a racer!!) is ridiculously overpriced. A Losi SBR is not only better handling and more competent, but bigger, and tougher; it would smash clean through a UDR and emerge unscathed. Plus it's somewhere like £200 cheaper, even though Losis are generally expensive! Then, there's the Mini E-Revo. My least favourite RC in the world! I HATE it!! It's priced like a 1/8 and is literally useless in every single scenario. So, I would consider Traxxas as simply "not for me". A "no, thanks, but I'll spend my money elsewhere". A "good for you, but I prefer X-Y-Z". However, their business practices boil my blood! Sueing companies over items they did not invent! Patenting items they did not invent! It's madness! You know they hold the patent for an RC car wheel? Can't get a wheelie bar? That's because they have patented it. Waterproof receiver box? Nope, they own that, too! They also hold the patent for the signal between a transmitter and a receiver. That's right, Traxxas think they own the air between your tranny and your receiver! There are dozens that are just as stupid and just as selfish. Arrma are vastly superior, yet almost went under, because of Traxxas' policies. Also, the policing on their forums is despicable. They are genuinely making the hobby worse. By this point, it doesn't matter what they build. They aren't getting my money. Traxarse can take a running jump. EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention! On the Version 2 X-Maxx box (and on the web-page, adverts etc.) it stated that the truck has "larger diameter driveshafts" than the first model. This has since been removed, as people noticed and called them out on it. Now they are advertised as "strongest ever" I digress, when ex-MSUK member Mydoddy69 measured them side-by-side... they are identical. Exactly the same diameter as the original version 1 driveshafts! What this is... ladies and gentlemen... is a lie. Pure and simple! A straight lie, written on the box of the very product bought by their own (overly) loyal customers! I've said it before, Traxxas are the Apple of the RC world. You remember when Apple were caught, deliberately (and illegally) slowing-down the performance of their older phones, simply to make their customers buy new ones? Well, I saw Apple fanboys trying to defend this! Traxxas pulls morally bankrupt stuff all the time, yet the Traxxas fanboys ignore it all and label it as "good business". I really do find it baffling.

Only4Fun see you've got the bug - it is definitely a terrible virus to catch ?

Mocked up the arse end of the scaler then decided to alter the deadbolt body and got carried away.... Not sure about that now, might need more stickers!?!? Wrap went on nicely though [emoji106] Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Summer Street Rover

Progress on my Tyrrell P34: Apart from changing the Tamiya/Molex connector to a Deans connector so I can run it on LiPo, the chassis is done. It has been a most enjoyable build, something a bit different to the norm. The kit comes with several tasty hop ups included, such as a fluorine coated TRF damper with black anodising, carbon reinforced uprights, precision nylon damper plates, etc. In keeping with the blacked out theme I have added a black Sport Tuned motor and swapped out some standard nuts for black nylocks. I also added bearings to the front wheels in place of the rather incongruous bushings, fitted a steel pinion and added some red alloy wheel nuts to emulate those used on the full-size car. The project is now on hold until summer - on a shell this rare I don't want dodgy weather to affect the paint...

TL-01LA Subaru showing off it's new plates:

Nah this is how you bash it Boy can't wait to get mine all built up

Jumps well !

Good luck with that!