Cheers Rusty, shop replied this morning asking for a photo so will see what they come up with. Will take you up on those though if no joy. I saw the ally ones online actually and have ordered a set (said Mr No Upgrade) but delivery will take a while.
Grey is royal light grey TS-81
Orange is pure orange PS-62
Look forward to seeing your Citroens!
Thank you!
An interesting build, the 2CV.
Much more complex in terms of skills and processes involved than the TT02B.
My third Tamiya after the buggy and the Lunchbox, but it won't be the last.
Have my eyes on some sort of Beetle next, or possibly an F1 car....
....good grief.🙂
Decided to remove the brushless combo from my buggy and go back to the torque tuned motor.
Originally went brushless to clear the doubles at the bmx track. Unfortunately, while I now have the speed I now have very little control on the direction the car is pointing. Have been persevering for the last month and have cleared them a few times but more often than not have spun off the side when trying to put power down. Now also have a cracked chassis nose and thanks to a poorly placed tree, a snapped front axle. Think the fact I was using a spaced out blitzer axle didn’t help.
Time to rebuild to stock.
Now means I’ve a hot motor looking for a chassis that’ll handle it 🙂
Finished the Lancia:
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Looks properly good when on the chassis:
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The stickers aren't perfect but perfectly adequate for a runner shell. So on that note I had to get it christened:
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Looks even better when it's all dusty!
Already got a list of mods I want to do to it. The rear shell supports wobble about so will look at bracing those, the chassis collects any gravel the wheels kick up which then gets into the steering and driveshaft areas and the suspension could do with oil dampers. Once that is all done I'll look into fitting a stronger motor and changing the gearing.
This is going to be fun!
Looks lush.
Power slides? 🙂
We've not heard from Harry for a few days....do you think his wife has read the thread?
I'm still here... looking at the Lancia and making plans.
Oh yes, it power slides! On tarmac you have to provoke it a bit but on anything remotely dusty it gets a bit tail-happy.
On the dust it does full-on doughnuts pivoting on the inside front wheel very nicely. It's a lot of fun!
I think we probably have enough cars now for a ST-WRC, if Merak has kept any of his 🙂
That Lancia looks great. Looked at the xv01 version but it went out of stock overnight during the week. Would be a good home for my orphaned brushless motor.
I do NOT need a £60 RC plane
(Wish I hadn't seen that)
Oh god........
That Corsair is brilliant, do not need.....do not need!
They do a Mustang too, Just sayin'.
🙂
Not going down that particular avenue of pain, expense and misery.
It'd start with a £60 Mustang and end with a lifesize Short Sunderland exploding over Rooley Lake.
Are we going to have a socially distanced get together then?
May I suggest Philips Park Whitefield? Me and the lad have just had a good "raz" in there this afternoon and it would be an ideal venue. Gravel, grass, piles of dirt and wood chippings and even a concrete jump.
Sounds good to me.
I'm working next weekend but off the weekend after? Not seen the Prestwich based grandkids for months but have now been given permission to visit by the daughter, so will be down that way.
Looking forward to it!
OK. 2 Weeks today.
Anyone else?
I'll be with you in spirit. I'm in Glasgow.😃
Sold all my shells. Still have my 2CV. Have a Subaru S-12 I'm working on if I can ever get the paint for it..
Lancia looks great.👌
Well, I'm south of Bedford and got a monster truck (Rival MT10) so a bit far from me but a nice idea for a get-together - have fun.
Are we going to have a socially distanced get together then?
May I suggest Philips Park Whitefield? Me and the lad have just had a good “raz” in there this afternoon and it would be an ideal venue. Gravel, grass, piles of dirt and wood chippings and even a concrete jump.
Just checked and it would be a 3 1/2 hr drive for me so will have to give it a miss I'm afraid. A pity as chasing another car or three around is always more fun than just razzing round the local park/trading estate on your own.
Would love to join you but I'm on an AM shift and could only get there for about 15-30, what time are you planning on getting there and how close to residential housing is it to run petrol 1/5 scale cars?
Would be good fun, but a 7hr round trip rules it out!
how close to residential housing is it to run petrol 1/5 scale cars?
It is quite a busy public park. Not sure how that would go down with the sunbathers and families with kids. Me and my lad attracted a few tiny spectators as we were razzing about and doing the jumps.
My Mad Bull has just lost drive. Won't be able to make the "play date" until it is fixed. 🙁
Spline has stripped out of one of the hubs.
Update.
Part ordered! should have it in a day or so.
Rusty Spanner
Subscriber🙂
Not going down that particular avenue of pain, expense and misery.
It’d start with a £60 Mustang and end with a lifesize Short Sunderland exploding over Rooley Lake.
What is it with us chaps that once we start on a hobby we tend to go all in?
I was thinking more of a 20 meter crater on Rooley moor with Pete saying "I think the servos are still working" 😉
Anyone interested in this at £120 (plus post) it's fully built, fully working and with 2 of the higher power batteries as per first post on page etc.
It's got 2 motors, 1 standard and 1 stupid fast.
My lad seems to have peaked with it, so little point in keeping it as it's just taking up space.
^What is it?
In other news, We're getting through front shocks for fun on the Mad Bull. The Tamiya red ones are dirt cheap but we are snapping them at the lower eyelet. Trying to get hold of some upgraded ones but supply is non existent. Bloody middle aged men and their lockdown hobbies!
Grasshopper, new one, not a 1980s.
It's the performance pack version from Jadlam Models.
Along with a 530 (or 540 is it ?) motor from someone on here.
Bodyowrk has some battlescars... But functionally it's 100%
Watch out for those little RC planes. They are pretty limited in the wind speed that can fly in. I got my Mustang and it was a few weeks before we had a calm enough evening. They are addictive fun though.
re 75mm shock - i had a in-stock notice from modelsport on the 1st july but theyve all sold! none till sept!
there are some from hong kong on ebay but you wont get them till mid august.
I've been running my madbull with a 2s lipo - it nearly wheelies haha! the motor gets a bit hot after 10mins though - i'm running on grass and offroad.
really good and you can monster truck through the rough better and do some crawling type challenges better. straightline control flat out is questionable though...
I've a new controller where you can reduce hte power delivery percentage so im going to swap the electrics over from my other car and try and reduce the top end power to try and preserve teh motor and extend run times without having to let the bugger cool down.
re 75mm shock – i had a in-stock notice from modelsport on the 1st july but theyve all sold! none till sept!
Are you snapping them too?
Ordered some Chinese eBay jobbies. If they are bobbins it hasn't exactly cost a fortune.
Could I ask a couple of questions please...
Me and the daughter have finished the Lunchbox and had rag around the block number 1 session with no body shell! Is there a really simple online guide for centrering the servo? Deff right hand bias at the moment!
We were lucky to find a simpleton's guide for the transmitter set up - would still be scatching our heads with the instructions provided!!
Secondly, I'm sure paint has been mentioned but there's SO many pages now!! Are there good, cheaper spray paints available other than the Tamiya ones, as they're silly spendy?
Thanks
Is there a really simple online guide for centrering the servo? Deff right hand bias at the moment!
Is there a "trim" adjuster on your radio handset? Mine has "ST-TRIM <>". I just press and hold for a couple of seconds until it beeps, the press < or > until it centres.
Are you snapping them too?
nope. i was just lookign to upgrade but i ended up having to buy a load of panels for my VW bay so RC car upgrades are paused for welding/chassis upgrades on a real vehicle!!
are you jumping yours alot? are your lower eyelet bolts really tight? my shocks have quite alot of play at the lower eyelet.
I`m wondering if its possible to get the rear suspension to work under throttle? the rear seems to bind up totally bouncing all over hte place. my ancient sonic fighter has independant rear suspension and it tracks much better.
regarding controllers both mine have manual trim adjusters adjest the steering to make it go in a straight line. you might need to just fiddle with the dials to see what each does though as my modern controller only had japanese instructions and has about a zillion buttons!
Depending on timings I could be tempted for the meetup, assuming I'm invited. I'd only be spectating though, I don't think my stock 90s-era Madcap with original NiCads is going to cut the mustard in 2020.
are you jumping yours alot?
Ah-hem. Maybe. They are not done up tightly, but lack a bushing that the ones on order appear to have. Cheap innit. If I can get a set of 4 delivered for £11 then they will cost about 10p each to make.
Depending on timings I could be tempted for the meetup
Don't see why not. It is only me, my lad and Pete Spanners so far I think.
Ah, I'm not coming then. (-:
Yell when you've got a date / time fixed.
Gotta love a trier.
That looks mint! Not sure I'd want to spend a quarter of a thousand pounds on 31 year old plastic though.
This is a whole other level of skill!
So this is mine:
https://imgur.com/gallery/t5zYQP1
I also seemingly have a hitherto forgotten Super Sabre chassis. Pretty much identical to this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-super-sabre/333658290319
I've half a memory that it's a 4x4 but only working as 2WD because the rear-to-front driveshaft is missing. (A 'friend' front-ended it hard enough to bend the shaft. But he's dead now so that'll learn him.)
Wow Cougar, killing him was a bit extreme, I’m pretty sure that could have been repaired, you should lay low, the Police may well be looking for you.
