Kpowell911

My biggest annoyance across ALL forums/reddit/facebook/youtube. Traxxas will release something. Lets say they release a new off road basher. You’ll get people who are into Crawlers or On Road cars moaning about ‘well Im never going to buy that’ or “Traxxas are horrible company etc". Dude. No one cares, you were never going to buy it anyway, its from a brand you dont like, and a genre of RC you dont have anything to do with it. Why are you even commenting? Whats do you want a medal? Its like they all get together on some moral high ground that they are somehow superior because theyve decided to buy something else. Hilariously, its probably a Horizon product (rumoured to be cutting Hobby Stores products to fulfil Amazon in the US), or a BangGood Special probably made in a Sweatshop somewhere. If you researched everything you bought, youd find an issue somewhere. Your mobile phone, your computer, food you eat etc. The world isnt a very nice place, and corners are cut and theres horrific business practices EVERYWHERE. Anyway, back on topic, a day with the family, maybe be home later to finish my Loctite R34 Happy New Year All 🙂

Its brilliant. Worth its weight in gold!

Does it then fully dry and keep the stickiness?

Ill explain and update further when its not New Years Eve haha. But for now, the Paint Cleaner and a respray has came out quite well I think However, Ill never ever make this close to perfect as the decals are hilariously carnage! Im not talented enough to match these decals together over curves and a bonnet vent 😂😂 Its made me feel much Better about everything, as I was never going to get it perfect, but the main thing is I tried my best. Im glad I never got this kit as a 12 year old haha.

Yea the GT Power one suprised me with how much you got in the box. My Dynamite 4x100 came with nothing

The best mods are the ones that are free 🙂

From the 5 minutes Ive spent reading about the K4 it does seem a very good charger

That charger may not need balance boards (mine doesnt either) as you plug the balance lead into the charger, some you plug into a separate balance board

I hope it wasnt my comment. You do you. Its your truck, I personally prefer the black sticker windows over a driver and interior, you and plenty of other people cant stand the black windows and put a figure inside, because thats how you feel the truck looks most scale. Im probably in the minority of preferring no figure (I didnt even paint the one for my BBX) as I feel Im driving, so why does it need a figure? Others feel that if its going to be scale it needs to have a driver, because after all, it its scale, its not driving itself.

I run this one: https://www.jperkins.com/products/GTP0149 Allows me to charge 4 Lipo at once, and runs off a 3 pin plug, maybe theres an equivalent for EU Markets? Also, bare in mind to leave some budget for charge leads/connectors/balance boards

Where have you saw this for sale? Its all down to budget really, and Im guessing youre in Sweden. Do you have a local modelshop?

I understand why Traxxas get hate. I do agree with the paragraph above entirely. They’re located in an area where Patent Laws are easy to obtain, and theyve took full advantage of that, which has upset people, and theyve sometimes gone after small minor companies who pose no real threat. They’ve also took credit for some things they maybe didnt deserve credit for, but rightly or wrongly, they’ve used the law to make these things stick. Its like we moan about Jeff Bezo’s not paying tax because he takes a loan out against his shares as opposed to selling bis shares to pay tax. Maybe the issue isn’t the guy not paying the tax, but the law that allows this? Traxxas are a business at the end of the day, and everything they do is to make their business successful. Theyre here to make profit, not to keep us happy, or allow others to make after market parts etc. They exist to make money, and they appear to be very good at it. They ruthlessly protect themselves. Years ago, not Traxxas, Not Tamiya, but HPI were my favourite brand. Financially, they didnt work out, and theyre a shell of their former selves. I wonder if ‘allowing’ the Baja to be ripped off for years did anything to affect their financials? Id argue Traxxas have done a lot of good for the hobby too. How many people are in the hobby now because of how accessible theyve made this hobby? RTR’s, plug and play battery chargers, upgrade packages etc? Look at how innovative they used to be? Electric start nitro? Nitro with reverse etc? The E Maxx, Brushless RTRs. Parts support is incredible too, mainly because they dont change much, but I can get parts for a 1994 Bandit in 2023, and people say that’s a negative? As opposed to a model being discontinued afted a few months and being fit for the bin once it breaks? They’re pretty despicable morally I agree, and are going too far with proprietary stuff, which is bumping up the prices, but I cant argue that looking after their business, even if it steps on others toes. I own a company, Id do the same

See, Im anti driver figure, it makes me cringe seeing an action man inside, so black windows works great for me. Horses for courses eh?

Its been a while, but with the weather being awful, we took ours out today only on a 2S Lipo (3S is much better). Seems noisier than last time but still just as capable!

The weather is awful, and I had a 2S lipo that was still way above storage charge so went for a wonder. I know people dont like Traxxas, and I understand why, but the TRX4 is just incredible! Ours has a brushless system, lots of brass etc but out of the box theyre incredibly capable. Even met some horses!

Couldnt be bothered to go to get my tools out of the van haha. It was raining.

Was more complicated than my Egress

Im more worried about the decals. You can surprisingly get away with a lot with paint.

Hows this, Mrs asked me to build the Moses Basket stand….. RC Tools FTW

No, just the area. Id have binned the shell normally, but this one means a lot to me so

The MST Wheels came. I need to get new tyres as these aren’t as wide, but theyre much better detailed and a much better colour I think youll agree: Here’s stock: Here’s the MSTs Theyre genius in the way you can set the offset. You lock it into each ridge providing a different offset. One thing I dont like, you have to glue them together once set. I wont be doing this as its a shelfer, just need to sort some tyres but I thought Id update this thread

Got the potion: Here’s the mess we are working with

This beautiful potion: Must admit, the reviews were mixed, but this has worked incredibly. Very impressed with it. Now its upto me to try and salvage the bodyshell

Dont!