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Put some nicer 4mm bullet connectors on the new motor for the TRX4 and swapped it into the chassis. Based on a quick drive around the dining room floor it seems a good bit more powerful that the stock motor (it’s quite happy spinning all four wheels if you give the throttle a good squeeze) and seems nice and smooth at low speeds too.

Made a mountain out of a molehill 😆

Please whine some more to see if you can get it to £349😂

In town and decided to pick up a few bits. I try and get basic stuff from them as and when I can. Always good for a chat and to see what stuff they have in at the time. For me just a few bits for the capra. Paint and tape for body. Esc tape. And a cheap servo for now. And now a pint. Shush ha

Got some xt60s soldered on to the hobbywing 0880 I bought off @Alex97. Best bit of soldering I've ever managed. Get that fitted in the summit tomorrow evening I think.

Sorry if I’m spamming this thread ( with a long post as well!) but I thought I’d tell y’all about Cowboy Bob. I’m a bit unsure where I stand on the whole driver figure idea. I used to think it was a bit naff, but now I have Bob I’ve been swayed….and tbh my windows are so scuffed now, you can barely see him. So initially I was going for the full on detailed scale interior. Apparently it’s there on t’interweb if you have a 3D printer. I even got as far as commissioning one, but the guy kept making excuses and eventually I gave up on the idea. Then I saw a guy on Instagram using a coyote shell on another car, with a cowboy driver figure, and I messaged him for info. Turns out it’s from a Tamiya Holiday Buggy, so I got one from Modelsport. (It was “supplier stock” so took weeks to arrive) When it arrived I was surprised to find the base he sits on was much too small. There’s probably at least a 10mm gap all the way round. Messaged Instagram guy and he’d just hot glued it in place with a metal(?!) plate under it. So I got some styrene sheet, made a very rudimentary dashboard, added a back to the seat, and widened it a bit at the edges. Painted everything except Bob black and there he is. He’s only held in place with a bit of duct tape. Later I added a backlit “speedo” and “car radio” but I think I’ve probably bored on enough for one day.

Deep dish wheels have finally arrived, that’s gave me the push I needed to paint the body panels ....the wife’s going around her pals shortly so I’ll spray them by the back door 😁

****ed around building it for ages lol

Just to prove Cowboy Bob drove the Stout onto the rock and wasn’t just placed there for a photo op. He’s got skills that cowboy Bob! FullSizeRender.mov

Managed to get out with mine on a rare sunny day.

I got my fancy new soldering iron from China. Should mean I can do all my soldering without taking stuff into work to use the irons we have there. A quick test seems to show it working just as well as the much more expensive jbc stations in the office. Though I might try to pick up an extra chunky tip for doing things like bullet plugs and motor wires.

I’ll do my best for ya I’m getting pretty good at be a whining old fart 😂👍

I wasn't really a fan of how I set my 6 wheel f1 car up so tried something different. I got this from Germany for about £40 delivered (after I'd sold the 2nd) and a replacement chassis is about £10 if it doesn't work.

Not one of my favourite cars as they never go straight but had to have one just for the rally look🙃

With some Labelle grease, this wonderful flyer from https://www.trainshop.co.uk 🤣

Get covid, you won’t smell a thing for weeks after! I sprayed my Rangey at work today and had no idea it was stinking out the whole place 😂🤣

My LHS was Apex Models and they were a horrendous shop to deal with 🤣🤣🤣

In 2022?

Started the first panel ....good job she’s out it bloody stinks of paint in the kitchen 😁

@Fat Freddy looks good mate and liking the cowboy bob. I didn't used to like figures in cars but think it suits scalers,

I'd email them and ask for a refund in the items. Then put a email notification for the items and see if they ever do. I forgot about stuff on backorder before and we'll over a year later remembered about them and got a refund

Howdy. Like the background of Bob. Out ot interest how did you do the clear windows? Karl

Wheels finally arrived 👍

I got a set of lunsford springs for my tmaxx, as well as two sets of lunsford hingepins, and a set of tsais revo CVDs, for another t maxx 🙂

It's normal on a brushless setup to double push for reverse, first push is brake then second push is reverse.

Rustler Goodies

I had the Jambo it was a tough little truck only real issue was the front hubs but Corally made an upgraded hd version to sort that out. Only other issue was the pillow balls but you could just replace those with the Arrma ones and you where good to go I never had any issue other than that and I beat the living snot out of mine

@Jack Reacher yeah I've ordered some more different types and going to experiment as sellers are very hit and miss with magnet specs.

Cheers mate, it's my own design. I'm going to try some different magnets with a slightly higher vertical pull rating as think during a roll over the current ones would detach but there is a fine line between having the body stay on and it tearing at the post points when you try and pull it off normally. I'm sure I can sort you out a set mate.

Made some mag mounts for the coyote.

Well the postman droped a rather large box from @stimpywhen I was at work. Got home and promptly opened it up. Full of lovely shinny parts and a chassis for me to mess with. So tonights job is put it all together again. And have a fee drinks. Why not.

Finished building the TLR 22 5.0, need to run the ball diff in, but I also have a gear diff on order that I will drop in, probably just using two gears in it instead of 4

Better than a grumpy whiney old fart tho

Do you mean the bits where the wipers have cleaned the “mud” off the windscreen?

I order shadow stock items, but never backorder anything

My honest opinion, i think cowboy bob is ace, i think bob`s long lost cousin jack is gonna take a seat in my F-150 soon (has to be Jack as truck has his private number plate), i did buy an action figure but he turned out to be a bit of a Tom (Cruise, as in tiny tom) I honestly used to think to much scale was tacky, now i think it just adds to the realistic look of the truck, if its a scaler @Fat Freddy keep it coming mate i enjoy your content, we will have to get together on a scale day out sometime

I don’t do backorder for that very reason, I see it as more of a “we might get some at some point, we might not” so I either look elsewhere or find something different. Maybe you fancy sharing which items you are missing? Somebody here may have them going spare 👍🏻

The iron is a clone of the JBC T210 handle and can use the same C210 tips, the stand is pretty close to what JBC ship too but the base station is Aixun's own design. The company seems to be a new ish Chinese one that has put out a few half decent bits of kit now including a couple of soldering irons and a nice little bench top PSU. Anyway, with all this you do seem to get close to the performance of a "real" JBC iron (the tip heats up from cold to 350C in two or three seconds)

Some of the yt vids were ridiculous how they deliberately broke them then moaned how fragile they were 🥴 I may end up getting 1 of these ugly body aside

It’s an Aixun T3B with the T210 iron. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL7Rlxe When I picked this one I was looking for something that will be good for doing fine surface mount soldering as much as anything else so it isn’t the most powerful one they do. If you were looking for one to mostly use with wiring and chunky connectors then there is a T3A, with a T245 iron, that is probably better suited. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrLD3gY

You know what’s really the issue here I WANT ONE but I’m a tight bugger lately 😂😂😂😂

Yeah, rrp on the Jambo was 529, is the Jambo one of the so called 'V2' versions? Just not labeled up as such? Was it one of their better efforts? Know a few peeps on here who had some of the earlier 6S Corally trucks were a bit disappointed with durability.

only thing left was try to sort the wires out on the lc truggy then im happy (i think lol) seen few people using heatshrink so thought i give it a go, i think it turned out better than i thought 🙂 i have also moved the esc to top deck.

Liking this, see what people mean about the body though. Looks chunky and tough underneath and a good spec, not sure why Corally don't have a bigger following than they do.

thanks to @Alex97 esc plate for the merv 🙂

Productive evening 😄 prototyping.

Looks good Jack

Cleared some snow off the lane to my house with the Hyper 7.

That was Brecon Beacons when we were there a few weeks ago. And a pic of my new led lights just to keep this going:

this thing is an absolute animal!!! I've upgraded loads and modified a few things to improve it mostly the steering. 3650 / 5200kv motor and 120a esc Hardened steel cvds Hardened steel diff internals Steel pinion and spur and most of the alloy parts Contact rc foam tyres Phat bodies shell Longer body posts 56 mph on 2s clocked on GPS I've got a 3s on the way hoping for at least 75mph