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im all for a controlled class it would be nice.

no big turbos no big pinons would be good.

but i would have to say at least bearings and shocks could be used.

then there could be an open class where anything goes.

thats my 2cents worth for that.

but dave was right those carpet tracks are hellar expensive to ship over unless we could find a way to send it on a ship maybe as frieght????

I think that bunnings outdoor carpet (the blue stuff) looks like ozite carpet.

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yeah, um… ok… maybe that can go on the back burner for a while then…:smiley2:

You could always do a mini cooper s cop car… I’ve seen some going around in Sydney…

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damn!

sorry to hear about the incident. my shell is not looking good no more but hey its for racing.

your right about those tires they arent that great.

Yeah, I’m not fussed about it, don’t really have the space to put a lexan display shell, so basically just used it and had fun with it ! But it was good learning the ropes in how to paint/mask and decal them, so next time it should be easier.

Fitted the manta ray ball diff and hollow carbon gear shafts last night, you got to take half the car apart to do that ! Don’t think I want to adjust the ball diff now…

These cars are really fun…and very different to drive !

btw. I may not be going next week to Tempe racing due to royal easter show tickits that were bought for me…:evil: so you might want to charge up your own batts before race day.

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Looks very nice !

Going to have to rub my 350z against it.

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glad it all worked out for you, it looks pretty damn good. Cant wait to help rub some off again…:smiley2::D. Glad you and betty found my tips useful…:)

LOL, took it for a run on the street, hit a small tree branch and did four to five somersaults in the air before landing and sliding another 6 metres on the ground. It’s all scratched up and has a hole in the roof from impact.

Merc is absolutely right about these Tamiya shells, they’re very fragile ! Tamiya radials have turned to slicks…

Looks like I’ve got to get another shell soon…

Didn’t make it up to Castle hill on Friday night… Work colleague lent me 5 xbox games and I couldn’t control myself and had to play.

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DGS, you’re a legend. Excellent tip ! Thanks for sharing.

You’ve just cut my decal applying time into half. Not only that, your methods do give time to adjust the decal to the right place before the glue kicks in.
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The finished product…

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Looks like I’ve stuffed up applying the decals on my m03 shell, got air bubbles, rips and wrinkles… It’s quite hard applying the front headlights on without any wrinkles for some strange reason. There’s got to be a special technique of some sort. Do they need to be heated up slightly with a hair dryer first ?

Oh well, race shell now…

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That’s simply awesome, just stumbled on this thread, some good work happening there z-beam.

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That’s very nice. Photo looks like you’re drifting around the corner.

*LOL* front body pin shows you were in a hurry to get some run time.

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Yeah stick with mc330cr. I surprised you want to run so hot… You must have a stash of tb02 bevel gears and outdrives somewhere ?

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Kev; if you want to race you’d have to be there by 6:30-7:00pm, would be good to see you guys there!!

Damn… I don’t get home till around 8pm… then it’ll take me a good 40 minutes to drive up to castle hill from where I am.

Would’ve been good for a race though.

Talldude won the finals last Sunday…

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I’ve got to spend time with the family this Sunday, so no racing for me unfortunately.

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castle hill raceway has them in stock kev… just pop up on friday night and get one.

BIG DAVE

Excellent. Also how much are they ? Kellets have them for $35.

9pm not too late to show up ? Wouldn’t mind checking out the racing as well.

Cheers.

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frewer minis do come with decals..ii would STRoNGLY suggest one, the tamiyas dont last eg 1 race and its gone only reason u would run one is for TCS

Thanks for that Merc. I called the aussie distributor down in adelaide and they said that it didn’t (perhaps it was the last one they had in stock). But I sure hope it does come with all the decals and window masking. They’re a hard item to find…
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Yeah, after all the time spent on it, I think it might be a display shell. So far it’s taken:

1 hour cutting/dremel the lexan body
4 hours masking tape body prep.
4 hours painting over several days – bloody paint fumes.
? hours putting decals on…

$35 worth of tamiya paint.

I’ll get a frewer mini body for racing – they don’t come with any decals, so I’ll just slap 2 different tones of paint on it and be done with it.

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Hey, here’s an update… my first lexan paint job… woo hoo.

Thanks for all the advice and help !

Now for the stickers….

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Does anyone use these to setup their 1:10 tourers ? Just wondering how effective they are and if they are worth the money. I’ve seen a few of them being put up for sale.

Hudy brought out a new Setup Station last xmas, so
some original owners are upgrading.

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I just use a cheap $5 jaycar vernier caliper to do my measurements but don’t know if I can achieve more with a setup station.

How do you use your verniers?

You can measure all the arms’ length etc etc, but due to
manufacturing tolerances & running damages & wear-n-tear
the actual settings at the wheels will differ.

A setup station allows you to dial in your car to the exact
settings at the wheels… its like a wheel alignment.

It lets you record a baseline chassis setting before you
start tweaking, and once you’ve found a sweet setup you
can ‘record’ it and copy it to another identical car.

Yeah all I do is measure the arms to make sure that they are exact lengths as well as the threaded shocks/springs thingy. Then also check the droop at every corner and make sure there is no tweak.. that’s about it.

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I’ve seen how big the super rooster is and I think it’ll take up more room than you have in your tub once you fit your servo/receiver in.

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not needed for your car kev. more for cars with pivit ball suspension. all you need is a camber guage. $10 part.

Thanks mini-g. I just picked the last one up from Hobbyco for $16.

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…As well as less maintenance ! Just pump it’s guts with some motor cleaner and add oil to the bushings.

Gear her high, and if she blows don’t worry, she can easily be replaced for $24.

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bugger me man.

and here i waqs thinking that with the 25t pinon i got i shold have a good chance now. lol.

wish i could of gone yesterday but man i aint got enuff hours in a day on a weekend!!!!!

LOL, the tb-02 gearing doesn’t stop there either, you can go even higher to a 49T Spur gear and a 31T pinion gear to get a ratio of 4.12

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nice kevsta, wats been done that i cant see. i see trf shocks ,stabilizer and cf shock tower. wat else is hidden ?

Mocky,

It’s got the aluminium steering set, evo 3 light weight shaft, ssg centre plate underneath. Also running f201 high speed gear set with 28 tooth pinion.

Good for running in novice and stock class I think.

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ahhhhhhh krap! :smiley16:

how am i suppose to keep up kev? LOL.

cant go tomorrow need sleep i gotta sleep in so i can do an overniter at werk and then go straight to uni on monday 🙁

i wanted to show my mini so i know i didnt fuck it up!

btw kev i aint gonna modd the tb02 for a while yet. handles alrite for what it is. but saying that tomorrow is always another day!.

ps dave you got those stickers for me yet dude?

LOL Don’t mod it – it handles extremely well stock. I look back now and think I could have gotten a tc4, hpi pro 4 or tb evo iv for the money that I’ve pumped into it.

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just a bit of advice needed for me guys.

if i put a thin layer of silver down then paint over it with blue would the blue come out through the silver?

I’m doing what betty and mini-g said. I’ve masked the windows, roof, front grill and sides of the wheel arches/side skirts. This took me about 4 hours to do with tape and hobby knife.

I’ve hand painted the wheel arches/side skirts black, several coats so that brush marks don’t show.

If I get time tommorow, I’m going to spray a few coats of blue. remove the masking on the front grill and hit the front with silver, then finally remove the masking tape from the roof and hit the whole shell with several coats of white.

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so who is going tommorow?????? let me see now…. mini-z, check.tamiya mini, check. TC3 with a 7turn, mmm maybe. ta-04 fully pumped from racing last night, for sure. mini-r and mini giant having a rest this week!!! so who is bringing what???

I should be there between 1pm and 2pm. Bringing a mini-z and a fully hopped up tb-02… The tamiya mini cooper is still getting masking tape treatment.

Edited by – kevsta on 26 February 2005 16:31:34

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