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That looks pretty smart, I am finding to me anyway it handles better with the battery over the rear. I don’t do extreme side climbs though…

Thanks @MrPeaski I might give those a try, but will see if my new tyres arrive early next week first to make sure they are tall enough - spec says 120mm but as always with the Far East supply need to measure what’s delivered!

I figured its a bit of fun, somewhere to keep the sandwiches when out on a long drive? 😉 I have the chassis and toolbox printed, along with small parts for the rear bumper and "lights" and "vents", the big box (in white) is on the printer now ETA 3am, but I am missing the tow hardware as I ordered a new bumper set front/rear from China and that's still in the post along with the trailer hitch part that needs to bolt on to the trailer. I'll probably spend ages making it then never use it... but half the fun is in the built right!

Looks like my car has made it from China to UK... just not to me yet. I am looking at ordering alloy front bearing carrier and arms as I think they are a weak point? The alloy ones seem to be cheaper as a full set rather than buying just the bits needed, and it seems that the hex drives on the axles are another weak point and the alloy ones are better - anyone have any experience? I don't want to order a lot of parts before I have the car, but equally chinese new year is getting closer and I would rather than stock in the post before they shut down than break the car and china is closed for new year and I can't get parts.

@MrPeaski Nice job on the front bumper, can I ask about your axle stands, the ones I printed from Thingiverse are not a great fit for the DC1 axle, are those ones you designed or are they someone from 'tinternet somewhere? Tyres: The Kit tyres are 115mm tall, and the ones I ordered are a bit taller at 120mm and I am hoping they visually look a bit more chunky: Injora Tyres Not got them yet, but I need more tyres as I am (amazingly slowly!) 3d printing this offroad trailer from thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3543490 I already bought alloy beadlockers so I already have 9 wheels, but only 5 tyres so I needed more tyres anyway for the trailer so if they turn out to be rubbish rubber when they arrive I will keep Hobao on the DC1 and put the Injora ones on the trailer - I think the Injora tyres will look better so as long as they are not made of bakealite I will swap them onto the beadlockers.

Still pleased with my DC1, have ordered a winch bumper from China and some different tyres that are slightly taller (120mm) and I hope will fill the arches a bit better. Need to finish my 3D printed trailer as well, I have the original HoBao wheels but no tyres so once new tyres arrive and they go onto the beadlockers I can use the original tyres for the trailer. still need to improve the steering, I am hoping a metal steering arm might take out some of the play, also on way from the Far East…

Don’t have mine yet but lots of reviews mention 3s is fine on the esc, which I believe is identical between v1 and v2? I was thinking that 2S might be fast enough for fun running though… I didn’t order any extra battery’s yet waiting to see what it’s like on 2S.

What batteries is everyone running in these? I am have just made an impulse purchase of a 124017... I was looking at a HBX 16889A Pro to go with the FTX Tracer the kids already have but they seem to be quite expensive at the moment and the '017 was a lot of car for not a lot of money!

I did that, but it looks a bit like the left wheel is not dead parallel, the tyres are a bit “wobbly” so it’s hard to see 100%. It’s quite an angle for the steering link, can’t help wondering if the axle mount makes the servo more efficient.

Thanks, I think the combination of colours has potential to look fantastic - just needed more trans red! Where it’s gone on heavier on the bonnet and the side ridges on the doors it’s a real cherry red. Oh well next time! was aiming for this: https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/97235-custom-colour-thread/&do=findComment&comment=842357 Found some other shells in this combo as well but can’t find the links right now.

thanks will do. servo (25kg Chinese job) came with a nice alloy arm, but it has a protruding part on the rear that fouls the chassis so I used the kit plastic one and I can see some flex in it as well. steering right Center’s back nicely. Steering left does not centre fully, it’s still slightly left - something not quite right. need to dial the brake back even further, already programmed it much less than default but it still stands on its nose if you let off the throttle!

Ok made it all fit after some cable management, still can’t find rubber grommet for the receiver box! Here it is, first shell painted in about 20 years - didn’t quite come out as planned. It’s Tamiya ps37 trans red backed with ps-48 metallic silver then black. I made mistake of not laying down enough trans red - probably needed the whole can in hindsight and it was hard to tell how red was red enough! Apart from the silvery red sparking from too much silver coming through quite pleased with the rest. Watched a hemistorm video on YouTube and cut the overspray mask on the outside for the window rubbers then sprayed them black on the outside so they appear more Matt. I did the door shuts and panel joins with 0.7 micron kyusho tape. Looks good so far but will see if over time it peels away. Lights spliced to a single JST on the body that’s into the receiver, tested the winch controller and it’s quite clever - too clever. It changes direction each time so would work with a button but I wanted to use it with a toggle switch on the transmitter. Also not quite sure if I will drill it into the kit bumper as the holes line up with the bumper mounts, or get another bumper with winch mount. just need to work out now why it steers better right than left!

Which way round does everyone have their ESC? I put mine in the middle like the manual, same way as everclear has in his build thread, but I am finding that the interior is fouling the wires out of the ESC making it hard to get the front of the body to sit cleanly on the pins? Also having a panic I can’t seem to find the rubber grommet that seals he RX box where the servo wires exit! 😯 RX didn’t fit so I had the lid off for the test drive, but I am certain I took it off before the test drive, have modded the receiver antenna grommits now so it fits.

Yeah that’s what I figured, need to trim my tape on that shutline now to see the dimples. Getting there, just need to sort the led wiring and work out how best to mount winch on stock bumper for now

If there’s an award for slowest DC1 build I am going to claim it soon! Was waiting for a dry sunny day… decided they had all gone this year and painted the shell last week anyway despite the high humidity. Paintwork didn’t quite come out as I hoped - first shell in about 20 years - I know where it went wrong but it’s ok not a total disaster just not what I hoped - will post a pic when the sun comes out to get good one. Finally fitted all the shell hardware today, right up until the interior and realised I don’t seem to have holes in the body for the front wipers? (That also secure the interior). Looking back through the thread, I see @everclear1984and m33bhardwaj dont have front wipers, yet they have an interior fixed to the body shell? Everyone else does seem to have front wipers, I know the seats I have are two parts like @MrPeaskinot the racing bucket style in the manual or some peoples pics, I had assumed my shell is just missing the two holes but now I am slightly perplexed by some DC1 not having front wipers? Am I missing some big secret, or just 2 holes in Lexan?