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Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:56 pm
by slapshot1979
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Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:35 pm
by jamin
A couple of Lunsford titanium goodies arrived this week, firstly some turnbuckles (thanks Aaron!) but also some king pins, something I did not know existed and just happened upon them when looking on the Lunsford site. These will go nicely with my shiny CVDs and once I get the money together for a full screw kit 8) :D
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Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:31 am
by urpaldan
Mmm looking good, those king pins are real Purdy! The screw kits look great, bit pricey tho....

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:36 am
by DerbyDan
Thats a sexy looking assembly!! 8)

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:50 am
by jamin
Thanks Dans! :lol:

Yes, the screw kit is very expensive, but worthy for this build I think. Ive seen them on Cedric's XX4 replica and they look awesome. This is the last of the 'jamin' builds, so hoping to go out with a boom!

Only one more build planned after this, gonna try my hand at a replica Kinwald XXT.

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:10 am
by jamin
Started fitting up the heavy metal shell last night, not terribly impressed with the position of the arches, they seem to far back so the wheels sit very close up front, and with the way the rear is mounted there isn't much you can do about it.

Anyway, its looking quite cool, I've slammed it as close to the tyres as possible - it'll never get run so no problem!
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Cant wait to get this and the buggy shell painted up together :D 8)

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:51 pm
by DerbyDan
Looking good... this is an original Losi shell isn't it?

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:13 pm
by jamin
DerbyDan wrote:Looking good... this is an original Losi shell isn't it?
It certainly is! I have a TBG one and a spare sticker sheet too - if anyone is interested in then pm me.

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:43 am
by jamin
This little lot arrived yesterday - titanium screw kit! A big thank you to Aaron for ordering them for me and shipping them over, saves me $40 in postage - insane!!

I didn't actually get the XX4 screw kit as the list of sizes didn't quite work out with the sizes shown in the manual, plus there were a few screws I didn't need and it ended up being cheaper to order them separately. Cant wait to get these shiny pieces on the car :D 8)
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Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 7:30 am
by jamin
I don't have any pics just yet, but this project is looking good! I've sprayed the shell this week and only need to paint the blue frames and thats done.

I have the 'piece de resistance' on its way from Aaron as I type, I am super excited to be able to fit a NIP MK1 Graphite chassis to this project :D :D

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:50 am
by DerbyDan
Waiting with bated breath!! :D

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:09 am
by jamin
DerbyDan wrote:Waiting with bated breath!! :D
Hehehe! Maybe I'll upload a pic of its present guise until I get time to finish the shell and by that time the new chassis may have arrived.

The only problem is that I've gone for the original release look, apart from the shocks: I just had to fit threaded bodies and Trinity collars to one of my builds, the XX4 seemed the most appropriate :D

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:27 am
by DerbyDan
jamin wrote:
The only problem is that I've gone for the original release look, apart from the shocks: I just had to fit threaded bodies and Trinity collars to one of my builds, the XX4 seemed the most appropriate :D
Bit of 'blue' for dad! :mrgreen: ...... you just can't help adding the Trinity parts lol! I suppose anyone that had owned their original spec XX4 for a couple of years could have seen the threaded shocks & thought they'd upgrade??

Re: Jamin's Losi XX4 - Some progress at last!

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:48 am
by jamin
Its arrived, oh yesssssss!!! A massive thanks to Aaron (aip47-2008) for hooking me up with this. In fact he's been instrumental in a lot of the parts on this car, cheers Aaron :D

Gonna get this fitted up this week, soooo close to being done!
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Re: Jamin's Losi XX4

Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:50 am
by jamin
Sneaky pic:
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I really hope to get this completed this week, but other stuff is taking my time :cry: