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Installed a proper, deep rear bed into the Coyote, added some scale bits and lights. Turned out nice.

Fitted smaller tyres... Kept the single stage memory foam inserts after trimming 'em down. Will have to tune the shocks now to suit the lower stance... Ewan will be chuffed to be able to use it again after having some work done on it this week

I built this yesterday and gave it a run today. Very impressive. 3000kv brushless on 2s. Just need to stop the servo saver loosening.

How strange... Should be fixed now, hopefully!

Did a few bits today. Installed a deep bed so its more like an actual truck, installed some lights and a few scale bits. Looks great imo.

Look who's Stripes are ON !!!

SOLD

Done the paint on the Carnage/66 f100 not great/not bad, i do have to admit im not the greatest of painters, but happy with the look, on a side note first proline shell, the window masks are just the best @tomr

Features: Next generation of the multi-time World Champion XB4 platform Available in Carpet and Dirt Editions ready for high or low track conditions All-new front & rear bulkheads with Horizontal Split Design (HS) All-new front and rear diff height adjustment All-new central drivetrain angle and height adjustment Longer front and rear central drive shafts and shortened pinion gears for improved drivetrain efficiency All-new Multi-Adjustable Slipper Clutch with independently adjustable front/rear slippage New 2mm chassis redesigned to accommodate all the new components All-new front & rear suspension holders with extra wide range of set-up adjustments Revised front & rear shock towers with closer shock positions for finer adjustment Updated front shock absorber bodies and shafts shortened by 2mm for increased stability and corner speed All-new tweak-free Quick Battery Holder featuring smart height adjustment New rear body mount with a more frontward position to accommodate the new bodies All-new servo saver stands to accommodate the new front Horizontal Split Bulkhead (HS) Two new Gamma body styles designed to enhance the handling characteristics of the Carpet and Dirt Edition kits Source: Xray View full news article

I like the tools racked behind the cab! Lots of great details.

If you have a soldering iron try using the tip of it to focus heat on the screw. Leave it for a few minutes and give it another go...but try not to round it out. If that fails, remove everything that holds the axles in place, including the transmission if needed, so you can get the drive shafts on the bench. Then you can use a hack saw to cut a grove into the screw head and use a flat blade driver on it. Or, you could just sell the rig to me instead 😜

Any idea whether I can get an adapter to get these to fit a Savage?

There's a few but I can't be bothered with all that jazz to be honest. I have Vegas 18 as well, so I might give it a whirl on 18 and see what happens, if the same thing, then chances are it's just that I need more ram. Thinking about it, it's essentially taking about 40,000 pictures, so that's quite heavy stuff.

Managed to pick these up for a decent price,almost new fitted but never ran 👍 Should be perfect for the Quantum.

Yes but it's bigger brother the 1080 has more features.

If there’s a debate on wheels, my suggestion would white steel wheels. I have odd tastes though 🤣

Only if you can get the damm thing started tho 🤣

That looks like a good day out in the woods to me 👍 Almost makes me want to go out and buy a crawler today! Aha. Great video mate

Man, talk about Jack-of-all-trades! Probably about the only RC that can properly slow-crawl over obstacles and then power-wheelie away from them! Cracker

For sale is my team associated rockstar sc10 Used condition bought brand new by myself from just kits hull, Team Associated ProRally Sc10. Condition is Used. If collected will come with a battery No transmitter as can't find it but if it turns up I'll include it 2 batteries if collected and charger Spare wheels Have the original box and packaging in excellent condition Also original manual Collection preferd or you can arrange a courier A few marks on the shell but all working condition Comes complete with what you see in the photos. Fully assembled Ready-To-Run shaft drive 4WD rally car with your choice of two factory-finished Rockstar bodies Reedy 550-SL 3500KV brushless motor XP 2.4GHz radio system with XP metal-gear steering servo XP water-resistant ESC with high-current T-plug connector, LiPo compatible Realistic rally-inspired hex drive wheels with high-grip, all-terrain tires Durable front bumper and rear diffuser Heavy-duty front and rear gear differentials with adjustable slipper clutch Steel front CVA and rear dog bone axles Fluid-filled adjustable shock absorbers Adjustable steel turnbuckles Composite modular chassis with enclosed water-resistant receiver box All metric hardware and ball bearings throughout The Qualifier Series is Team Associated's exciting line of performance sport-level products that are designed to be FUN, durable, and provide an easy path into the RC hobby. When great looks and high performance are combined with quality features and value pricing, it becomes the ultimate sport product. When all this is offered from a company like Team Associated, it's nothing short of awesome. The ProRally RTR, Team Associated's newest addition to the Qualifier Series, lets you experience the thrills of 4WD rally racing on a variety of surfaces. From dirt to asphalt, brick and grass, the ProRally's suspension comes tuned to make the most of any surface you drive it on. The ProRally is a factory assembled AWD (all-wheel-drive) rallycross-inspired RC car based on the popular ProLite 4x4 platform. The ProRally comes Ready-To-Run out of the box and features a Reedy brushless motor, XP water resistant speed control, and high-current T-Plug Connectors. The XP 2.4GHz radio system is fully adjustable and provides reliable long distance control. The front and rear sealed gear differentials are connected together with a tough aluminum drive shaft, and an adjustable center slipper clutch handles all of the Reedy brushless power. The bumps are managed by four fluid-filled, adjustable, coil-over shocks and aggressive, all-terrain racing tires mounted on rally-inspired hex drive wheels. All of this comes topped off with your choice of two custom-finished Rockstar ProRally detailed bodies. Magazine Review As a redressed version of the Truck of the Year-winning ProLite 4X4, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the ProRally scores highly as an exciting and tough fun-runner. Most important, it's simply a fun and versatile car. It's ready for knock-around fun straight out of the box, and if you want to tune on it, there's plenty you can do to make it a dedicated street machine or a more capable track star - your call. For versatility, value, and fun, there's lots to like with the ProRally. --RC Car Action, It is a basher and a racer, and it is a jumper and a bump-eating machine. It utilizes the best scale proportions of the class, it jumps any gap and height you can come up with and takes the worst of crashes with ease ... it tops the charts as one of the funnest large scale vehicles I have ever driven. At the top of an ever-growing class is the Team Associated Pro Rally.--RC Driver, No returns due to nature of hobby Sent from my Redmi Note 7 using Tapatalk

Got some nice pictures of the trucks today. Also got a few short clips of mainly the UMG10 falling over 😂

Got it dirty

I always thought the different length shocks fitted as stock was a bit odd.... I had looked at getting another set of fronts, but they are only available direct from Redcat at the moment and they want to charge a stupid amount (£60) for the shipping to the UK. So ordered a set 103mm XD piggy’s which arrived this morning from Junfac, I ran these about 7 years on my Wraith and found them most excellent 👌 I’m not a fan of bling on crawlers so used normal m3 button heads instead of big red alloy bleeder screws, I’ll also be changing the red bump stops to smaller black Axial ones 👍

Now rtr, if it’s not peeing it down tomorrow morning I’ll take it for blast up the Lime Pits in Basingstoke I did braid the servo cable even though the servo is temporary, I’m a tart like that 🤣

Not the greatest of photos but I couldn’t resist. Dampers moved up one hole so the panhard link will fit again and wheels refitted, now with Rock Beast goodness. Looks like a tight fit but just about there. Will get the panhard link refitted and then the second 75mm damper on the rear. Then some 85mm on the front. At which point I might as well have stuck with the original King dampers!!! And guess what, I may just do that to bring down the top of the rear damper mounts and make my rear cover. And as they are slimmer they will fit better too - really the bottom of the current front dampers need spacing out a couple of mm, which will need some longer screws. No such problem with the King dampers but they need a rebuild. Round in circles we go!

Melt it down for scrap metal and cut your losses

Me while painting it. (I know I know but the car looks better )

Picking up from where I left off.. Next up were the front to rear horizontal braces, made with 3mm bar. These were fairly straightforward to make...once I got the shape of the first one right, I just used that as a template to make a another. A little tweak was needed on the right brace and that squared everything up nicely.. Next came the main braces that connect the front and rear hoops.. I was running low on silver solder, which was 0.7mm wire that was pretty awkward to use. I’d ordered 2m of 1.5mm rod in 250mm sections, that was at a good price, and postman had just delivered them. Result. This was my first joint using the new rods. They had a much higher melting point so took a little getting used to.. Once braced I took it off the chassis for the final pieces to brazed. I’m really happy with how it’s coming together. The horizontal cross bar went in without a hitch.. The diagonal cross brace wasn’t so easy because brazing on top of brazing is tricky. Not pretty but a good solid joint, and I used the Dremmel to grind back the access later on.. The finish line is in sight with just four small braces to go.. Much neater now I’m getting used to these rods.. The last brace.. And there it is, but still plenty of grinding and sanding to do before it’s ready for paint. Fast forward a couple of hours and it’s looking much better.. It was at this point that I decided to have another go at fitting the mounts for the towing shackles. For some reason I didn’t take any pics of this but if zoomed in you’ll see them on the bumper bar. I even fitted one bent sideways so it looks like it’s taken a good hit and was bent. Painted and fitted. I think it’s looks the dogs danglies, but I would, wouldn’t I 😃 Apologies for the pics, I was running out of day light 🙈 The tyres just clear at full flex 💪 So not much left to do on the body now - wipers need fitting and windows need dusting along with a coat or two of flat clear. I’ve got a fire extinguisher that I might fit to the bed or possibly the cage..dunno yet. And then of course I have to paint the interior, and that’s about it. I’m really looking forward to getting it out and seeing how it performs on the rocks 😃 Thats all for now folks 👍

I've also got a Torro, recently took it to Nemo Raceway and it performed really well in standard form. Now looking to upgrade a few bits

Here's a few oldies..... Mardave Meteor (custom), my original '91 RC10 Graphite with a Works '91 suspension set up, an SG Coyote, my original CAT XL with graphite chassis and carpet foams, my Works '91 Yokomo with a mag shot from a 1993 Radio Race Car round (A Final FTD that day), AYK Pro Radiant, PB Maxima and a Yokomo 870c Dogfighter. I used to be sponsored by MG bitd, and they supplied me with batteries and motors. If anybody has any old MG motors kicking about i would be very very interested in them so please drop me a note.

Not just you 😪

Don’t know if it’s just me but those pics aren’t loading..

Well, after X-Maxx, DBXL-E etc i decided, i need something smaller, to faff around with when i can't be arsed to lug one of the big guys around. After a bit of deliberation, i had a look around, and read a lot of praise for the new Team Corally range (Kronos, Dementor etc) - which led me, of course, to buy one. Here it is. Actually, that's a lie. I should say, there it was. Because after 10 minutes into the first run, on grass and sand, for no immediately apparent reason, the truck looked like this. To be very clear here. The truck ran 4s (i don't have 6packs anymore), it ran for a whopping 10 minutes before it folded in half, it did not jump (though it did have a few tumbles and cartwheels, as it happens) - this is purely from wheelies, and a few cartwheels on even ground after said wheelies failed. Good, i thought - great. Order spares, £60? Cheaper than i thought, at least that's something. All the spares arrived this morning, so off i go transferring all the undamaged bits over to the non-bent chassis. In my wisdom, i also recognised that the motor was pretty hot to the touch when i ran it for an eternity 10 minutes, so i decided to get a smaller pinion for it as well. After spending the entire day faffing around with what is without a doubt the worst manual i've ever seen in an RC (and i had a few), finally, an hour ago, everything was done. There it was, sitting shiny, straight, ready to go tomorrow. Remember the pinion? Yeah. I didn't mount it. Why? So far i've spend £40 in upgrades, £70 in spares and a pinion, £400 on the truck itself - and i managed to drive it once for 10 minutes, and now it'll be out of commission again for a long time - i haven't figured out yet what to do even. So then i started digging around a little, less watching the videos, and more the comments by the people who made said videos, and alas.. For "many" of them (there isn't that many out there in the first place), the chassis bent as well for no apparent reason. By that, i mean no "stupid bashing", just normal driving with the usual tumbles, of which i have dozens every time i take out my X-Maxx. I'm incredibly disappointed, and more so frustrated. This is by a huge margin the worst RC i've ever bought - i don't know if i got one that was assembled by a drunk on a monday morning, but this isn't fun anymore. Yeah, i'm venting here, but since i've seen someone mention that he was considering a Dementor too - don't. Get an Outcast or Notorious, or anything else. With this one? I'll fix it, once i figured out how even. Then i'll cut my losses. Hell, depending on the price on this new fix now, i'll sell it as a roller to some other poor sod. edit: lol.