Ian W
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quote: Originally posted by --ToM--
Yessss love all the classic tamiya stuff! You into scalextric? Iv got loads of that in the garage too lol
I have quite a bit of it but last time I tried to use it the track had oxidized a lot and it took me forever to clean it up and even then it wasn't that good so it kinda lost it's appeal
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Ian W
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Couple of pics of my Clod once I put it back together and my original Hornet that got some abuse this summer on the beach.
Fuck sake, now I feel like spending money on shit
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--ToM--
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There great mate! Have to get them out soon down new Brighton I'll be out with mine soon
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IvIarkgraham
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quote: Originally posted by --ToM--
Would you get another mark?
I would but i'd never use it so no I dont want to buy yours
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Ian W
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I think I just need to give my batteries a couple of charges to give them a boost but other than that I think I good to go
I didn't find it over exciting using them though I prefer the building, fixing and tinkering
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IvIarkgraham
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use it on jumps and smash it up a bit. then rebuild it
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--ToM--
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Mines not for sale yet mark haha
Ian if you didn't find it much fun you need to get a nitro Iv not had a battery car since I got my first nitro major fun
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Ian W
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Hmm, looking at buying myself a decent LiPo battery now so I could use it with super long run times
Might as well, I have the compatible charger and all the running gear, sick of dealing with shitting NiMH sticks too
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--ToM--
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Do it, I'm fed up of mine it's broken again
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--ToM--
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Got myself some new wheels for mine today lol
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Ian W
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I charged my batteries this week
Deffo gonna buy myself a LiPO battery this month I think
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--ToM--
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--ToM--
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Good news that your getting back into it hsha
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Ian W
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I like messing around with them but I deffo need to improve run times, I get annoyed going out to the beach then 10 minutes later the things dead
My own fault for not looking after the current batteries really, when I first got them I was getting 25 minutes out of them
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--ToM--
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Where do you get them bits from ?
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--ToM--
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Took it down new Brighton today for the first time, set it back to base settings then tweeked it from there got it semi ok, still needs a bit more. Ran out of fuel though for now and the missus got bored haha little lad loved it though, there was a chap down there with a baja too
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--ToM--
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Video
http://s76.photobucket.com/user/tomwaites1989/media/Mobile%20Uploads/BB61742D-7059-43AF-8ECD-52E8F12A6BEE_zpsmpawo9bj.mp4.html
[Edited on 18-10-2015 by --ToM--]
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Ian W
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That looks good mate, I was actually thinking about taking mine out today, had a sleep instead though
I get my bits from a few different places, hobbyking.co.uk, fusionhobbies.co.uk, eBay etc.
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--ToM--
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It's getting there mate needs the low speed needle tweeking I wanna get it popping wheelies haha, I used wirral model shop the other day, mixed review on them tbh
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Ian W
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Where is that mate? I used to use Kit Stop but they were always mega pricey and never very friendly
Here is one of mine on the beach being driven badly by my nephew
Hornet on the beach
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--ToM--
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Beast mate goes well that does!!
There down new Brighton just past the floral pavilion next to ship pub and open on a Sunday too so dead handy! Left my truck there two weeks ago for them to service it tune it fit high torque servos and new batteries because I couldn't be arsed, two weeks later I popped in on Saturday to see how it's getting on and they hadn't touched it so I took it back bought the bits they had ordered in for me and did it all last night on the coffee table with s few beers and started tuning it today! The fellas wife made a snotty comment about me being impatient! I said hang on it's been here two weeks your "RC guy" only works Saturday's what use is that you promised me the car weeks ago, her husband obviously knows how much of s cunt she is and gave me discount on the parts I was buying so not all bad but the customer service is wank
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--ToM--
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Kit stop seems friendly with me I used to use Moto models they see ace but gone now
Steve Webb in frodsham is a total fucking bellend also
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Ian W
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Haha, maybe Kit Stop just never liked me, was using them from about the age of 10 on wards, long before the internet existed and you could get spares next day I would get the bus to birko and get them to order replacement parts that would take weeks to arrive - no overnight parts from Japan back in the mid nineties
That one in the video is a little bullet with a decent battery in it, had a proper kick and will flip on grass if you reverse then full throttle, will have to get that out with my other off roader beetle.
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jr
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have a look/join up to iconicRC on facebook, great group with events all round the UK for vintage and reissue rc cars
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