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  1. ST Pro - going back to it's original owner.  She's done nowt but sit in it's box since I bought it.  

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    2. tanveer

      tanveer

      The tekno et48 is arguably the best 8th scale truggy on the market. 

    3. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      On a track perhaps

    4. tanveer

      tanveer

      The track is where they are at home, but i can say after helping a friend out building and setting up his et48.3 there isnt any brushless truggy on that level. Even in a bashing environment it trumps any other truggy iv come across in strength alone. 

  2. Slightly cross to discover a website has 'stolen' a photo of mine from Flickr and is using it without permission or even crediting it to me.  

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    2. Tug

      Tug

      Not your naked selfies being "leaked" again? ;)

    3. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      Yes!  It must be your website Tug!  www,longjohns,co,uk

    4. cyronn

      cyronn

      lol capri

  3. Just shocks to do and MTe rebuild complete.  Next on the bench an ST Pro to E conversion for a mate.  Lets hope that one's as good as it looks and not a basket case to start with.

    1. Fly In My Soup

      Fly In My Soup

      Oooo any vids?? 

       

       

  4. Frustration of building a kit to the manual.... only to realise the turnbuckle lengths are so wrong it's laughable.  Rear toe is one thing, but running the manual length i'd have about 15 degrees! 

    1. Fly In My Soup

      Fly In My Soup

      Set it up for drift :D

  5. Gotta love the UK.  Parts from HK, 2 days after shipping arrive at Heathrow.  2 weeks later there still 'progressing through our network'.  

    1. dazp1976

      dazp1976

      Singing:

      "DR Evil had an airporrrrrrt, filled with frickin' idiots" :doh:

    2. RCbutcher

      RCbutcher

      I waited two weeks to find out i didn't order lol. Gutted. 

    3. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      And...... possible arrived today, despite still saying progressing through blah blah blah.  So they'll have to wait till next sat to collect as the local depot is only open till 12.  

       

      :/

  6. Sooo.... last nights The Walking Dead was as poor as expected.  

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    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      For me the Negan storyline has just dragged too long.  Too many episodes where nothing has happened to either develop the character arc or further the storyline - not dissimilar to what's come before just dragged along to the Nth degree.  I've been a fan since Day 1 so won't stop watching regardless - hopefully the whisperers will bring back the walkers as a real menace, rather than a convenient method to get Zombie Repellent Rick out of another certain death situation.

    3. Sharkfat78

      Sharkfat78

      Glad it wasn't just me Alex. I proper threw the rattle out of my pram when that happened and stormed off upstairs. It wasn't needed at all.

      I might watch it again at some point in 2023 when Rick finally kills Neegan! 

    4. Bajadre

      Bajadre

      been watching since day one big fan of the series and comics glad they kept negan alive rick kept his promise to carl etc this seasons been a bit meh but there going in a new direction now the producer said sad to see morgan go to fear like him waiting on that chopper still and the whispers group should pop up soon,governor was still the don tho upto negan and lucil :)

  7. Day out, supposed to be a jolly but ended up hiking up the N Lincs coast, too much of it on the beach.  Cream crackered.

  8. Evilbay - Selling mini me's scalextric - sought after set but well used - clearly state cash on collection, no delivery - counter an offer with £X CASH ONLY and the buyer agrees, pays paypal and tells me eBay urges him to do so.  I'm not daft enough to fall for a not received claim on a collection so i've refunded him.  Expecting my first neg feedback in 7yrs of using this account and first one ever since joining eBay around 1998/9.

    1. Oh How Original

      Oh How Original

      Contact eBay about it if he does leave negative feedback.

      Although, a note, if someone does get a best offer accepted, it does tell you to pay via PayPal, or by some electrical means, maybe he's not trying to pull a fast one and is a bit naive?

      Either way, best offers should only be done face to face for collection items only... Never add a best offer to a collection item.

      Lesson learned for future :good:

    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      Just discovered he's a scalextric dealer so perhaps not naive - I'm sure he did get prompted to pay straight away - and looking at what he's trying to sell the same cars for from the set he's just bought he's got a lot of profit in it.  Lesson learned re best offers though - it does ring a bell.

  9. Thanks MS for replying to my message this morning.  No moaning about it here won't help but will make me feel marginally better.

    1. Oh How Original

      Oh How Original

      Don't say a bad word against MS customer service, people will call you a liar like they did with me :lol: 

    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      Not the first time.  My last conversation with them was about a back order part i'd waited months and months for.  Turned out it's been in stock for months and months, someone just forgot to enter the stock onto the computer.  It happens, not just MS - but as a generalisation UK retailers when they get to a certain size seem to struggle.  Very small guys seem fine, and the huge ones (think Amazon) .

    3. Oh How Original

      Oh How Original

      I had several issues with a model I bought, I rang them up about it because I couldn't get stock of a single item, they saw my issue and told me to just take the model back for a refund if I was able to do so, so I did, only to find out they wanted to offer me 'trade-in' price for it back?!

      Asked to speak to the manager, but he wouldn't come to the front desk, was hiding in the back somewhere and sent someone else out to deal with it.

      After that, they basically told me to leave and I couldn't buy anything else from them.

      I have done online since then though, but that experience left a very bitter taste in my mouth.

  10. :/  Too much sludge / semi snow to run out, too cold to sit in the man cave and wrench.  :/

  11. Forgive the double status.  5000mah 90c graphenes' £21 each on hk UK warehouse.  sale ends tonight I hear.

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    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      Yes 2s.  I got the 6000's the first time they we're on offer.  Lots of rumours then they had issues and we're being sold off.  In mine and some friends who use them experience they've been v good lipos, considering the price.  5000msh a little low for me but prob ample for some.

    3. Vr5fx

      Vr5fx

      Never touching Graphines again. Worse than Gens Ace IMO :lol:

    4. Oh How Original

      Oh How Original

      Got to admit, my Graphenes were spot on... I'd definitely get some 3s packs if they were the right specs and dimensions, but they always seem too big.

  12. Guys boast about finding HSP / Strada rebrand drift car in local garden centre, £30 to clear.  NEW.  Guy buys two, asks £150 for them. There's a bargain for everyone (not everyone could get to said garden centre etc) and being greedy.  

    1. Andy20xe

      Andy20xe

      wish i could find stuff that cheap

      !

  13. CML have taken stock of the Hobao DC! crawlers.  Out to retailers by next week.  

    1. RCbutcher

      RCbutcher

      They look decent trucks too. Looking forward to reading about them. 

  14. Love payroll time of month.  Makes it especially fun to pay rent and other bills at the same time.

  15. Any good buys in the HK sale?  Need a couple things so whilst i'm at it it'd be rude not to grab some extra bits!  Lifes to short to trawl through though!

  16. Don't suppose anyone uses big (100ml plus) plastic syringes at work and could spere / sell me a few please?  Gobsmacked how £££ they are on evilbay

    1. 53HRA

      53HRA

      Got a pic of the one / exact one you need? Should have a few spare!

    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      Cheers bud that would be awesome

       

      - nothing specific - kinda like this:Image result for 150ml syringe

       

      There for preschool so need to be either new or only used for food safe - i'm building a water wall and these are to demonstrate hydraulics.

       

  17. Mini me building his first RC kit.  Very frustrating!  

    1. stonedef

      stonedef

      My lad is the same. He's hardly started his Konghead he got for Christmas and I'm itching to finish it for him but he (and SWMBO) won't let me :(

    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      He's doing ok, it's the 'I can't' reaction that's frustrating!  This too is a Xmas kit, has only been started as i've limited his screen time (phone etc).

  18. Whose the resident eMaxx guru?  Need to pick some quick brains re one.

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    2. Kpowell911

      Kpowell911

      3906 or 3905?

    3. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      3906 it seems Guns

    4. Kpowell911

      Kpowell911

      Personally wouldnt touch a stock 3906, I bought an rtr one years sgo for around £60. It it has UE bits etc Id be all over it

  19. Just like a bus. Wait for a decent truggy to come along to partner my X1 CRT and two come along at once.  Keep the berserker or st pro :/

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    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      Busy week and half at work now, then hopefully some time over easter... hopefully.  Should the weather be total crud this weekend i will get the berserker out it's box and have a good look myself.

    3. Gaz!

      Gaz!

      Keep us updated then please mate.

      interested to hear your thoughts. :good:

    4. WiLLiE

      WiLLiE

      There are a few YouTube video’s with the berserker running higher kv motors with what seems to be no problems .

  20. Someone buy that 8S capable Hobbywing Quicrun 150a on eBay, then video the results of 8S through it :D  Could use a laugh.  Paypal's got you covered.

    1. Fly In My Soup

      Fly In My Soup

      True true...I'll never run the vxl8s on 8s either

    2. WiLLiE

      WiLLiE

      That should make a nice smoke bomb :crying:

    3. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      At least the vxl8s is rated for 8S.  Quicrun 150a isn't...

  21. Resolution finally reached on the Hong Nor Kit that was delivered light of most of it's parts.  Took awhile but happy enough with outcome and didn't need PP protection in the end.

  22. Parcelforce!!!!! Most annoyed - I expect service (or lack thereof) like this from the throw it over the fence brigade - pay extra for the privilege but the last two days they've really tried my patience!  Rant over.

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    2. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      HK stuff - supposedly came yesterday - no card left - didn't update tracking details online till after depot had closed to tell me they'd tried to deliver.  Left polite note on door today asking driver, if no one or no neighbour in, to take to local PO as they do 99/100.  Get home to find card through door.  Coming again tomorrow allegedly.  Spend 30mins on hold to talk to customer services - first time get a depot in carlisle - advised only local depot themselves can sort so to press '5' when prompted.  Do that, spend twenty mins to then get bumped to N wales as the system decided i'd waited too long.  N wales operator promised to call Nottingham to sort, and call me back to confirm.  45 mins till they close, no call back.

    3. WiLLiE

      WiLLiE

      Download the parcel force app , set all your preferences , might be worth a go .

    4. Oh How Original

      Oh How Original

      Ahhh that sucks when that happens!

  23. Ouch.  HK sales are too tempting.

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    2. Oh How Original

      Oh How Original

      Showing as £120.42 for me.

    3. johninderby

      johninderby

      Now back to 120 for me as well. 

    4. johninderby

      johninderby

      The Desert Fox clear body sets were also on sale for £3.03 so ordereda couple.  :thumbsup:

       

      https://hobbyking.com/en_us/desert-fox-clear-body-full-set.html

  24. BIG sale at Hobbyking - @Guns - Berserker V V cheap.

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    2. Oh How Original

      Oh How Original

      It's nice for them to have a sale on stuff you'd actually want, normally it's 800mah 5-6s batteries lol.

      Showing over 5500 on sale for me, most of it is 50% off, might have to do some more retail therapy :unsure:

    3. Kpowell911

      Kpowell911

      Just ordered one and a 4s lipo for £120. Dont know when ill get the rest of the stuff for it mind

    4. Fly In My Soup

      Fly In My Soup

      90% of their stuff in the 50% off or more sale is on backorder, just made a large order to find, since adding to basket 2 minutes previously, they had also changed the price of two shells, and 8 out of the 12 items where on backorder.

       

      Cancelled order:boredlook:

  25. Snow day :( Work closed.  

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    2. .AJ.

      .AJ.

      I wouldn’t have a problem going to work in this weather, but not allowed to take my daughter into work 

    3. QRC

      QRC

      Our local council has decided to suspend refuse collections for today, alittle bit of snow and this country grinds to a holt as per normal. :huh:

    4. capri-boy

      capri-boy

      A bit more than a little up here.  Main roads are passable but anything not gritted isn't unless you've chains / 4x4

       

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