MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: dan930 on October 02, 2012, 09:11:59 pm
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Been away from the rc scene for around 10yrs,just stating to get bk to it as I've ordered a rc kit on the net :smiley:...noticed that there is a big improvement in technology since..anyone else intreasted in rc?
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Got a traxxas e revo vxl a year ago. Was an impulse buy - just couldn't resist! Twin batteries and brushless motor good for 50+mph!!
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What did you go for, Nitro or Battery?
I love em! I have 2, one Thunder Tiger EB4 S2 Pro dual start, fully moded with a .28 engine running on 30% nitro fuel. It has a uprated LSD, full spring and damper race set up, sway bars, hi speed/torque Hi Tec servo's and Nova Rossi exhaust and manifold. Tis a quick one but a wee bit temperamental when starting.
The other one is in bits... :sad1: ran it into a tree at about 40mph and not got round to fixing it, too many hobbies :signLOL:
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What did you go for, Nitro or Battery?
I love em! I have 2, one Thunder Tiger EB4 S2 Pro dual start, fully moded with a .28 engine running on 30% nitro fuel. It has a uprated LSD, full spring and damper race set up, sway bars, hi speed/torque Hi Tec servo's and Nova Rossi exhaust and manifold. Tis a quick one but a wee bit temperamental when starting.
The other one is in bits... :sad1: ran it into a tree at about 40mph and not got round to fixing it, too many hobbies :signLOL:
Ordered a tamiya avante(re-release)...always wanted one bk in the good old days but price was way out of my reach..
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Very Cool :notworthy:, they were the puppies back in the day, nice, not cheap now either! Never had a battery powered buggy so I can't comment but they look the business and some of them even keep up with mine! :evilgrin:
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Sure myles will be along shortly, think he deals in RC cars.
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Very Cool :notworthy:, they were the puppies back in the day, nice, not cheap now either! Never had a battery powered buggy so I can't comment but they look the business and some of them even keep up with mine! :evilgrin:
yeah mate,not cheap..around £450 in the uk but it cost me £280+£40del in hk
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I've got a thunder tiger truggy. Really good fun but it needs a second gear really!
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really wanted a Avante 2011 black special but it was stupid money & very rare to get hold of,so in the end went for a normal 2011 Avante instead...can't wait to get my mitts on it..
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After reading your OP, I have been scoping the interweb for the Avante and have just come across the Black Edition. Not sure what's different from the Avante. Looks like a really well made kit, hell of a lot more useable than mine and more friendly in the local park i bet.Did you get it through eBay, seen some on there at that price.
I've got a thunder tiger truggy. Really good fun but it needs a second gear really!
Love the truggy, my brother in law has that model, big engine and bigger tyres! :happy2:
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After reading your OP, I have been scoping the interweb for the Avante and have just come across the Black Edition. Not sure what's different from the Avante. Looks like a really well made kit, hell of a lot more useable than mine and more friendly in the local park i bet.Did you get it through eBay, seen some on there at that price.
I've got a thunder tiger truggy. Really good fun but it needs a second gear really!
Love the truggy, my brother in law has that model, big engine and bigger tyres! :happy2:
got mine from eBay..a rc shop called stella models in hk,myles recommend this shop to me..
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I even ordered a back issue of rc car mag to see the avante 2011 review..
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Nice one Dan, you'll really enjoy building it.
I used to race nitro RC cars, until about a year and a half ago. Just ran out of time. We even had Lewis Hamilton come spend a race day at my local club with his brother Nicholas who races for Kyosho. Seems he hasn't lost his touch from when he did it as a kid.
Electric has been making a huge comeback now over the past few years with Lipo packs and brushless technology. The torque on those is amazing, but it all seems a bit dull and soulless with no smoke and noise, lol. Not sure how the Avante would hold up to a high power lipo/brushless setup though. I still have an original Tamiya Technigold motor which in the day was the Daddy.
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I still have my Tamiya 'Lunch box' in the loft from when i was a kid, not in the best of condition i dont think anymore.
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I still have my Tamiya 'Lunch box' in the loft from when i was a kid, not in the best of condition i dont think anymore.
I had one of those too. Epic wheelie bar at the back. Only problem back then was the 10minute battery life! :-/
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I still have my Tamiya 'Lunch box' in the loft from when i was a kid, not in the best of condition i dont think anymore.
I had one of those too. Epic wheelie bar at the back. Only problem back then was the 10minute battery life! :-/
Not so much an issue these days with 7000-10000mah Lipo batteries available (7000mah battery should give you a good 30-40 mins on a std buggy :happy2:), My RC plane (Addiction 3D) gets around 20mins when flown at WOT or 30 mins of gentle acrobatics, my other plane (VERY fast) gets around 16 minutes and thats about all I need, at the speed it does your mentally done anyway! :signLOL:
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I still have my Tamiya 'Lunch box' in the loft from when i was a kid, not in the best of condition i dont think anymore.
I had one of those too. Epic wheelie bar at the back. Only problem back then was the 10minute battery life! :-/
Not so much an issue these days with 7000-10000mah Lipo batteries available (7000mah battery should give you a good 30-40 mins on a std buggy :happy2:), My RC plane (Addiction 3D) gets around 20mins when flown at WOT or 30 mins of gentle acrobatics, my other plane (VERY fast) gets around 16 minutes and thats about all I need, at the speed it does your mentally done anyway! :signLOL:
I hear that you have to be very carefull when charging lipo batteries,is this true??think I'm gonna stick to the usual 7.2v nimh batts
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I used to race 1/10th electric indoor back in my teens, had a couple of Schumachers (Cougar and Top Cat) and then an Associated RC10, used to do okay in the BRCA northern leagues but funds were limited for this school boy back in 1992-3 and you needed a good few quid spending every year to stay competitive.
A mate of mine carried on racing (when I found girls and beer) and I think he's rated as one of the best in the UK if I get my facts straight, 1/8th nitro, think he's sponsered by Losi??
I bought a 1/8th Nitro second hand last summer but only had it out once because I felt a bit daft stood on the street with neighbours glaring!! :mad:
And I've also got a TT01 tamiya based Subaru in the wardrobe as well (with a 16T motor installed for good measure!), just waiting for my son to grow some more so I can blame him for all my big boys toys but he's only 3 months old yet so I don't think that excuse would wash!
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Nice one Danny, I think I am going to get myself and the kids a Wild Willy 2 for Xmas.
I started off years ago with a Wild One, maybe 1985?
I have had a few:
Hornet
Kyosho Optima Sport
HPI Savage XL with an OPS 50 engine, mental thing that was
1/18th micro with brushless, even more mental
RC10 nitro
And others I can't remember.
All modded :signLOL:
I cut my engineering teeth building them.
A really good way to see how things go together and work.
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I still have my Tamiya 'Lunch box' in the loft from when i was a kid, not in the best of condition i dont think anymore.
I had one of those too. Epic wheelie bar at the back. Only problem back then was the 10minute battery life! :-/
Haha. Yes, I remember those days too. 10 min run times with 20 min recharge times
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I still have my Tamiya 'Lunch box' in the loft from when i was a kid, not in the best of condition i dont think anymore.
I had one of those too. Epic wheelie bar at the back. Only problem back then was the 10minute battery life! :-/
Not so much an issue these days with 7000-10000mah Lipo batteries available (7000mah battery should give you a good 30-40 mins on a std buggy :happy2:), My RC plane (Addiction 3D) gets around 20mins when flown at WOT or 30 mins of gentle acrobatics, my other plane (VERY fast) gets around 16 minutes and thats about all I need, at the speed it does your mentally done anyway! :signLOL:
I hear that you have to be very carefull when charging lipo batteries,is this true??think I'm gonna stick to the usual 7.2v nimh batts
If you have a decent charger (like the one I showed you a link to) it is no more dangerous than charging a NIcad or NIMH (All of them have blown up on me at some point :signLOL:)
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Nice one Danny, I think I am going to get myself and the kids a Wild Willy 2 for Xmas.
I started off years ago with a Wild One, maybe 1985?
I have had a few:
Hornet
Kyosho Optima Sport
HPI Savage XL with an OPS 50 engine, mental thing that was
1/18th micro with brushless, even more mental
RC10 nitro
And others I can't remember.
All modded :signLOL:
I cut my engineering teeth building them.
A really good way to see how things go together and work.
Hurdy, did you mean Optima Pro like this http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=77934&id=21969 or Turbo Optima like this http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=111966&id=10490 as Kyosho never made an "Optima Sport" :happy2:
I built 3 Optima pro's from new parts (from my stock) and sold them all and also built 5 Turbo Optimas from new parts (I had a quiet few weeks 2-3 years ago :happy2:), what with Tamiya re-releasing everything (and de-valuing "Vintage" Tamiya buggies) the old Kyosho Buggies have been steadily increasing in value over the last 6 years!.
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I got back into R/C cars a few weeks ago. Went to see a mate race down the local track.... Ended up leaving with a 1/8 nitro stock car!
I've done one meeting, of which I couldn't get it round the corners! Got one this weekend, have a bit of a set up and tyre swap and see how I can do!!
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Used to go to a few RC shows 7 or 8 years back, got to meet Ali Machinsky and Christophe Paysant La Roux (World champs in various styles, 3D and Jets) what those guys cannot do with a RC plane ain't worth knowing, it's mad to see Jet Turbine RC planes with a 5ft wingspan fly past at 270+mph (Those things cost upwards of £10 Grand!!!!) and even funnier watching a guy prop hanging an RC plane 2 feet in front of himself (took me months to be able to do 10% of what those guys can do :happy2:).
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Nice one Danny, I think I am going to get myself and the kids a Wild Willy 2 for Xmas.
I started off years ago with a Wild One, maybe 1985?
I have had a few:
Hornet
Kyosho Optima Sport
HPI Savage XL with an OPS 50 engine, mental thing that was
1/18th micro with brushless, even more mental
RC10 nitro
And others I can't remember.
All modded :signLOL:
I cut my engineering teeth building them.
A really good way to see how things go together and work.
Hurdy, did you mean Optima Pro like this http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=77934&id=21969 or Turbo Optima like this http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=111966&id=10490 as Kyosho never made an "Optima Sport" :happy2:
I built 3 Optima pro's from new parts (from my stock) and sold them all and also built 5 Turbo Optimas from new parts (I had a quiet few weeks 2-3 years ago :happy2:), what with Tamiya re-releasing everything (and de-valuing "Vintage" Tamiya buggies) the old Kyosho Buggies have been steadily increasing in value over the last 6 years!.
Brain fade! I believe it to have been a Optima Mid Custom!
Where I got Sport from I will never know!
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Optima Mid Custom, the first LWB Mid, nice looking model, had one or two myself.
Here is the link to my Addiction 3D plane:-
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?id=26895&cid=100387&t=05102012122702
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Ill take a look.
It was Xray, the 1/18 I had.
An MT and stadium truck.
With Brushless mental.
Just looking at the NT version now.
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Been away from the rc scene for around 10yrs,just stating to get bk to it as I've ordered a rc kit on the net :smiley:...noticed that there is a big improvement in technology since..anyone else intreasted in rc?
I wish I'd have known.... I've got well over a grands worth of 1/8th nitro buggy in the garage that I really need to sell cheap :sad1:
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I had a 1/5th scale truck that did well over 100mph, that was mental on the beach :signLOL:
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I've still got a traxxas nitro 4-tec..f##king fast but need smooth surface to run it & it's very loud..
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I think me and my boys are going to buy a Super Clod Buster.
Trouble is I am already looking at modified motors!
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I think me and my boys are going to buy a Super Clod Buster.
Trouble is I am already looking at modified motors!
The tamiya re-release stuff really makes you think of back in the good old days...I wonder will they release the egress...
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got a old alphaone?? pretty awesome despite it being old. put in a bigger engine in it and its bloody quick.
used to go down a car park for a shut down bingo hall (now a Ford Dealership), and the wee security guard used to let us mess about with them as long as he got a shot!!
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I think me and my boys are going to buy a Super Clod Buster.
Trouble is I am already looking at modified motors!
The tamiya re-release stuff really makes you think of back in the good old days...I wonder will they release the egress...
I cannot see Tamiya missing the Egress as it's a pretty easy Cash cow for them, most of the parts are there from previous re-re's anyway.
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Ordered a tamiya catalogue. £15 now but 288 pages now though.
So the boys can chose.
I watched a video on the new baja 5b flux its so fast even on dirt it just spins out.
Ridiculous.
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Have you seen the 1/10th brushless kyosho touring car, 100mph straight out of the box :driver:
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Worth a look.
The HPI Ken Block looks quite cool too.
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Best fun I had recently was getting to go out on an ice rink with a few cars :) :signLOL:
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I think me and my boys are going to buy a Super Clod Buster.
Trouble is I am already looking at modified motors!
The tamiya re-release stuff really makes you think of back in the good old days...I wonder will they release the egress...
I cannot see Tamiya missing the Egress as it's a pretty easy Cash cow for them, most of the parts are there from previous re-re's anyway.
Would also love to get a Astute if it gets the re-release treatment
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Brushless super hotbshot vids on YouTube are doing it for me at the moment.
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I think me and my boys are going to buy a Super Clod Buster.
Trouble is I am already looking at modified motors!
The tamiya re-release stuff really makes you think of back in the good old days...I wonder will they release the egress...
I cannot see Tamiya missing the Egress as it's a pretty easy Cash cow for them, most of the parts are there from previous re-re's anyway.
Would also love to get a Astute if it gets the re-release treatment
Cannot see them missing Astute...................
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Brushless super hotbshot vids on YouTube are doing it for me at the moment.
Yes a brushless Supershot does look good (I hate the renamed "Super hotshot", they should have stuck with "Supershot" and all the crappy logos they replaced the originals with make it look average. :sick:
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Why is the Sand Scorcher so expensive?
I know its a anniversary model but they couldn't give them away in the eighties!
The Tamiya Brushless setup looks neat too.
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Why is the Sand Scorcher so expensive?
I know its a anniversary model but they couldn't give them away in the eighties!
The Tamiya Brushless setup looks neat too.
Lots of metal parts means higher costs, you can get one from HK for £225 Shipped, these re-re's are easy money for the collector scene (this is what prompted them to re-release, seeing the prices they fetched), I bought a Sand Scorcher from a supplier year back for £35, sold it to a Collector in Europe (cannot remember where) for best part of £2K.
So a re-re costing £190 is pretty cheap :signLOL: :signLOL:
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How do we know if they would do anymore re re??theres a guy on eBay selling a un-built astute for $900...that's around £500 :surprised: :surprised:
If tamiya do a re re on the astute, I'm gonna snap one up..might have second thoughts on a egress as it too similiar to the avante2011 that I ordered..
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Just did a online tracking on my order,it's arrived in the uk & being processed,fingers crossed that I won't get stung by the customs..
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Il post a pic of mine soon :P
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Guys, any of you interested in buying my Nitro car - am emigrating to NZ at Christmas and need to get shot of pretty much all my belongs :sad1: Can post details and prices if interested.
Dom
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I might be.
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Ordered a tamiya catalogue. £15 now but 288 pages now though.
So the boys can chose.
I watched a video on the new baja 5b flux its so fast even on dirt it just spins out.
Ridiculous.
Hey j,decided on what the kids wanted to get or it's just another excuse for you to get another toy :happy2:
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Tamiya Catalogue is not what it once was!
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How do we know if they would do anymore re re??theres a guy on eBay selling a un-built astute for $900...that's around £500 :surprised: :surprised:
If tamiya do a re re on the astute, I'm gonna snap one up..might have second thoughts on a egress as it too similiar to the avante2011 that I ordered..
Tamiya will keep making them, it's far to easy a cash cow for them to stop doing................
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I would love one of those Toyota Hilux 4x4's with the 3 speed tranny. They are so awesome. Is it me, or do they have far more plastic on them than before? I remember the original ones having steel frame chassis and all steel diffs, seems like the new ones are plastic or am I mistaken?
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I bought a HPI sprint about 7 years ago and the converted it to a drift car when that became popular now its a bit of a shelf queen but got some money thrown at it the early part of last year.
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I would love one of those Toyota Hilux 4x4's with the 3 speed tranny. They are so awesome. Is it me, or do they have far more plastic on them than before? I remember the original ones having steel frame chassis and all steel diffs, seems like the new ones are plastic or am I mistaken?
They are more plastic than originals, lots of metal parts replaced with parts from a previous re=re, one of the poorer examples of their re-re that one, the Bruiser looks better altho decals (again) are poo!!
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Ordered a tamiya catalogue. £15 now but 288 pages now though.
So the boys can chose.
I watched a video on the new baja 5b flux its so fast even on dirt it just spins out.
Ridiculous.
Do you have a link to where you ordered the catalogue from?
Cheers
Andy
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Ordered a tamiya catalogue. £15 now but 288 pages now though.
So the boys can chose.
I watched a video on the new baja 5b flux its so fast even on dirt it just spins out.
Ridiculous.
Do you have a link to where you ordered the catalogue from?
Cheers
Andy
U can order it from stella models in hk..
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I got it from Model sport UK.
Next day delivery great service.
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Just received my avante from stella models..can't wait to open it..
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Did they have any more as according to the catalogues they only made 333.
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Did they have any more as according to the catalogues they only made 333.
you talking about the avante Justin,there are quite a few places that have it in stock from hk
sausage dog rc
stella models
rc mart
leg tin models
you want to get one j?
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Yes mate just double checked 333 it says.
Not sure it depends on what my boys want mainly.
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Yes mate just double checked 333 it says.
Not sure it depends on what my boys want mainly.
there is good stock over in hk..got mine for around £320 delivered,it's around £450-480 in the uk :surprised:
I told the supplier to put a fake receipt with lower value for customs just incase I do get stung by them..
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Is that just for the kit Danny?
TBH I think it will be a Clod or Bull but here's hoping!
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you lot got me looking at the rc stuff now:D
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Yes mate just double checked 333 it says.
Not sure it depends on what my boys want mainly.
there is good stock over in hk..got mine for around £320 delivered,it's around £450-480 in the uk :surprised:
I told the supplier to put a fake receipt with lower value for customs just incase I do get stung by them..
Awwwww that's Naughty (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fsmiley-angry009.gif&hash=3ac6ddb63c7000cdc5a87fe25d8cf0879c79859a) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
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Is that just for the kit Danny?
TBH I think it will be a Clod or Bull but here's hoping!
You get a esc & a s##t motor but most probably you would change the motor..all u need is radio gear like most kits do..
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Yes mate just double checked 333 it says.
Not sure it depends on what my boys want mainly.
there is good stock over in hk..got mine for around £320 delivered,it's around £450-480 in the uk :surprised:
I told the supplier to put a fake receipt with lower value for customs just incase I do get stung by them..
Awwwww that's Naughty (https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fsmiley-angry009.gif&hash=3ac6ddb63c7000cdc5a87fe25d8cf0879c79859a) (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)
Most HK sellers habitually mark items as 15-20% of ACTUAL value (It is one of the many reasons why UK model shops struggle as it SO much cheaper to import items), most of their customers are Australians, Brits and Mainland Europeans where they get raped by customs, the HK shops do this to keep customers coming back, if you dont like this buy from UK (at 50% more), if you think you pay enough taxes already buy from HK :ashamed:
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The kids have chosen a Super HotShot.
:happy2:
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The kids have chosen a Super HotShot.
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I was looking at that one, does it come with the uprated motor and lightweight wheels?
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esc, uprated motor not sure about the wheels.
They are gold if it helps.
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Danny have you a link to Stella Models and the others you mentioned?
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Danny have you a link to Stella Models and the others you mentioned?
http://www.stellamodels.com.hk
Super-Hotshot (Supershot Re-Re) which is basically a Hopped Up Hotshot (4 shocks instead of 2, gold wheels and underguard, different body and decals, everything else is the same) :happy2:
The decals that come with it are OK, but if you want to make it look like the original Supershot you need only add an original Supershot decal set:-
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tamiya-9495064-RC-Supershot-ORIGINAL-Sticker-Decal-58054-X9722-/370633858408?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item564b7fdd68
the guy selling the decals is a complete tool :booty:, but he does have some good stuff now and again :happy2:
Used to be able to get decent reproduction decals for Supershot (£9) but not available anymore :sad1: (The repro from bjmodels on Ebay are not worth the vinyl they are printed on) :signLOL:
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The kids have chosen a Super HotShot.
:happy2:
I was looking at that one, does it come with the uprated motor and lightweight wheels?
If you want Uprated wheels you need 84280 wheels (Original Vanquish Wheels) and 84281 tyres (Original Egress Tyres), you will also need the Hex clamp adaptors 53569
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I might treat myself to a tamiya lancia intergrale but not sure if the gearbox will hold up to a brushless motor
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I might treat myself to a tamiya lancia intergrale but not sure if the gearbox will hold up to a brushless motor
The DF03RA chassis Lancia will handle brushless better than the TT01 chassis Lancia, I ran a Novak Velociti 6.5T Brushless in a DF03RA with no issues :happy2:
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I might treat myself to a tamiya lancia intergrale but not sure if the gearbox will hold up to a brushless motor
The DF03RA chassis Lancia will handle brushless better than the TT01 chassis Lancia, I ran a Novak Velociti 6.5T Brushless in a DF03RA with no issues :happy2:
Change my mind,might get a tamiya golf Gti cup kit instead,will the gearbox on this cope with a brushless motor?
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1/8th buggy FTW
(anyone interested in £1000+ race buggy?)
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I used to race nitro truggy's and my kit cost well over that. Just the car alone without engine or anything was £400, then the engine another £300 to £450 depending on which one, I got around 5 engines, then the two servo's in my car are around £120 each, then the exhaust which is around £ 60 to £80. You then need a good few sets of tyres which were around £60 a set of 4.
On top of that you still need the radio system, mine was around £300 iirc. Then you still need all the other gear to run the darned thing, starter box with batteries, another £125 or so, tools, fluids, fuel, etc. etc. Was quite an expensive hobby.
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If anyone is interested, just listed my HPI Nitro RS4 2 on here for sale, got to go as I'm off to NZ - http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,55008.0.html
Dom
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I used to be rite into my R/C cars back in the day and later on i raced the better cars at club level, i had the following:
Grasshopper
Grasshopper super G
Manta-ray
Top force
Bosscat (full fibrelyte carbon kit)
cat 2000 (us nat's spec)
to name a few lol
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I used to be rite into my R/C cars back in the day and later on i raced the better cars at club level, i had the following:
Grasshopper
Grasshopper super G
Manta-ray
Top force
Bosscat (full fibrelyte carbon kit)
cat 2000 (us nat's spec)
to name a few lol
I remember my mate had a super g...it had fluorescent wheels...goes mental with a modified motor on a straight line
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I know this hasnt been updated in a while! But its such a good topic.
Here is mine freshly rebuilt after being smashed up on an ice rink! :innocent: :grin:
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