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Not today exactly, this took a while, but made a drunk driver for the Enduro. There is real whiskey in that bottle 🤪 Used a Tamiya holiday buggy driver figure as a base and modified it slightly. Probably too much time and effort for something that you can hardly see when the car is running but it kept me occupied for a few evenings.

This arrived last week, WLtoys 18133769

@wombat unless you don't mind, your Addy and name is there for the world to see... I've reported the post so a mod can edit it, and going to PM you to let you know, though if its intentional and I'm being a busy body, sorry!

Some new bits for the coyote, so the coyote parts can be used on the rock buggy project

So I ordered some parts from Vitavon in China, the customs sticker on the outside of the box says it’s worth £280, very odd the order was only for around £180, I asked Vitavon what’s going on they said they marked it down as $50 and showed me a copy of the paperwork. So how have customs decided it’s £280 worth? Now there’s been a customs charge of £65 raised, but silly Royal Fail have delivered it before I paid it 🤣🤣🤣

painted the kong head 🙂

Nah bud, each to their own. If you go down that route, you absolutely do need an ESS One sound module for the "la cucaracha" horn though.

Edit the pic out, check pm I've edited it for you and sent you it lol Click edit on the post, remove original attachment, then attach the one I sent you with your Addy redacted

That's not quite what (rather, who) whistlindiesel is 😄

You might be onto something here . . . I think you've just inspired me. I legit watch US power diesel challenges, definitely big stance is the way forward. Baby shark stickers arriving today for the doors, so this is gonna be a really odd build. On one hand it's to appease a 2 year old, and on the other hand it's to appease my humour to continue being a part of the fleet. I'm sure anyone who knows me knew me buying a crawler wouldn't end well, or with any sensible or logical outcome.

looking good son

got side tracked a lot with the hyper st but kongheads back on course now 🙂 yay wheels shell cut and started painting yay all painted

Lolz, i guess i'll plug one of them whistles into the exhaust too, for sututu noises. Or what those people think a sututu sounds like (for clarification, those whistles sound like a chihuahua squeaky fart). In fact, on the topic of spinners - my wife is still after the spinning hub caps for the GTE (the emblem in the centre of the wheel not spinning when driving). Working hard to prevent that. 😄

Not in a million years lol. The Golf doesn't even sound bad (in GTE mode), no idea why people are so opposed to the sound aktuator. It's of course "enhanced" sound, but i couldn't care less. I can appreciate a good engine sound (especially inline 5 and 6, as well as V8 and 10 - even four bangers), but i take the economy over "real sound" any day of the week 😄 I actually am quite fond of electric sounds as well, the Taycan sounds amazing - and the new Hellcat, despite being kind of blasphemous, sounds pretty good too. You can even "rev" it, lol.

A sound maker doo hickory was already on the cards. You need one of these for Golf:

Are you trying to accuse me of ruining a perfectly good crawler? 😳 I'm merely improving it and giving it function in terms of fashion. Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

chill time

At least ye got two tins Bert, ah only got one! Liquid mask an another shell tae mind!

Hi, This is a project I'm doing since 2014, in several iterations,as my skills progressed . The build is so old that the initial build pics were lost when PhotoBucket and TinyPic went down. Basically, it is a full custom truck with my very first scratchbuilt cab! After some months, started to think in adding portal boxes to the axles(remember that there was a time before portals were mainstream...). First, machined a prototype in metal to approve the concept and realized that couldn't do all this parts without a CNC. I was aiming for the "casted steel" look and decided to 3D print. First prototype came like this: (Note: my first child was born the day after ...) Improved version on a scx10 axle with custom spherical ends to resemble the 1:1 but also because the portal boxes added 18mm to the width and these ends(and custom shafts) reduced 20mm Prototype of the rear ones: They looked great on SSD D60 housings

Features: New chassis layout with four different battery configurations Centrally mounted centre differential with in-line centre driveshafts New 8 degree steering blocks New wider upper suspension arm pivot New gearboxes specific to front and rear with larger bearing sizes New front shock tower design with updated suspension geometry Centre dog bone style driveshafts for improved drivetrain efficiency New rear wing mount with adjustable wing angle shims More vertical fins on rear wing for increased straight-line stability New rear chassis brace is mounted centrally to the gearbox New +2 mm and +4 mm shock rod ends New 35.5 mm front & 44.5 mm rear shock shafts for improved dampening New symmetrical rear hubs V3 differentials with 46T ring and 10T pinion gears RC8T3.2 split centre diff mounts with aluminium centre top plate 16mm shocks equipped with improved material locking spring cups & rod ends View full news article

Sorted mounts for the body, no lookin likely ah'll get paintin any time soon mind!

can only find a few clues online bro dont know if it helps ya

Looking great bud, nice choice of colour too, need to get your angle and lighting right to let that metallic really shine through 🙂 Soon may Lord Milliken come, to bring us sugar and tea and rum, one day, when the tonguing is done, we'll take our leave and go.

awesome mate damm awesome

Many thanks to @Bert_w164 for noticing this, will be more aware in future👍

@Bajadre My favourite song from Enigma

My Jennys order was allegedly marked for customs charges by Royal Mail. I was notified via email? They delivered it, and Ive heard nothing since, It had a declaration like above on it (true value $260) but nothing

Yeah I won’t be chasing it up 😂 Here’s the customs declaration for reference, this has been stuck on top of the original shipper label, I’ve tried to peel it off to see what’s underneath without any luck

I’m not really bothered about the charge in general, it’s the fact they have just made the amount up that’s annoyed me

@Stormbringer It is indeed. It's a big mix of various Norton / Vincent parts I believe.

Why would you turn a decent looking crawler into a donk? Gonna squat it too? Might be a case for whistlindiesel coming up here. 🤨

Always. I've got some slightly smaller ones so I'll print up a bracket for testing purposes.

errr no lol

Not much of an update from todays racing. We started late because of the rain, managed one heat before the rain came back and everyone decided to call it a day. Unfortunately, I missed both of my heats because the return spring on the wheel on my transmitter snapped! So not much fun for me. Luckily, I've been working on fixing up a Schumacher SST99 Pro that I've had in a box since trying to make a working car out of that and an SST Axis and failing. I've had a few parts turn up yesterday so should be able to do some work on it tonight. I'll add photos when it's sorted.

Hi, That is a superb Unimog! Congratulations on this excellent build! So much detail, even the old "MX" white on black number plates. It brought me back memories of my days in the Army in Oporto and Trafaria, where we had the older 411, 404 and 406 (not completely sure about this last one, it has been so long...). Great video too! 👍

I’ve started stripping down the TB-05 and am starting to think it has either had a harder life than I thought or wasn’t put together with too much care. The fact the battery wires from the ESC were “joined” with a single twist and some duct tape does make me think the latter is more likely. Fingers crossed I’m not missing too many of the little bits for a clean rebuild.

Got these two going today and took for a spin up the street

theres also Team Corally and Hobao Hyper buggies that are really good

alot of arrma speedsters are aimed mainly onroad and light offroad gravel sammy id go down the 1/8th buggy route personally 6s esc motor combo gear it up for onroad then swop out to offroad buggy wheel tyres and should be sweet offroad and longer grass 👍 with brushless power nowadays speed isnt really a problem most can do 50mph+ stock on 6s setups, then gear up

Fitted some Vitavon Hinge pin braces to the Lasernut.

New fake Jconcept tyres fitted to the Injora buggy and a change of rims as the silver rims are bookmarked for another future project

Thanks for the recommendation of the FTX tracer. It was spot on in terms of what I was looking for and giving my son the chance to learn and get experience. Went with a brushed version from a local shop in Chesterfield close to my in laws whilst visiting them today. The best bit is Ethan loves it. This is his first drive. 20221022_160949.mp4

loving that new megadeath album AJ bro this kennedys cover is awesome haha 😁

Finally got the Tamiya TB-05 chassis set (and electronics) that I wine on eBay nearly two weeks ago. First impressions say most stuff seems to be in very good condition, apart from the wiring which is hurting my eyes.

Picked up a new RC Heli today from midland helicopters in Leicestershire. Absolute faultless service from them, they answered all questions and steered me away from spending more money than I needed too. Walked out with an omp hobby M1 evolution Heli with some spare batteries and a radio. Bring on those cold winter nights, so I can hover around my living room😂😂

Thanks! I can do a build thread because there's many hidden things but don't know what if is "normal" in this forum

Insurance wise i am a member of FPVUK and £20 a year covers all that

Here is my attempt, was a lot of fiddling! I found some same scale men to put inside too and painted same livery though hard to see with reflection on windscreen.