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Progress with the Ryft waiting one a replacement shifting servo before I can start attaching the innards. 3D printed netting works well, just not sure about the black colour.

A notorious

It’s worse than that I’m a HV electrician by trade 😂

Height adjustable tamiya body mounts designed and printed. This allows me to use a normal 6mm body post and adjust the height, it should also work as a direct replacement to the stock one so existing holes will work fine. The stock also touched the top of the tires when surpressed, this fixes that issue.

Yep I do it all the time makes life easy on the masking up 👍👍 Just remember it will be a dull Matt finish you get 👍 I also cheat and use a sharpie around the windows to get a nice sharp black window trim 👍

Love to see it running next to your FS, should be a bit of fun to compare? Went out with some people from the local crawling club. Some very capable rigs, some lad had a stock ftx highrock and performed amazing, kinda made me question if any of my mods i did actually improved performance and im just bad at driving haha

Neither! 3000 nimh 7.2 stick pack today - none of this 21st century Li-po witchcraft 😉 No worries about discharging and to be honest an hours crawling does me fine.

Took my new truck for its first run 👍 😁 Just kidding it’s been hammering down all day

First cut and trim done of the C10 body. time to decide on the colour scheme. Metallic red or Gunmetal in my mind at the moment.

Yea I now need a chassis, aswel as new diffs lol it literally stopped dead an snapped in half lol oh and a new 3s battery as that went flyin and started to smoke so kicked it onto some gravel an let it jus go up in flames lol never knew lipos were fireworks in disguise lol

thats a fair weight increase there

Grrrreat! got tomorrow of work, day to myself so was gonna go for a day out off road rc driving and filming, rain forecast all day, cars are waterproof but not the TX`s and camera and not risking an expensive camera in rain

Booooo! A 3000 3s in that would make it a great trail crawler. Both wheel speed and torque when needed. And not much more dangerous than a NIHM.

Have to say i stick to NI-MH packs for all my crawlers, as said can charge them up and if you dont use them no worry about getting them to storage, my SCX10 will do about 3 hours on a 4500mah pack, thats plenty

Let me know when you are ready for that 🍺

Some lovely wheels, and some PL rings not shown. the PL Super Swamper XLs are a pig to get on. So far I have 1 tyre one at about 95% success. thankfully the assassins intended for the Ryft went on easily, but only once I had the PL sized rings. lovely wheels though, I can see how folks start to collect them.

eBay has the servo saver, iv upgraded to that already, an today I blew the front diff so gona be runnin rwd for a while until I can get a new front diff or replacement spur an pinion for the front, it did do a 20 ft jump at my local skate park so can't put it down to anything other than my stupidity 😂 was out with the brother in law with his kraton 6s an because he jumped the 1/4 pipe I had to have a go... Still only thing that broke was the diff so not a bad days bash 🙂

none of that fandangled electrickery right

Pics used are of the original 'Blockhead Motors' Wild One, not Tamiya's release. Tamiya version is likely to have different, fictional 'sponsors' Blockhead Motors appears to be a hop-up/merch shop tied to Jun Watanabe, the design 'genius' behind the Spotty Hornet https://blockheadmotors.stores.jp/ RC WILD ONE OFF-ROADER DESCRIPTION The Wild One is a R/C 2WD buggy assembly kit that has been a hobbyist favorite for years! We are celebrating the Wild One with this special release with a twist! The sticker set, this time around, is designed by Jun Watanabe’s brand "BLOCKHEAD MOTORS'', which has produced stickers and apparel, and customizations of Tamiya off road buggy models from the 1980s. Watanabe has taken part in the design of collaborative fashion, music, and skateboard projects to expand the horizons of R/C cars. This kit is sure to be a fun addition to anyone’s collection! • 1/10 scale R/C assembly kit. Length: 425mm, height: 140mm, width: 225mm. Wheelbase: 255mm. • Durable and lightweight ABS box type frame is matched with a battery case which is compatible with modern power sources such as Tamiya Racing Packs and LF batteries. • 4-wheel independent suspension consists of coil springs and trailing arms. A wide tread ensures excellent off-road stability. • Enclosed gearbox includes differential gears for smooth cornering. • Driveshafts feature dog bone-type joints and dust cover. • Includes 540-type brushed motor. • Requires: 2-channel radio, steering servo, ESC. 7.2-7.4volt battery & charger Unique to this release: • Polycarbonate body (0.7mm thickness) is pre-cut and pre-painted in light blue. • Comes with metal-plated parts (A, E, G and front/rear wheels) • Window nets, number plates and dummy antenna included. • Includes new stickers designed by Jun Watanabe’s brand "BLOCKHEAD MOTORS”. The previous Jun Watanabe involvement resulted in this: View full news article

Hey guys! Hope you are all well. Been going through my collection of cars and have decided to sell my Maverick quantum flux 80a as i no longer use it. Postage will be via courier and payment accepted is PayPal only This truck has very little use and is in like new condition apart from some minor scuffs/marks on the wing and body. a 2s or 3s Battery will be required for operation I have changed the deans connector on the ESC to XT60 as that's what i primarily run Looking for £130 £110 £100 £90 posted Pics: Any questions feel free to PM Me Cheers Ricky

Wasson all.. just thought i say hello Names david ive been into rc's on and off for 25yrs Recently been bitten by a crawler need i say more. Im from the the most South-westerly tip of the uk. Cheers all

Brand new and never run. This has been a shelf queen and it’s pristine. Completely original with all paperwork, box and bits included. More photos to follow! £475 posted via next day

Really not built for any form of hard bashing, that being said i dont think the carbon fiber will take 20ft jumps, the screws and diffs housings just arnt meaty enough and were you strenthen one thing the forces just move to the next weakest part.

Lol did it increase your shopping bill?

Ordered the chassis brace today, for anyone else looking to buy one, put in saved for later an u might get a offer off the seller for 20% off lol paid 19.99 instead of the 24.99. also don't run the carnage rwd on 3s.. with teeth missin out the front diff, ul thank me later 😂🤣😂🤦

First mod complete 👍 With the stock wheels being beadlocks I was able to add a fair chunk of weight to them . Stock wheel comes in at 17g

thats a good tip mate

I’m on with adding weight to the wheels on the Patriot atm 👍

Nice, you should get them next week, interesting to see how well they fit

My wheels have landed in the UK 👍

Thanks BigGinge

My Little FTX has bulked up....added 50g of wheel weights to see if grip is better 2x 10g at front of shell, and a 10 +5 on each side of chassis

If you split can I take any modified Tamiya motors please (minus the stock 540 ones)

no worries even though it wasn't what you wanted to hear but at least they're on it.

Oxshott woods is a bust this time of the year unless it’s early morning even then your plagued with dog walkers. I sometimes bash round here and down toward Black pond on a Sunday evening but with the kids off school it can get busy Dropped pin https://goo.gl/maps/smgTZYATpwimrSZj9 I usually hit the woods etc in the spring autum and winter less people about so less hassles You can always try the bmx track but again summertime it gets busy and avoid the weekends Dropped pin https://goo.gl/maps/mMbnD9zGHxPDShTx5 When the kids are off school it gets hard to find somewhere quite 😕

Digging the 3d printed nets and red panels!

Perfect, that'll keep it out.

All the best, send it!

Yep, the body is from http://speedrc.co.uk/xpress-vintage-pickup-truck-210mm-lexan-clear-body-for-m-chassis/

Me too...got the carbon top and bottom plate and changed everything for aluminium where I can. Just looking to change the servo saver next. Im enjoying the playing with bits...

If the weather plays ball i plan to give the vantage a final run, figure i can beat my PB that stands at a nudge under 61MPH this is planned for early sunday morning

Call me Quick draw McGraw 🤠 Cheers mate👍

Added a bit of weight to the defender today using the fastrax black brass to replace front & rear portal drive outer housings, steering knuckles and caster blocks. Living in Lincolnshire not many hills never mind mountains so mainly trails hopefully that will be enough to stop to many rolls. Will find out tomorrow, the site owner where we are staying as some rough terrain land, which he’s happy to let us use (as long as he heys to have ago).

nice catch Good little truck that tho

I saw someone on the FB group with one of these installed...looked good but not sure how it would be in reality. I tend to like the idea of cheap plastic parts being broken, rather than the more expensive drive train. Not sure why but got kicked off the FB group...probably for being helpful and the owner of the group didn't like it!

So first impression is plenty of torque, and a far better drag brake than the HH crawl master. Just quicker than walking pace on 2.2’s. Obviously it’s filthy again 😂

This arrived today from @DAL3D Cheers for getting it packed up & sent out so quickly mate I really like the different shell too, now that I can see it in person. I shall give it a little test drive shortly

If you get stuck just ask 🐷

New hard body fitted to the 1/16 FTX

A few action shots from its first run 👍 Video to follow for anyone interested 🙂