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that'd be an utima2 I suppose? do't see them make the roolbars for the original. Anyway with their prices and shipping cost to JpanI can buy 2 or 3* desert gator bodies. first one I got was a spare I ordered and which came without stickers: half the price as the 2nd one: from the shelf but with stic...

If you 're looking for yokomo dogfighters, hot dogs or Mugen bulldogs... sorry this tread is just for real life doggies.


for starters, here's ours: Dolly
Shiba just over 1 year, female

relation with radio control cars: exitement when driving away from her, anxiety when they get too close

siang20 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:11 am Kyosho re release collection.

wow, that's a small fortune there.

It depends on who the service targets as a customer. Materialise is mainly oriented towards rapid prototyping as part of research and development. Their customers require the high-tech only they can offer, and the faults revealed by the prototype early in the design stage allow cheaper corrections c...

Get a longer axle (hpi). Cut the cup off. Grind a flat at the end. Slide an outdrive cup over the axle and lock it with the setscrew.

These are from an academy str-4.
Don't bring your wheel too close though, or it will rubb against the screws that hold the bearing.

Just having fun with this old boy. Bit of work still but a good deal done already too.

can't help but love it

Nice design work. Thumbs up!

Pro built. This could go straight into Tamiyas catalog.

Dadio wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:27 pm Just been reading old posts on dying nylon , wonder how well it works on printed nylon parts , my wallet groans every time I think these days

My printing company offers it as an option. And ORB delivers dyed parts too

I have a 2 week businesstrip scheduled to the place and was hoping to maybe meet up while there...

Wow Doug! That's advanced modelling right there. I don't think I'd manage the body like you did.

Some pictures of the follow up project; mid-motor conversion.
First design prototype printed: with cage body on c-channel chassis.
Final design prototype for ultima pro style chassis: print ordered.
I'm gradually adding the parts on a shapeways shop

My solution for shorty batteries is in prototype stage (printing).
Once tested I'll put it on shapeways.
Here's an early design. The final one looks a lot different but I have no picture on hand.