Fat Freddy

Are the front wheels parallel or do they toe in or out? Mine broke. Then, when I picked it up to see what had happened, one of the drive cups fell out and disappeared between some rocks in a quarry. I had to order a replacement, (which took weeks to arrive☹️). After I finally put it all back together I noticed the front wheels toe out quite a lot. Maybe they did it before the breakage? Maybe it’s meant to be like that? It looks wrong to me, but I checked the lengths of the steering linkages and they are correct.

Soon you’ll have enough spares to rebuild the original stock one you started with 🤣

So this happened WEEKS ago. It (hopefully) turned out to be a relatively easy fix. 🤞 Not been able to test it yet because when I picked it up to see what had happened, something small and metallic fell out and rattled down between the stones, never to be seen again.🤯 It turned out to be an IFS drive cup…. £16, out of stock but available to back order. They FINALLY arrived today 🥳

Useful!

Bit late to this, not been here much recently. Depending on the cost of a separate BEC you might want to consider swapping yr ESC for a Hobbywing 1080 which has the option of 7.4V BEC? Avoids the need for separate battery boxes etc.

Looks even better with a layer of dirt👍

Made a shortie flatbed for the Element Enduro. About £4 worth of aluminium, a sheet of styrene and some dodgy fabrication skills. Really can’t decide what I want to do with this truck. Not 100% happy with it, but it definitely helps with approach/exit angle. Hoping it might look better after a couple of coats of matte black. Might add a roll bar too?

Lol, it would take years for my Element Enduro to dish out that much abuse!

Nice truck, great scenery, happy days😄👍

I temporarily put in an old Savox too. Only 21kg, and annoyingly noisy, but reliable. So it wasn’t a problem with the Servo itself, just the servo saver? Only asking as I was considering buying that same servo to replace the burnt out one.

Element Enduro. Stopped steering and servo was too hot to touch. Luckily I have a spare servo but it was bloody annoying.

Carried it a mile and a half up a hill. Fried the servo after 15 mins. Carried it home again.

Really nice to meet everyone and have a faces to put to names. Thanks @Nick for arranging this.

Nice meeting you too fella.

Hope the weather is better at Penistone Hill than it is where I live. Raining at mo 🙁

Nice looking rig. Looks better without the decals.

They never stay shiny for long. Scratches and dents = "patina" 😆

Made a a rear bumper for the Element Enduro. Just 3 lengths of aluminium bar cut to length, holes drilled, threads tapped, and all screwed together. Intended to complement the front bumper and protect the rear of the shell when it drops off obstacles. Suspect it won’t prove very durable and will just get hung up on stuff. Will test it on Sunday at the MSUK forum crawl about.

Agreed. Really makes the car your own. 👍

I bought some Mod Roc for my mini crawler course….. that I haven’t made yet 😂 https://www.modroc.com/tips-on-using-modroc-modrock-plaster-of-paris-bandage-for-modelling/

Thanks. As I said in the Sca-1e thread 🤦‍♂️… decided to keep the decals for now at least. Still not sure about them, but I can take em off any time but wouldn’t be so easy to put them back.

It’s not a Carisma, it’s an Element. Although I did make a similar one for my Stout a while back 😄👍

Finished the bumper for the Element. Can’t braze or weld. £4 worth of aluminium tube and bar… bent, cut, drilled, tapped and screwed together. Quite pleased with the result.

Yes, still not sure, but I can take them off anytime, while putting them back isn’t so easy., going to try and delete it from here and put it in “what did you do to your model today” which was where I meant to put it. 😂

Oops!