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Got some battery foams and a new servo saver for the t2 basher.

Another trip to the LHS to help clear out old stock.


And some new to me old school electronics. Couple Futaba R152JE AM receivers, Speed Gems 2 Garnet 13x2 motor, Novak XBR brushed/brushless ESC, Novak Ballistic 9.5 and Novak SS 13.5 & 21.5 brushless motors.

That's a pretty nice haul!

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:51 pm That's a pretty nice haul!

Thanks, also have a GTX esc on the way. Been waiting on titanium turnbuckles, carbon fiber battery strap & aluminum thumbscrews for the RC10T4.3, which apparently needs to hit multiple regions of the country before coming to Illinois. 4 day shipping my ass

I got this cobbled together piece of junk.

Not paying close enough attention to the pictures, I didn't realize what I had actually purchased. Phin identified it for me.
It is apparently a "modified" Composite Craft chassis with a "modified" Delta 1/12 rear pod.

On the bright side (less dim), everything seems to move freely.

I hope you don't think it's junk because of me. If it sounded like I was calling it a piece of junk, I apologize...I don't think it is.

TBH, I almost made an offer on it too.

Phin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:49 pm I hope you don't think it's junk because of me. If it sounded like I was calling it a piece of junk, I apologize...I don't think it is.

TBH, I almost made an offer on it too.

I call most of my stuff junk, regardless of condition. And it is cobbled together, thats just a fact.

And I'm sure that there are plenty of good parts here, probably worth well more than I paid for the car.

I've got it halfway stripped apart and cleaned. Cobbled together or not, everything seems to be in decent enough condition. I think it will clean up okay.

Interestingly, I occasionally run across eBay listings from Japan. Often they have the word junk in the description rather than the word used. I asked a seller about that once and was told that junk was the correct word because it wasn't a new item.

I love the old Pontiacs and just had to buy this new Kyosho ‘67 GTO..

BattleTrak wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:36 pm I love the old Pontiacs and just had to buy this new Kyosho ‘67 GTO..

OOH, good choice!! I've been eyeing that one myself.
I have the Fazer Mk2 '70 Chevelle SS from Kyosho and it's a great car; good speed and handles very nicely - much better than the Vaterra/Losi V100 chassis. Also, I've found the radio system included with the car is among the very best I've ever seen in an RTR -- especially the transmitter.
A buddy of mine from high school as a 1:1 '67 GTO convertible in same colors.

XLR8 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:07 pm OOH, good choice!! I've been eyeing that one myself.
I have the Fazer Mk2 '70 Chevelle SS from Kyosho and it's a great car; good speed and handles very nicely - much better than the Vaterra/Losi V100 chassis. Also, I've found the radio system included with the car is among the very best I've ever seen in an RTR -- especially the transmitter.
A buddy of mine from high school as a 1:1 '67 GTO convertible in same colors.

I also have the 1969 El Camino and Mad Van VE, but haven’t had time to run any of them yet..it’s good to hear they perform well!

A holy grail motor.. nib.. don’t ask how much I paid for it...lol.

Sort of an odd collection arrived this week. The 3PK radio is probably way too sophisticated for my driving, but I love that it can be used as AM, FM, or 2.4ghz by changing RF modules. And it came with the nifty industrial overkill storage case.

The RF module is a Ch 90 75mhz AM Tx module for the 3PK radio. But I don't have any Ch 90 Rx crystals...

...and the other end of the technology spectrum is the 2DR Attack 2 stick radio, with R162JE receiver and Ch 90 crystals. I have no delusions (yet) of being able to competently drive Masami style with this radio.

I'm not planning to move on from my 2PL radio (because it works great), but I think this stuff will be fun to experiment with.
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Frankentruck wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:22 pm ...and the other end of the technology spectrum is the 2DR Attack 2 stick radio, with R162JE receiver and Ch 90 crystals. I have no delusions (yet) of being able to competently drive Masami style with this radio.

I started out with a Futaba twin stick and I still can't drive one competently.

I got some tear downs and cleaning to do this weekend.