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That’s turned out quite yellow then. May have also painted my hand a bit. oops

Got the little battery/voltage meter fitted to the Cragsman 👍

Had a terrible accident that resulted in the decapitation of the little plastic man! 😲

Not gonna lie, I didn't understand a single word of that. I'll get @Nick to change my username to "Thicky McThick of the thick people". 😔

Battery/volt meter mounted Also the new body arrived, so let battle commence

The weather doesn’t look to bad tomorrow so I figured I should get the window masks on the Lancia in case I get a chance to paint it.

Ran the Savage X at our club's basher track. Pouring rain, but well worth it!

Finished the MF01x build for now 👍

I did the same thing with two Modelsport UK vouchers I got for Christmas from my brother and stocked up on some less interesting RC things I needed like heat shrink, cable ties, aerial tubes etc but I did buy one none essential thing..... An RC Skinz chassis protector for my Losi Tenacity DB Pro. 😁 😉

Correct thread this time 🤦‍♂️ Pair of HRB 3s 7000mAh LiPos for my MT10. Bought these after seeing Steve-02021 post. 40% off on Amazon. Also some bearings for Rustler refresh.

Edit: Wrong Thread I did nothing to my model today 🤗

your not alone mate

So had a bit of a rebuild of the T1. Back to kit set up, new bearings, 400cst oil all round and rebuilt the ball diffs which were really dry. Into the test and tune last night. I decided to take the Tyrrell P34 for a run too! Classes were split into 2 15 minute timed sessions but had a little bit more on either side of that so a decent amount of run time. Trying out some Contact A30s on the T1 as they're the control tyre for the Retro TC meets and want to be familiar with them before getting to one. They felt a bit slippy to start with but think that was just them getting scrubbed in. After a few minutes I felt pretty consistent apart from a fair amount of lift-off oversteer that caught me out a few times, really worked at rotating the car in at times but worked a bit too well at others! One of the big selling points of the T1 back in the day was that it had adjustable shock pistons that you could switch from 1-4 holes whilst the shock was still assembled to make quick damping adjustments on the fly. So just to see if it helped, I pulled off and quickly set the rear to full soft. A little better but still not cured. I clocked between runs that I'd set the wheelbase adjustment the wrong way round when I rebuilt the car, so it was shorter than last time out. I changed that round and went out again. Again, an improvement but still not fixed. My next plan was to play with the rear droop screws to stop a bit of weight transfer to the front. Unfortunately I didn't get round to this as during one of the spin outs, I got clattered and this happened! Servo case snapped which put it out for the rest of the night. Annoying, but it was a cheap servo and I should be able to put a new upper case on it. I've got another servo on the way just to be safe too. The P34 was an absolute riot to use. I really wasn't expecting much out of it at all but it went round the little track really well. The silvercan motor was about perfect speed wise and I wouldn't really want to go any faster with it. Was really smooth round the track and probably as quick as most of the other cars there! My concerns of damaging it were unfortunately founded when I had a grip roll that resulted in a freak injury to the driver! Decapitation, rollover bar and a wing end plate all fell off! Luckily it looks like the glue joint split in all cases and a bit of super glue got them back together. Once again a really fun night. Car was 'scrutineered' for the next series and I'm very safe on my FDR so I've got a couple of smaller spurs on the way that should set it perfect. I'm sticking with my Core RC fixed timing motor for now, but think I'll probably end up getting something a little quicker as even though my FDR wasn't bang on the limit, I was significantly slower than some of the guys out there.

I decided to nab one of these - got some plans for it in the future when funds allow. They seem really well put together out of the box, but they definitely need some low down weight.

I’m really not sure I like the colour now that I’ve painted the shell. Hoping I’ll change my mind once it’s all finished off but might be an excuse to pick up another one at some point in the future.

More stickers. These ones aren’t even pre-cut 😭.

Can I have ThickyMcThickerson please 😁

Yeah, he said he had a bit of a headache today!

Quite good idea those wee voltage meters

I've got a build thread in the buggy section.

It all looks in stock other than the BellCranks, which arent in stock at JPerkins. I broke them, and Wheelspin kindly let me know that they were waiting on them so Ive asked them to ship the other 6 items and Ive ordered Vitavon Bellcranks which will be here the 19th Jan

rare earth magnets with the holes in glue onto the body posts then add as many as you need for the height by glueing them together then glue 4 more onto the shell where the post normally go through you then dont need body clips and the earth magnets are very strong

Morning bash

To downsize and free up a little space and also treat the family to a little camping holiday should funds allow. otherwise, whats not getting used anymore will be boxed up for the loft. i have 6 Rc that get used so obviously they will stay and get the last of the major projects finished, finally finish the crawlers courses in the garden.

Yep i just rebuilt all the shocks and gave them a good clean while i was there - they seem to be holding up well and are much smoother than the stock shocks! Very pleased with it, just don't get to run it enough! Very quiet Alex, it can be a little busier during half term or the week before a big event but generally there's only a handful of people midweek Fingers crossed for drier weather, i should've taken the boat yesterday! Hope you enjoy, i'll be working unfortunately!

I am going this Friday hopefully drier weather …😂

Good to see someone running nitro, especially a Savage, did you get the upgraded shocks sorted as I think they were leaking, think you got a good deal with all the added parts.

Rc Bearings UK 👍

looking good mate now get it muddy

Mines done 👍 other than messing around with shock settings.

just remebered about these https://www.amazon.co.uk/DollaTek-Servo-Signal-Reverser-Compatible/dp/B09W9JFXQY/ref=sr_1_7?crid=WZM2XWZTNIID&keywords=rc+servo+signal+reverser&qid=1672754636&sprefix=servo+sig%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-7 cheaper than a new combo

Camouflage. The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

Been nursing a hangover all day. so not been up to much, I did however manage to put the Maverick Strada footage together 👍

Used a Amazon voucher I got for Xmas for a little restock of stuff I was getting short of and set of circlip pliers 👍

SORRY

My Tamiya Rising Fighter came yesterday going to be busy building this up for a while.

A baby Capra Not sure where Axial got 1/18 scale from, its more like a 1/14 or slightly bigger, on first impressions it looks a sweet little Crawler 👌🏼

So Christmas came early by 2 weeks, the MERV arrived! Quickly swapped everything over, already had new shimmed diffs ready to go in to save time, along with RPM everything. The summit has a bit of damage from teeth marks...

Some screws to add to my box as I hate needing a screw and not having it... I may have gone OTT though