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1986 'Supercharge Hotshot' produced by Supercharge Models near Romsey, and raced by shop owner and Romsey circuit Race Director Bill Jones. Probably the most successful modified Hotshot format, certainly internationally as he qualified second in the A Final at the 1986 European Championships with on...

Been working almost daily on this since getting it back. Got a lot done. Most the stuff is in and mounted in the chassis. Just made the limiting straps and installed those yesterday. Printed an LED headlight panel that will also act as a bit of a shield that will help to keep a bit of the dirt off t...

I have been slowly plugging along with this build. I try to spend an hour or more on it each day. Everything needs to be disassembled, cleaned, and resurfaced. The chassis and top plates will be stripped, and re-anodized. Some of the hardware will be replaced. The ones that are kept need a lot of cl...

This is a good one, I am on the fence between two entries. My vote is available for sale, PM offers =)

I wasn’t going to post these till I finished the truck but I can finally put the body to bed. Now I can sit down and enjoy the build over a few nights while looking at the body waiting to be placed as the cherry on top. Everything is original except for the chrome parts, decals, and the odd screw. 2...

Done.

Here we go again. :D I got a lot of extra parts when I purshased my Jrx2 project. There were shock towers, Junior chassis, gearbox, bulkheads, dampers, steering parts, uprights and suspension arms. I cleaned and sorted all parts when I did the Jrx2 and ordered what was missing. I had to start with a...

Sweet, those wheels really make the car!

Finally DONE. After 10 months of fabrication, 400+ hrs of work, and a very empty wallet lol. I give you "ICARUS". 1/5 scale Mike Hesse axle truck. Quick overview of it is - 5/16" .062 wall tube chassis I built myself, axles are Hesse axles which I fully polished and have Fastlane 4eve...

I got this new in pack motor mount in the post today. It didn't take long to fit. :D Motor1.jpg Which allowed me to mount this Checkpoint that I've been saving for something like this. Motor2.jpg I've got some Sanyo 1700SCE batteries on their way. Now I'll try to find a period correct servo and ESC....

Best all around shock? Hands down, I’m a Kyosho gold guy. Best shock that held oil the worst? Delta. Best shock that is nearly impossible to bleed? Delta Best modern shock? Too many to choose from. Most overrated shock? Trinity hands down. Complete rubbish Most interesting shock? Progressive technol...

Kyosho Golds by a large margin. The ease of rebuilding, the consistently excellent damping action, the oil retention...I've opened several decades-old beat-up-looking Golds to find them still full of clean oil. I've rebuilt Platinums and I concur with Jeff on those. I was fortunate enough to get a s...

CAT XLS are great....so easy to bleed

Finally got my rig up and running, sorta. My power supply did not like the inrush current demand of the 15T Trinity, so I grabbed a 6 cell pack that still had a little juice in it. I made a mounting plate from 1/8" lexan and put 3M pads on it, stays perfectly still. When I wired the speed contr...