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…PANDA can you get them in AUS? You need a set just let me know and I will pick one up 🙂 You too DGS…Mailing you now buddy…
…Hmm…PANDA…interesting point you bring up…Thanks for filling in those gaps in my info…
…You are also correct in saying that ODD numbered ‘xtals’ can be purchased aftermarket…
…So PANDA you really notice the difference with NiMh’s? Might just have to pick up some of those with a charger…
…BARTO…yup thats what you want to start with…chassis…controller, and the body of the ready set you selected…
…’Contoller-less’ chassis and body sets ARE available and obviously the ‘Autoscale’ body-only sets, though they DO come with matching rims…
…BE AWARE that the channel / crystal set you get with your Readyset is NOT choosable…you will get any channel between 1-12…you get doubled with a friend one of you might have to swap crystals 🙂
…All you will need is batteries and you are ready to run RTR 🙂
…BARTO…nah bro its my hell ugly sister 😉
…IMPREZA…she doesnt shave much but she really spends time on her bikini line now that summer is just around the corner :dead::D
…I gotta put the prize ic back up and maybe the mini monster and a pic of the PanicToys Mini Z…
…Bearings a BIG YES…coloured screws do nothing for me but i did convert my wheel nuts to black ones…
…Barto those prices are ‘about’…I dont pay retail for anything anymore 🙂
…I PERSONALLY prefer the MR-01 at this stage but there is a FUNKY new MR-02 NSX coming out…black and silver which kinda pushes my buttons…As PANDABEAR states; Round the house is fine stock but you wanna get out there on the track and mix it up with your boys then you might want to start goofing off with solder and then it gets out of my league…I just potter around PanicToys with the crew and we are all such crappy drivers that we are all too worried about our paintwork to speed up much :clown:
…Stock is a great base to start with…to start with i changed the following, but to each his own i guess…
…FUNCTIONAL CHANGES…
…Stock kingpins to stainless steel…3-5 bucks…
…Stock antenna to Inner Antenna…20 bucks ?
…added rear damper…
…doubled up carbon suspension plates…stiffer than a…well you get the idea…10 bucks…
…TAMIYA Mini 4WD rear ‘FOAMIES’ tires…stick to the track like snot to a window a baby ! 5 bucks…
…PENDING…
…Titanium ball-diff; (doncha just LOVE that word;) TITANIUM 🙂 30 bucks…
…x-speed motor…10 bucks…
…front stabilizer…10 bucks…
…rechargeable batteries for chassis…20 bucks…
…FASHION CHANGES…
…Clear white chassis…10 bucks…
…black rim wire wheels; NON-inch up…20 bucks…
…silver disc brakes; changed from gold cos i was looking way too much like Mr. T…10 bucks
…PENDING FASHION changes…
…silver aluminium battery holders…
…silver aluminium bulk head…
…silver motor mount…
…Various body mods…
…blahblahblah…
…as much or as little as you want…plus the ever expanding line of other add ons and bodies…
…Thanks Voodoo: screwdrivers are IN…both plus and minus, vaious sizes…extra parts i can work on…
…’Beer Bottle Opener is a MUST !! Cant agree more dude…its in there…makes me wonder about the pizza cutter 🙂
…Merc-blue: Helping hand is in there dood…Thanks for your input 🙂
…Ph2t: Good call brother ! Bluetac or its Japanese equivalent is heading in too…The ‘Bit Tool’ was something I didnt think of 🙂 Means that each PANICTOOLS set might just come with a freebie body 😉 hmm…have to work on that…
…We are looking at pricing this item between 15-20 USD and making it as VERSATILE as possible…At this stage it will be shipped in a zippable Kevlar-LIKE pencil case configuration BUT twist my arm and it will ship in a hard plastic case 🙂
…PanicToys stickers will be included 🙂
…Keep going people !!! We aint anywhere NEAR the end result just yet…someone go wake up TRASH and MICROAMPS 🙂
…ph2t…baby you get all this working good and I will request ONE BCG set and ONE mini Z set 🙂 Keep working on these…Love it !!
…Arch mate you got WAY TOO MUCH free time baby 🙂 But I love your work…
…For those serious about their modding ARCH is the master…
…’The force is strong in this one…’
…Thanks Track…Putting together a promo package right now…Hope to have it all up before the end of the day 🙂 PanicToys has two pages of pics up 🙂
…SMP…Duhh…Yes thats what i meant to say…All and any KYOSHO parts and autoscales too and we will be opening our lines for requests and discussion RE: NEW MR-02 sets and the upcoming Mini Monster 🙂
…SMP…Mini-zracer.com is in the states…Kyosho is in Japan…PanicToys is in Japan…Funny that 🙂
…We will be offering all your usual KYOSHO add-ons…If you are after 3rd party mostly I HIGHLY recommend Dinball / rcmart.com but we are working on chatting up SQUAT and SQUARE to get our hands on their goodies too 🙂 BTW has it occured to anybody else that BOTH these companies have ‘SQ-‘ names ?
…SuperMaxPower…PanicToys is about two weeks away from posting an order form / request list for mini z parts…Or let me know by PM about what you are after 🙂
…although the sites Jamie lists are good too; its a free-commerce world 🙂 You just dont get the pesonalised service that PanicToys offers 🙂
…and dont forget the boys at the best mini z forum on the planet…
…Thanks for that Trash 🙂 I will look into that radio for you…didnt think of disposable cameras…’Good work Max’…
…Yes I am aware of the bite…past forages into the guts of one taught me that quite swiftly 😯 I will have a look around the back streets of Akihabara and flow you anything that might tickle your fancy…I am pretty sure i can find a little old man who thinks the funky ‘gaijin’ needs a guide into the world of basic electronics…
http://www.akiba.or.jp/english/index.html
…Never thought of grooves…i DID rush out in the rain to the LHS but all they had were CLEAR TAMIYA tubes; 8mm dia which actually fit my LEDs perfectly; so i just sanded them a bit…NEXT project is to make a smaller unit for the front and rear with again ONE light facing down from the top…will have to set up a T-shaped tube…I was modding last night and sliced my finger again so that slows me downa bit…Ill keep yu posted…Thanks so much for your support; appreciate it 🙂
…Trash…Thanks for your reply…I live in Japan so unfortunately the AUS. based shops you mentioned are NG…I USED to live in Surfers Paradise though 🙂
…Electronics has never been my thing really…I am more the body-mod, sculptured putty type 🙂 I got the lights on the z looking how I wanted them to so that is good…PanicToys has some soldering gear at the the shop and my partner and his grommets are keen to fire it up and goof around with it…
…You have inspired me though and I will be heading into Akihabara sometime this month so I might just hunt around for some new things to play with…
…RE: This light project I came to the (personal opinion only) conclusion that its NOT the electronics i use…all i need is an ON light…its whats done with the light AFTER its on thats the trick…
…To explain my (once again personal opinion ONLY) discovery as best i can…The LIGHT in a NEON tube has NO SOURCE…the whole bloody thing lights up…LEDs will give you POINTS of light…My setup consisted of two leds laid parralell with the side of the car; along the length ofthe battery compartment…They faced each other…That gave me a beginning and an end to the light source…The rest had to do with diffusion…A WHITE 8mm TAMIYA tube cut to size fit the leds inside…BINGO !! INSTANT neon tube…slightly brighter sections at the LED source were further refracted with TAMIYA masking tape 🙂
…I guess a picture is worth a thousand words…will post in the gallery…
BTW anything you need picked up from the electronics parts capital of the world ? 😉
…I posted the PanicToys prizes in my members gallery 🙂
…It is done…for now anyway…until the next load comes along…Enjoy…
…Ok it was a progressive evening last night…The pic is posted elsewhere for a while so we just need to link to it…I feel I have reached my desired effect at this stage and will now continue on with a switched circuit for on and offs and maybe delve into some other little bits and pieces for it…BTW the colour is red not orange )
http://mini-zracer.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=99176
…SMP; I am running a similar thread in the Mini Z discussion section…
…It is SIMILAR and a little-winded :blush: but you might find something in there…Jamie seems to be resident lighting expert 🙂
…Trash it has been an interesting lesson from the get go…Now you gotta remember that the limit of my ‘wiring’ skills is sticky tape and wires twirled together :approve:
…I have heard of the SMD; Service Mounted Diode ? I have never seen one but I am sure I could grab next time I pass through Akihabara; can you supply me witha shopping list for the system you are suggessting? That would be a big help…ATM I am just using your regular everyday red LED…Think of one of these key holder jobs…squeeze the case and the internal wires make contact with the battery and baby lights up…simple no fuss, no solder anywhere and easy to replace…Thats what the system is so far…
…BUT…
…(and this is important i think)… It struck me as all WRONG…Here I was trying to mimick a TUBE of neon light with a ‘one-point’ light…Jamies comment RE: a row of ‘DOTS’ sent me off on the irreversal path of electronic imcompetence…
I have since got ONE LED to light a BATTERY length of Z chassis, basically wheel to wheel…All it is is ONE LED and your correctly guesssed 3V button battery…I picked up some extra wires; actually recycled them from battery checkers in the school rubbish 🙂 which will enable me to do one of three things;
1: Run the single LED from the motor…Running ONE LED each side might need a transistor; god knows how i am going to figure that one out so as an option its kinda back burner…
2: Sit the button battery on TOP of the chassis battery compartment; lots of room, and just run the wires each side…quick and easy..
3: And probably the best bet right now, is to run each diode off the batteries on that side…i just have to measure things and make sure that i dont short circuit myself…sure it will suck from my cars battery but no big deal…I aint the fastest racer to begin with…
…So what I have now is your basic all purpose light-saber done with a single LED, single battery set-up…ANY assistance or comments on this from wherevr would be highly appreciated 🙂
…Ok this is what i have so far…heading in the right direction for the look i want…Yes the car IS just sitting on the lights right now…I am having problems with light going where i DONT want it to which may mean some reflective padding here and there once the body is all cleaned up…REALLY want BLUE under lights but all i have sourced so far are the green ones..getting there though 🙂
the WHOLE strand of pictures for this car, named ‘Devil May Cry’ are based at the following link…Im going to bed now…
http://mini-zracer.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10578
Edited by – bithed on 08 November 2003 04:47:10
…Mini Z all the way baby 🙂
…Body-mods on the shells allow lots more options than Bits…FULLY moddable guts and WAY less fiddly than a Bit…
…budget wise not too bad and doable in little dribs and drabs…Overall a more realistic choice for those not really interested in taking the dive into 1/10 PLUS you can do ANYTHING with these bodies as BitHed will soon be showing ;)…Lexan sux 🙂
…just a thought…Check it while its still up 🙂
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3153870799&category=38287
…look like they might work ok…might be too long though…
…ph2t 🙂 Im a big eye candy fan…but i got more of a buzz off the asian chick in the black mini skirt and white knee highs than anything else…
…nah the underglow will go good with the NSX i am putting together right now…i had a SAD childhood dood 🙂 im 33 and i FINALLY get to do the stuff i wanted to…albeit at 2am 🙂
…Good point RE the super brights 🙂 Recommendations for a battery ? I am running a body-modded NSX so there aint much room to party under that sucker…If i just string all these bulbs together will they all work or do i need to go technical and set up a board or something…about the limit of my electrical expertise is twisting the wires together and then taping them to a battery as a switch…i KNEW i shouldnt have watched Fast and Furious !! lol…
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