jariworsley

I have read enough of other people's build threads... always appreciated. time for me to put the effort in and document a build myself. in this case a christmas present kit - the Xpress Execute XM1S . I was originally going to go for the shaft driven 4wd Carten M210R but could not find it in stock in the UK in time. The XM1S is a belt driven 4wd m-chassis size kit, builds only as 210mm wheelbase. Chassis only, no wheels, tyres, electrics or shell. https://www.rc-xpress.com/execute-xm1s-1-10-4wd-mini-touring-car-kit-xp-90005-00078753 the UK importers are SpeedRC. I have a mini pickup shell to go with it. Not sure on electronics yet - I know it needs a shorty lipo. Not sure if regular servo will fit. We shall see. Need to work out what motor and ESC will suit. I am happy to wait until later in the build to figure that out. Spent a good hour and a half over lunch time building this while the rest of the family built lego... I am only just finished with page 1 of the build ... who knew assembling turnbuckles to the correct length could be so time consuming! Small box - much smaller than the tamiya. Box contents chaotically laid out, plus some tools to build. What is needed for page 1 - small bits from lots of bags. and at least one thing I could not find at all. there is supposed to be a tool to help with the turnbuckle building. Cant find it at all. There is a turnbuckle wrench but... using spanners instead. And this is it for all that effort. my son has built the marvel lego from one of the pics already. I am.... only just off page 1. All turnbuckles built to length (tried to get them within 0.1mm). I used some left over tamiya grease on the threads to make them easier to adjust. Found that for final adjustment if I use two spare 3mm tools through each end I can hold the links in place and turn the turnbuckle more easily. I also found that... - my eyesight is rubbish for some of the instruction manual (phone on 4x zoom is my friend there). - its possible to get a blood blister when trying to get ball ends in to the new rod ends... - it seems to take longer than I thought to get this done. at this rate I'll be finished by the end of january... - so. many. small. parts. .. going to have to get organized or I will lose something. Next is a start on the diffs - gear diff at the rear and spool at the front from memory.

I ended up getting two - the Express XM1S and a tamiya m08. build threads to follow! one of those m05 might be on the list another day - crackingly good price on it

two kits to build. I like the building of things, and building nice clean and new is a treat. so while the family are getting stuck in to this years lego gifts I am going to start on the Xpress xm1s. I have a mini pickup shell to go with the xm1s. its 210mm wheelbase chassis only. belt drive, 4wd. not sure what shell i will get for the m08, current thinking is either mk2 escort or the hpi datsun 510 - old school rear drive is most likely.

It's the three fold issue of sand, salt and water that is the big problem isnt it? That's what I read above. I have not tried it- liv about as far from the coast as it is possible to be in this country! Sand gets everywhere. Like magic. Water can be protected against and proofed. Another +1 here to Redback mention of corrosionx. I have waterproofed speed controllers and receive rs with that stuff and then they survived total Immersion. Literally- I dunked a receiver in a jam jar of water after treating and it was fine. Salt however... I don't see how to get away from total clean and rebuild when salt water is involved. Or I'd have to think about it differently. Either get something that is not affected by the salt water Or choose to view certain parts as sacrifical and live with the rusting. Or get work to protect some parts and make the rest easier to clean. Something like a 2wd tamiya kit ? Lots of plastic...! Less complexity to rust or clean if 2wd. Waterproof electronics and perhaps even use the bushings rather than bearings? You'd want to be able to hose it down for ease of cleaning. Not sure how you could protect the motor bearings for example though? Marine grease? There are bits of steel in salt water the whole time with products to protect them... But they tend to be a.much larger scale. If I lived near the coast and a beach it's a challenge I would set myself- to have a regular beach runner

Science fiction, science fact or books about various hobbies. We have New Scientist on subscription, that arrives every week. Last year books on cheese making and curing meats, wine and beer making. Science fiction... Neal Asher is good, also Alastair Reynolds, Iain M Banks.

Ran through my first tank of nitro in a long, long while... resurrected by thunder tiger s28. its the normal engine and a fancier (loud) pipe. cant remember the efra number. Carefully checked over, batteries charged, servos checked... new fuel bought just to remove that problem... and glow starters discharged/charge cycled a few times to make sure. and i surprised myself with it actually working, and me remembering things. unfortunately the place i went to run it will need to be brushless only. I hadnt twigged it is right next to some stables in the college. someone came out near the end of the tank. I stopped straight away. I cant imagine being in a stall with a horse with the noise of a nitro engine within 50 metres. I will have to find somewhere else for my IC horsepower. Also ran first battery through the mad bull i built over last few months. much more horse friendly noise. I shouldnt think they can even hear it. pics another time but its not standard - absima shocks, ball raced throughout, and a few of the steering mods (shrink tube on the arms and a rod to tighten up steering)... oh... and a 3653 4 pole 3000kv brushless motor. 😄 it is rapid enough. on fresh wet tarmac its possible to totally spin it at speed - steering hard over and on the brakes, wait a bit then carry on. so 2 missions accomplished. I have heard and smelt one of my nitro cars going again, and built and run the mad bull. Edit: it's 3000kv not 3600. And an RB concepts 9863 pipe.

well done! was that top sleuthing or you recognized immediately? given the date of release that is way before my interest in RC. that is decades old.

not sure exactly what it is. second picture shows Kyosho on the exhaust. looks a lot like the kyosho in this article: https://www.rccaraction.com/50-years-of-kyosho/ do you know any more of the history? worth a browse here maybe: https://www.rcscrapyard.net/kyosho.htm#NTC1

having to check calendar to see if it is April the 1st. £1 ? if your choice really is putting it in the bin or someone collecting it for £1 ... then dont put it in the bin, I will collect it for £1. I will use it, then when you change your mind you can have it back for £1. or Why not just stick it in the loft for a few months?

what shop in Germany? ahhh. search on auction site and it pops up . so that is one vote for tamiya of some flavour.

I am thinking of treating myself to a new kit for Christmas. Very much enjoyed methodically building a Mad Bull, there is something very mindful/restful about building something. Similar to a Lego build I guess... fewer pieces but more scale, faster and you get to actually use it after. I have in mind a few options for body - either a mini or mini pickup (I used to have a 1:1 twin carb 1380cc mini BITD), or some other classic like a mk1 or 2 escort, or i think some of the beetle shells look cracking. I have not looked at full size touring shells. yes I know i have left it late but there is still stuff around. Budget of 150ish for the kit, no shell, electrics etc. I really want a nice build. I keep coming back to 4 options, and looking to see if anyone has experience of the brands or specific kits and build that would be very welcome. They are a mix of fwd, variable, 4wd, shaft or belt drive. all need slightly different things to finish, e.g. some wheels and tyres, some just tyres. Either: mainstream would be Tamiya M-07 or M-08 https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/tamiya-m-07-concept-chassis-kit-420907 https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/tamiya-m-08-chassis-kit-440893 non mainstream: the Carten M210R or the M210R plus http://www.carten-rc.com/a/Products/Electric/2019/0121/172.html or from the XPress range - XM1S https://www.rc-xpress.com/xpress-rc-car-kits/m-chassis-rc-car https://www.rc-xpress.com/execute-xm1-1-10-competition-4wd-mini-touring-car-kit-xp-90004-00079107 others I've been looking at Schumacher Mission FT - full size though. not m-chassis length. would need inspiration on the body shell. 3Racing sakura d4 ABC hobby gambado. MST TCR-M so i guess first question - go off piste or go tamiya?

I wasn't sure whether to drag EC5 connections into the mix. they would have the same benefit as xt - no chance of shorting the bullets as they are shrouded. soldering - easy yes or no? i have no problem with bullets and have an 80w weller iron. interwebs seem mixed on them - but perhaps that depends on soldering skills? xt60- 😕 now you say rated to 60a burst. now I have votes of 60a burst and 60a continuous for them! think i might just get a batch of the Amass xt60 and give it a go on 2s connections. then pause and look at the 90 and xt150

🙂 yes I do remember that Tug. thanks. I remember your crazy savage too - didn't you have inline resistor and separate wires to connect up for for anti-spark? my back of cigarette packet maths says 15-30 amps average use . and that is well below the rating for the xt60. so i wonder why people fit the larger 90s and 150s. whether it is just belt and braces / safety net. or whether it is actually needed? or maybe the burst matters more when it comes to heat? that's what this rating is about yes? does heat generated at the connector rise linearly with current ? (or on a square law? ) i guess going up one - e..g xt90 to be sure is the safe option.

Quick question . I have all sorts of different connectors on a mixed range of cars. Mainly 4mm bullets , some deans, and 5.5mm bullets (I think. might be 6). I've been eyeing up the xt60, 90 and 150 connectors . I never resolved my worry of having the bullet connectors short out. you have to be so careful. the XT would solve that. so the question.. what size is actually needed? do you bother matching to the ESC? pretty sure years ago everyone on here was running XT60 connectors with 120 and 150a ESC in eighth scale buggy and monster truck. What has changed for people to move to xt90 or 150s? my limited reading round says xt60 are rated at 60 amps continuous. seems there is a lot more discussion on this in the heli and air groups. i guess especially with th ehelis if the amps aren't flowing... the craft isn't flying.. 60 amps continuous seems overkill for a car? or is it the burst current that kills them? need to check my maths here as well. if I have a 6000 mAh hour battery it can deliver 6 amps for an hour. actually less than that because we don't fully discharge them going to ignore that. so if that battery is drained in an hour that is a continuous 5 amps if drained in 15 minutes that is 20 amps continuous. thoughts?

This..^^^^^^^ Which seems to qualify to me as a total bargain.

not quite black friday sale. or maybe it is. The brushed versions of the losi mini t 2.0 are going on discount all over the place. I had intended to get from MS, but they went on back order. Ended up supporting that American billionaires rocket fund. charging now. Looks dainty, small, and slippering as hell on kitchen floor. too wet to try outside tonight.

looks like they just cancelled and relisted as a lot of just the losi muggies: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165192785129?hash=item267641dce9:g:fHAAAOSwB7BhmPkJ three of them. pick up from coventry. there must be someone on here that is close to that.

From memory... I think technically the 31.25mm at the end is the aerial. It is possible to recut the wire to make a broken transmitter or receiver work again. I have done it twice , batting 2 for 2. Measure accurately and remove the outer mesh, making sure not to cut the inner core. It's like magic... 🙂

I really hope it was you that saw this and bought. Losi muggy. Like London buses. Wait for ages then three turn up all in the same lot ..! I was very tempted but too expensive and further than I am willing to travel at the moment. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-job-lot-nitro-cars-muggy-losi-Hpi-trophy-4-6-futaba-t3vcs-Coventry-/165191722989?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

Two unrelated buys, happen to arrive on same day. The 2wd stampede off here. and an unknown quantity/condition hyper mini ST off ebay . yes I know the mini st is ancient, but I like the scale. I have one already, so this is spares. the stampede is my first traxxas. it is very... rubbery and flexible.

a few different builds in mind so at this stage i am really just window shopping and making sure when I do get round to it I don't end up missing the newer options. not racing, bashing only. three things in mind: resurrecting / getting on with a truggy conversion - I have a thunder tiger st-1 plus rc-monster mount to convert it. 5 years ago I 'd have been off to that auction site looking for a 4082 leopard can, something like 1500-2000kv. and a 150a esc to match. and the motor I never quite pulled the trigger on were the TP Power ones. the 4070. Huge things. 🙂 Tamiya - i have a mad bull and pumpkin in box to make. Smaller scale - here is where I have no prior experience or knowledge at all. I have been eyeing up the LC Racing kit - the self build buggy. and/or the Losi Mini t 2.0.

Where are the go to places and brands for new motors and ESC's in 2021? 5 years not looked at the cars i have properly and things have changed... it used to be something like... roughly sorted by memory from most expensive to cheap and cheerful Lehner Neu or Castle TP Power? Leopard , hobbywing, tenshock hobbyking or other random brand from ebay from china. now... I can see that Lehner is still there and i am still not spending that much! Leopard seems to have virtually disappeared - used to be loads on ebay but not anymore. i remember lots of pictures of brushless conversions with that big red can in - either 4082 or the one I never bought the 4092. new name seems to be surpass hobby? on ESC - iirc everyone seemed to go Castle, hobbywing or take a risk on something from hobbyking. that still the same? What am I missing?

thanks froggy and james. this was a walk down memory lane: when i decided what I absolutely needed to do was figure out how and repair a lipo. turning a 3s into a 2s by removing the dead outer cell... not sure I would do that now!

pming you now

prices....! losi micro is selling for more than brand new. or £150 for a traxxas jato? bonkers. where are the days of the £50 hyper 7 on that well known auction site? i was looking for something 2wd - there used to be firestorm, rush and the like by the bucket load. and when did so many models get discontinued? some things still seem reasonable - the tamiya kits dont look to have changed that much in price and you get the build of it.