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That tamiya landy looks great but it’s still the same old cc01 underneath
Is that a bad thing? Asking as I genuinely don't know.
So, my research on the superclod - unless you spend lots of money and time modding its not really that great, and there are much better modern stuff out there.
Thing is, in the forums, none of the modern monster trucks mentioned seem to come as a build kit
And super noob question - what is an ESC? seems to be mentioned a lot with Tamiya as a necessary upgrade...
It really depends what you plan to do with it, it’s quite a brisk little thing even geared down and if you plan on doing some rock crawling with it you would soon find the limitations of the chassis but if you want to walk round the woods with it then it’s a good reliable starter chassis.
I think there is probably after and better handling monster trucks out there but the super cold is great fun and could be developed over time.
an ESC is an electronic speed control, back in the day most hobby grade RC cars came with a servo actuated speed control instead. The electronic speed controls allow much better control, are more reliable and also provide longer run times.
To be honest I’m under illusion that that lunchbox is anything other than a 35year old designed toy. It’s compromised but bloody good fun. Bought as I always wanted one desperately as a kid (lad across the road had a Clod buster, lunchbox and grasshopper)
so I don’t really care if it’s not as good as modern trucks, I love it and so does my little boy. It’s always going to be a bottomless pit of a project to customise and improve, which is what I love about it. It’s just so much fun for not a load of money
Can't remember if I've posted in this thread or not, and as the site seems to be very painfully slow for some reason I haven't got the years to trawl through the pages.
R/C models are awesome. I've got a Traxxas Revo that I converted to brushless from 3.3 Nitro as it was simply too loud and annoying for the area. It's a great thing but I've only used it twice since I built it and never in anger.
Had much more fun with an Axial Wraith I won in the Modelsport forum competition but like a fool I sold it for peanuts.
Don't really get the love for Lunchbox's. They are ok and hilarious, but the hilarity stops when you try and ride over anything but a pebble without crashing hard. We put a big motor and upgraded the suspension in my daughters and it was still rubbish.
Do have an desire to get into scale driving for some reason, just don't think I'd actually do it once I'd finished building/modding the vehicle.
Bit like building bikes really... doh...
Twonks- building is most of the enjoyment for me, sometimes i’ll go for a wander with one and clear my head but more often than not i’ll Just tinker with them trying to improve something or other. I do enjoy the G6 event and October nationals though ... they are both a good social event.
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Is that a bad thing? Asking as I genuinely don’t know.
It's not terrible but, basically people get them and try to use them as rock crawlers and they look the part but they kinda suck at it. They're decent at trail running, but no more so than a better crawler. Even a pretty nicely modded one struggles to deal with things that a £160 RGT Bowler can. Basically just the usual Tamiya "this was good in its day". Except not as comically as say a lunchbox.
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Damn it. This thread has forced me to get mine down from its resting place and put the wheels on.
Might get some new batteries and a few bits to get it going. 🙂
I'm not sure about crawlers. Alot of them are RTR. I really enjoy the building part much like the rest of us on here. I do like that Land Rover though.
I also like this;
https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/products/tamiya-rc-toyota-yaris-wrc-tt-02/
Rustyspanner – anything you want pictures of? It’s a fairly vanilla lunchbox build, albeit it now has the Ampro 5th shock mod, LED lightning and full bearing kit. Just about to order some 75mm oil filled shocks for it, but undecided what brand to go for. Oh and a Tamiya sport tuned motor.
Sorry fella, missed this.
Any picures really, I've picked my Lunchbox kit up now but not allowed to build it 'till Christmas so gimping at other people's will have to do (smiley - where have they gone?).
Spares/essentials/mods picked up so far:
Bearings.
Fastrax 75mm shocks (felt nicer than the Absima ones, built in preload dial, only a couple of quid dearer).
Speed tuned motor.
Full Midnight Pumpkin body set.
Alloy body mounts for both shells.
Ampro Transmission Brace.
Rx/Tx/servo.
I think that's it for the time being.....
Thinking of TS52 Pearl Green for the Lunchy shell and possibly TS10 French Blue for the Pumpkin?
Any other colour suggestions more than welcome........
Had a plan, bought a Tactic TTX300 online and a pair of 3000mah nimh's with a view to getting a single Mad Bull and hop up bearings in the 'local' hobby store.
Went to teh shop to buy but it turned out 2 boys couldn't deal with sharing so ended up making the boys drop teh cash and walking out with the Mad Bull and a $200 ECX Amp in compete but self build kit form.
The Mad bull has broken pretty much every time its been used and I've spent a bunch of money improving it (bearings, solid steering linkage, oil shocks)
The ECX has been faultless.
The 'modern kit' was still fun to build but as was probably said above, nostalgia does't win out.
Its all fun though and in hindsight, sharing would never have worked!
Mad Bull kit $150
Tactic TTX300 $80
Bearings $35
Oil Shocks $50
Battery $30
Tamiya Total $345!
ECX Total $200!
Bugger!
Rusty, I’ll take some more for you over the weekend. I have just ordered the sport tuned motor for mine. Shocks will be my next upgrade then I will look at some home made carbon bracing. Like I say it’s a really fun project my son and I love working on it together. He is really excited by the new motor. It’s such a shit car by modern standards but such a laugh down the park and ticks a massive nostalgia box for me!
After many years of racing Tamiya 1/10 electric and still having loads of them, I’ve gone and bought 1/5 scale HPI Baja 5b ss! I got it with an FG Baja and HPI Maverick Blackout both of which where brand new, never even having had fuel in them. I sold them on and have run the SS a few times. It’s stupid fast and mega fun but you need a massive area and it attracts everyone for miles around. I will upload pictures when remember how.
So after weeks of waiting (stupid eBay not stating seller was in the USA) this finally arrived for the lunchbox! My lad is literally pissing himself with excitement....as is his dad
This is on ebay currently. Current bid £2k.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Tamiya-Sand-Scorcher-Replica/202460435604
so subject to no delivery issues I'm joining the club. I did want to build it but ended up with a rtr as my boy loves monster trucks....axial smt10....main complaint seems to be it's slow which I'm thinking is a good thing. I'll upgrade it as it gets trashed!
ok dumb noob question.
I've bought a lipo charger...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07C5YC38H?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_yo_pop_mb_pd_t2
and it hasn't come with a mains lead to use it. Have I bought the wrong charger (for a venom 3s 5000ma battery)
do chargers normally not come with a plug?
Quite often they just come with 12V croc clips- mine didn't come with a mains charger
oh. so do I need to just buy a mains lead? it doesn't mention it in the (not great) manual. what lead do I need?
got the truck just can't charge the battery!
That looks to me like it’s DC only so would need to be powered by a 12v battery or power supply. I would personally send it back and buy something else if you want to run it from mains as it will be easier (unless you already have a suitable power supply).
I’d probably go for one of these two myself ...
thanks for the advice. yep want to charge from the mains. first noob mistake! all sorts of different connectors to work out as well.
truck itself seems good. controller feels cheap and unlikely to last a throw on the floor by a toddler. quick test and it seems plenty quick enough for me despite reviews saying it's slow.
unfortunately I can't properly play with it till Xmas 🙂 boy is going to get a 1 64 model max d and then when he is looking a bit bored I'm going to drive the big one in covered by a wrapped box. should be priceless watching his face.
We've had some down time with the Mad Bull waiting for hex drive nuts to arrive after blowing teh splines running with a loose wheel..
Got it back together with a set of oil shocks but there's something amiss.
It squeels under take off much more than I remember and seems to have a significant amount of lag before it gets upto speed. Took the diff apart again and all seems fine however if I press down on the rear end to keep the car still and pull the throttle, the drive train slips from somewhere rather than just bogging down the motor.
Gentle take offs and its appears to have less slippage.
Any suggestions as to where its all going wrong?
Did you check the axles as well as the nuts on the Madbull?
Ive done a set of nuts on one as well. It’s my 7yo basher now
I treated myself to a S/H ECX Torment 1/10 4x4 Short Course truck.
I love it, everything I ever wanted in a truck.
It takes all the knocks and can clear all the jumps at the local pump track with effortless ease.
It's currently on a 15T brushed motor with 3400 Nimh batteries, I am tempted with a Lipo upgrade and a brushless motor as the ESC is switchable.
New body first though.
Brushless is ace, but Lipos are a whole different world of power and run times.
I've got my Dark Impact to be too fast so am going to get a digital controller to turn down the power but keep the run times and acceleration.
Hi guys.
I have a traxxas mini e revo, loads of spares, batterys and transmitter to sell if anyone is intrested.
Hi Dave, do you mean the 1/16 E-Revo? If so please mail me some photos and how much you're looking for.
Can someone recommend an online shop for Traxxas, considering the 1/16 E-Revo for my sons xmas present? Found a good price at RC Geeks but still looking at options, and they'd need to ship to me in Sweden preferablý.
TIA.
Time to re build my old Terra scorcher .
it has an engine and a servo for steering . they are old , not sure if still working .
what else do i need ?
radio
speed controller
batteries and charger ?
what else do i need ?
Yeah, radio (transmitter & receiver)
Electronic Speed Controller (ESC) if you don't have one - can't remember if the Terra Scorcher came with one of those resistive mechanical speed controllers, but if so then get rid.
Batteries & charger
You should be good to go.
Thanks, yes came with mechanical speed thing.
Yesssss!
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Woop! I looked at getting one of the TT-02 cars, but decided I wanted something with more ground clearance. Don't really make use of it though, so it probably would have been fine!
Not the most straightforward body build:(
Never cut a lexan shell before, proving a challenge. Also never painted a shell. Is it painted from the inside?
You can score the body with a craft knife and then snap at the cut if you find this easier than using scissors, curved scissors especially for the job make things a little easier.
The body should be throughly cleaned with soap and water before paining on the inside using a paint suitable for Lexan, I would recommend Tamiya PS spray paint (make sure you get the PS not TS).
There is a good guide here ...
https://tamiyabase.com/articles/54-painting/135-part-14-polycarbonate-bodies
Cheers demonracer will check that out.
Its taken me a day to get this far.
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I really enjoyed painting the body of my Neo Fighter. Cutting it out was a bit of a ball ache to be honest and I didn't want to buy the curved scissors for a one off.
Regarding painting...from memory, I:
- cleaned with soapy water, rinsed and dried thoroughly.
- Masked using frog tape (you can get proper stuff, but I had frog tape and it works well for DIY.
- used the Tamiya PS spray cans and stuck them in warm water for 10 mins or So prior to using (dunno if it helped but a tip I saw on a few sites)
- made a 'spray booth' from a large box to try and minimise the overspray.
- multiple thin layers, starting with the darker colour and then the light colour (only did two colours)...
I might have a pic or two on Flickr... probably already posted on an earlier page.
Timely spot of a thread. If i glimpse through the thread is there any info about buying an r/c? I have been itching to get one from a few weeks ago. Preferably off road and electric, decent scale size and performance. What sort of budget should i be looking at , and what is out there?
thanks.
Built this sand scorcher a couple of years ago when we were between house moves and i had no shed to keep me occupied.
Don't use it much at all but really enjoyed the build and surprised myself as i had never built any models before.
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I didn't do the driver - he was bought just to finish it off
Nice!