Lone-wolf
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Nice to see Chris at Hemistorm channel has hit 100k subs, great channel
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Ruddy weather is doin me head in, built the Atomrc dolphin delta wing plane a month back, no maiden flight yet, now got the HPI RS4 waiting for 1st run, no let up in wet stuff
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Really impressed with service from Wheelspin models, i ordered a bodyshell but a day later had a change of mind, i rang them and turned out it had not shipped due to shadow stock they changed my order and refunded the small despite me saying keep the change difference, brilliant service
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@BashingBrian Ive been. It looks pretty cool but it is what it is. It used to be amazing before (10 years ago) when it was all open and huge. Obviously theyre 90% online now Id guess so makes sense to have the majority of their space as warehouse/storage.
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who watched the Talbot video where he jumps an XO-1, i could not believe it was still drivable after such a huge jump
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I see Modelsport have a black friday going on
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I can't say about most of that stuff as I wasn't aware of what it was up at last week, but the first 5 or so Tamiya's in that section are the same as they've been for a while on there, certainly not gone down in the last month or so, and still a fair bit more than many other UK based model shops.
I'm always a little surprised at the miniscule (if any) discounts that are offered through MS, WS etc, when compared to the far bigger and far more regular price cuts you see at amain etc. Surely profit margins themselves are not drastically different over the pond to here?
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Crawler shocks, why are the majority of them utter garbage, i think i might do a youtube video showing how bad most of these are
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To be fair, that's why you usually buy known good/expensive shocks. Element GT, or GTS shocks are known to be good, it's not a gamble. My TF2 shocks came with the TF2 (obviously^^), i'd not have bought them myself because i knew prior to getting them that they're likely to leak.
The proline shocks were a gamble - now others learn from it, if anyone mentions them i add my experience, leading to more informed purchases.
So the reality usually is, potentially throw £15 away (nothing's guaranteeing the second set is gonna be better) - or pay £70 once (TRX-4 shocks), but then have some of the best shocks available for your truck, both in terms of function as well as reliability. It can be fun to hunt for bargains, or potentially cheaper parts that do the same thing - but especially in regards to shocks, cheap parts just don't do the same thing. I've used cheap "upgrade parts" over Vitavon or PPS parts (for half, sometimes even a quarter the price), and they worked just fine - but i'll stick to simpler parts. More complicated and/or crucial parts for function, i'll go with the known good stuff.
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What’s up guys? I love this hobby all around 20+ years am new to the crawler scene have a trail honcho started adding weight and it bottomed out .I tried beefing up the springs different shocks nothing supported it until I put an old set of revo shocks with the factory soft spring but it does perfect. Referring to cheap parts I thought the Injora metal front and rear axels were so cool and $80 was awesome they look good we’re great for less than a week broke driver front axel shaft.It is machined too far where pin holds drive cup to shaft ,5 times it’s broken do you have any suggestions for a replacement so I wouldn’t have to change axels completely?
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I have banned myself from posting on any Traxxas thread, so all you fanboys can relax
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lone-wolf keep posting, don't segregate your self on a forum that to be honest needs every post it can get as social media has killed a lot of traffic, it is your opinion and that is all that matters.
at the end of the day were just fellow toy car enthusiasts and all of us are entitled to our opinions on the various companies that make the toy cars, im not a fan of traxxas as a company but i have a rustler and a bandit and more recently a trx-4 and i enjoy them for what they are 🙂
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are there any good crawling spots near Llandudno, we over there for a vacation soon
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I was going to get some vinyl lettering done for the Texan the words "Tex x2 nearly £10 i really dont think so, not at that price
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going back to work tomorrow after a few days of with covid, might be a mistake going in to work
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Sorry to hear about your troubles @Shergar after getting Covid.
Seems to differ wildly between people even in the same age groups/health conditions etc. Friend of my sisters who was previously healthy and is in her early 30's (so fairly young) got Covid when it first hit the UK. She got better but 2 years later still gets breathless doing things she took for granted before like simply walking up the stairs etc. Think she has scarring on the lungs or something.
Devastated so many and still is.
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Is there any point in buying RTR cars, seems pretty much all of them need stripping, checking,greasing to be right
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What a truly sad day one of the forklift drivers at work had been fighting some demons and at 0300 lost the battle and took his life, Ben will be missed a heck of a lot by a lot of people
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Its funny a good few years back rc rally cars were fairly popular, then people lost interest, now it seems they are getting popular again
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Anyone know what tooth count a maverick strada RX pinion has as stock its an 08 mod, want to order a larger one at same time as car
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Took me a while.
Brushed: MV22693 17t pinion
Brushless: MV22695 19t pinion
Info from here
https://www.hpiracing.com/assets/documents/maverick/exploded_views/mv29995_vol01_strada_e.pdfScroll down to the RX
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Carisma scale adventure are to announce 1 maybe 2 new models 5pm tomorrow looking at the press think it might be a new MSA and a new SCA-1e, wonder what it will be
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I have decided to close down my FB group RC Traildrivers UK, the group has totally failed to grow, and has cost me money keep buying fresh rigs to vary content while none of the members have contributed, it will close on wednesday coming
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could this be a mis print on model sport https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/carisma-scale-adventure-subaru-brat-clear-body-set-313mm-for-crawler-445620
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got the urge to get a cheap electric touring car again
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starting to get over run with rc cars, might be time to sell 3 scale crawlers and replace with one better model
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New crawler due today....happy days
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Decisions.....i want a new shell for my SCX10 11 but torn between pre order on 2021 bronco or classic dodge power wagon shell....
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Ha ha, bought a wltoys 124018 about 5 months back and ordered some bits to do brushless, not touched it not even run it yet, cant see it being used now
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Where can i get a royalty free cartoon image of a rock crawler that i can use as a header for my crawler video`s
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you could try converting one of your photos https://www.media.io/photo-to-cartoon.html
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got my DC1 on ebay, the truck no one wants, so i get a very cheeky offer of £90......really, some prat in Birmingham
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@Andy20xe maybe i should put Traxxas stickers on it that will sell it lol
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