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Why is anybody into any toy car? The fastest and longest jumping car Ive seen was had a plywood chassis and beat up Typhon V2 parts. That went 7 meters further than Kevin Talbot's car which probably cost 2k on the same jump, (I measured both myself). Of the same jump the car that went off most without breaking was probably a Helion Invictus. Go figure. I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it. People like stuff for the most personal, subjective reasons. Turns out you can have an awesome amount of fun without spending a complete fortune anyway.

Would be good to know, i'm interested in fitting one to mine.

Looks like poor sintering. I wonder if the old TLR 8ight diffs are compatible. They look very similar in dimensions.

That's often to asset strip. There's lots of reasons to buy other businesses doing do well and badly. In this instance I would say it's mainly for the name/brand. If horizon products start appearing with proline tyres at no additional cost to us, that's a good thing.

Has it ever worked any differently? What colour was the clutch spring?

Its patent trolling to prevent competition. It's anti competitive. Traxxas hasn't invented anything they've patented either. It's bad for us, the customer or do you think monopolies are a good thing?

Seen a few EXBs. No problem seen. Must be something Traxxas fans say to derail threads or something.

Their racing tyres aren't bad either at any scale.

The scale/crawler tyres are some of the best though.

I'm in the UK. They can do whatever they want to reduce costs. Paying a 20% mark up because of tariffs sucks anyway.

I saw allot of people with TP motors over the last weekend and was not impressed. They overheat constantly. One or two quick runs and it's done till it cools down. Some were running the motor used in the Kraton 8S with high gearing. Fastest car I've seen in person actually used two 2000kv motors on 6S per motor, each was directly connected to the transmission. It got hot but nothing touched it. When we jumped them the nearest car jumped 6 meters shorter at 63m. That was TP powered. The problem you'll find at 8S with any motor is firstly obtaining grip and secondly tyres not immediately exploding before heat is an issue.

Metric. Nothing is compatible with the old 8ight.

I listen to friends of mine who invest in and trade currency.

It's not what the pound is today, it's what the pound could be at a later date. No one has confidence in it so no company wants to be straddled with hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of a currency that could take a dive at any minute. They jack the price up to cover themselves if tomorrow they wake up and BoJo and his disaster capitalist buddies decide it's a no deal. The pound will slump.

Hex? Torx is where it's at.

Spectrum have something similar. Traxxas batteries are overpriced for what they are and their chargers aren't great. Using a standard lipo and charger isn't a problem and you'll get far more choice and more for your money.

I assume it's the old crystal type? Have you check those?

The only problem is Proline only do them in 4.75. I love them but have to get CI ones for smaller sizes which means a bit of a wait.

Pretty sure Traxxas prices have increased over the last few years to the same. The original retail of both xmaxx and TRX4 are much more than when they originally came out. The RRP for the Defender is 600 quid now. Xmaxx was 800? Now it's 1k. COVID could increase shipping costs if they wanted it done via air freight rather than the container on a boat.

Traxxas and Tamiya have both jacked up prices. Horizon did a while back with some of the Losis.

The problem isn't just Arrma, it's the value of the pound. Versus the Euro, Dollar and Yuan it's done nothing but go down since 2016.

A pin wash is more detailing rather than weathering and its main purpose is to create depth. Typically you'd apply your base layers of paint i.e primer then the base colour, possibly apply a filter then once cured apply either a thin layer of satin or gloss varnish to seal it. Don't use matte because it will cause problems. The next step is the pin wash, where you'd typically use either thinned enamels or thinned oils. The varnish stops the base layer absorbing the thinners/oil and allows capillary action and easy cleaning. You take a thin brush, apply your pin colour, typically a darker colour of your base and apply it to details and panel lines. The reason to do it with enamels or oils over a varnish, other than the aforementioned reasons is it's extremely easy to clean up where you don't want the wash such as raised surfaces I.e. rivets or welds. Both perfect for pin wash bit also highlighting on the exposed surface. There are acrylic washes but honestly, they are no where near as easy to use it get the same effect. Some people will so several pin washes at different stages i.e. a dusty tank with streaks of oil, diesel etc. You'll do your dusting coats and other weathering and then pin wash again with a darker dust colour to create depth in places where it's needed. On YouTube, Google Mig Jiminez. He does some good videos on these techniques. For plastic models his products are also some of the best. Graphite is good stuff for metal detail. Despite all the products that get sold, you can do almost anything with oil paints, thinners, graphite and a a good set of acrylics that can be brushed of airbrushed like Mig's paints. Tamiya XF are horrible brush paints though but great through an airbrush. That a said though, got no idea how this all works on lexan.

It's 750 USD which is incredibly expensive for what you get. But it's rc4wd so expect expensive and substandard.

So it really depends. The issue with one paint over another is if the top layer contracts when it dries, it will cause problems. So if you take say Mr Surfacer and place it over acrylics, it will tear the acrylic of whatever it's attached too. Acrylics are not always equal as well i.e. tamiya XF acrylics are actually alcohol based despite people claiming they are water based. Best thing to do is if you're unsure, buy a couple of cheap lexan sheets off ebay and experiment.