Rich
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Feb 26, 2020 22:15:21 GMT
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vanpeebles
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I am eastbound in pursuit of a white Lamborghini, this is not a recording.
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Looks great! I'm tempted to make a trailer for mine using the lolly sticks I have left. Not sure what I'll do for wheels and axles yet!
I'm waiting to get some matt spray varnish for mine, then it will be a good coating of it and all the bed tat then hopefully ready for some final pictures!
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Rich
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Posts: 6,227
Club RR Member Number: 160
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Looks great! I'm tempted to make a trailer for mine using the lolly sticks I have left. Not sure what I'll do for wheels and axles yet! I'm waiting to get some matt spray varnish for mine, then it will be a good coating of it and all the bed tat then hopefully ready for some final pictures! Car boot sale would be a good shout for a cheapo big toy car for wheels and axles for a trailer..
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vanpeebles
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Feb 27, 2020 10:00:38 GMT
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I used to trawl car boots years ago, can't be chowed now I'll have a rake about the house/loft
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Rich
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Feb 28, 2020 21:53:36 GMT
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vanpeebles
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You need a load of stuff to put inside it now Did you ever do much with that huge artillery gun?
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Rich
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You need a load of stuff to put inside it now Did you ever do much with that huge artillery gun? I’m on that, slowly building some pallets. I kinda finished the gun, as much as I am going to I think, tows ok and looks good!
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vanpeebles
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Once all this corona blows over, I still fancy making a Vietnam style gun truck thing.
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LowStandards
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Bigging Up The Sum Sum Man Since '99
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Mar 10, 2020 12:44:53 GMT
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I've broken all the things!
Well, drivetrain related things anyways.
My rear axle stripped the gear, so I removed the driveshaft so I could at least knock about fwd.
This put more torque through the front end that it liked and the front driveshaft came spectaculary apart.
So i've got a little spendy and bought the metal axle kit direct from WPL.
This looks to be a pretty decent upgrade, everything axle related is now metal and the steering uses UJs instead of cups, so should be much smoother.
I'll let you know how I get on in 2-3 weeks time when it arrives.
If this doesnt fix the 'toy grade' issues i'm having, it can go on the shelf and i'll look at an Axial UMG10
I'm also in no way whatsover looking at lipo batteries, related chargers, the flysky gt3c and a hobbywing 1080 esc
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Rich
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Mar 11, 2020 11:04:08 GMT
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I've broken all the things! Well, drivetrain related things anyways. My rear axle stripped the gear, so I removed the driveshaft so I could at least knock about fwd. This put more torque through the front end that it liked and the front driveshaft came spectaculary apart. So i've got a little spendy and bought the metal axle kit direct from WPL. This looks to be a pretty decent upgrade, everything axle related is now metal and the steering uses UJs instead of cups, so should be much smoother. I'll let you know how I get on in 2-3 weeks time when it arrives. If this doesnt fix the 'toy grade' issues i'm having, it can go on the shelf and i'll look at an Axial UMG10 I'm also in no way whatsover looking at lipo batteries, related chargers, the flysky gt3c and a hobbywing 1080 escI’ve also ordered the full ‘km’ 6wd kit in the past few days, mainly to stop the centre axle hopping under load but the kit is meant to help with the pap steering geo to help stop push-on when steering. The kit is meant to be a massive improvement, I’ve also got the 370 w/reduction gearbox coming for the ZIL so will be interesting to see how that fairs.
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LowStandards
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Mar 11, 2020 11:34:18 GMT
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I'm going to see how this kit alters what I consider to be the massive weak point of these kits. If it cures all my ills i'll be ordering a single speed gearbox with the 370. The current motor doesn't like the 58g of lead shot in each tyre
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Rich
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Mar 11, 2020 12:21:56 GMT
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I'm going to see how this kit alters what I consider to be the massive weak point of these kits. If it cures all my ills i'll be ordering a single speed gearbox with the 370. The current motor doesn't like the 58g of lead shot in each tyre Yea, the motors in the RTR/early kits was a 130 iirc! The B36 came with iirc a 160 so that went in brothers C24. I’m fairly sure once you fit the kit parts paying special attention to making sure grub screws in the drivetrain and axle spools are loctited in, it should transform it for the better.
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LowStandards
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Mar 11, 2020 20:20:50 GMT
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Being as I melted the front grill I figured she might as well be a sorry looking truck. First bit of glass in place
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Rich
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Mar 11, 2020 20:50:00 GMT
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Being as I melted the front grill I figured she might as well be a sorry looking truck. First bit of glass in place Needs some scale gaffer tape
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vanpeebles
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With thanks to a kind benefactor. I now have some parts for a trailer, just trying to work out in my head now, how this will be built
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LowStandards
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Mar 16, 2020 22:31:42 GMT
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Went to that there Hobbycraft to buy some matt black paint to do the window rubbers. Turns out Tamiya do a window rubber colour, which I'd say it's slightly blueish. Then I noticed weathering powder, this was my downfall 🤣 Powder, window rubber black and a few browns purchased I headed home. I may have gone a little overboard 🤣🤣🤣 You can 'wipe' it down once it's dried, so I'll see how I feel about it tomorrow. I also added fresh woodwork on the bed a few days ago. I'm happy with the bed, but not sure about the frame, it's the smallest I could get, but I guess it works out at summat stupid like 6x6inch
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Rich
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Looks ace dude! Bed looks pretty good too! I’m oddly not surprised Tamia do a specific window rubber colour.
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LowStandards
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I think i'm going to take the framework off the bed, the more I look at it the more I feel sad I thought it would work
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vanpeebles
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I think i'm going to take the framework off the bed, the more I look at it the more I feel sad I thought it would work Stop! May I be so bold to say that I like the wood, but I think it's not quite aged/weathered enough? I'd mix some black model paint into water to make a dark wash and give everything two or three coats. If you look at my wooden pallets that's what I used to bring out the grain, and dirty it up a bit. Other than that, it looks superb! Proper battered hard life up in the Urals somewhere.
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LowStandards
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Mar 17, 2020 10:54:10 GMT
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I'll give it a go before I pull it off then chap.
To be fair, I just chucked it together quickly, it should really be notched and all that jazz
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