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As I dug into my near empty box of 100 toothbrushes this evening, I was reminded of this thread. I use the heck out of these for cleaning, and although I wish they were a little stiffer, for about 25 cent a piece, they do their job! It is nice to not have to deal with a limited number, or care at wh...

Very brief video from test run.

I think this actually looks promising!

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Retro rc wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 3:41 pm
...Looks a bit like the optima pro body

Without comparing, it kinda reminds me of the Tamyia TRF buggy series.

The buggy is more or less completed at this point. As I only have a pair of side guards, and the muffler side needs trimming, not knowing if I would eventually change back to the conventional muffler position, I decided simply not to install the side guards for now. The body has been sent off for pa...

It even comes with manual

I finally had the motivation and time to finish shortening a chassis. I wanted to shorten it 20mm as I felt this looked the best but then a full size lipo wouldn't fit, so I compromized and it ended up 15mm shorter than stock. It's still in the mock-up stage so I still need to scribe the final shape...

I modified some cheap pliers to install roll pins.

I also modified a pliers. They are very easy to install now.
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Moving it forward a little more.
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For size perspective...
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Oh sweet, sweet baby Jesus. I could go on for days about some of the stuff that drives me up the walls in the world of R/C. - Painted chassis parts would have to be my biggest. Why? WHY????? Ugh. - Botched hardware replacement? I've seen ppl rebuild with giant, oversized self-tapping screws?? Argh! ...

Along the same lines as the first post, did you know that Kyosho used to make glue on spikes?

GoMachV wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:35 pm Yeah mine are already showing stress marks where the rods thread on too. Really, really bad. Ugh.

One of the only things on the 40th that I don't really like were those ballcups. Too tight on the tie rods and too loose on the ball studs.

Tamia's new Tamiya Pajero is a real weird animal. They left the lift kit on it, assumingly because it's the only place to put a moden battery, and left the gearing for a monster truck intact but they put smaller tires on it. While I did not run it around in stock form because I couldn't bring myself...