wolfie1

Been so busy of late building a shed i havent had a chance to do much rc, but since im waiting for a few days for the concrete base to dry i managed to get some rc tinkering in today and tomorrow i should get out with a car for a blast, so this is where the 8s kraton is at just now

I upgrade all my cars to these rocket fans, they are more hardy and def flow a lot more air

I have bought hardened spur gears from aliexpress and havent had a problem with them breaking and on the plus they are cheap

After i destroyed the oe body in not long i just thought “nope” especially given the cost of them, sure the white doesnt look as cool as the paint job as the traxxas body but its lasting and with the sticker kits they look ok i think

When i first got into rc back in the 80’s, you went into your local model shop, there used to be 3 in aberdeen, now there is none but there is online shopping, it was a lot more face to face, before you only knew about it from the model shops so folks were more willing to meet up and go for a blast, nowadays with online folk see it on youtube, reddit, forums, facebook and the likes so dont meet up so much, for example there is a local facebook page for aberdeen and folk do post up on it on a daily basis but see trying to organise a meet up on a Saturday afternoon for example, if your lucky 1 person will turn up, its a funny old thing as its easier than ever to organise a meet up but folks are less willing to turn up

Ok centre of wheel to centre of wheel is approx 310mm yea i am genuinely shocked in a good way with what i got, another thing it has is front and back seats, dash and steering wheel inside too, not the most detailed but its there

I am using the proline brute bash body, it cannot be painted but you can get sticker kits for it, its what i did for mine. 1 thing i would say though is i messed up to begin with when i put the stickers on and as some have come off i have wiped the body down with brake cleaner and used adhesion promoter second time round and now they stay on! This is the body i have and its indestructible https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/proline-pre-cut-brute-bash-armour-body-white-307537/ there is also a black 1 that wasnt around when i bought mine https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/proline-precut-brute-bash-armor-black-body-371777/

I have seen on aliexpress a 6x6 landrover made by austarhobby with a very detailed shell that again looks trx6 compatible, there is another too yikong i think the brand is for the same sort of money which is £380ish but when there is deals on it will come down but have no experience of it so dont know if its any good, it certainly looks good though. will measure the wheelbase when i go outside to my workshop

Original wheels just look like beadlocks, tyres feel nice n soft though

I thought he has was on about set screws, not actual screws

Had some used axle armour laying around, that went on too decided to have a look inside the steering servo and was pleasantly surprised what i found, even had teeny orings on the screws i also had lying around some soft sweep tyres and weighted fastrax wheels and this is what it looks like now I am really surprised at what i got for the price, this has a winch that appears to be capable to pull the weight of the vehicle, side lights, headlights, roof light, indicators which are even on the mirrors, brake light and reverse lights, you can turn all the lights completely off or on from the transmitter, 2 speed gearbox with metal gears everywhere and trx4 compatibility for spares so its got a lot going for it and a 1/3 of the price as the trx4! Ok i dont think the model on the whole is waterproof and the transmitter doesnt have servo reversing but it was £130 to my door, its a no brainer!

I seen this on a deal on aliexpress from £130 delivered to me and apart from aaa batteries for the control it was properly rtr, i was a bit skeptic as you know the saying if its too good to be true it probably is, but this thing is an exception to this, for the price its well made, well put together and all in its decent, so this is what i received for my money which you have probably seen already i tried it outside and its pretty good, get a fast walking pace on high range and nice n slow on low and a decent trail truck, but being the hobby we cannot leave them alone for long, first mod was my favourite yipin 80kg servo which could have been a no go as 1 thing this truck doesnt have is a servo reverse switch which never occurred to me until i thought i may need it, but luckily both servos went the right way next was a cheap foc Hobbywing 2 in 1, no point buying a motor that cost the same as the truck is there, i was pleasantly surprised with a metal spur gear, 1 thing though is the original motor shaft and a big bevel on it so the pinion would not swap across, i had the oe pinion from the trx4 so fitted that and reassembled, the way the motor is held in place and the way you mesh pinions is exactly the same as the trx4 i had some brass stuff for the trx4 which i had swapped out from heavier so tried them on, perfect fit so this car has locked front and rear diffs and since the brass fitted perfectly thought i would compare a trx4 axle, looks the same to me, even has blanks where the shift cables go through

It has a 2 speed gearbox, if i am understanding correctly, if the locking diffs dont fit in the axles, the axles themselves are a direct swap, i was wanting to do some testing today, but again things have gotten in the way

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I have 1 of these in green up in the loft, its a fast little thing for inside use